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Bernstein is a type 1 diabetic who pushes a very strict very low carb diet-30G
per day.Bernstein also pushes insulin which is indeed safer than diabetes pills
but requires a very delicate carb-insulin balancing act.There is a lot of
very good information about diabetes in this book.There are some very good
locarb resources and recipes.For me,the book was very worthwhile though I
opt for 50-60G of carbs a day rather than 30 and,at this time,don't require insulin.Exercise also helps me a lot.I take 10mg Glipizide ER and 1500 mg
Metformin per day with my regimen to keep my glucose at normal level.
Please understand one thing: carbs are the enemy of the diabetic.Carbs
cause glucose in the blood,which,if it is high to begin with,causes very
high dangerous glucose levels.Even in my situation,if I completely go nuts
and eat a very high carb meal(i.e. mexican food which my wife loves) my
blood glucose skyrockets and I have to exercise like hell to bring it down.
My favorite meal is chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes,fried okra
and cornbread-I have that meal once a year on my birthday.Make no
mistake here-a diabetic,if they want to survive,cannot eat like a normal
human being.Locarb diet and extercise are the key.Meds help.
Eddie