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You really should use something in liquid form so you can absorb it quicker. Juices, non diet soft drinks, lucozade!

200ml lucozade for my rapid cp's and 2 cp's of carbs if im not going to be eating for a while a mini mars bar is a good option!

Get yourself on a dafne worked wonders for me! also look at your mental health stress anxiety ect

Because you would then probably be able to eat anything you like understanding that sugars carbs all become glucose at different rates and the different ways insulines work, would just give you more freedom but if your enjoying your low carb diet continue as you are

How strange please you should ask your healthcare professional about dafne even if it means you have to travel it would be well worth it, it changed my life and I've had type 1 32 years!

Has your son or yourself been dafne educated?

yeah 5 carbs 1/2 a unit that's good means a 1 to 1 ratio basically dafne says 10 grams of carbs will raise your bs by 2-3mmol and 1 unit of insulin will bring it down 2-3mmol I eat about 60 grams of carbs per meal and try to consume about 3000 calories a day, trying to put weight back on after a...

Have you been on a dafne course do you know what ratio your on ie 1to1, 1.5 to 1 2 to 1

Type 1's don't need to be on a low carb diet you just have to work out the carbs and take the correct amount of insulin providing your background is right, I eat anything chocolate pizza ect ect and my last HBA1c was 6.6mmol sorry im old money.

It's a bit different for type 1's this book is my bible though I use it for every meal! http://www.carbsandcals.com/

Use whole meal or 50?50 because it wont have such a spike wholemeal wraps or pittas don't bm till 5 hours after you've eaten, go on a dafne course!

have to watch your protein intake too your body can only use 2-3 ounces of protein before it affects your blood sugar! Speaking with a bit of experience im a dafne graduate and have had type 1 diabetes 32 years and my last HBA1c was 6.6

Cheese meat nuts olives pickled onions single and double cream berries a few cherries melon plums clementine Satsuma eggs fish mayonnaise celery cherry tomatoes mushrooms peppers greek yogurt! A few ideas if you don't want to inject.

An average apple is about 10 grams of carbs or 1 cp which technically should raise your bm by 3 mmol so take 1 unit if your on a 1 to 1 ratio and so on

http://www.carbsandcals.com/ order this book it's a must for type 1's also get yourself on a dafne course also a must!

6.6mmol

Should'nt have to pay Bayer Ketostix should be on every type 1's script from your gp!

Id say reduce your back ground insulin 12mmol is very high to go to bed on! Have you been on a dafne course? if not talk to you diabetes consultant/nurse about going on one it should be free but it will take a week of your time but is well worth it,i've had type 1 32 years and I strongly suggest...

If you follow the dafne rules you should do a bm before going to bed and it should be between 6.5-8.0mmol if you still find your self going low maybe reduce your background insulin.

I've had 3 of these machines also in a very short amount of time And also got the faulty cassette error a lot, but try getting a refund and don't seem to get very far! But have a good alternative. Go on Bayers website and get a free Contour usb it's the blood monitor I've ever used and I've type...