Featured Blogger of the Week: June 31 - July 6I don’t follow one way or another of eating for diabetes. I’ve experimented with low carb (under 80 g) and it didn’t work for me – I was tired all the time and didn’t exercise nearly enough. In fact, I ended up with my highest A1C ever as well as higher triglycerides after this little experiment.
Some would have you believe that low carb is gospel. That’s great – if it works for them. But if you’re like me, you may not thrive on such a diet. And that’s okay – there are other ways.
I guess my way of eating is a hybrid between lower carb and lower fat – the good stuff all in moderation. I practice portion control and consume 100-150 g carb per day. Exercising 4 or 5 days a week is also part of my diabetes and heart health plan. There is a family history of early heart disease in the absence of diabetes that I don’t wish to repeat. I find exercise along with limited dairy plays an integral role in reining in cholesterol levels.
I listen to what my body tells me. One week, I may not eat red meat - the next, completely vegetarian. Along with all this, I allow myself to enjoy a treat now and then. Sometimes it’s a cupcake, sometimes it’s the bread I learned to create and bake alongside my dad, sometimes it’s ice cream. I’d go bonkers if I restricted these from my diet permanently.
So this is how I take control of my T2 diabetes. I suppose it’s a form of intuitive eating.
I don’t expect everyone to do it my way. There’s Bernstein, there’s Atkins, there’s vegetarian/vegan, there’s raw food, and there’s intuitive eating, of course. I’ve heard of people meeting success lowering their blood sugars all of these ways. Wow – people getting healthy in spite of their diabetes – I love to hear it!
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