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- Type of diabetes
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- Insulin
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Hi all, I just wanted to namecheck everyone who contributed to this thread, just in case the following information is useful to you.
For the last three days, I've experimented with eating more carbs - about 125g per day (up from my usual 45-65g). I can't say exactly what's happened on a physiological level, but this seems to have completely restored my insulin/carb ratio to almost exactly 1 unit to 10g carbs; sugars have come down to normal range, and things do now appear to be back to "normal".
Thank you to everyone for your input and suggestions. Those of you who suggested upping the carbs a little, seem to have been right - and it only took at few days. Also, 125g carbs for a few days to get things back on track, isn't that bad - it's still really low by reference to the "average" diet. Diabetes doesn't give us the opportunity for many positives - but when an experiment like this works out, I have to say, it is quite a good feeling!
@catapillar - I was thinking of you in particular, as you mentioned you were thinking reintroducing carbs to get your ratios back; if you decide to do this youself, it would be interesting to see whether this works for you too. x
Hi all, I just wanted to namecheck everyone who contributed to this thread, just in case the following information is useful to you.
For the last three days, I've experimented with eating more carbs - about 125g per day (up from my usual 45-65g). I can't say exactly what's happened on a physiological level, but this seems to have completely restored my insulin/carb ratio to almost exactly 1 unit to 10g carbs; sugars have come down to normal range, and things do now appear to be back to "normal".
Thank you to everyone for your input and suggestions. Those of you who suggested upping the carbs a little, seem to have been right - and it only took at few days. Also, 125g carbs for a few days to get things back on track, isn't that bad - it's still really low by reference to the "average" diet. Diabetes doesn't give us the opportunity for many positives - but when an experiment like this works out, I have to say, it is quite a good feeling!
@catapillar - I was thinking of you in particular, as you mentioned you were thinking reintroducing carbs to get your ratios back; if you decide to do this youself, it would be interesting to see whether this works for you too. x