Guest guest Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Hello everyone: about how many carbs is a good number to have per day? thanks -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/333 - Release Date: 5/5/2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Hello again . It has been so long since I saw another post from you, I thought you had forgotten about us and yourself. It is good to see you here again, and check in frequently until you get this monster diabetes under control. I am now a type 2 insulin dependent diabetic, and I plan to consume 50±10 grams of total carbs each day. This amounts for me around 15-20 grams of carbs per meal. The number of carbs a person consumes per day varies widely according to the type of diabetic a person is, type1 or type2, and their activity level. If a person is involved in hard work or exercise program regularly, they naturally will probably have to consume more. Doctor K. Bernstein, who wrote the book Diabetes Solution, consumes a total of 30 grams of carbs per day 6 for breakfast, 12 for lunch and dinner. At least that is what he reports and he is a type 1 insulin dependent diabetic. He also works with lifting weights several times each week. His A1C usually runs around 4.2-4.5. I believe he is around 72 years of age. I like taking advice from a knowledgeable physician who is an expert on diabetes and especially one who practices what he preaches. I would recommend his book for you to read. I never heard from you whether or not you are a baseball player, so let me know. I also do not recall what medications and their dosage you take, if you ever said. Remember the goal; a two hour post prandial blood sugar level of 120 or lower. If you do not prick your finger for blood, then you will never know. If your bs is higher than 120 the most common cause is too many carbs consumed or too little medication dosage. Of course these findings are subject to individual metabolism. For instance when I do a specific exercise program, I consume estra carbs just prior to the exercise or work load to supply the energy needed by the body without running a low blood sugar. Even this requires pre-exercise and post exercise blood testing to see how your body handles carbs or lack of them. If you run a very low blood sugar level while exercising, the body will compensate to keep you from dieing, if possible. This is known as the rebound effect, which can sky rocket your bs to a very high level, usually above 160 or more. Eliminating high carb night time or bedtime snacks is a must for diabetics. I no longer eat candy or bowls of ice cream before going to bed. My last four A1C's from most recent last March to the oldest one is: 5.4, 5.3, 4.9, 5.1. As you can see, I have been recently consuming more carbs than the 50±10 grams per day. carbs Hello everyone: about how many carbs is a good number to have per day? thanks -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/333 - Release Date: 5/5/2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Hello Harry: yeah thanks and yes I am still here. believe me I've been reading yours and everyone's post and I am trying to take all the info that I can from you all since I just got diagnosed about 1 month ago I am still very new at it and I am still learning. I have type 2 and am taking glyburide 5 milligrams 1 pill per day before breakfast. nah, I don't play baseball although I do enjoy listening to various sports. and hey is the book that you mention on your post is it on a accessible format? like ebook, tape, or braille? thanks carbs > > > Hello everyone: > about how many carbs is a good number to have per day? > thanks > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/333 - Release Date: 5/5/2006 > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Glyburide 5 mg per day, yes, I remember..., those were the days. In fact I took half a tablet in the morning and the other half at night to keep from having a low sugar reaction. I always ran an A1C below 6.0, as I recall, usually around 5.7 or 5.8, and my doctor said I was just doing fine. He never told me about a concern of running those high bs levels, so I ate all the candy, cakes, pies, cookies and my favorite a half gallon of ice cream around twice each week, and of course I don't wont't to leave out the fact that I ate popcorn almost daily with beerand regular Coke, my favorite beverage. Even though my A1C's were quite acceptable to my medical doctor at the time, we were both ignorant of the complications of high bs spikes higher than 160, which consistently over time can cause diabetic complications like heart attacks and even heart by pass surgeries, which I have had two of both of them. Several years later I had to add Rezulin, which is now banned by the FDA, but I started taking Actos instead to reduce insulin resistance. For many years I took both glyburide and Actos daily to deal with diabetes and never did learn to count carbs until much later after becoming insulin dependent. The general fund of knowledge way back then said that a type 2 diabetic on oral medications would become an insulin dependent diabetic between 