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@mickj I don’t think it’s age related for you either. I presume when you said that you only eat 30 grams of sugar a day you actually mean of carbs. That’s incredible, i can’t imagine keeping it that low. When I was diagnosed I went to a nutritionist and was told up to 30 grams per meal, and two snacks of 15 grams. Of course that was the max recommended but only 30 per day to me sounds as if it might be too few. I know you do need carbs, but it sounds as you are doing very well and if your doctor is good with your diet it must be OK.
Have you spoken to a doctor or nutritionist about what would be the best things to eat to increase your weight without increasing your A1c? I’d be curious to hear what they recommend, even though increasing my weight is unfortunately not a problem I have.
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You are right in that 30 grams of total carbs is awfully low, approaching Keto diet territory. That's not what I'm after. I actually eat about 120 total carbs a day. 30 grams of sugar, 50 grams of fiber and the rest are those dreaded unnamed carbs. Not wanting to bump up carbs much more, I've got to increase either proteins or fats. I currently eat about 120 grams of protein and see no value in eating any more. So the last thing I can do is increase fats. I've talked to my nutritionist about this, and she agrees. I've started to eat a little dark chocolate with no sugar, and I'm working up the "courage" to get after avocados. Last night, I even bumped up my carbs a bit by adding some brown rice to my extravagant dinner of carrots, celery and almonds. Baby steps.