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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Hey everyone, I've been a type 1 for almost 3 years and for the last year i've had good control. My last 2 a1c's were 52 and 49, which i'm pleased with. My Libre estimates my next one at 45, which will be even better! I enjoy learning about diet and nutrition, it's a hobby of mine, and i absolutely love to cook. so basically i'm health conscious and have fairly tight control.
So, i recently decided to go vegan. As a result, my carb intake increased from about 40% of my diet to about 65% of my diet as I replaced the meat, dairy and eggs with lots of beans, lentils, nuts, seeds and whole grains like quinoa and barley. I also eat lower carb protein like tofu and soy yogurt but not as much because they're pricey. I stay far away from certain fruit, oats and white potatoes because my blood sugar does NOT like them.
Within about 2 weeks of this, i was hypoing DAILY. sometimes multiple times a day, with no change to my insulin ratios, exercise or anything like stress. i mean, it was mad. Eventually i messed with my ratios of insulin to carbs and realised that i was needing about half the insulin for the carbs that i used to. i am now taking about the same insulin i used to for wayyy more carbs?
that's completely the opposite to what i expected, so my question is- is this normal????? I was under the impression that increasing your carb consumption increases your insulin resistance, so i expected that switching to vegan and eating more carbs was going to up my insulin needs massively, which i came to terms with and decided to do it anyway.
I always thought that going lower carb was the best way to get insulin sensitivity back? Should mention that i've not lost any weight- if anything i've gained a bit from the repeated hypos that i treated with vegan sweets lol
i don't know, i'm just so confused, because everyone has been telling me that lowering carbs as much as possible is best for diabetics
So, i recently decided to go vegan. As a result, my carb intake increased from about 40% of my diet to about 65% of my diet as I replaced the meat, dairy and eggs with lots of beans, lentils, nuts, seeds and whole grains like quinoa and barley. I also eat lower carb protein like tofu and soy yogurt but not as much because they're pricey. I stay far away from certain fruit, oats and white potatoes because my blood sugar does NOT like them.
Within about 2 weeks of this, i was hypoing DAILY. sometimes multiple times a day, with no change to my insulin ratios, exercise or anything like stress. i mean, it was mad. Eventually i messed with my ratios of insulin to carbs and realised that i was needing about half the insulin for the carbs that i used to. i am now taking about the same insulin i used to for wayyy more carbs?
that's completely the opposite to what i expected, so my question is- is this normal????? I was under the impression that increasing your carb consumption increases your insulin resistance, so i expected that switching to vegan and eating more carbs was going to up my insulin needs massively, which i came to terms with and decided to do it anyway.
I always thought that going lower carb was the best way to get insulin sensitivity back? Should mention that i've not lost any weight- if anything i've gained a bit from the repeated hypos that i treated with vegan sweets lol
i don't know, i'm just so confused, because everyone has been telling me that lowering carbs as much as possible is best for diabetics