PseudoBob77
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Oh yes this is all about eggs and protein sorry about side tracking, i helped steer this into a biology class
That's what happens in my case.If you haven't read "Think Like a pancreas", I can highly recommend it. There is a section that explains that when protein is eaten without carbohydrate, the liver begins to convert some dietary protein to glucose causing a spike, with eggs being specifically noted. Meanwhile, if eggs are eaten with carbs, they will seem to have no effect on BG. Hope this helps, Paul
If you haven't read "Think Like a pancreas", I can highly recommend it. There is a section that explains that when protein is eaten without carbohydrate, the liver begins to convert some dietary protein to glucose causing a spike, with eggs being specifically noted. Meanwhile, if eggs are eaten with carbs, they will seem to have no effect on BG. Hope this helps, Paul
A couple of mornings recently I've had a really low fasting BG (2.7 and 3.2), so I've had the breakfast without injecting the Humalog, only to go up to 10 or 11 three or four hours later. I guess if I'm that low to begin with, I need to do a correction dose a couple of hours after breakfast - or should I wait till lunch and correct then?
I guess if I'm that low to begin with, I need to do a correction dose a couple of hours after breakfast - or should I wait till lunch and correct then?
The insulin index and 'glucose score 'for eggs (tested in non ds) was 31, fairly low but was still about the same as that for all bran and most people would take insulin for all bran.https://books.google.com/books?id=z...JAhWMOCYKHWYUAeYQ6AEIPDAI#v=onepage&q&f=false
Page 327 in that book mentions that egg protein had the lowest insulin response between different protein types in people with diabetes who are not insulin dependent.
I'm not sure if that's a coincidence or if it's somehow related to what you are experiencing.
This happens to myself and my daughter, we're both type 1s. I have to allow 10 grams 'carbs' for each egg when I work out my carbs for the meal.So I've noticed a pattern emerging... Every time I eat eggs, my sugar levels increase? My sugar level on waking today were 7mmol, tested an hour after eating & they were 12mmol. No carbs eaten, just a cheese & ham omelette. Same thing every time I eat eggs. But any other protein such as chicken, tuna etc, my sugar levels are always fine. Any ideas?
This happens to myself and my daughter, we're both type 1s. I have to allow 10 grams 'carbs' for each egg when I work out my carbs for the meal.
When bolusing for protein, when is best to take insulin? Before or after?
I do.Do you bolus for protein in the absence of carbs or all the time?