"W. Baker" > wrote in message
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> My dietician, who was no low carber, used to say that you have to just
> ignore he recipes in the ADA lay magazine, Diabetes Forcast because they
> are all too high in carbs fo rany but diabetics who are engaged in very
> heavy manual labor.
>
> Were I to eat the amounts you have had recommended to you, 12 15 gram carb
> units a day, I would have such high bg numbers that I would have to take
> ffar mor meds than the 1000mgs twice a day of Metformin EX and 1 mg of
> amaryl at night to keep myself from having all kinds of diabetic
> complications. For me, she recommended 8 15 gram cab units and I foun d
> that too much fo rme to handle, so cut back further using my meter as my
> guide, checking FBG and after meal readings. In am 20 years a type 2 and
> stil wilthout such complications(knock on wood).

I've been told that those recipes are intended for people with type 1 who
can shoot insulin to cover the carbs they eat.