Hi Kathi, it all depends on what you are eating. What type of diabetic are you?
For people who are diabetic not all carbs are the same. There are fast acting and slow acting carbs. The slow acting ones are the veggies with cellulose in it (tree type bark dna)
These are bad: Fast acting carb food are tomatoes, fruit, peas, corn, carrots, potatoes, breads, cereals, oats, pasta, rice, milk, flour, ketchup, tomato paste, ect...
These are good: slow acting carb veggies are snow peas, green beans, rommaine/butter/iceburg/ect lettuces, brocolli, cauliflower, asparagus, red and green bells peppers, shallots(certain type of onion), okra, kale, spinach, eggs, cheese, heavy cream (but not cottage cheese). Is what i can remember right now.
Regardless of whole wheat, fiber rich they say don't go buy that the above list I gave are slow acting.
If you are eating sugar free stuff that can also spike your sugar levels.
The only way I got my BG under control was following Dr Bernsteins plan. He has a guideline of 6, 12, 12 carbs for the 3 main meals. He also states wait 4 hours before eating again.
I am a type 2 diabetic with insulin resistance. I take no medicines. Through following Dr. Bernstein's Diabetic Solution I managed to get my BGS downs to 90-105 within a matter of 2 weeks.
If you can goto the local library and see if you can check out the book.
As nancy indicated posting what you had would helps us to make suggestions.
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