On 02/11/2013 08:17 PM, W. Baker wrote:
> Todd > wrote:
> : On 02/11/2013 01:14 PM, W. Baker wrote:
>
> : > How many grams of those carbs are fiber? Many of us find that using high
> : > fiber foods(that the US counts as carbs as a catch all but British folk
> : > don't but list them separately) acrtually reduces the effective nomer of
> : > carb grams in the food, so if something had 5 grams of carb listed in the
> : > US and uder that lists 4 grams carb, you are for most purposes gettign
> : > only about 2 grams of carbsin the portion. I count only the effective ,
> : > or starchy or sugary, non-fiber carbs in my diet and it works well fot me.
> : > Many food value listing books do give these number so yocan figure how
> : > many "turn into sugar" carbs a food actually has.
> : >
> : > Wendy
> : >
>
> : Hi Wendy,
>
> : My GP said that balancing carbs against fiber is an
> : Akins thing. He said I don't get too. Have you measured
> : your BG after a carb/fiber combo?
>
> : -T
>
> I did all this years ago already and now don't do all that much mesuring
> anymore , yet seem to maintain my good numbers, A1c's etc. I found I
> could eat quite a few grams of fiber with no problem at all, If the
> vegetabes ate were high fiber I di dmuch better and could eat quite large
> portions with no bad rises in bgs and would have <140 at 1 hour and <120
> at 2 hours pp, which was my goal. When I still check occasionally pp now
> I still get nice lot numbers if I have not done something stupid with or
> after dinner:-) I find keepign track of the pure carb, not the fibler
> works well for me. I might well eat that whole 7 oz cup of brussells
> sprouts with no high readings so I do generally subtract my fiber grams
> form my calculations and it works for me. 28+ years as a type 2 5.8Aic,
> fbgs usually in the 80s or 90s and recently had my endo reduce my
> Metformin to 5oomgs of the extended release(1 pil at dinner) from 500 at
> breakfast and 500 at dinner and my 1 mg of glimperide before bed. I have
> not had an A1c since the change, but after a period of adjustment my fbgs
> are again in range wit fewer in the 70's whic is what ws bothering my endo
> as I am almost 77 and he is worryig about hyos which I don't actually get,
> but are supposed to be a problem with older people. Not sure I agree with
> him, but I am goin gaaalong at this time.
>
> Wendy
>

Thank you for sharing!