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<blockquote data-quote="Shiba Park" data-source="post: 1905012" data-attributes="member: 329563"><p>I'm certainly not saying getting your dose right won't work in your favour!</p><p></p><p>But the two most dominant sources of error have been addressed since Bernstein developed his philosophy; we don't use Dulux colour charts to measure (guess!) our glucose levels and insulin is much more flat for basal and rapid for bolus.</p><p></p><p>But what is 'right'? For me, right is primarily being where I expect to be once the carbs and insulin have both run their course. Secondary (but still important) to that is what was the journey during that period.</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong, I'm not being negative about low carb, but for a sample size of 1 (me) it's more challenging than eating a moderate amount of carbs. I'm just putting forward the idea that it's not the panacea for all.</p><p></p><p>For example, I'm very insulin sensitive; using even a half unit pen gives me a dosing granularity of about 15g carbs or 3mmol/L. When eating small amounts of carbs it's very difficult to end up where I want to be, and there's frequently a race condition between the insulin and the carbs as the insulin kicks in very quickly...</p><p></p><p>I'm not pretending I'm typical, but equally I'm not that rare either.</p><p></p><p>As people keep saying on this forum, we're all different. Your favoured philosophy doesn't work for all, but just because someone isn't for it doesn't mean their against it...</p><p></p><p>And while it IS important for people know about Bernstein's principles, it's equally important to know about the other approaches people take.</p><p></p><p>Vive la difference!</p><p></p><p>Shiba.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shiba Park, post: 1905012, member: 329563"] I'm certainly not saying getting your dose right won't work in your favour! But the two most dominant sources of error have been addressed since Bernstein developed his philosophy; we don't use Dulux colour charts to measure (guess!) our glucose levels and insulin is much more flat for basal and rapid for bolus. But what is 'right'? For me, right is primarily being where I expect to be once the carbs and insulin have both run their course. Secondary (but still important) to that is what was the journey during that period. Don't get me wrong, I'm not being negative about low carb, but for a sample size of 1 (me) it's more challenging than eating a moderate amount of carbs. I'm just putting forward the idea that it's not the panacea for all. For example, I'm very insulin sensitive; using even a half unit pen gives me a dosing granularity of about 15g carbs or 3mmol/L. When eating small amounts of carbs it's very difficult to end up where I want to be, and there's frequently a race condition between the insulin and the carbs as the insulin kicks in very quickly... I'm not pretending I'm typical, but equally I'm not that rare either. As people keep saying on this forum, we're all different. Your favoured philosophy doesn't work for all, but just because someone isn't for it doesn't mean their against it... And while it IS important for people know about Bernstein's principles, it's equally important to know about the other approaches people take. Vive la difference! Shiba. [/QUOTE]
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