Carb amounts for good control
I am a diabetic educator AND have diabetes. teach my patients to stay under 45 for females and 60 for males--I usually NEVER go over 30 and I tell my patients that....
If you are compliant and stay on lower carbs--great!---but I teach people who just started or NEVER had a bit of education and need a carrot on a stick approach or they feel like they "will starve"---Remember if you are a person who reads,or comes to this site, you have a far different approach to control issues...I have all my patients on the first class, test at 2 hours pp. Honest--I get 75% to higher getting numbers over 180----Even "know it all" long time people--
The RD had her class and two women told her--they wouldn't come back because she was so rigid---I make sure when I teach I offer lea-way so they can see some results-- Starting off most people cannot staying under that amount of carbs.Yes very kow is better, but we have to start come where.
If you are compliant and stay on lower carbs--great!---but I teach people who just started or NEVER had a bit of education and need a carrot on a stick approach or they feel like they "will starve"---Remember if you are a person who reads,or comes to this site, you have a far different approach to control issues...I have all my patients on the first class, test at 2 hours pp. Honest--I get 75% to higher getting numbers over 180----Even "know it all" long time people--
The RD had her class and two women told her--they wouldn't come back because she was so rigid---I make sure when I teach I offer lea-way so they can see some results-- Starting off most people cannot staying under that amount of carbs.Yes very kow is better, but we have to start come where.
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Permalink Reply by Suzanne on -
No, not that I know of. I think he just did an A1c because I asked for it.
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I have 3 meals and 3 snacks a day and take in about 180 carbs daily. I eat healthy and excerise all the time. I've only known that I had diabetes since June 15, 2009. At first is was hard and my BG numbers was out of wack, but the last month it's been great with an avg. reading of 98.
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Permalink Reply by Catherine on -
I've been to a few DE's and most of them are NOT diabetic and put all diabetics in the same category, non-compliant. If the appointments were individualized for each patient, then diabetes would be much more manageable for the newly diagnosed and they could ask questions without feeling intimidated by others in those "diabetes classes".
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