Sat, Jan-19-02, 12:28
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Posts: 31
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Plan: PP
Stats: 166/160/130
BF:
Progress: 17%
Location: I live in beautiful Santa Cruz, CA
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Ella -
I also wanted to add that potatos and pasta and grains so forth do raise blood sugar, but do so slowly. Depending on the dose and frequency of your friend's insulin injections, he may in fact need to eat these foods at the current time.
For example, if he was on a fixed dose of NPH (long acting insulin) he would look at the "arc" of release and need to be able to cover that with foods in order to avoid an insulin reaction. A long acting carb - like a potato - would do this.
He could, of course, have his dosages changed toward a more low-carb diet, but for the time being, when he says he can eat a starchy carb, he may be right.
As for sweets, a lot of doctors will work these in to an insulin dose for the sake of a patients mental health. And that is the real test of a plan's effectiveness - if it works for the individual. No one here would be doing LC if it made them miserable.
So! my suggestion for your friend is the same as my suggestion for me with regards to my son: show them how great LC foods can be so that if they ever do WANT to make that lifestyle change, they will have the inspiration and information available to them.
Kim
PS - periodic high blood sugars are to be expected for most type 1's. Sometimes the insulin doesn't absorb, stress, moderate illness can shoot it up. Almost anything. Look at his Hemoglobin A1c and his weekly average for a truer picture of how he is doing in terms of long term health.
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