Anyone on low carb diet to maintain blood sugar?

Hello GrammyG and welcome to the Diabetes Forum! I am on a very low-carb diet but not the paleo diet. Actually, I'm not sure I know what the paleo diet includes (or excludes).

about seven years ago here on HW, a type 1 member who happened to be from Scotland introduced me to Dr. Richard Bernstein's plan. Dr. Bernstein is a type 1 himself as well as a medical doctor.

In any case, I'll tell you first what I don't eat:

I don't eat: potatoes, rice, anything made with flour or sugar, most fruit.

I do eat all other veggies, leafy greens, nuts, yogurt, eggs, cheese, meat/poultry/fish.

I use wheat bran and ground flax seed meal to make muffins and pancakes.

I have not had any problems with kidneys or other things related to my diet; in fact, I've had excellent lab results. I take metformin because I'm insulin resistant and even on a low carb diet, my blood sugar still will go higher than normal if I'm not exercising every day for half an hour or so. That's been hard for me to keep up in the past couple of years, so my doctor has me on metformin.

I will come back later and post some more information but I need to get some coffee! I'm glad you found our forum!

Thank you, Lanie. I am very familiar with Dr. Bernstein and BloodSugar 101. I even have his book and I just read 2 of Jeny's books this summer.

I do not eat as low as Dr. Bernstein recommends. I do eat a piece of fruit a day and I use seed flours to make low carb muffins and treats. I still eat fairly low compared to the SAD.

I've run into a problem the past 3 years. I've started to pass kidney stones. My doctor recommended a low oxalate diet and realized that I was eating high oxalate foods (Swiss chard, kale, spinach, beets, nuts, cocoa, etc.)

So, now I'm trying to low carb AND low oxalate. I'm very confused. I'm ready to go back to the SAD diet but I know I'll gain weight and that my blood sugar will increase. Actually, my fasting blood sugar was 99 this past time and my cholesterol is going up, too. It might be too much coconut products.

Just a bit overwhelmed.

Oh, the Standard American Diet! Duh. I would make a list of the foods I can't eat (the ones with high oxalate) and just not eat them but I certainly wouldn't go back to eating as I did before because that would certainly raise my blood sugar.

I have read conflicting reports about how coconut products affect our cholesterol. I drink the Almond Breeze product which has almond and coconut "milk" unsweetened but I have not had any lab tests since beginning this. I drink about a glass a day.

Anyway, Grammy, don't despair and don't give up! I hope you don't get any more kidney stones!

For desserts that I make, there are some recipes for almond meal cookies that are good. I also make creme caramel with artificial sweetener (whole milk, half and half, eggs, vanilla and artificial sweetener). Cheese cake with Kraft 1/3 Less fat neufchatel cheese, eggs and artificial sweetener made with no crust. It's been awhile since I've looked at Bernstein's recipes though and there might be some good ones in there.

Also, do you know this website? www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/forumdisplay.php?s=26185e067297cd82be6b339579e745df&f=3

There are lots of good recipes there, too.

Good morning! I haven't been there in a very long time, mostly because I didn't want to spend so much time on the computer!

I can only imagine how hard it is if you have other dietary restrictions besides those for diabetes! I'm sure it's frustrating. I felt mad in the beginning when I realized I needed to cut way down or cut out on the food I used to enjoy but my meter convinced me and now it's a way of life and that's how I've discovered so many great recipes. Have you made Revolution Rolls? They're made with egg whites and I'll come back later and post the recipe. Also, there was a good one for cauliflower rolls, with no flour, just cauliflower - I'll post that later, too. Right now I'm getting ready to leave the house. I'm walking a 5k with my daughter and her two pups in a Humane Society walk. I'll catch you later!

Good morning! I posted two recipes, the Revolution Rolls and the Cauliflower Biscuits, in a new thread so they will be easier to find.

I have not made the cauliflower rolls yet but I don't think they would be firm enough for sandwiches. I use the American Processed cheese puffs for sandwiches or make lettuce wraps.

5 K is about 3 miles and we all probably walk that in a whole day. Anyway, it was nice and cool and a good reason to get out and walk!

I was on low carb diet before and felt depressed ,anxious on it.
Also my doc checked my blood and said I was showing to develop kidney stones which is scary....
Lately it has been terrible and I have been eating all junk and not feeling great either.
Planning to go low carb soon again ,hope it will not aggravate my anxiety / depression .

I try to be active so my numbers are not high.

I have to lose 25 lb in next 3 months if I can .

Hi Lanie,

Thanks so much. I know the lower carb eating is essential for keeping blood sugar low. I may be one of those people who cannot do it as low as Bernstein because of my kidneys. I didn't know that I had problems with my kidneys when I started and then started producing stones. But, I never did Bernstein purely... I did more of a Paleo and used nut flours which I think caused problems with my kidneys. Who knows. I read some research which said if you are producing kidney stones then to keep your carbs around 100-150. I'm WAY below that so I've started to add some beans... in small amounts.

Laine,
I haven't heard of that pancake recipe. Did they post it in LC friends? I made coconut pancakes but really need to cut back on coconut because I'm eating too much and I wonder if that is why my cholesterol is up.

Were you able to stay off meds because of your diet?

Lanie,
I'm sorry you hurt your hip. It sounds like you've worked hard to do the best you can. These bodies were not meant to last. I am really trying hard to stay off medication but there is no guarantee that I will succeed indefinitely. My sister is on metformin and I may end up there, too. All I can do is keep trying to eat healthy.

I really need to exercise. I have Fibromyalgia and back problems so some days it's a challenge to just keep up with my every day work. I still need to do better.

Thanks for the recipe. I hope to give it a try.