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Why the heck does my doctor say I can eat whatever I want? When I see you guys on here saying stick to low carb... im confused, I am type one..
Hi,Why the heck does my doctor say I can eat whatever I want? When I see you guys on here saying stick to low carb... im confused, I am type one..
Mine said (and will most likely continue to say) the same thing. Technically, it's true. As long as you have the meds/insulin necessary to offset the carbs and maintain a good blood sugar level and a good A1c, you theoretically *can* eat whatever you want. If you want a bowl of pasta with garlic bread and a Pepsi, with a hot fudge sundae for dessertWhy the heck does my doctor say I can eat whatever I want?
Well I certainly have learnt something here too. I thought I should just cut drastically. but Im glad now and again we can indulge without going overboard or at least as long as we manage it. thankyou for all that. much appreciated. tMine said (and will most likely continue to say) the same thing. Technically, it's true. As long as you have the meds/insulin necessary to offset the carbs and maintain a good blood sugar level and a good A1c, you theoretically *can* eat whatever you want. If you want a bowl of pasta with garlic bread and a Pepsi, with a hot fudge sundae for dessert![]()
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, you *can*, as long as you take sufficient insulin to enable your body to metabolize all the sugar. And managing the whole process is seriously difficult.
Just because we *can*, though, doesn't mean we *should*. It opens the door to all sorts of bad things, and to most of us, it's really not worth the trouble that inevitably follows.
Some Type 1 diabetics have the additional consideration of insulin resistance, much like T2s:Many type ones can and do eat whatever they want. I certainly do. The thing that is different is that type 1's don't have the metabolic issues that type 2's have. We just don't have any insulin being produced on board so we need to import it. Although it is not the same you can get pretty close if it the timing and the mount is correct. Practice makes perfect truly does apply here.
Because your doctor, like most doctors, is misinformed and under-educated in diabetes management.Why the heck does my doctor say I can eat whatever I want? When I see you guys on here saying stick to low carb... im confused, I am type one..
The literature they get in their offices regarding diabetes treatment is from pharmaceutical companies, so you can't expect much from a regular family physician.“When I graduated from residency here, I knew much more about how to ventilate a patient on a machine than how to control somebody’s blood sugar and that’s a problem,” said Dr. Stephen Sisson, who led the study. “The average resident doesn’t know what the goal for normal fasting blood sugar should be. If you don’t know what it has to be, how are you going to guide your diabetes management with patients?”
I just wanted to add here.....by watching what I eat I don't have to take as much insulin. The extra insulin also adds to the weight problem for me.I can eat pretty much what I want and keep my numbers in check with *more* insulin the problem though is the weight gain. I've found my body is very unforgiving in that regard.
It says "suuuure, you can have those sweets and starches but we're going to tack 5 lbs. onto your butt".
The 5 becomes 10 and so on.
Unfortunately there's more to the equation than just keeping your blood glucose numbers low.