How Many Carbs & Choices-Kathleen: was- Re: New Here

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Right now I'm trying the 50 carbs, but I might need to go stricter.

This morning for breakfast I have a large chicken breast (ok, the

biggest one in the bag) and cooked it in the microwave in a little

water. I also had 1 1/2 cups of lettuce with 1/2 cup of green beans

and a little ranch dressing. Measuring isn't much fun, but if it

helps then it's worth it.

Kathleen

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> Kathleen,

> Vicki's plan can work for some but---another approach---

> I'm a proponent of going " cold-turkey " . I went all the way to

Bernstein's

> 30g/day & stuck with it for 5 years. So, exteme LC can be done if

you (me) is

> motivated enough.

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> Many years ago, more than I want to remember, my old family Dr.

told me that

> " sugar " was addictive. If you eat some you want more. I totally

blew him

> off!!! Now, since diagnosis, I've come to believe that he didn't go

far enough!

> It's " carbs " that are addictive, mostly the high GI ones though.

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> I would submit that if you select low GI carbs, you " cannot " eat

150grams

> worth of them! That would be a horrendous pile of broccoli,

lettuce/cabbage or

> green beans, for instance.

> At 50 grams/day, if you select low GI foods, that's still a lot of

food, and

> more quantity than most folks could or would eat.

> My suggestion is you select to eat " all " low-GI carb foods & eat

as much of

> them as makes you comfortable & don't allow yourself to be hungry.

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> Anyway, that's my take on how to start. Now, you've got opinions

from both

> ends of the spectrum & you've got choices to make!

> But then controlling diabetes is about making choices in all parts

of our

> lives.

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