How low is a low carbohydrate diet?
Many people with diabetes have chosen to not follow the high carb/low fat dietary recommendations, especially those with long-standing diabetes who have continued with a carbohydrate controlled diet with reduced fat intake. But increasingly people who were diagnosed more recently and advised to use the high carb/low fat diet have started to look into the benefits of low carb diets and given them a try. But how low is low? This varies in different people with some choosing to eat extremely low carbohydrate diets while others reduce their carbohydrate intake to what is acceptable to them. But it is important to recognise that lowering carbohydrates should be a gradual process, with a gradual reduction in insulin dose and plenty of blood glucose monitoring while the changes are being made. It is also important to ensure that if reducing carbohydrate intake, the diet does contain the essential nutrients, vitamins and minerals. Anecdotal reports from people on low carb diets ยท Lowering my c
