Comments on: Low-Carb Diet For Diabetes: Should You Try It?

By: Miranda

Miranda — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 11:24:00 +0000

You should probably add in to your article in the segment about the high carb diet that the people were also taking in generous amounts of dietary fiber, which are considered carbohydrates but the body can not digest them. Its misleading to not have that part in because unless you go read the study you linked to you wouldn’t know that.

By: OlWill

OlWill — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 23:52:15 +0000

In reply to Nikki.

Nikki,
I agree with Alesia.
I’m hypoglycemic. My hypo symptoms (shaky, feeling anxious, etc.) went away when I went low carb – even after hard physical labor or exercise. I started with a ketogenic diet and then relaxed it a bit.

Recently, after many years, I have greatly increased the carbs in my diet. This afternoon, toward the end of a 1.7 mile walk, I experienced my first hypo symptoms in decades.

My brother went on a mostly vegetarian diet high in grains and legumes and he does so well on it that I decided to try increasing my carb intake. Didn’t work for me. One thing he does that I don’t is intermittent fasting (the 16/8 daily plan) and maybe that’s the critical difference. Or maybe it’s simply the difference between two brothers.

My point is, however, is that if you go low carb there is no balancing act between hypo and normal and you just eat at mealtime.

By: Alesia

Alesia — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 19:20:14 +0000

In reply to Nikki. Nikki, I pray you see this, eat the same diet illustrated in this article and see a difference in your symptoms. I went from having to eat every 3 hours (hungry or not) to keep hypo symptoms at bay to being able to intermittent fast (skip meals!) and feel fabulous. I don't know when the last hypo symptom I had was after cutting carbs out of my diet. Now when I get hungry I just feel hungry, I don't feel bad or am not hangry.

By: Das

Das — Fri, 09 Dec 2016 17:30:43 +0000

Just adding my 2 cents here .Not to forget that lowering body fat by a lower calorie diet is primary step for type 2 diabetics. Choosing the right macro composition high end carb or low end carb whichever is sustainable should be done wisely with the help of a practitioner. If I were type 2 , I would go for a bodybuilding style cutting/loosing fat with high carbohydrates.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 04:41:17 +0000

Thank you for this article. I am on a similar diet except the focus is not low carb so much as low simple carb. I don’t restrict my overall carb intake but the goal is have a diet that is rich in protein and complex carbohydrates and reduce my intake of simple carbs. (I have lower GI issues). This article for diabetics is very helpful because I am hypoglycaemic. So I have to pay attention to what kind and how much carbohydrates I am eating as well to make sure I’m eating enough to keep my blood sugar high enough and stable. It’s a very odd balancing act. Maybe one day you will write an article on us hypoglycaemic people 🙂
Thank you so much!

By: Joe (MSc Nutrition), Dietitian

Joe (MSc Nutrition), Dietitian — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 16:01:03 +0000

In reply to Mike. Nice, thanks for the insights. It seems there is more than one way, that's for sure.