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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
I tried out a low carb diet (but not low carb enough to cause ketosis) to see if it would help with my blood sugar management and in fairness it has, I’ve managed to knock my hba1c down from 52mmol to 45mmol in 5 weeks by eating 70-80 carbs a day. Unfortunately though this has caused moderate ketones regularly especially if I go over 4.5 hours without eating where my ketones will rise to 1.4. I have done a basal test and my basal is correct, with my blood sugar rarely peeking over 11 now after meals and coming back down to 6 before my next meal.. I have had no injury or illness.
I use 1:10 ratio for novarapid and 9 units of humulin I for basal..
can anyone shed any light? My diabetes nurse suspects it’s starvation ketones as it’s Normal glucose levels.. but I’ve not heard of that before, only time I fast for a long period of time is at night.. but my ketones are rarely above 0.4 when I first wake up. Frankly I’m petrified of DKA as I have never experienced it, would like to know what I could possibly be doing wrong.
I use 1:10 ratio for novarapid and 9 units of humulin I for basal..
can anyone shed any light? My diabetes nurse suspects it’s starvation ketones as it’s Normal glucose levels.. but I’ve not heard of that before, only time I fast for a long period of time is at night.. but my ketones are rarely above 0.4 when I first wake up. Frankly I’m petrified of DKA as I have never experienced it, would like to know what I could possibly be doing wrong.