I just saw a nutritionist also. She told me I could have 45 to 60 carbs per meal and 15 carbs per snack. I told her if I ate that way I would be 1000 pounds by now. She must of had some experience talking to low carbers because she didn't really have much to say after that. She couldn't explain how that many carbs was going to help lower my blood sugar. She didn't put up a fight at all. I just told her that I had been doing low carb for about 2 years.

I too get frustrated by the ADA recommendations - it is almost criminal to think all newly diagnosed will be told to eat 40-50 grams of carbs per meal and that doesn't include snacks! I remember when I was dx with type 2, I went to the diabetes class provided by the insurance company - while there, I thought, well.....this won't be so bad, I can have bread, cereal and even cake & cookies - it didn't take long to realize my b.g. was going up and had I continued on that path, I imagine I would be having many diabetic complications from high blood sugar. I follow Dr. B's plan and am working on the goal of non-diabetic fasting numbers in the 85-95 range.