Need help with how to meet calorie goal diabetic????

busywaterbending

... The goal should be to use diet and exercise to cure the disease, not to go on a bunch of medicine and then adjust your diet so the meds will work properly! If your body doesn't create or process insulin correctly, then your goal should be to stop burning the sugar & carbs that require insulin. Start getting your energy by burning fat & protein instead. If you do that, you won't need any injections of insulin or any drugs to control it. If your body doesn't detect sugar & carbs in your system, then it won't need or release any insulin: problem solved.
...you can live a perfectly normal, healthy and DRUG-FREE life. My doctor has patients who have been on this type of diet for decades & have never had any problems with it.

Here are more links with info on low-carb diets and Type II diabetes:
http://www.diabetesnewsstand.com/vissue/vernon/titlepage.html
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/diabetes/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3M75cYpx2w

AMEN

preach it gal!!!

get off carbs if your body can't deal with carbs.

Also, watch FATHEAD on Netflix streaming.

FAT is good to eat!!! Just stay under your calories for the day and you will loose weight!!!

cramernh

Im sorry - but if you are declared a diabetic by your doctor, have they referred you to a Diabetic Nutritional Counselor to learn more about your individual specific requirements?

if not... Why????

jmeeej

You may want to check out these threads....

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/349701-paleo-eating-who-does-it

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/357394-october-whole-30-for-paleo-primal-support-peeps




There are a lot of people who are diabetic or were on the short path there who have great success with a Primal/Paleo diet.

Grokette

Doc put me on a very strict diet yesterday for high blood sugar. She said all she wanted on my plate was meat and vegetables. How can I meet my net calories this way and should I even pay attention to the calories at this point? I just hink I will have a hard time eating enough calories this way. Any suggestions on food would be great.

Eating protein and vegetables, up your fat and don't worry about counting calories. It is not the quantity, but the quality of the foods you are eating.

Grokette

I'm diabetic and my dietitian and doctor said it was not good to completely limit carbs. I've seen several doctors and nutritionists and dietitians since I became diabetic and all of them have instructed me that my meals should look something like the picture I'll link below. Without carbs if you are on meds then your sugar runs the risk of going too low too fast and that can be as dangerous as high sugar. Honestly, I'd get a second opinion, but I dont know your medical history or why a doc would suggest you eat like that.

http://www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com/clientfiles/image/P101_diabetes_plate[1].jpg

Ive always been told 45g of carbs per meal, and 15g snack twice a day to keep sugar even. I dunno. Id definitely talk to the doc.

WOW, this is old school 1980's advice that led my grandmother to having both legs amputated up to her hips and one arm amputated also due to diabetic neuropathy. She also was going blind due to glaucoma and had heart and kidney issues.

This is what Dr's today are saying................

http://diabetes.about.com/od/nutrition/qt/locarbdiabetes.htm

A Low-Carb Diet Shown to Reverse Type 2 Diabetes
Study Proves Very Low Carb Diet is Effective
From Debra Manzella, R.N., former About.com Guide
Updated March 20, 2009

Does a low-carb diet really help control or even reverse type 2 diabetes? According to a study from Duke University, a very low-carb diet (20 grams or less a day) gave participants better blood sugar control and more effective weight loss than participants who followed a low-glycemic reduced calorie diet.

Eighty-four people with obesity and type 2 diabetes took part in the study. During the study, both groups also had the supportive benefit of group meetings, nutritional supplementation and an exercise program. After 6 months, the low-carb group had lower hemoglobin A1c results, lost more weight, and 95% were able to reduce or even totally eliminate their diabetes medications. The reduced calorie group did lose weight, and 62% of them were also able to reduce or eliminate their medications, but the low-carb diet group had better overall results.

"It's simple," says Eric Westman, MD, director of Duke's Lifestyle Medicine Program and lead author of the study. "If you cut out the carbohydrates, your blood sugar goes down, and you lose weight which lowers your blood sugar even further. It's a one-two punch."

The low-carb diet used in the study is very restrictive on carb intake, with participants eating under 20 grams of carbs a day. This may be difficult for many people to stick to, but as Dr. Westman says, "This is a therapeutic diet for people who are sick," says Westman. "These lifestyle approaches all have an intensive behavioral component. In our program, people come in every two weeks to get reinforcements and reminders. We've treated hundreds of patients this way now at Duke, and what we see clinically and in our research shows that it works."

Keep in mind that there is more to these results than just diet. Both groups also exercised regularly as well. Diet combined with exercise is the cornerstone of diabetes management. Before starting any diet program, please talk with your doctor, or healthcare provider.

Source:

(Jan. 5, 2009). Low-Carb Diets Prove Better at Controlling Type 2 Diabetes . Retrieved February 19, 2009, from DukeHealth.org Web site: http://www.dukehealth.org/HealthLibrary/News/low_carb_diets_prove_better_at_controlling_type_2_diabetes[/link">

poulingail

My Fitness Pal has given me about 1500 calories a day. I have found that by following a diet that controls my fasting blood sugars, I am always over the daily protein goal with the calories taken from the carbs area. It just happens to be my way of reaching the daily total. I fall somewhere between 20 and 40 protein units over each day and feel best when it's closer to 25 over.