Tue, Jul-04-06, 15:57
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Every day is day one
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Plan: AtkinsMaintenance/IF
Stats: 185/145/155
BF:
Progress: 133%
Location: Oregon Coast
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Holy Moly!!! It was the title that caught my eye. 40G per meal--for me, try 40 grams for the whole day!! I would have your friend read The Diabetes Solution by Dr. Bernstein and Dr. Atkins Diabetes book. Bernstein advocates 30G per day, divided into 6G=breakfast, 12G=lunch, and 12G=dinner. Atkins has a few different levels of the plan but I don't think it goes past 60G per day for the highest level. (Oh AuntJoyce--I just read your detailed post abot Bernstein)
I work with pregnant diabetic women both diet controlled and medication dependent. It drives me crazy the diet that the nutritionists has them on. I just had one of my patients who is diet controlled call me because she couldn't figure out how come her 2 PP was 219--after her telling me she had corn flakes, skim milk, and 2 pieces of wheat toast with butter--talk about a quadruple whammy---of course I suggested eggs, a protein meat source, and some tea.
It just amazes me that people with diabetes are being taught that it's ok to eat things like toast, corn flakes, bananas, potatos, crackers and stuff of that nature.
My dream would to become a nutritonist and teach low carb, but then I would never get thru nutrition school because I would never be able to tote the carby party line.
Until the medical community (and I am part of it) recognizes the myths surrounding saturated fat/cholesterol and heart disease, and begins to understand that carbohydrate is not an essential nutrient to life, and that an adequate protein diet does not blow ones kidneys out etc, etc, etc. Then we will see a shift in diabetes education. I'm not holding my breath. I do what I can with each patient and that's all I can do.
Good luck to your friend, he's going to need it if he's following the ADA diet.
Lisa
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