Low-Carb Diets and Cycling

[Triskeliongirl]

I generally eat 14 carb units per day (1 unit = 15g of carbs). It's spread so that it's 3 units per meal (3x day) and 1-2 units per snack (3x day). I am following the color code system used in the glycemic index diet, which I prefer to look at as the GI eating plan, lol.

WOW that's a LOT of carbs. I eat more like 20-30 g per day (effective after subtracting fiber grams). Are you a type 1, 1.5 or 2? Do you measure your blood sugars frequently? What is your range? Do you take medication? If I ate like you I'd be over 200 A LOT. My goal is to always be in the 70-120 range.

[poetcomic]

WOW that's a LOT of carbs. I eat more like 20-30 g per day (effective after subtracting fiber grams). Are you a type 1, 1.5 or 2? Do you measure your blood sugars frequently? What is your range? Do you take medication? If I ate like you I'd be over 200 A LOT. My goal is to always be in the 70-120 range.

I'm type 2. Yes, I test frequently. I'm generally between 85-120. Before I started the cinnamon I was always in the 140-160 range. I am on 2 oral meds but if things look good on my next visit, I should be able to go off 1 of them and cut back the other. I was able to stop taking BP meds after I lost the first "bunch o' pounds."

BTW, my mother is also diabetic. She sought her doctor's advice about the cinnamon and when the dr said okay, mom went from 4 shots a day, glucophage, and avandia to 2 shots a day and no oral meds. It does not work for everyone from what both mom's doc and mine said.

Your mileage may vary.

[Torrilin]

Weird. Mom's sugar generally behaves best when she stays with low glycemic index foods. I can't really see a chemical reason why cinnamon would have an effect. Plus, is it US cinnamon, or EU cinnamon? They're chemically different (as well as biologically different... bark from two different trees). Is there a specific amount you're supposed to take?