10-15 years. I became insulin dependent after 16 and a half years. Glyburide stimulates the pancrease to produce insulin and Actos helps reduce insulin resistance, which is caused by high carb consumption and high insulin production. I have had three heart attacks and two heart bypass surgeries, which I believe today could have been avoided had i practiced carb counting and made sure I did not spike above 140 two hours after consuming carbs. Of course this now is only conjecture, as the probability that I may have been able to avoid,too, becoming an insulin dependent diabetic by avoiding those spikes, which had to be a result of all that sugar I consumed. I admit that I have always been a sugar addict. I was physically active and skinny. I believe Doctor Bernstein's book Diabetes Solution is available in recorded format, but someone else will have to tell you about that. Re: carbs > Hello Harry: > yeah thanks and yes I am still here. believe me I've been reading yours > and > everyone's post and I am trying to take all the info that I can from you > all > since I just got diagnosed about 1 month ago I am still very new at it and > I > am still learning. I have type 2 and am taking glyburide 5 milligrams 1 > pill > per day before breakfast. > nah, I don't play baseball although I do enjoy listening to various > sports. > and hey is the book that you mention on your post is it on a accessible > format? like ebook, tape, or braille? > thanks > > ----- Original Mes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 : that is exactly the medication and the dose I started on when I was first diagnosed. I believe you will benefit more if you add metformin 500 mg twice a day. Of course, you need to discuss that with your physician. Victor °Äã carbs > > > > > > Hello everyone: > > about how many carbs is a good number to have per day? > > thanks > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/333 - Release Date: 5/5/2006 > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Hi , I have a show on my internet radio station every Saturday morning called " your Diabetes--a round-table discussion. " The time is 10:30 A.M. meet me and my wife Vicki, we both have it. follow the links below. Darryl From CJOY INTERNET RADIO The quality goes in before the broadcast goes on. To reach our site: http://www.cjoyinternetradio.com To go directly to the station log page: http://www.cjoyinternetradio.com/log.html The log page has a listen live link as well. Free radio time for blind persons. Your 24-hour gospel music and teaching station. Pastor Darryl Breffe skype id: cjoyinternetradio msn id: kb1exz carbs >> >> >> Hello everyone: >> about how many carbs is a good number to have per day? >> thanks >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/333 - Release Date: 5/5/2006 >> >> >> >> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 HI : My nurse practitioner recommends no more than thirty to forty grams of carbs per day. I try to keep my carb count per day to no more than thirty grams because I have found that if I go over that my sugar will go up. Becky and Cassidy, Pilot Dog, Poodle maddpoodle27@... carbs > Hello everyone: > about how many carbs is a good number to have per day? > thanks > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/333 - Release Date: 5/5/2006 > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 That's only 2 pieces of bread a day. The number of carbs a person requires varies greatly depending on gender, age, and activity. 30 carbs per meal, or maybe 90 per day wouldn't be out of the question for a moderately active male, and perhaps for most folks who have some level of activity. Dave carbs > Hello everyone: > about how many carbs is a good number to have per day? > thanks > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/333 - Release Date: 5/5/2006 > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 True. But he's on one extreme and the ADA diet is on the other. to adhere to his diet takes a *lot* of work, a ton of home cooking and purchase of relatively-hard-to-get items. Mike > Doctor K. Bernstein, a type 1 diabetic, says he consumes a total of > 30 grams of carbs per day. He eats 6 carbs for breakfast and 12 carbs for > lunch and 12 carbs at supper. He works out with weight lifting seveeral > times each week and he maintains an A1C level in the range of 4.5. I would > say this is not bad for a 72 year old diabetic. > carbs >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hello everyone: >>>>> about how many carbs is a good number to have per day? >>>>> thanks >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> No virus found in this outgoing message. >>>>> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>>>> Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/333 - Release Date: 5/5/2006 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 I tkhought I did. carbs >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hello everyone: >>>>> about how many carbs is a good number to have per day? >>>>> thanks >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> No virus found in this outgoing