Keto diet

[Garyg 2]

Is a keto diet suitable for type 1 diabetics? Obviously insulin doses would have to be taken into consideration, but bit worried by the high levels of fat consumed. Any one else tried this?

 

[bulkbiker]

Quite a few people. Dr Richard Bernstein for one and lots of members of the Typeonegrit facebook pages.

https://www.facebook.com/Type1Grit

Very low carb, some keto.

 

[Alexandra100]

Quite a few people. Dr Richard Bernstein for one

Dr B is dead against keto as he thinks the diet risks giving too little protein, especially for children. He advocates a very low carb diet (roughly 30g carbs daily with protein replacing the missing carbs and with whatever fat comes along with the protein). We know his latest thinking on this topic as he still conducts a Q&A session on Youtube towards the end of every month and it frequently comes up. Well worth a watch. https://www.youtube.com/c/DrRichardKBernstein

 

[bulkbiker]

roughly 30g carbs daily

Is almost what every keto advocate would recommend.
20-30g of carbs per day would almost guarantee nutritional ketosis in the vast majority of people.

 

[Goonergal]

@Garyg 2 see also this site from Dr Ian Lake, who has type 1: https://type1keto.com/

 

[Deleted member 543160]

My take on "high fat" is that it's simply normal full fat rather than low/reduced/lite fat food. All you need to do is replace carbs with enough fat to fulfill your energy requirements - you don't have to stuff you face with it at all unless you choose to.