[vram22]

>the price you pay is an exercise regimen

I read somewhere that N. Vittal, a prominent Indian civil servant, controlled his diabetes by walking a lot, daily.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._Vittal

>and an extremely disciplined diet (I haven't eaten rice, bread, pasta, or potatoes in 9 years).

What about other forms of wheat products like semolina, couscous, etc? Other cereal grains?

[brian_cunnie]

W.r.t. walking. Yes, it's a wonderful way to bring down your blood sugar. I once ate too much carbs, and my blood sugar spiked to 180 (I shouldn't let it get over 160, normal people's blood sugar rarely go over 120). I was able to bring it down 50 points, to 130, by walking vigorously for 1/2 hour.

> What about other forms of wheat products like semolina, couscous, etc? Other cereal grains?

I stay away from them, but I haven't done a rigorous study. I know that, as far as diabetes is concerned, white rice is terrible for you, and brown rice is just as bad.

In general the only carbo-foods I'm comfortable with are legumes (beans) because their carbs take longer to digest.

[vram22]

Interesting, thanks.