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<blockquote data-quote="smidge" data-source="post: 633147" data-attributes="member: 29301"><p>Really interesting thread guys. I've not been around recently, so I'm just catching up on the interesting stuff.</p><p></p><p>I'm a huge fan of Bernstein but I know I couldn't stick to his diet so I take the principles and adapt it.</p><p></p><p>I've come to realise that once the carbs are low, protein becomes a very big deal to BG control. It's a tricky little blighter because it spikes me 5 or 6 hours later when all the rapid acting is used up. For this reason, I stay just out of ketosis. I'm very tiny and 50g carb a day keeps me just out of ketosis. I find a strategically eaten ryvita can help a lot with high protein meals - it's only 7g carb, but gives my body the easy carbs it likes, and is easy to jab for in terms of timing - it seems to help the delayed protein spike that seems to plague me!</p><p></p><p>I think there is an enormous difference on this between those of us who need bolus and those who don't. For those who don.t, spreading out the carb/protein can help flatten the spikes, but for those who do, we need to be aware of the peak and length of the bolus action and make sure we bolus at the right time, split the dose and/or adjust the timing of the spike by our food combinations.</p><p></p><p>I'm definitely going to have a go at cutting the protein back a bit though.</p><p></p><p>Smidge</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smidge, post: 633147, member: 29301"] Really interesting thread guys. I've not been around recently, so I'm just catching up on the interesting stuff. I'm a huge fan of Bernstein but I know I couldn't stick to his diet so I take the principles and adapt it. I've come to realise that once the carbs are low, protein becomes a very big deal to BG control. It's a tricky little blighter because it spikes me 5 or 6 hours later when all the rapid acting is used up. For this reason, I stay just out of ketosis. I'm very tiny and 50g carb a day keeps me just out of ketosis. I find a strategically eaten ryvita can help a lot with high protein meals - it's only 7g carb, but gives my body the easy carbs it likes, and is easy to jab for in terms of timing - it seems to help the delayed protein spike that seems to plague me! I think there is an enormous difference on this between those of us who need bolus and those who don't. For those who don.t, spreading out the carb/protein can help flatten the spikes, but for those who do, we need to be aware of the peak and length of the bolus action and make sure we bolus at the right time, split the dose and/or adjust the timing of the spike by our food combinations. I'm definitely going to have a go at cutting the protein back a bit though. Smidge [/QUOTE]
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