I have come to the conclusion that type 2's only cosider the starchy carbs as carbs. When in reality not all carbs were created equal...
Not all of us... The only thing I don't consider in my own diet is dietary fiber - the kind that
doesn't digest. (IE: the colon-cleaners.)
... but yes, I do my best to avoid starchy carbs.
...but they all have an effect on me. It is just a matter of time but everything you eat turn into glucose eventually. The body was designed to use glucose as its fuel and without it you will wither and die.
Without glucose we'd die, yes. But we do NOT need carbohydrate for that.
That is true but without glucose your body will convert fats and protein into glucose.
Yes, but there's nothing wrong with that.
Our bodies will make glucose even in the absence of dietary intake of carbohydrate. Glyconeogenesis is the conversion of stored glycogen into blood glucose, Gluconeogenesis is the conversion of other non-carbohydrate sources (lactate, amino acids/protein, etc.) into blood glucose. Both these mechanisms help to prevent hypoglycemia.
This is why many peoples have existed without carbohydrate sources and survived well. The Inuit people are one such example - for 9 to 10 months a year they have NO carbohydrate sources
(and the other months it's the very rare berries, roots, etc. and still only comprise a couple percent of their dietary intake), yet they live healthy lives with the energy they need to hunt, fish and trap year-round.
(Many detractors of the low-carb diets state that Inuit have shorter lifespans - which when you examine the data is only true because of the MUCH higher incidence of deaths from accident, infant mortality, infectious diseases etc., due to a lack of available health care - NOT from their no-carb diet. Many Inuit live until 90 and 100 years old, even with their higher all-cause mortality rates.)
One key to being healthy on the traditional Inuit diet is roughly 2/3rds of their caloric intake comes from FAT, the other 1/3 protein. The other key is they are eating very organically. Not only is none of their food processed
(at least in traditional Inuit diets, unlike those living in cities/towns eating western diets) but they food they eat ALSO ate organically. It's nearly impossible for us to eat that way.
With this in mind it is easy to see why type 1's don't join more sights. There is so much more for us to worry about than just food, although it is in there it is not as high on the list of things to take into consideration. Sometime I will have to post about what I consider when I eat and what the factors are if I get it wrong.
Please do make that post when you have time - I'd love to learn more, thanks!