Showing posts with label carbs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label carbs. Show all posts

Wednesday, 8 July 2009

25 Lowest-Carb Fruits and Veggies

This is a very interesting list, and I too have been struggling with fruit and veggies. They represent such substantial nutrition, yet most fruit send my BGL soaring. The 50 gram "portion" was funny though. Who would think to each only 1/3 of a peach? What would you do with the rest of it? And, only 2 spears of asparagas? Anyway, it was interesting to see. Susan>

This is only my opinion, and I am not a medical professional, so I'm just leaning on my own god-given horse sense here, I guess. But if someone can't eat a whole small apple or peach without their glucose "soaring", and only 2 spears of asparagus is all they can have at one time, well... wouldn't that person be better off taking some oral meds, Byetta, or even insulin, so they could live a normal life? *cringe* I know, I know, I hear ya, YMMV. Just thinking out loud here.
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Friday, 3 April 2009

How many carbs should I be having a day?

There are no minimum number of carbs required per day. Bernstein recommends eating 30 in a 6/12/12 scheme (breakfast/lunch/ dinner). Eating so few carbs each day IS very effective but difficult to do. Many try to limit themselves to under 100 carbs, mostly from green, leafy veggies. That is also something that you will have to determine for yourself.
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