Re: Dr. Bernstein's Goals
- From: "Uncle Enrico" <uncle@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:32:07 GMT
I'm a big fan of Dr. Bernstein and I credit him with improving my health and
life, but I've not been able to achieve his bg goals of 90-95 mg/dl all the
time. I maintain an A1C of 5.3 using low dose insulin, low carb, low fat
and daily exercise. I might be able to go lower, but I'd have to inject more
often and eat even lower carb than I do.
Bernstein's bg goals are worthy. Those levels are what normals achieve. We'd
all be healthier if we could achieve those levels without hypos, but I'm not
there yet, but I haven't given up on them. Low, safe and steady is what we
should aim for.
"Priscilla Ballou" <vze23t8n@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:vze23t8n-9B8C02.12145616012006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> In article <1137430913.39311@sj-nntpcache-3>, hsc@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> Well, its been exactly a year since I was diagnosed (T2) - and looking
>> back
>> its been a considerable change in lifestyle and dietary education. From
>> not ever worrying about what I ate - I have gone to much better dietary
>> awareness and regular exercise - both strength and cardio. Never
>> overweight
>> to begin with (6'1" and 184 lbs at diagnoses), dropped 20 lbs over
>> 6 months due to eating fewer carbs and Metformin - to a steady 164 lbs.
>> Overall, feel much better and more energetic with the changes in
>> lifestyle.
>>
>> I've spent the year learning from my meter - shooting for the goal of
>> 140 mg/dl at 1 hr. and 120 mg/dl at 2 hrs - which I succeed at for the
>> most part - except the occasional spike from a bad meal or ill-considered
>> quantity.
>>
>> I recently ordered Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution and started reading
>> it.
>> I think I'm a thrid of the way through, and just hit the part where he
>> states his treatment goal for Type 2s as 85 mg/dl - all the time -
>> before,
>> during, and after meals. Maybe, my question here is premature, and I
>> should
>> read through and see what he recommends as the action plan to achieve
>> that target goal, but I couldn't resist. I'm sure many here have read
>> the book, and can speak from experience. Is such a goal achievable,
>> especially at a steady level - with no ups and downs post meals?
>
> I suppose theoretically, but I believe one would need to be injecting
> insulin to achieve it. I really don't think such an extreme goal is
> achievable by the ordinary non-insulin dependent T2 living anywhere near
> a normal life. This is not to say that there isn't a lot of very useful
> information in Bernstein's book or that he's not stating a genuine
> ideal, but I've had to give up perfectionism for my health. ;-) I aim
> to be under 140 at one hour and under 120 at two hours, and about 90% of
> the time I'm *well* under those goals. Then there are the times when I
> hear the siren call of garlic mashed potatoes or warm French bread, and
> I have to just forgive myself for those occasions and move on.
> Priscilla does not live on broccoli alone!
>
> Priscilla
> --
> "Inside every older person is a younger person -- wondering what
> the hell happened." -- Cora Harvey Armstrong
.
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