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Originally Posted by bookwormy  Since I have been newly diagnosed and not that informed, please help. Are all carbs the same? For instance, I am eating 1 slice of whole wheat bread a day, no pasta, no potatoes and am careful as to which vegetables I eat. I count carbs and calories and yet see on this forum type 2's that eat cereal for breakfast and sometimes pizza. I keep my carb content until 70 a day. Is this what I am suppose to be doing? |
Bookwormy, you have the right idea in lowering your carbs to 70 grams a day in total...... this needs to be divided between your meals and you cannot 'save up' your carbs to eat at one meal
i use the glycemic index of foods to get an idea of how they will impact my bg levels, David Mendosa covers the glycemic index and glycemic load of foods on his website
David Mendosa: A Writer About Diabetes ............. and he has a lot of other information there as well
as for veggies, i use the 'free veggies' to bulk up my diet, google 'free veggies' and the first hit should be to Kate's Free Veggies, go to that URL and print out the list.......... i'm sure you can find more 'free veggies' to add to that list.........for example, chana dahl that David Mendosa talks about on his web site isn't listed with the veggies
good luck
