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20 mmol/L. 20s = twenties

May I suggest you read Patrick Holfords 'say no to diabetes' . It's very informative about the effects of high GI and GL foods on your blood glucose levels. Corn flakes and crumpets are basically almost like eating glucose. Like you I ate a few bad choice items. Now I am on a low GL diet my...

Depends on weight. I'm 5'8" weigh 14 stone and walk 5 miles a day. On average I burn 2800 per day. When I literally do nothing it can be as low as 1900. As you get lighter you burn less. I reckon if I was 12 stone and sat still all day I would only burn 1600 (purely a guess that bit though).

When I was diagnosed T1 I was getting levels of 18-20 mmol/L. I would strongly suggest testing a few times a day and particularly 1-2 hours after eating. Keep a record and take it to your doctor. Even without carbs your liver will release enough glucose to keep your levels high hence why T1Ds...

I've found that if my BG is above 10 it won't come down when walking. However if it's say 6 before it will drop. I take a BG reading after being out 30mins and check level and have a couple of jelly babies if it's dropped below 6. I have been told that if you set out to exercise with a high BG...

Coffee is a stimulant which causes adrenalin levels to increase, a bit like stress. This effectively cancels out insulin. I recently started the low GL diet by Patrick Holford which explains this. I didn't really believe it but now I've given it up I found it played a big part in high BG levels.

Are you eating cereal? Most have a high GI and spike your blood sugars, then drop quickly after. Your Novorapid works for four hours so may well be active after your carbs have 'run out'. I used to have the same issue. Ran very high for 2 hours then hypo an hour later. Stopped eating cereal and...

I was always taught 5-7 but that was in the 80s. Stuck with that theory but sometimes easier said than done.

I have had laser treatment for retinopathy. I've been T1 for 33 years since the age of 12. I was last treated about 10 years ago and haven't required any since. It was discovered when my hospital started routine scanning. It shocked me that I'd damaged my eye sight so young but before Glargine...

Hello. I've been T1 for 33 years. Currently on Lantus / Novorapid. Last HBA1c was 7.9 so whilst not too bad, I could do better. My control has been getting worse and worse over the last 2 years, my weight has increased which may be the cause or the result? I feel that my diabetes has been...