WHY low-carb DIETS AREN'T THE ANSWER

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Someone offered:

" Many low-carb diets have turned out to be less effective, and

less healthy than originally , claimed.

What raises blood sugar? The simple answer is car­bohydrates. So why not

just yank them out of your diet like weeds in your garden? Why not quash

blood sugar by swearing off bread, pasta, rice, and cereal? Been there,

done

that. The low-carb craze is on the

downswing, and that's a good thing because over the long haul, very low

carb

diets simply aren't good for you, as you'll discover in this chapter. That "

Me:

And it goes down hill from there. The research of the past few years finds

exactly the oppisite of the above claims.

A few points in illustration. They speak of the failures when people stop

using the low carb approach, well duh. It was confused with the weight

loss diets which is only incidental to the concerns of a diabetic. A

diabetic does not stop a diet when it has worked as one might with a weight

loss diet. Diabetic diets are a lifestyle change, for life.

The nutrition claims are unfounded for a diabetic, such as eating about

half in carbs. Even the ada has stopped saying that.

Eat to your meter to determine carbs. Find what amount and form of carbs

allows you to reach your post meal glucose level goal, then stick with it.

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