Diabetic Sample Diet

[BIGPHIL]

Im a diabetic and i get away easily with 10I.Us after training and that lets me take 100g carbs pure dextrose followed by a meal of potatoes containg 100g of more carbs..


HOw should diabetics go about combning good fats with carbs such as linseeds e.t.c should they be taken seperate

[doby48]

Most of my fats come from dinner and an evening protein shake. To get my EFAs I will fry veggies in Olive Oil with my dinner (green beans in olive oil with garlic powder is one of my favorites) and will also take a shake of Egg Protein with Flax just before going to bed. I also take one snack during the day with fat/proteins like Almonds.

[BIGPHIL]

Most of my fats come from dinner and an evening protein shake. To get my EFAs I will fry veggies in Olive Oil with my dinner (green beans in olive oil with garlic powder is one of my favorites) and will also take a shake of Egg Protein with Flax just before going to bed. I also take one snack during the day with fat/proteins like Almonds.

I take linseed seed in my oats in the morning and i take peanut butter at night befor bed somtimes..

Do you notice that they cause a slight raise in blood sugars...

HOw do you go about AM cardio

[doby48]

Yes, I have noticed my blood sugars elevated with them, and one of the reasons I avoid them until later in the day. My AM cardio I don't do on an empty stomch because my blood sugars do not stay stable. I first eat some carbs/protein wait about an hour and then do my AM cardio. Even something like a bowl of oatmeal before AM cardio helps to keep my sugars more stable.

[BIGPHIL]

Yes, I have noticed my blood sugars elevated with them, and one of the reasons I avoid them until later in the day. My AM cardio I don't do on an empty stomch because my blood sugars do not stay stable. I first eat some carbs/protein wait about an hour and then do my AM cardio. Even something like a bowl of oatmeal before AM cardio helps to keep my sugars more stable.

Thats weird because for me i can wake up with my blood sugars being usually borderline low like 4.5(i dont know wat reading you use in america) and i can do 45 min fine and they dont drop dramatically..But usually my blood is between 6.5-7.0 before i do it..I cut carbs an hour before i hit the bed and immmediately before bed take peanut butter and zma i feel this stablieses my blood sugar???/


As far as regards as burning fat in the morning on an empty stomach..How does it work with us?? are we just burning up blood sugar or what???/

what kind of supplements do you feel affect your control...For me chroium and alpha lipoic acid lower my blood sugar..on the other hand ephdrine and dirueticc, asprin raise my blood sugar....

[doby48]

Yeah my when I wake up in the morning my are boarderline low as well, if I do cardio though on an empty stomach then they get all out of whack. If I eat some carbs first, wait about an hour then mine pretty much stay stabilized.

Before I got to bed I also cut the carbs and take Egg Protein/Flax and ZMA before I go to bed and I wake up in the morning feeling pretty good.

As far a supplements that affect blood sugar. If you want to have something with simple sugars like juices then mulit-fiber supplements will slow down the absorbtion of the sugars, but should only be used with small amounts of sugars like a very small glass of orange juice infrequently. I have read that Zinc and Magnesium is supposed to help stabilize blood sugar and I know that when I take ZMA at night I do feel better in the morning so I think there is some truth in that. I have also found that B vitamins help as well with regards to helping and preventing diabetic nerve damage so my multivitamin that I take has higher levels of the B vitamins. Alpha-lipoic acid is also said to help with diabetic nerve damage.

For lowering blood sugar levels I have found Chromium, Lipoic Acid, and Conjugated Linoleic Acid, work. I have also heard reports that Ginseng and Vitamin C can low blood sugar levels in some diabetics. I have not tried Ginseng and personally see no difference in my blood sugars when taking Vitamin C.

For raising blood sugar levels I agree with you about Ephedrine and Asprine and also found Caffine will raise my blood sugar levels.

[BIGPHIL]

Yeah my when I wake up in the morning my are boarderline low as well, if I do cardio though on an empty stomach then they get all out of whack. If I eat some carbs first, wait about an hour then mine pretty much stay stabilized.

Before I got to bed I also cut the carbs and take Egg Protein/Flax and ZMA before I go to bed and I wake up in the morning feeling pretty good.

As far a supplements that affect blood sugar. If you want to have something with simple sugars like juices then mulit-fiber supplements will slow down the absorbtion of the sugars, but should only be used with small amounts of sugars like a very small glass of orange juice infrequently. I have read that Zinc and Magnesium is supposed to help stabilize blood sugar and I know that when I take ZMA at night I do feel better in the morning so I think there is some truth in that. I have also found that B vitamins help as well with regards to helping and preventing diabetic nerve damage so my multivitamin that I take has higher levels of the B vitamins. Alpha-lipoic acid is also said to help with diabetic nerve damage.

For lowering blood sugar levels I have found Chromium, Lipoic Acid, and Conjugated Linoleic Acid, work. I have also heard reports that Ginseng and Vitamin C can low blood sugar levels in some diabetics. I have not tried Ginseng and personally see no difference in my blood sugars when taking Vitamin C.

For raising blood sugar levels I agree with you about Ephedrine and Asprine and also found Caffine will raise my blood sugar levels.

In America how do you measure blood glucose..Our blood glucose is meant to be between 4.5-8.5 levels...


when you go to the gym do you find you have a sweet spot blood sugar that makes you perform better...i believe i work well in the 5-6 region...

Do you go to the gym with a high blood sugar not overly high but say between levels 10-14???

I definetly notice that my performance drops when my blood is high..why is this????