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<blockquote data-quote="Mandarin" data-source="post: 4021" data-attributes="member: 3200"><p>I started lowering my carb intake a few weeks ago and my BS reading improved immediately and so i thought that I had got a good handle on controlling my sugars.</p><p></p><p>At the weekend I decided to be stricter with the carbs and have been following a high protien/low carb diet (I must admit that the food I am eating now is delicious) and have reduced them to around 40g per day.</p><p></p><p>I started having 2 scrambled eggs for breakfast (which as far as I can tell has 0 carbs)made with a little butter and a splash of semi milk. On Monday Before breakfast I was at 4.6, ate the eggs 0 carbs = 0 insulin but by lunch time I was up to 17.6!!!Even allowing for the milk surely I should not have had such a high reading! </p><p>So I thought that maybe I was coming down with something or was unconciously stressing. </p><p></p><p>Since then my sugars have been rocketing between 14 and 24. I am still using the same ratio of carbs/insulin and have not been ill.</p><p></p><p>It seems that the less carbs I eat the higher the ratio needs to be.</p><p>I experimented with having toast this morning - same ratio. 5.2 before breakfast and 5.7 lunch time!</p><p></p><p>I have got the new insulin pen that measures in 1/2 doses and so my insulin intake is more accurate and have made sure that I am measuring correctly ie 2 clicks = 1 unit rather than 2 = 2 with the 1 unit pen.</p><p></p><p>The only things I have changed in my day to day routine is the low carbs and the new pen.</p><p></p><p>It is so frustrating as I started out the new diet with such positive ressults!</p><p></p><p>Does anyone have any advice or know if there is something I am not understanding?</p><p></p><p>Any advice would be very greatfully received!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mandarin, post: 4021, member: 3200"] I started lowering my carb intake a few weeks ago and my BS reading improved immediately and so i thought that I had got a good handle on controlling my sugars. At the weekend I decided to be stricter with the carbs and have been following a high protien/low carb diet (I must admit that the food I am eating now is delicious) and have reduced them to around 40g per day. I started having 2 scrambled eggs for breakfast (which as far as I can tell has 0 carbs)made with a little butter and a splash of semi milk. On Monday Before breakfast I was at 4.6, ate the eggs 0 carbs = 0 insulin but by lunch time I was up to 17.6!!!Even allowing for the milk surely I should not have had such a high reading! So I thought that maybe I was coming down with something or was unconciously stressing. Since then my sugars have been rocketing between 14 and 24. I am still using the same ratio of carbs/insulin and have not been ill. It seems that the less carbs I eat the higher the ratio needs to be. I experimented with having toast this morning - same ratio. 5.2 before breakfast and 5.7 lunch time! I have got the new insulin pen that measures in 1/2 doses and so my insulin intake is more accurate and have made sure that I am measuring correctly ie 2 clicks = 1 unit rather than 2 = 2 with the 1 unit pen. The only things I have changed in my day to day routine is the low carbs and the new pen. It is so frustrating as I started out the new diet with such positive ressults! Does anyone have any advice or know if there is something I am not understanding? Any advice would be very greatfully received!! [/QUOTE]
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