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DR Charles Clark

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Has anyone bought / read any of his books ? Am once again very confused about how much carbohydrates one should eat. One of the problems with diabetes, is that this is such a complex ( illness ?? ) that not even the doctors agree on what opne should eat, take or do. Drug companies are making huge profits out of this so in a way it is not in their interest to find a cure....

Wish you all a happy weekend
 
Hello Circe and welcome

I haven't got/read any of Charles Clark's books but wanted to respond to your issue about how much carbohydrate to eat. Difficulty is that for all of us as Gretchen Becker states so wisely " Your mileage may vary".

For a good while I tried to follow the standard advice as per DUK and base my diet on starchy carbs and low fat. Whilst I had some success in reducing my blood sugars initially (maybe more to do with the metformin, gliclazide and increased exercise though) I found I then plateaued and gradually started seeing an increase in my early morning blood glucoses pre breakfast. So I began to test more frequently and re-assess what I was eating as a result using the targets for Type 2's of pre-meals 4-7mmol/l and 2 hour post meal <8.5mmol/l

At the moment, I'm eating about 120g total carbohydrate per day and up to 1500 kcals plus exercise - it seems to be working for me. Others will eat far more or far less - but it does seem to be a matter of trial and error as well as personal choice. For example, I like porridge for my breakfast but 40g plus 150ml skimmed milk will leave me above the 8.5mmol/l 2 hour target unless I do some exercise - so I exercise about an hour after breakfast

Hope this helps a bit
 
Hi circe, I'm moving this to the General messageboard as it is a good topic for discussion there.
 
Circe,

Try reading this:
http://www.diabetes-support.org.uk/joomla/jennifers-advice

Its less about one magic number that you can have every day and more about which combinations of foods you can tolerate without your going high. Basically learning from your meter based on what effect food combinations have had on your BG. It means a fair bit of testing at first, but as you learn more about the effect that foods have on you, you test less because you already know what a particular meal will do to you.

This has helped hundreds of T2s get their A1c under 6%, including me.
 
I have found it is very much trial and error. Also the ammount of exercise I do affects the way carbs work on me.

As a suggestion, it helps some people, perhaps a dietician could help. Did you say you are on insulin? Maybe a DAFNE (Dose Adjustmentfor Normal Eating) course might help?

I haven't seen any of the books by Dr Clark, but if you go to your local library you read them there or borrow them before going to the expense of buying them?
 
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