Anyone following dr Bernstein’s low carb and using actrapid/humulin s?

Hi @Key_master_ . . .

I follow a Ketogenic/LCHF diet . . . If I remember correctly this is closely along the lines of the Bernstein diet, I think maybe a bit more strict with Protein.

When I switched to Humulin S (from Humalog) as my main Bolus Insulin, this made a huge difference to my day-to-day life. Previously I had been routinely falling asleep after my evening meal. For a long time I thought that I was simply at "that age" where I would start napping after eating in the evening. But after discussing with my fantastic Doctor, she suggested trying Humulin S.

The sleepiness had been a result of post-meal Lows, and the not-so-Rapid Insulin solved this problem. The action of the Humulin S seems to map closely to the action of my Ketogenic meals. I don't need to split my injections, I get no spike at all after eating, and I don't fall asleep

I've never liked the concept of splitting Bolus injections - if it's possible, finding an Insulin with a duration of action which more closely matches your food seems like a better solution to me.

In the last few years I have used Humulin S as my Bolus for my regular Keto meals, and Humalog for any corrections and for my scheduled binge days. I've never had any problems from any Practice getting 2 Bolus Insulins on repeat prescription.

Regards
Antony

 

Hi!
Hi Sorry for late reply but think question is important, I researched a lot on this and found no answers when I did it, so want to add on to @diamondnostril very good answer.

I'm also on an LCHF/Ketogenic/Bernstein type diet, I started using my normal novo rapid, I got good results but as you say I needed multiple boluses for each meal, which sometimes did not happen because of .. life.
I switched to actrapid! It works much better, a 'normal' LCHF meal have a good mapping to the curve of actrapid.
I still use NovoRapid for correction bolus, but all meal boluses are done with Actrapid.

I strongly recommend actrapid penfill and the novo pen echo, it does half doses!!!!! Very good for low carbers, and it has a memory display that tells you when your last dose was taken, good for forgetful people like me
I have a red for actrapid and a blue for noverapid. I have never used the wrong one by mistake....

No idea where it is available, I had to specially import the blue one from overseas since my country only have the red colour :-(

Now 3 years on low carb, except for the first HBA1C, all tests below 6.0/42, I feel like new person and will never stop with low carb!

Best wishes, Stefan!