message. >>>>> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>>>> Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/333 - Release Date: >>>>> 5/5/2006 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 When you are a carb counter, you can easily get what you need. For instance for breakfast you could eat three eggs, a quarter pound of bacon or a hamburger patty and a serving of green beans and you will have about six carbs. For lunch you could eat a big salad with lots of lettuce, some tomato, onion, cabbage, carrots, and some salad dressing, say ranch dressing, with cheese on it, I like the pepper cheeses, and a couple of crackers, and you may have 12 grams of carbs. For supper you could eat a steak and a salad with oil and vinegar and you would have another twelve grams of carbs. For snacks eat a handfull of nuts for a 4 or 5 gram snack. To increase your carb intake by 15 grams at any time just add a slice of bread. Three slices of bread each day is 45 grams of carbs. If you are a carb counter, as I am, I can consume the exact number of grams of carbs as I desire, provided it is prepared in my house. When you go to restaurants this will vary widely, since on slaw for example, I can eat two bowls of slaw with a little oil and vinegar on it and it will not be more than 10 grams of carbs, but eat it in a restaurant, where they dump sugar on it, and the picture changes completely to a lot more carbs. carbs >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hello everyone: >>>>> about how many carbs is a good number to have per day? >>>>> thanks >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> No virus found in this outgoing message. >>>>> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>>>> Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/333 - Release Date: >>>>> 5/5/2006 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 I always have to remember the fat content also of foods because I am still losing some weight. I haven't eaten any bacon or not much steak and things like that, but I eat a little more carbs than yu talk about because I need to be somewhat full. Iff I don't have toast or whole grain cereal or oatmeal for breakfast I am just dying to eat until lunch. Vicki " Do not love the world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but they are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever. " 1 2:15 carbs >>> >>> >>>> Hello everyone: >>>> about how many carbs is a good number to have per day? >>>> thanks >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> No virus found in this outgoing message. >>>> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>>> Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/333 - Release Date: 5/5/2006 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Protein is filling, and it has the same calorie count as carbs. Four boiled eggs has around two carbs and a quarter pound of flank steak has around 1 carb. If you ate two or even four eggs and some steak it would hold you for at least four hours. Drink plain tea or tea sweetened with stevia or splenda along with steak and eggs and you haven't eaten hardly any carbs. If you have several boiled eggs in reserve in the refrigerator, when you feel hungry just eat one or two of them, and you won't feel hungry any more. The calorie count for one gram of carb is 5 calories and it is the same for protein. I would recommend getting at least some fat in a meal. A gram of fat contains 9 calories. You need omega3 fat in your diet, since it preserves and promotes good nerve development. Diabetics should eat at least two salads per day topped with things like egg, cheese, tomato, nuts, onion, olives, cucumbers, radishe, carrot, and most any thing else you like like sardines, tuna and whatever you like. I love a big bowl of lettuce, cabbage spinach and have it topped with all those goodies is yum yum. The carb count for a big bowl of salad is probably less than 10 grams of carbs. Fat is not a demon food unless it is a trans fat or a partially hydrogenated fat. I avoid fats of this kind like the plague. Always eat real butter, and not margerine, which is mostly a trans fat or plastic. Even flies don't mess with it. carbs >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hello everyone: >>>>> about how many carbs is a good number to have per day? >>>>> thanks >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> No virus found in this outgoing message. >>>>> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>>>> Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/333 - Release Date: >>>>> 5/5/2006 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Yeah, I know about those carb cravings. Withdrawal can be hell. carbs >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hello everyone: >>>>> about how many carbs is a good number to have per day? >>>>> thanks >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> No virus found in this outgoing message. >>>>> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>>>> Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/333 - Release Date: >>>>> 5/5/2006 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.