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<blockquote data-quote="tim2000s" data-source="post: 848815" data-attributes="member: 30007"><p>If you eat protein two things happen. Firstly, you tend to see a reasonably sharp increase in bg level immediately after eating. This seems to be related to protein driving an insulin reaction in a normal person that requires a similar glucagon reaction. As a diabetic, we don't have the insulin, but the glucagon reaction takes place anyway. To deal with this i usually require about half the insulin I would need for the same grammes of carbs. If I don't use insulin, I see an increase rate of about 2.5-4 mmol per hour. </p><p></p><p>Following this, a process called gluconeogenesis kicks in, which causes the liver to convert protein to glucose. This will steadily increase your bg level post eating. I find that it needs approximately 1.5-2 u per hour for a few ( depending on amount of protein eaten) hours post eating. The rate of increase of bg without it over this period is roughly 0.75-1.5 mmol per hour for me. </p><p></p><p>So you can low carb, you just have to be aware that there are other processes in your body that create glucose and you have to learn to deal with them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tim2000s, post: 848815, member: 30007"] If you eat protein two things happen. Firstly, you tend to see a reasonably sharp increase in bg level immediately after eating. This seems to be related to protein driving an insulin reaction in a normal person that requires a similar glucagon reaction. As a diabetic, we don't have the insulin, but the glucagon reaction takes place anyway. To deal with this i usually require about half the insulin I would need for the same grammes of carbs. If I don't use insulin, I see an increase rate of about 2.5-4 mmol per hour. Following this, a process called gluconeogenesis kicks in, which causes the liver to convert protein to glucose. This will steadily increase your bg level post eating. I find that it needs approximately 1.5-2 u per hour for a few ( depending on amount of protein eaten) hours post eating. The rate of increase of bg without it over this period is roughly 0.75-1.5 mmol per hour for me. So you can low carb, you just have to be aware that there are other processes in your body that create glucose and you have to learn to deal with them. [/QUOTE]
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