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Long acting carbs

Wayne18000

Wayne18000

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Can anybody please give me some examples of long acting carbs as my blood sugar seems to dip mid morning to just under 4. I normally have toast and weatabix for breakfast. Thanks in advance
 
I think carbs are only long lasting in the minds of advertisers of breakfast cereals. If you eat a high carb breakfast, as you are doing, either you will produce your own insulin to cover it or you will inject and then the carbs will be gone. Avoid the roller-coaster of sugars (and insulin) going up and down by having a zero carb breakfast, remembering to reduce any injected insulin or insulin inducing drugs accordingly. A couple of eggs should keep you going!
Sally
 
Wayne18000 said:
Can anybody please give me some examples of long acting carbs as my blood sugar seems to dip mid morning to just under 4. I normally have toast and weatabix for breakfast. Thanks in advance
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What meds are you on @Wayne18000 ? If you're on insulin, do you carb count?

I have cereal for breakfast and my blood sugar stays stable. It could be your bolus insulin needs adjusting. You could also try a different cereal to see if that suits you better.
 
azure said:
What meds are you on @Wayne18000 ? If you're on insulin, do you carb count?

I have cereal for breakfast and my blood sugar stays stable. It could be your bolus insulin needs adjusting. You could also try a different cereal to see if that suits you better.
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Hi, I'm on lantus 20 units down from 24. Also novorapid 4 units for breakfast 6 for lunch although been having 4 and take 8 units for lunch.
 
Wayne18000 said:
Hi, I'm on lantus 20 units down from 24. Also novorapid 4 units for breakfast 6 for lunch although been having 4 and take 8 units for lunch.
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Ok :) Do you carb count - that is, eat a set amount of carbs for those Novorapid doses?
 
@Wayne18000 . When you say mid morning it is a bit vague. What may help is if you could tell us how long after you administer your insulin that your sugars drop.
Do you inject lantus once daily?
 
Wayne18000 said:
I don't carb count as such but I do make sure I eat more than I inject
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It could be that you're spiking high then dropping low. Have you tried testing at 1 and 2 hours after the start of breakfast?

Sometimes having the meal time insulin more in advance can both stop any large spike and mean the amount can be slightly reduced too. I found this at breakfast. I had my insulin earlier and was able to reduce the amount. That way my sugars stayed smoother during the morning.
 
Protein last a lot longer then carbs, but unlike fat do increase BG (by about half of what carbs do).
 
Wayne18000 said:
Not carb counting as such, but I do make sure I have more carbs than I need per injections
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Hi. You really need to carb-count and match the injections to the carbs you eat at each meal. If you have more carbs than you need per injection you will avoid hypos but will have raised blood sugar. The aim of carb-counting is get the best compromise. Low GI (longer-acting) carbs include beans, pulses etc i.e. fibrous carbs and to some extent whole-grain carbs.
 
Wayne18000 said:
some examples of long acting carbs
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Anything with a low Glycemic Index, but these can also have a higher Glycemic Load. The Glycemic Index is a number between 0 and 100, the nearer to 100, the nearer to eating glucose.

This Diabetes UK (is that the enemy, LOL) article has some more information. https://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-t...es-and-diabetes/Glycaemic-index-and-diabetes/

Harvard Medical School have a handy list of foods with both their GI and GL. Might be handy. http://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/glycemic-index-and-glycemic-load-for-100-foods

The URLs will allow people to decide how they interpret information and to confirm my thoughts.
 
Wayne18000 said:
Can anybody please give me some examples of long acting carbs as my blood sugar seems to dip mid morning to just under 4. I normally have toast and weatabix for breakfast. Thanks in advance
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I used to have this issue and i think I know what you mean by morning. I was either getting a big raise and drop (after about two hours) so having to have something else to eat to tackle it even though my carb to insulin ratio at breakfast seemed to be ok. I like porridge but that's just me, I remember @azure saying pre bolusing with a little less units works well - and it did for me I only had to do it 10 - 15 mins before I ate and it got rid of the big drop coz I needed less units. Be cautious though
 
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