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Thread: Carb Question

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05-05-2008, 09:47 AM

fgummett

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I am a: Type 2

Join Date: Mar 2008

Location: Nova Scotia, Canada

Posts: 1,873

Hey Michelle, what diabetes medication if any, are you on? It might be pertinent to the advice offered here

I also have to ask is that ALL you had for breakfast... if so... it is arguably the most important meal of the day (just like our Mums told us!) and you need something to start your day out... some protein may be a good idea. Starving yourself is not really a help if you are trying to lose weight as that slows the metabolism and puts your body into "famine" mode where every little extra bit gets stored as fat.

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Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Started MM 712 Pump April 2004. MM 722 + Contour Link April 2008.

"...subjects lose weight by restricting only sugars and starches, without feeling any particular sense of hunger. Moreover, the less carbohydrates in their diets, the greater their weight loss, even though all her subjects were eating equivalent amounts of calories and protein" - Gary Taubes, describing research by Margaret Ohlson