I usually cringe at most diabetes magazines. They're loaded with typical "eat whatever you want - you'll be fine" mentality. I was pleasantly surprised by this recent article in Diabetes Forecast stating a low carb, even ketogenic, diet for diabetes control may be a smart way to go.
A few years ago people thought following a low carb diet was going to cause the sky to fall and it was most definitely a fad - all the while often not realizing that low carb was THE way doctors treated Type 1 diabetes before insulin and even up until about 20 years ago. It's been around for well over a century and to my knowledge the sky hasn't fallen once! It's only been since the development of fast-acting insulin that the medical mindset changed [for the worse in my opinion].
We've been low carb for 6 of Samuel's 7 years as a Type 1 diabetic and would never, ever consider go back to high carb. We've been down that road and it took us several years to undo the damage it did.
One note I want to make is that the article mentions high fat, moderate protein which a lot of keto folks do. However, more science-based low carb/keto diets are moderate fat, higher protein, which is the model we follow and has given Samuel fantastic growth.
Link to the full article...
http://www.diabetesforecast.org/2019/01-jan-feb/what-you-need-to-know-about.html#.XCVpnQddw84.link
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