I eat about 50 + grams of carbs a day.
bfast: oatmeal, eggs, sausage
lunch: a chicken salad or turkey sandwich on wheat
snack: Kashi bar (15 grams)
supper: meat, 2 green, leafy veggies
Should I and/or could I go lower?
I know of those that take a strickly Paleo approach, which is just what you are doing. Dairy and grains out. Yes, you can do it. It is what I want to teach to my 15 year old newly diagnosed son. You don't have to have the grains. Increase the greens. Your blood glucose will also be effected by the protein. Use yourself as your own guinea pig, which looks like you already have. Then experiment with exercise and see what your needs are. You still have fruit and vegetables with carbs. I am just learning about Bernstein - I do not know his lowest low.
You are doing quite well. I started restricting my carb intake last July. My A1C stays around 5.3, the first signs of retinopathy that my ophthalmologist reported last year has disappeared in my annual checkup this past week. I only will eat oatmeal once a week for breakfast, otherwise my meals are similar. I use sugar-free Jello cups that I buy at Walmart for snacks. keep it up!!!
You can "Eat to your meter," according to Jenny Ruhl at www.bloodsugar101.com and go above Dr. Bernstein's 30 carbs if it works for you. Jenny points out that Dr. Bernstein was a pioneer suggesting something that was totally unheard of, so his plan may have been a little more extreme than necessary, but Jenny herself is a great admirer of Bernstein. What you should do is test before those meals and 1 and 2 hours later. If you are back to normal at 1 or 2 hours, you are fine.
Personally, I wouldn't eat oatmeal at breakfast, wheat bread at lunch, or a Kashi bar, if it has signifcant carbs. My meals would be breakfast : 1 egg, bacon; lunch, deli-sliced ham, swiss cheese; supper, meat, green vegetables, salad.
If you are not an insulin user, You can easily go lower. Just skip the oatmeal for breakfast and the bread at lunch. If you do use insulin, you'll need to reduce that commensurately.I'm in England and Ihave no idea what a Kashi bar is. Since I don't snack, I'd do without that.
Hana
Here in England, it's difficult to find ready foods which are low in carbs. there are a few low suar jellies, but other stuff is on-line ordering. Since I'm a decent cook, making good food isn't hard, but I do have to do it myself.
Hana
PS there's a reasonable range of low gluten foods for those with Coeliac disease, so the manufacturers can do it. Diabetics, are routinely warned off so called "diabetic foods"