Welcome to my new blog. After researching and mulling it over this past summer, we have decided to try eating low carb.
This past spring I was having some health issues, mainly to do with my thyroid. In my own research, I read that cutting out gluten may help, so I decided to do that. It was hard, but it did seem to help some (but it could have been time that helped as well).
Our oldest son has type 1 diabetes. He was diagnosed 4 years ago when he was seven. He has done great with checking his blood sugar and doing his own shots. He knows when he is low. We can tell when he is high by his mood changes. We were growing tired of his ups and downs (mostly his highs). Over the summer, I came across something about eating low carb and how it helps with type 1 diabetes. I researched and read (parts) of a book by Dr. Bernstein, a doctor who has had type 1 since he was a child as well. When he was an adult, he found that eating low carb helped in keeping his blood sugar stable and helped with other complications that come with diabetes. There is a low carb for T1 diabetes on Facebook that I follow as well as a Pinterest board where I have gotten some of my recipes.
So we decided to start eating low carb as a family. I don't remember all the ratios for protein and fat from Dr. Bernstein's book, but try to keep to the basic idea of higher protein and low carb. I do remember that his plan is 6 grams of carbs at breakfast with 12 grams carbs each at lunch and dinner. I try to stick to those numbers but don't always. I have found that cutting out sugar has helped my health, as well as help, keep our son's numbers down. Over Christmas break, we didn't do so well at eating low carb and limiting sugar but are back on track now.
I have noticed that if our son has a very low carb breakfast, it does help with his blood sugar throughout the whole day. We are still working on him eating low carb at school and that may be a while in coming, but the breakfast does help. There are many options we have found for breakfasts and that is where I would like to start on this blog, low carb recipes for breakfast. The most basic idea and one that most people probably think of is eggs. We try to do different things with eggs so it is not the same thing each time. Both our boys can now make scrambled eggs by themselves, which is nice on my lazy mornings. Many of the recipes are from other sites I have found so I will link to the specific site in each post.
We are not following a keto diet, though it is similar. We are trying to focus on no sugar and high protein (not necessarily the fat part).
I welcome any comments, anything you have tried with a particular recipe (what worked and what didn't), any questions, or places where to get ingredients cheaper.
This past spring I was having some health issues, mainly to do with my thyroid. In my own research, I read that cutting out gluten may help, so I decided to do that. It was hard, but it did seem to help some (but it could have been time that helped as well).
Our oldest son has type 1 diabetes. He was diagnosed 4 years ago when he was seven. He has done great with checking his blood sugar and doing his own shots. He knows when he is low. We can tell when he is high by his mood changes. We were growing tired of his ups and downs (mostly his highs). Over the summer, I came across something about eating low carb and how it helps with type 1 diabetes. I researched and read (parts) of a book by Dr. Bernstein, a doctor who has had type 1 since he was a child as well. When he was an adult, he found that eating low carb helped in keeping his blood sugar stable and helped with other complications that come with diabetes. There is a low carb for T1 diabetes on Facebook that I follow as well as a Pinterest board where I have gotten some of my recipes.
So we decided to start eating low carb as a family. I don't remember all the ratios for protein and fat from Dr. Bernstein's book, but try to keep to the basic idea of higher protein and low carb. I do remember that his plan is 6 grams of carbs at breakfast with 12 grams carbs each at lunch and dinner. I try to stick to those numbers but don't always. I have found that cutting out sugar has helped my health, as well as help, keep our son's numbers down. Over Christmas break, we didn't do so well at eating low carb and limiting sugar but are back on track now.
I have noticed that if our son has a very low carb breakfast, it does help with his blood sugar throughout the whole day. We are still working on him eating low carb at school and that may be a while in coming, but the breakfast does help. There are many options we have found for breakfasts and that is where I would like to start on this blog, low carb recipes for breakfast. The most basic idea and one that most people probably think of is eggs. We try to do different things with eggs so it is not the same thing each time. Both our boys can now make scrambled eggs by themselves, which is nice on my lazy mornings. Many of the recipes are from other sites I have found so I will link to the specific site in each post.
We are not following a keto diet, though it is similar. We are trying to focus on no sugar and high protein (not necessarily the fat part).
I welcome any comments, anything you have tried with a particular recipe (what worked and what didn't), any questions, or places where to get ingredients cheaper.
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