My friend's dad is a diabetic,takes insulin shots twice a day and he wonder's why his sugar is so high at times at low at other times....you should see him eat!!!!! SWEETS,SWEETS AND MORE SWEETS AND OFFERS THEM TO ME.I'm a diabetic,have no desire for sweets any longer,sometimes i have to make myself eat,i have changed my way of eating forever,he thinks i'm crazy for eating low carb.....i know this will control my sugar,help me get the weight off and just be happy with myself

I think it is just part of the sickness...I was in denial myself..thought it was great to eat what I wanted then take insulin to control it...then I saw results of hemoglobin aic and changed my mind...withing a week of eating lc my sugars were normal again!

To get to the rainbow you must first pass through the rain!

It's not just part of the sickness. Since the adoption of the pyramid, diabetics are being told by dieticians that a carb is a carb is a carb. Check out the diabetes diet wars in the other threads.





Always eat your veggies first!

It's a hard thing to accept that what you eat could harm you so much or kill you. I know it took me a long time to accept that I'm the one that's gotta get control over this. I thought I didn't care but evertime time I got a 200-300 or higher reading I was actually scared to death. You either accept it or you don't , but I want to see my kids grow up and have kids much more than I want a pizza.

I have been a Type 2 diabetic for about a year no. When my Dr. told me he said get back on that low carb diet and stay there. I've brought my blood sugars down to normal. Fbs 80-95 in am with no medication.

Unfortunately, I think some patients may view their insulin injection much like a shot of pencillin. Eat, take the insulin because it reverses any negative effects of the food.

I happen to personally know someone with this mindset, sad but true. I have not been able to convince him otherwise.

Susan


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It's sad when people are in denial. As for me, I got tired of my fingers going numb because I was trying to eat like everyone else. I got rid of the wheat, went low carb, medical problems leave. Good to feel my fingers again.