Too much protein?

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Is there such a thing if Diabetic type 2?

Ive just looked on myfitnesspal and I'm regularly going well over on one thing and that is protein.

Thing is I'm only eating a maximum usually of 1600 calories. Am I doing something wrong eating so much meat?

I must admit I do feel tired a lot but I feel much better than when I was diagnosed so I'm going to ignore that to be honest.

I despair sometimes I've lost a stone and a half since diagnosed eating exactly this way.

I'm always way short on carbs as they are portrayed as almost evil.

Any advice?
 
Are you choosing lean cuts of meat? I find that they do not provide the required energy as it can be broken down to glucose in the absence of adequate fat - I do not add fats very often, just chose more normal sorts of meat and fish, full fat rather than low fat. It seems to work.
 
Drummer said:
Are you choosing lean cuts of meat? I find that they do not provide the required energy as it can be broken down to glucose in the absence of adequate fat - I do not add fats very often, just chose more normal sorts of meat and fish, full fat rather than low fat. It seems to work.
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Yes always lean cuts never any fat. Primarily Prawns, Chicken, Turkey, Eggs, Nuts, Lean cuts of pork and beef. Bacon and ham occasionally but again always lean.

The only actual fat that I have really is I'm a bit partial to pork scratchings and obviously with the nuts too and the very occasional sausage or burger.

Thanks
 
That could be the problem, you are not running on fat.
 
I always choose the fattier cuts of meat. They taste so much better than lean meat as well as providing a better balance of fat and protein.
Also don't forget cheese is a great source of fat and protein and eggs are about half and half too.

I am not sure about what your "myfitnesspal" is set up to register but I am guessing it is probably based on a healthy diet for a normal person, not a diabetic, so there are bound to be some anomalies. There are only 3 main food groups and as diabetics we need to reduce one of them (the one that our western diet is largely based on) so the other two food groups, protein and fat need to take up the slack. It is therefore inevitable that you will not fit the food profile that this gizmo or app or whatever it is considers appropriate for a healthy person.
 
rebrascora said:
I always choose the fattier cuts of meat. They taste so much better than lean meat as well as providing a better balance of fat and protein.
Also don't forget cheese is a great source of fat and protein and eggs are about half and half too.

I am not sure about what your "myfitnesspal" is set up to register but I am guessing it is probably based on a healthy diet for a normal person, not a diabetic, so there are bound to be some anomalies. There are only 3 main food groups and as diabetics we need to reduce one of them (the one that our western diet is largely based on) so the other two food groups, protein and fat need to take up the slack. It is therefore inevitable that you will not fit the food profile that this gizmo or app or whatever it is considers appropriate for a healthy person.
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Thanks yes that makes sense everything else I am getting enough of occasionally too much good fats other than that all within range apart from carbs which I never get anywhere near close to the recommended daily amount
 
Hre2stay said:
Thanks yes that makes sense everything else I am getting enough of occasionally too much good fats other than that all within range apart from carbs which I never get anywhere near close to the recommended daily amount
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That highlighted last part of the sentence suggest that you are doing a good job then!
 
Well are you actually counting every last gram of carb in eg cabbage?
 
Rather obviously I haven't the vaguest clue what it does or doesn't do!
 
Myfitnesspal basically is just a food scanner. You scan the barcode of any foods that you eat and if they have been input correctly then the nutritional values are all added together. I weigh all my food unless I am out and thus isn't possible so it's fairly accurate.

I put my diabetes into remission with this method before as well as exercise but fell into the trap of thinking I could eat what I liked and was comfort eating chocolate of all things so was rediagnosed as diabetic again which I knew was going to happen as I seen all the warning signs but kept doing it anyway.

I wasn't in a great place.

But yes it's fairly accurate I'd recommend the app to anyone trying to lose weight.
 
Presumably you are looking at the RDA of carbs as a maximum, not a minimum?
 
There isn't one! We all have to find the maximum we are happy with, and that keeps us at good bg levels - <130, <100, <50, <20g, whatever works for you.
Some say there are no essential carbs, but unless you exist purely on meat and some dairy, no veg at all, it is very hard to cut them out completely.
 
Excess protein intake always used to have the reputation of putting the kidneys under extra pressure, I think.

Everything in moderation, and all that 🙂
 
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