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Hi fergusc - thank you for your useful and interesting comments! Raw fats/proteins taste OK!!! Think nuts, seeds, coconut, avocado, yum! Also all fruits and vegs contain fats and protein. You are right about fat and protein making BS easier to control. I did try cutting out all starches, but...

PS For anyone who's interested, I use a forum for raw food which is SO interesting. It really answers any questions about the raw food diet. Have a look at http://www.rawfoodsupport.com, also http://www.goneraw.com is really good. Claire

Wow, what a lot has been going on while I have been busy working :D I think I only really have two points to make right now...will be back later with my day's experiences. 1) Sarah Q, you are very entitled to express your opinion and your opinion is just as valuable as anyone else's...

Well, here goes... Day 1 Unfortunately, had big junk food binge last night, whoops ;) I think that was my body preparing for its new regime. Consequence was shocking BS this morning...11.8 [:0] Didn't feel hungry for breakfast this morning, hardly surprising given what I stuffed...

Hello all :D I will be trying out an experiment for the next few months...seeing whether a raw vegan diet can get me off insulin. A raw food diet means just eating fruit, nuts, seeds, vegetables, sprouted beans and grains, and superfoods such as bee pollen or spirulina. I'm not sure I...

Patti I also am type 1 on insulin, but I find snacks and additional injections no problem. I am generally 4-5 before main meals and do not usually go higher than 7 or 8 between meals. I guess we're all different and have different preferences :D Claire

Patti - maybe Sherbert is one of those people who does not do well on three large meals a day. I am a grazer, I need to eat every couple of hours to feel well. And I'm not being piggy (weigh 8 1/2 stone) - I simply eat lots of small amounts as large amounts make me feel uncomfortable...

Hi shadow Glad to hear that your blood sugar is coming down! :D I personally think that basal bolus is a much better way to do things. It's a bit of a pain having to do more injections, but it gives you much better control, and eventually, when you have been shown how to carb count, you...

I don't think you can be type 1! I couldn't get to the hospital for 2 weeks when I was diagnosed because there were no appointments free and I had a holiday booked...so they just sent me home with a glucose meter to record what was happening. I was eating very very healthily and exercising...

Good luck with everything! Claire

So it's not just me then... Dennis, I felt for you when I read the responses to your thread - you were just genuinely trying to direct people to a source of help and advice and yes, some responses were extremely aggressive. As I said previously, this forum never used to be hostile. I hope...

I agree it was just really interesting to see what kind of doses other people are on - certainly I didn't see this as a "serious" thread. I love reading this forum, but I have to say I'm finding it a bit "*****y" at the moment...there seems to be a bit of bad feeling on some of the threads...

Happy New Year all! I was just wondering...how do you gauge whether your long acting dose is correct? I was taking 7 units levemir at night but have brought it down to 5 units for the past week as I was starting to wake up under 4 despite being around 8 when I went to bed. I'd like to have...

glad to hear you're doing better my BS hasn't been so good today because I've stuffed myself with nice things happy Christmas

How are things going now with your BS shadow?

I like nuts, seeds, veg sticks, tofu, veg soup (homemade - the canned stuff has lots of carbs), olives, grapefruit (doesn't seem to have enough carbs to affect things).

I take 7 units levemir and between 1 and 8 units novorapid per day depending on what I eat. I am 5' 4 approx 53kg. I guess I'm not in the running for the person who takes the most insulin [:p]

I have to say my GP has been pretty good - she has only made one mistake with the prescription and only once have I asked for 200 strips and got 50 instead...agree with you others that less than 200 in one go isn't worth bothering with. I'd be at the chemist every few days if I only got 50!

thank you for all your advice!

Thanks, will try that