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I have noticed something strange lately...that I actually feel the insulin lowering my blood sugar. It starts about 1 1/2 hours after I inject. I start to feel hollow in my tummy, and irritable and jumpy...almost like when I have a hypo but not as bad. I have tested when I start to feel like...

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...

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...

Hello I have noticed since changing to basal bolus that my BG rises slightly during exercise - I am generally around 5/6 when I start and after 1 1/2 hours in the gym mixture of cardio and weights I am around 7/8. I do not need to take on any more carbs while I am working out. This wasn't...

Hello all Is anyone else out there fed up and frustrated by all the conflicting information about what to eat as a diabetic? One minute I'm reading something which tells me to eat lots of carbs and the next it's no carbs! Problem is, there's a good rationale for every theory. I'm getting...