Second Opinion?

[Piglet]

Oh dear @Piglet - if we all need to eat that much carb a day - how on earth do you suppose I am I not dead then?

Had a very piggy tea tonight cos since there would have only been a very small amount of spag left in the packet I chucked the rest in anyway, so my portion of that was 55g, I had a thin slice of Genoa this afternoon, 15g and ham lettuce & mayo sandwich for lunch, 35g, I don't eat brekkie 999 x out of 1,000. Total seems to only be 105g. I only eat what I want to eat and have no necessity to force more down my gullet.

this is a suggested guide for a normal person but as we always sat everyone is different so if 105g works for you Great! I can get away with about 115-120g but find my BG increases if I eat much less. I have been on crutches for 18 months and have not put on any weight and my BG has been stable so everyone is different and you have to find what works for you.

 

[Piglet]

I regularly eat under 70g carbs a day and feel fine and my sugars are good after being terrible 3-4 months ago when diagnosed. My nurse said keep below 130g a day which they recommend for diabetics but if i can manage less all for the better and i know quite a few on this forum eat far less than me and get good results so little confused about advice to eat at least 140-150g a day. Totally confused whether i am doing the right thing now.

Low carb diet work really well for the majority of the type 2 's I have met. I am a type 1 so things work slightly differently for me. I have tried low card diets and several times ended up in hospital so it is horses for courses and what works for you might well not work for someone else.

 

[trophywench]

Surely whoever we are, the trick is to fool the body into converting both protein and fat into glucose, which it can do but simply doesn't bother doing it if it's getting sufficient carbohydrate for its needs. If it has more than enough carb, it will lay the excess down as fat around your internal organs instead of just a mega thin protective layer round them - the "thin outside, fat inside" thing that Michael Moseley discovered that he suffered from.