What do you eat? On a typical work day for example?My diet varies depending if I am at work or not I am type 1 and hate every bit of it lol I know it sounds stupid Daibell u refer to fats can u give me an example of wat that includes maybe that would help
I know, that's why I tagged you and didn't just answer without tagging you.I'm not the original poster
I get hungry when my levels go up. Noticed massive improvment since going on a pump when my levels stabilisedDoes anyone find that they are constantly hungry no matter wat I eat I am always starving dn said this is due to insulin but it's doing my head in
Hibuckley8219, can i recommend a book that would help you understand the diet necessary to stabilise diabetes and blood sugars, Jenny ruhls blood sugar 101.Hi,
I always used to feel hungry. This advice may sound counter-intuitive, but it worked for me!
I started fasting regularly, this helped my stomach shrink and I feel fuller a lot quicker.
Water consumption, I'm convinced that loads of people confuse thirst with hunger. Real hunger is felt in the throat and it takes a couple of days to feel real hunger in my experience. I drink 3-4 litres of water a day and this massively reduces hunger pangs.
Carbs are the devil if I carb binge my hunger pangs increase exponentially.
Eat high fat, high protein calorie dense food. I don't feel as hungry a few hours later when I do this.
This makes interesting reading. I think as diabetics it's not just insulin we lack, other parts of the endocrine system are affected, I read that the beta cells are also responsible in part for appetite regulation etc.
http://www.medbio.info/horn/time 5/appetite and weight control nov06 v2.htm
I don't suffer from hunger that much, but then I can't remember the last time I felt full or fully satisfied from eating. I can put away vast quantities of food, 5,000-6,000 calories in a sitting, 2kg of steak etc (not that I do very often ha) and still not feel full! I find that very weird. There is definitely something amiss with my appetite regulation that I believe to be diabetes related.
What it is I don't know.
Agree with Azure. And your DN. Think it is insulin - too much of it circulating. On pump i was able to reduce insulin a bit, even though never used a great deal - it must have been too much for me. Now use pump with with lowest base rate possible for me, but also have to keep boluses as low as possible, and meals as small as possible.Does anyone find that they are constantly hungry no matter wat I eat I am always starving dn said this is due to insulin but it's doing my head in
Hi @Jackie006 I have found that since eating LCHF I rarely feel hungry and my food portion sizes have really decreased. In terms of fats I eat full fat dairy eg whole milk or cream, full fat mayo, cheese, yoghurt etc. Good sources of fat are avocado, olives, oily fish like salmon, trout, mackerel, nuts.My diet varies depending if I am at work or not I am type 1 and hate every bit of it lol I know it sounds stupid Daibell u refer to fats can u give me an example of wat that includes maybe that would help