m not a medical professional, just the parent of a kid with diabetes. It sounds like you need to look at the number of carbs it does actually take to raise your blood sugars, and even what you use to treat a low. One thing we do for lows is to have our daughter take glucose tablets. They are 4 grams each, and raise blood sugars about 20 points for her. 16 carbs of yogurt would raise blood sugars into the 200s for our daughter, so you are likely just consuming too many carbs.
I went to a diabetes education class that teaches about the sliding scale and how to take your Humalog. However, my doc gave me a formula to use to counteract high blood sugars when not enough insulin has been taken. It's (bloodsugar) - 100 divided by 40. So, if your blood sugar is 300 you would subtract 100 to get 200. Divide that by 40 to get 5 units of Humalog. I also have a scale for when I eat. It's for every 15 grams of carbs I take 2 units of Humalog.
If following a 1,500-calorie diet then 675 to 975 of those calories should be from carbs 168 to 240 grams of carbohydrate. On a 2,000-calorie diet, it would be between 900 and 1,300 calories or 225 to 325 grams of carbohydrate. When choosing carbs, the focus should be on healthy carb. sources, like fruits and vegetables, along with healthier complex carbs like whole grains.
Healthy carbs. provide fuel for the body and they also contain fiber.
Hi Lurius,
Net carbs are getting lots of attention these days because of all the Atkins dieters, but it's actually long been an important concept for diabetics who do carbohydrate "counting" and then try to match our insulin to the amount of carbos we're eating.
Foods that have carbos typically have a combination of carbos that we can metabolize (and therefore will affect our BG) and those that we can't (fiber). We subtract fiber from total carbs to get net carbs.
POP is HORRIBLE for dieting. Reqular pop has over 20 grams of sugar in 1 can and just as many grams of carbohydrates! In order to loose weight you have to cut back sugar and carbs. Diet soda doesn't have sugar or carbs but it has something in it that makes your appetite increase! Just say NO to pop! You will be glad you did!
My meal plan is breakfast I get 30 grams of carbs with no fruit and a snack 2 hours later containing 15 grams of carbs lunch and dinner I get 45 grams of carbs with a snack two hours after each meal. Snacks could be crackers with cheese or apples with peanut butter, just really watch your carb intake.
According to my endocrinologist, you shouls only consume 200 grams of carbs a day to lose weight.
2 pieces of bread: 35 grams of carbs
glassof juice : 40 grams
Apple: 25 grams
1 cup of pasta: 40 grams
I tried low carb and it works. I have weight trained for 10 years and know how to manipulate my fat percentage and it is all about when and how much carbs I am playing around with
www.bodybuilding.com is a great site to find out about macronutients
I am not saying that pasta, rice, breads are unhealthy, but we tend to take 3 cups of pasta instead of 1 cup. The same with rice ect ect.
I have a book on it and your suppose to watch your carb inake...for every 14 grams of carbs you are suppose to have 7 grams of protein..and in a two hour period you arent suppose to have more than 30 carbs because your body will store what it doesnt use. There is a book called PCOS dietbook and it is really helpful, I got it from Amazon for 9.00.
Are you sure they told you your child has to eat 30-45 grams of food or did they tell you your child had to have so many units of insulin per 30-45 grams of food? My son has to have 1 unit of insulin (novolog) per every 45 grams of carbs he eats. IF he does not eat the full 45 grams he does not need the unit. I usually wait until after he eats before giving him insulin because toddlers are so finicky they may not eat all of what you have measured out. HE is also on a slinding scale.
carbohydrates that break down more slowly, releasing sugar more gradually into the bloodstream, have a low GI. As asok mentioned, watch the carbs. Carbs are wreak havoc to a t2 diabetics glucose level.
2. Avoid eating foods made with white flour; pasta, white breads, crackers and so on. These turn quickly into sugar after eating.
3. Milk contains sugar. Eat fruit and drink fruit juices with other foods to slow the absorption of fructose [fruit sugar].
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15 grams of carbohydrates is equal to 1 carb count. Try to limit your carbs to 4 carbs or 60 grams per meal. And 2 carbs per snack. There are very good charts available online to help you guage the carbohydrates in fresh foods as well. Also try to eat at the same times daily. This will help keep your sugar levels stable and keep from putting a demand on your pancreas from binging because you skip meals or go long periods between eating.
Interesting to say that Zoe, considering "my husband had a huge glass of OJ and a bagel". To say "normal people don't usually spike that high." is misleading. I asked several doctors who concurred that it is possible for a normal person to reach 170 mg/dl especially if they consumed more than the following.
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