Guest guest Posted September 7, 2001 Report Share Posted September 7, 2001 In a message dated 9/7/01 3:16:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, rpierce@... writes: > Hi Randall, I agree with you about carbs in our diet. I still eat almost all the same foods I did before diabetes, but in smaller portions. I have cut out the soft drinks, candy (other than the occasional small bite) and a few other junk foods. As long as I exercise, there is no problem for me. I have no idea how many carbs, calories, etc I eat. I must be doing something right, though, because my bg's are normal most of the time and my weight is staying the same as it was back in the spring, between 118-122. 118 in the mornings and 120-122 at night. Eunice Type 2 June 2001 HbA1c = 5.7 Nutrition/Exercise/Positive Attitude/Faith in God Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2001 Report Share Posted September 7, 2001 > In a message dated 9/7/01 3:16:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > rpierce@... writes: > > > > > > Hi Randall, > > I agree with you about carbs in our diet. I still eat almost all the same > foods I did before diabetes, but in smaller portions. I have cut out the > soft drinks, candy (other than the occasional small bite) and a few other > junk foods. As long as I exercise, there is no problem for me. I have no > idea how many carbs, calories, etc I eat. I must be doing something right, > though, because my bg's are normal most of the time and my weight is staying > the same as it was back in the spring, between 118-122. 118 in the mornings > and 120-122 at night. > > Eunice > Type 2 June 2001 HbA1c = 5.7 > Nutrition/Exercise/Positive Attitude/Faith in God > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2001 Report Share Posted September 8, 2001 --- I think you and I have come to this conclusion before, ! The same thing happens to me. my husband and I have actually decided not to have bread in the house unless its a special occassion! Have you tried a BLT on 1 slice by cutting it in half or eating it open faced. I also use the romaine lettuce leaves as the holder for any sandwich type food. Works well! In diabetes@y..., " " <woodduckflds@e...> wrote: > I agree we need some and I do eat carbs but for me if I eat more then 12 > carbs of bread in a sitting my bs jumps more then 40 points at the 1.5 hr > mark. I have heard a peak of over 40 points is damaging - non diabetics > don't jump like that. So I can have 1 slice of bread or 1/2 small sweet > potato, or 12 crackers and cheese etc. This morning I cheated and had two > slices of bread (24 carbs total) and I jumped 70 points in my bs. I went > from 84 to 155. I was back down to 120 in less then 3 hrs but the high peak > is not good. I knew the two slices would do this to me but I was dying for a > BLT so I decided to " go for it " . I don't do this very often though. > > I have heard that 1 gram of carb will raise your bs 3-5 points. It seems to > be true for me. I had 24 grams (24X3=72) and that was approx my peak. Carbs > in veggies do not affect me nearly as badly. I can eat veggies freely. > > > E > dx'd 2/16/01-T2 > hbA1c 2/16/01= 11.7 > hbA1c 4/20/01=6.7 > hbA1c 6/26/01= 5.0 > 44 yrs old,diet & exercise > > > ---------- > From: Randall Pierce <rpierce@j...> > To: diabetes@y... > Subject: carbs > Date: Fri, Sep 7, 2001, 3:09 PM > > > Carbohydrates are not evil. We need some carbohydrates in our diet. I > think there is some confusion about what is meant by the way foods are > measured. A gram is one-thousandth part of a kilogram. a kilogram is 2.2 > pounds. (16 oz. to the pound, so there are about 28 grams to the ounce. > ) O.K. A gram of carbohydrates produces about 4 calories. So, if you eat > four crackers, each of which contains 5 grams of carbohydrates, you are > going to get 80 calories out of those twenty grams of carbohydrates. If > your diet is based on 1500 calories per day, you just got 80 of them. In > other words, 80/1500 or about 1/18 of your allowable calories. That is > 5-6 % of your caloric intake if you rigidly follow your diet. I have > been told that you may get as much as 40% of your diet from > carbohydrates. Those morbidly obese will probably be restricted to a lot > less. " Your mileage may vary. " We also need proteins(4 calories per gram) > and SOME fat(NINE calories per gram). I am on 2, 000 to 2,100 per day to > keep me FROM LOSING MORE WEIGHT. (caps are a way of bragging.) Please. I > saw a comment disparing that a delicious entree had 40 grams of > carbohydrates. Yes, that's 160 calories. It had 6 grams of fat. That's > 54 calories. We can all add. It still doesn't come up to 1500. I had a > friend who was obsessed with carbs. He got down to 30 per day. (grams) . > He went into very serious hypoglycemia and had a stroke. He lived. > Barely. Anorexia is not a pleasant way to go. Please, " Let us come and > reason together. " (Isaiah) Agape, Randall > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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