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<blockquote data-quote="fergusc" data-source="post: 4029" data-attributes="member: 1652"><p>Hi Mandarin,</p><p></p><p>Those are excellent questions!</p><p>It depends upon so many variables that make it very difficult for me to give you precise advice. You will have to see how it effects you.</p><p></p><p>It will partly depend upon the insulin you're using. Fast acting insulins like Humalog and Novorapid have their peak activity around 60 minutes after injecting and tail off after 2 hours or so. Regular insulins like Humulin are longer lasting and their peak is less pronounced. I think they're probably better suited to a diet with fewer fast acting carbs and more protein and fat.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to ask for a Humulin prescription when I next visit the clinic and see whether that improves my blood sugars. At the moment, I sometimes inject just after I've eaten so that the sugars are hitting my system as the insulin is starting to work. Trial and error, as I said, but it works reasonably well for me.</p><p></p><p>The downside with a regular insulin, of course, is that it takes much longer after injecting before it starts to work, so it's not great if you're eating out for example.</p><p></p><p>As for the amount of protein, I think it pays to be fairly consistent from meal to meal. That said, if I'm feeling greedy and overdo it, the consequences are fairly minimal - not like eating an extra couple of slices of bread, for instance!</p><p></p><p>I can recommend a book entitled Diabetes Solution, by Dr Richard Bernstein, which is full of great information on issues like this.</p><p></p><p>All the best,</p><p></p><p>fergusc</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fergusc, post: 4029, member: 1652"] Hi Mandarin, Those are excellent questions! It depends upon so many variables that make it very difficult for me to give you precise advice. You will have to see how it effects you. It will partly depend upon the insulin you're using. Fast acting insulins like Humalog and Novorapid have their peak activity around 60 minutes after injecting and tail off after 2 hours or so. Regular insulins like Humulin are longer lasting and their peak is less pronounced. I think they're probably better suited to a diet with fewer fast acting carbs and more protein and fat. I'm going to ask for a Humulin prescription when I next visit the clinic and see whether that improves my blood sugars. At the moment, I sometimes inject just after I've eaten so that the sugars are hitting my system as the insulin is starting to work. Trial and error, as I said, but it works reasonably well for me. The downside with a regular insulin, of course, is that it takes much longer after injecting before it starts to work, so it's not great if you're eating out for example. As for the amount of protein, I think it pays to be fairly consistent from meal to meal. That said, if I'm feeling greedy and overdo it, the consequences are fairly minimal - not like eating an extra couple of slices of bread, for instance! I can recommend a book entitled Diabetes Solution, by Dr Richard Bernstein, which is full of great information on issues like this. All the best, fergusc [/QUOTE]
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