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Starchy foods (rice, corn, potatoes, beans, etc. cause the body's own insulin to become more powerful; insulin sensitivity is increased.
At the same time medication changes are being made, my patients begin strictly following the McDougall Diet and exercising daily (slowly at first). I ask them to monitor their blood sugars (fasting) every morning with their home measuring unit and report the results to me daily. Based on these blood sugar numbers their insulin injection dosage is either raised or lowered for that evening or the next day. The goal is to keep their fasting blood sugars between 150 mg/dL and 300 mg/dL. I discourage blood sugar measurements at any other time of the day unless they suspect hypoglycemia (too low a sugar). The finding of elevated sugars later in the day after eating just upsets the patient and does not add any useful information in deciding on the next dosage of insulin to be given.
Jellen wrote:I'm still losing and down 40 pounds so far. I keep my meals simple and colorful, and I don't spend lots of time browsing recipes--just trips me up.
I cook with my small crockpot and rice-cooker, and top of the stove dry sautes or steaming. The only bread I eat is no-sodium Ezekiel and keep it to a single slice any day. And most every carb I eat is in its most unprocessed form. This is working for me and allows me to lose at a currant rate of 2 pounds per week.
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