That's nice to hear. Bg monitors are very cheap these days, plus, your
insurance can probably be made to pay for a nice one...

I am very glad for you. My dad and mom go to a doctor this saturday.

i

Spreadsheets are very cool <g>  I'm not sure how some people get along
without them.  I had to add a sheet to track my biking!

Dewolla, I would like to piggyback a little bit on what Dally said and
mention a few things.

One is that for a diabetic, frequent blood glucose testing is
essential.

Waiting until winter to do your Hba1c test and doing no testing of
your own, is not a rational strategy at all. Especially given that
most likely, your blood testing supplies would be covered by
insurance. Even if not, $40 or so you would spend on a cheap meter and
strips and lancets, is a cheap price to pay compared to having legs
amputated, going blind, dying from heart disease etc.

If your nutritionist did not advise you to test your blood glucose
often, it is basically time to get another nutritionist. This one
would be hopeless in this case.

Another point is that there is nothing worse for kidneys than high
blood glucose levels (even if they are high only for part of the
day). Also, healthy kidneys are not strained by protein. We were made
to eat it.

See http://www.lowcarbresearch.org/lcr/results.asp?catid=207, or
medline article  10578207 (" Moderate changes in dietary protein
intake cause adaptive alterations in renal size and function without
indications of adverse effects."). I can give you more references if
you are interested.

Also, even though this was not mentioned, low carb diets are
frequently labeled by ignorant people as "high protein diets". While
some low carbers may eat a lot of protein, the great majority of low
carbers eat a high fat diet, not high protein diet. If your
nutritionist tells you that low carb diets are high protein diets,
again, getting a more educated nutritionist would be wise.

Try joining alt.support.diabetes, it is a great newsgroup with
numerous people keeping up on research, actually keeping their
diabetes under control, etc.

Your high carb diet might work -- and it might not work -- because you
are restricting your calories and exercising. There is a good chance
that it does not work, but you won't know that unless you test your
blood sugar during the day. There is also a good chance that even if
it works, it will stop workig at some point (like when you start
eating more to maintain your weight).

I do not mean to patronize you or anything, what I said are the most
basic common sense things that are well known and not really
disputable.

i

Ah -- I didn't know that about diabetes.  But that is an issue with
high protein consumption, I know.

I hope my question didn't offend you.  I didn't mean to second guess
you or your nutritionist.  I just thought it was an unusual constraint
and was curious about the reason.

Chris

It is very easy to find out if your diet is working wrt blood sugar
control.

Simply test your blood sugar throughout the day with a glucometer.

You could very well be right, or Dally could very well be right.

If you find that your blood sugar is stable, re-test again after you
enter weight maintenance.

That you feel better is already a very good sign, though.

i