Marilyn Drganc wrote:I am a 67 yr old diabetic on insulin. Wish I had read your book years ago. Have already had one amputation on foot.  Very hard to stick to diet, sometimes sugar gets very low, have been 1.1

Hi All

My husband has been told to get his sugar down or else.  His mother is diabetic.  I have only just started on the new eating plan (3 weeks) and he has been sort of doing it.  I understand it will help but what about dextrose as this is sugar.  He also needs his blood pressure and weight down?  The Atkins worked wonders for a couple of weeks but you can't sustain it.  Should he do that for a couple of weeks then progess to sugar free.  A bit like cold turkey extreme.  Also what about Isowhey shakes.  They seem low in sugar.

Any advise.

Jan

anonymous wrote:

anonymous wrote:I am a 67 yr old diabetic on insulin. Wish I had read your book years ago. Have already had one amputation on foot.  Very hard to stick to diet, sometimes sugar gets very low, have been 1.1

Hi

I am also an insulin dependant diabetic since 1964...Type 1.  I now drink milk to address low Blood Glucose Levels (BGI) and have lowered the insulin doses to compensate for the now much lower carb food intake.  Mainly eat meat and lots of vegies, and so far, so good.  Milk works a lot slower to bring the BGIs back up, so I sit and take it easy until that occurs.  Keep testing and if needed, have more milk, or a slice of the Burgen rye bread that David recommends.  One 250ml glass of milk is one carb serve, and 1 slice of bread should roughly be 1 1/2 serves.  But yes, you need to adjust your insulin levels first.  Hope this helps

Dot

Hi Dot. You mentioned you are using the Burgen Rye bread. Have you noticed a label on the outside lately that states,"Provided prebiotic fibre". Found this label there when went to pick up another loaf recently so I went into their website to to see what was going on, http://www.burgen.com.au/ . I have been enjoying Burgen Rye too but now it is of my shopping list. See David's article about it, Fructans (inulin) at http://www.raisin-hell.com/2008/11/fructans-inulin.html. Sorry. It is becoming hard to know what bread to eat. Maybe I should go back to making my own.