Hello my wonderful friends! I hope that you are all very well!
My name is Josephine. I am a Type 1 diabetic on a multiple injections basal/bolus scheme.
I use Levemir as my background insulin twice a day and I use Novorapid to cover meals. My ratio is 1:1.
I am new to the forum which was so kindly introduced to me by “Enclave” (thank you Enclave!)
In my effort, recently, to monitor my insulin needs and ratios, I decided to eliminate animal products from certain meals, like breakfast and dinner. I also quit completely milk, yogurts, cheese, eggs, any kind of cream (single, double, mayonnaise). I only allowed 80-90 grams of meat/fish and salads for lunch.
I thought, “let’s try to figure out the ratios without the animal products first, and then I will introduce them gradually and record what happens”.
Here is the interesting part.
After I started this “diet” (so to speak), within about 10 days, I started having hypoglycemic episodes morning, afternoon, evening and during the night… I went from basal test to basal test almost every second day. Eventually, I had to reduce my overall background insulin dosage from 22 units down to 16 units. At the time, I had no idea why I had to reduce my insulin intake so much as I had not made the association between my reduced insulin needs and the lack of animal products/meat.
Currently, my diet consists of 90-120 grams per day, coming from fruits, vegetables and rye bread. I have never experimented with such a diet in the past so, my choices seem very limited at the moment but, I am very keen to experiment now because, I am amazed by how wonderfully my insulin works without any animal products… everything has become so effortless and predictable (if this can be said about Type 1 diabetes…)
Some days ago, I watched the following video.
It has disturbing images between minutes 14:30 to 19:00 so, if you wish, please skip them.
However, there are some interesting points after minute 19:00.
I was in shock!!
I felt that, now that I know, I cannot keep doing this (engaging into speciesism) and still live with myself!
I had no idea about the processes used by the dairy and meat industry. So, veganism became a noble aim that I very much want to achieve! I feel it as a noble and ethical lifestyle because, it makes me feel good about myself, about who I am and how I understand myself in relation to the world around me.
I have a lot to learn about veganism, it is a new world for me so all your posts, threads, ideas and recipies are very very useful to me!
I wish you the most beautiful day ahead!!
Regards
Josephine.
P.S. If anyone can guide me, in how many ways can I cook Tofu without frying it, that would be great!!