Diabetics can eat or drink what they like if they are injecting insulin

"Doctor Carmen Lee, who works with diabetics, said: “In my opinion diabetics can eat or drink what they like if they are injecting insulin. If they managing Type 2 diabetes through diet and are sedentary, then they cannot drink any drink with sugar in it, including weak fruit juice”

I bet that statement gets the carboholic low carb antis seal of approval.

Check out this latest story here http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2014/10/06/not-what-the-doctor-ordered

In theory, correct, in practice, ridiculous. Ever increasing amounts of insulin leads to higher degrees of inaccurate doses due to the margins of error. The chances of insulin resistance will also increase dramatically which will make problems worst.
Also, a diet which includes lots of carbs is just plain unhealthy. It's that sort of message that I would have listened to when first diagnosed which is so frustrating.

mo1905 wrote:In theory, correct, in practice, ridiculous. Ever increasing amounts of insulin leads to higher degrees of inaccurate doses due to the margins of error. The chances of insulin resistance will also increase dramatically which will make problems worst.
Also, a diet which includes lots of carbs is just plain unhealthy. It's that sort of message that I would have listened to when first diagnosed which is so frustrating.

Spot on Mo!! 'Double Diabetes' is a real nightmare to deal with from the Anecdotes of people who suffer with it and is something I too try to avoid at all costs! A shed load of carbs daily counteracted with a bucket of insulin is a one way ticket to weight gain,wild BG swings,Diabetic complications and the dreaded Double Diabetes.

Another case of 'Follow the money' as eddie would say and reminds me very much of the teachings of a certain 'Hope Warshaw'.

This is bang on point; I've been able to confirm that potatoes are troublesome for me.

On Monday I was out of the office in an area I didn't know and only had about 30 minutes for lunch.

I went to a Starbucks to get a salad and the lowest carb one they had had new potatoes in it. I was hungry and time short so I went with that and bolused accordingly.

The familiar rise and fall happened; my bloods went from about 7 all the way to 10, then 11, then 12 before starting to fall. I didn't give any correction doses by the way.

By about 6:00 I had to take glucose tablets to correct a hypo.

Today I had a proper low carb salad and my bloods are sitting stable at about 5.8 at 5:00 pm.

Thanks potatoes. Thanks a lot.

Best

Dillinger

Diabetics can eat or drink what they like if they are injecting insulin, got to keep Big Pharma coining it in

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graham64 wrote:Diabetics can eat or drink what they like if they are injecting insulin, got to keep Big Pharma coining it in

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