kitedoc
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Hi @Chris1983,
Welcome to the club.
As you have noted some foods can really send the bsls rocketing. But it is wonderful the way you have managed on your own to adjust your insulin to reach much better levels than at the start.
Like @Mel dCP, i follow a very low carb diet, Why?
Because it has given me the best BSLs of all in 52 years on insulin with minimal hypos. I lost a little weight on the diet, which was beneficial but with judicious addition iof some fat i can regain weight later if need be.
Yes, it means a different regime to what you might be used to food-wise, but there are very important reasons for you more than me at this stage to have the best bsls with the least ups and downs.
Of course some doctors are stuck in the now old-fashioned belief that fat is bad. What has been found in fact is that it is too many carbs ( plus in diabetics high bsls and ups and downs in bsl) which are associated with heart and blood vessel troubles. See the Fat Emporer podcats - Dr Paul Mason 1 to 3, (and 4, 5 for interest).
If you can consistently achieve normal bsls with very little ups and downs with whatever diet and insulin regime - which according to a person * who has been able to achieve this for many years and reversed his diabetes complications is ideally ( and only to be attempted with the full support of your health team) bsls varying between say, 4.5 to 6.4 mmol/l with minimal and only slight hypos - for the next 7 years plus you could be much better off later in life. Of course this is an ideal and a big ask
Why? You will need to read up on something called the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial, either by googling it or there are some references to it on site if you type it into the search box upper right of the Home or Forum page.
It is not the dcct which refers to blood test units but the DCCT. See what you think and ask questions if you wish.
The first DCCT results came out too late for me and many others to benefit from the knowledge gained but these days with better understanding of diet, better insulins and other helpful additions to technology the chances of you benefitting are much much better.
Best Wishes on your journey.
Please keep an open mind, read, learn, compare and ask whatever questions you need to.
There is no question so simple or basic that one of us has not asked it somewhere in the world!!
* Dr Bernstein's Diabetes Solution, book or ebook
Welcome to the club.
As you have noted some foods can really send the bsls rocketing. But it is wonderful the way you have managed on your own to adjust your insulin to reach much better levels than at the start.
Like @Mel dCP, i follow a very low carb diet, Why?
Because it has given me the best BSLs of all in 52 years on insulin with minimal hypos. I lost a little weight on the diet, which was beneficial but with judicious addition iof some fat i can regain weight later if need be.
Yes, it means a different regime to what you might be used to food-wise, but there are very important reasons for you more than me at this stage to have the best bsls with the least ups and downs.
Of course some doctors are stuck in the now old-fashioned belief that fat is bad. What has been found in fact is that it is too many carbs ( plus in diabetics high bsls and ups and downs in bsl) which are associated with heart and blood vessel troubles. See the Fat Emporer podcats - Dr Paul Mason 1 to 3, (and 4, 5 for interest).
If you can consistently achieve normal bsls with very little ups and downs with whatever diet and insulin regime - which according to a person * who has been able to achieve this for many years and reversed his diabetes complications is ideally ( and only to be attempted with the full support of your health team) bsls varying between say, 4.5 to 6.4 mmol/l with minimal and only slight hypos - for the next 7 years plus you could be much better off later in life. Of course this is an ideal and a big ask
Why? You will need to read up on something called the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial, either by googling it or there are some references to it on site if you type it into the search box upper right of the Home or Forum page.
It is not the dcct which refers to blood test units but the DCCT. See what you think and ask questions if you wish.
The first DCCT results came out too late for me and many others to benefit from the knowledge gained but these days with better understanding of diet, better insulins and other helpful additions to technology the chances of you benefitting are much much better.
Best Wishes on your journey.
Please keep an open mind, read, learn, compare and ask whatever questions you need to.
There is no question so simple or basic that one of us has not asked it somewhere in the world!!
* Dr Bernstein's Diabetes Solution, book or ebook