CLARIFYING THE PURPOSE OF THE GROUP. N Kasparek

Personally I think for the most part people are supportive. But occasionally people are going to misread a question or comment. It's difficult when it's only a written word. Honestly there is going to be a strong reaction which is negative when people post that they ate foods which should be avoided by a diabetic and state "I ate X and it didn't affect my bs". This is not helping those who are new and struggling with the diagnosis and finding their way through the information that is available. This group is supportive, but we don't enable poor choices or bad information being posted on this group. I, for one, was encouraged to research my disease, my meds, nutrition, exercise. I was given the tools too start my journey, to become well informed, and make my own decisions based upon good scientific evidence. While anecdotal information may provide some temporary help to some, it's not based upon fact, which is what we need. So when people say my bs is 400 and I age a whole pizza and someone says drink pickle juice it's not going to help in the long run, they need information how to change their thoughts about food and how to go about a life change.

Geo Zaun...good info for newbies

Ok folks, here is a question that is asked every day.....I eat this many carbs every day, is that to many carbs. The answer to that is simple, if your meter tells you that that is to much then that's to much. This is a low carb group, that means less than 100grams of carbs a day. Some of us can manage with that, but others can't. I can only manage around 20grams of total carbs a day. This figure depends on the individual and how far along their resistance is. This is somethin...g each and every individual has to figure out themself. You dare not forget that if you cut the carbs from your diet, you need to increase your fats. For every 2 grams of carbs you cut you need to increase your fats by 1 gram or a bit more because 1 gram of carbs=4 calories and 1 gram of fat=9 calories. You can not increase your proteins because if you do that, then your body will just convert the proteins to carbs and then your sugars will go up even though you cut your carbs. So understanding this you now know where LCHF comes from. Always always eat to your meter, your meter is your guide if your numbers don't come down then you need to cut more carbs and eat more fats. The amount of total energy you need to eat is determined by how many calories your body needs to function properly. My body needs around 2400 calories, so I eat about 100grams of proteins which=400 calories and 20 grams of carbs which is 80 calories. That is a total of 480 calories and my body needs 2400.......Well that means if fats are 9 calories per gram then I eat at least 200 grams of fats a day. This is what my meter tells me, this is what I must do in order to keep my numbers within the normal ranges and stay off of the meds