I am type 2 but on insulin rapid 3 daily plus night time lantus. I have often wondered why I instead of dieting I cant simply adjust my insulin to the food I want to eat. I am sure there are good reasons but still curious.
The OP is suggesting that he could eat as much as he wanted and cover it by increasing his Insulin and asking if there are good reasons why not. I just gave him two reasons. Would you say there were no downsides to increasing Insulin?Please bear in mind this question has not been raised in the T2 sub forum.
As a T1, I know that taking insulin does not necessarily lead to weight gain regardless of exercise.
Although the OP has T2, this thread may be read by people with other types of diabetes who should not be encouraged to avoid their insulin for fear of weight gain. This can be incredibly dangerous.
Please consider all members of the forum when responding to non type specific threads.
I am type 2 but on insulin rapid 3 daily plus night time lantus. I have often wondered why I instead of dieting I cant simply adjust my insulin to the food I want to eat. I am sure there are good reasons but still curious.
Insulin doesn't neutralise glucose, like alkali neutralises acid. Insulin is used to enable the glucose to be moved into the muscles and be stored as fat. If you increase your Insulin to cover increased glucose from eating more carbs you will put on weight unless you drastically increase exercise. Meanwhile you will increase the Insulin circulating in your body which can have other harmful effects.
#@Mr_Pot I agree with @Kim Possible
The problem is you made a wide range statement of "insulin moving into muscle and becoming fat, increasing insulin causes weight gain." So not true.
That kind of statement is misleading in many ways and especially to a type 1 reading it because it's not true. You do not gain weight by taking more insulin, you can not make a blanket statement like that. It is hugely detrimental to a person that needs more insulin to control their BG's. If you eat too much for your personal needs then you gain weight.
If the OP is currently balancing his diet with his Insulin, then it is reasonable to assume he is intending to eat more carbs and keep his BG in check with more Insulin. Eating more carbs is likely to result in weight gain, which of course people might find desirable or not.@zand because he specifically is saying more insulin means weight gain and that's not true.
I am type 2 but on insulin rapid 3 daily plus night time lantus. I have often wondered why I instead of dieting I cant simply adjust my insulin to the food I want to eat. I am sure there are good reasons but still curious.
A growing body of evidence suggests that these wide-ranging and seemingly unconnected conditions can, in fact, be linked to a common underlying cause: metabolic derangement resulting primarily from chronic hyperinsulinemia, and its eventual end point, insulin resistance (IR).