Skyrocketing out of control!

[Guest guest]

> diabetics have to monitor how

> many total carbs we intake at

> any time and have limits per meal

> and snack otherwise blood sugar

> can skyrocket out of control.

That is clearly not true for non-

insulin dependent Type 2 diabetics

(the vast majority, I understand).

" skyrocketing out of control " has

nothing to do with the carbohydrate

content of meals. Aren't you perhaps

exaggerating just a little here?

If you are Type 2 on oral medica-

tion, why not try a test? Eat a

meal with twice as much carbo-

hydrate content as your " limit " and

measure your BG afterwards.

I am sure that your elevated BG will

fall again in much the same way as

always and not " skyrocket out of

control " . If what you say was true,

and given the way the majority of

type 2 diabetics are said to control

their diabetes, the ERs would be full

every day with " out of control "

diabetics and that is not the case.

Most of the " skyrocketing out of

control " occurs in diabetics who

have a severe infection or are not

taking their medication as prescribed.

I take my medication strictly on time

every day and I make no attempt to

keep my carbohydrate intake per meal

below any artificial limit and I

never " skyrocketed out of control "

yet nor did I ever show any signs of

doing so.

> A nutritional plan, exercise

> regimen and possibly medication

> help control our blood sugar.

I don't agree with you. Our

metabolism controls our blood sugar,

stimulated where necessary by

medication. The nutritional plan

and the exercise are recommended

to ensure our long-term health.

> The nutritional plan we put

> together with our diabetic

> dieticians show what we can eat

> and in what amounts, when we need

> to eat, what we cannot or should

> not eat, etc...

That is a very narrow view of the

situation, in my opinion. I think

of it more from a public health

point of view. It is held that " most

people " do not eat in the healthiest

way and are not prepared to listen

to the evidence.

Once people have been diagnosed with

diabetes, they are more receptive to

nutritional corrective measures and

that is a good opportunity to improve

their long-term health prospects.

I think you will find that the

general medical opinion these days

is that diabetics can eat whatever

non-diabetics SHOULD be eating if

their long-term health was a primary

consideration.

The question of " how much " is far more

related to a consideration of their

energy balance situation (whether they

need to lose weight, gain weight or

stay the same) than to their diabetes

directly as such.

Regards