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Nice sounding breakfast/luch whatever. Just be carefull with the mayo, some types can have too much sugar and carbs in. Read and study label carefully. Unknowingly you can take in too much carbs in the day like this, which will delay your keto-adaption. you can buy urine keto sticks to test for ketones in your urine.

No, the bottom line is nobody else in the medical profession in SA had the gutts to try and popularise this kind of diet for its health benefits here.

Correct, yes, he emphasized this. Look up banting, even earlier version.

Too much fructose in fresh fruit juices. That is a killer. Brown sugar is till sugar, Cut it out. Same for honey .

Not quit true. The Paleo diet uses lots of carbs still, making it impossible to be fully keto-adaped. I suggest you read the literature fully.

Game has lots of sugar in, which is no good. There are quite a few Low / NO-Carb alternative flavourants out there.

Thats it. In the end the strips could cost you more than the more expensive ones then. Also, you don't want to have to prick yourself for a second time all the time... If you have to prick and measure a couple of times a day, it all adds up and you quickly value the better meters.

I have outlined the main reasons in my last sentence previously.

You really should get a Kindle then !

So are you doing the low Carb diet now ?

The Contour is a "S&*%T " meter. I should know as I have tested and used it. The pharmacies makes more money from the contour strips than other models, that is why they give it away for free. The Accucheck Nano is much better. It is faster and uses less blood than the Contour, and you waste far less strips.

Read the literature so you can know what to expect. You are going to feel pap the first week or so. Drink more water at first and adjust your salt intake higher. Read that books !

I measure my own BG levels purely for interest sake to see how my body reacts to this diet. my fasting BG has come down since I have been on this diet, which is a good thing. Obviously, I want to completely cut out all sugars, and limit carbs, from all of my kids diets, not only my type 1 son, but I firstly have to convince my wife that it is completely healthy for a growing child. Of course the dieticians is hugely oposed to it as well. The facts will survive though. It is just a matter of time. You must read Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution: The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars [Kindle Edition] Richard K. Bernstein (Author) This guy is the most authoritive person in the world on Type 1 diabetics and low carb living.

what make and model meter do you have. the strips are about R200 - R300 for 50, I buy directly from overseas in bulk and save hundreds, if not thousands of rands for my son's supply.

No, and you ?

Yes, read the label carefully.

My 10 year old son diagnosed earlier this year with Type 1.

Yes, thats a good book as well.

WoW, nice one ! No breakfast? not even eggs and cheese ? My blood glucose also about 3.5 - 3.8 after exercise. I have hand meters at home (son T1 diabetic) I agree with the adaption periods you mentioned.

You should read that books mentioned earlier in this thread. The first 2/3 weeks is critical. It would suggest NO carbs in this period with bare min (<20 grams a day) all in leafy vegatables. Some nuts have too much carbs in them. No off days in those 2/3 weeks, or else you will just delay your transition to burning fats for fuel.

Great stuff and good luck ! You just ride with water and cheese or boerewors (dry) and biltong.

How much entries to date?

Mmmm, a bit too optimistic there bud (pun intended). Beer is known to increase uric acid in your body and that is like poison.

Perhaps you should actually first read those 2 books before going on a wild goose Google search and just copying and pasting links before actually reading them properly. There normally is a direct relationship between quantity and quality of posts.

Too bad there is no age limit for the Hub, like min age ! Now go back to school !