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<blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 82193" data-attributes="member: 12578"><p>As someone on insulin I think a change that was quite big but was easy to implement was becoming aware of quantities. I bought some new scales immediately after coming out of hospital and they go everywhere with me, together with a 'carb' book and a calculator enabling me to count carbs accurately. To start with I even weighed my carbs in restaurants! Now I'm quite good at estimating. I also think that it's a good idea at the beginning to keep to a very regular pattern of meals, trying to stick to similar proportions of meat/ veg and starchy carbs. This helps to calculate carb/insulin ratio . Later you can vary things knowing how much insulin to take. </p><p></p><p>Second change was to learn more about the glycaemic index: for example sticky rice as in rissotto is very high gi and might play havoc with your blood glucose. Al dente, wild, basmati and brown rice are much slower and easier on the glucose levels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phoenix, post: 82193, member: 12578"] As someone on insulin I think a change that was quite big but was easy to implement was becoming aware of quantities. I bought some new scales immediately after coming out of hospital and they go everywhere with me, together with a 'carb' book and a calculator enabling me to count carbs accurately. To start with I even weighed my carbs in restaurants! Now I'm quite good at estimating. I also think that it's a good idea at the beginning to keep to a very regular pattern of meals, trying to stick to similar proportions of meat/ veg and starchy carbs. This helps to calculate carb/insulin ratio . Later you can vary things knowing how much insulin to take. Second change was to learn more about the glycaemic index: for example sticky rice as in rissotto is very high gi and might play havoc with your blood glucose. Al dente, wild, basmati and brown rice are much slower and easier on the glucose levels. [/QUOTE]
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