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<blockquote data-quote="Charles Robin" data-source="post: 529573" data-attributes="member: 92241"><p>It's possible that the insulin is not the problem, but your resistance to it. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease, which means our bodies really don't like us having insulin. They not only destroy our insulin producing beta cells, but are also quite suspicious of insulin we inject. This means the more insulin we inject, the more resistant we become to it. Becoming more resistant to it means we need a bigger dose, which makes us more resistant to it, etc. The other problem is that insulin also has a big impact on our hunger levels. The more insulin you take, the hungrier it is likely to make you. Therefore you will be likely to eat more, requiring more insulin, and the cycle continues.</p><p></p><p>It may be that rather than continuing to increase your insulin dose you can improve your control with a change of diet. I have found my control has vastly improved since I started following a low carb diet at the beginning of this year. It's a big change, and not everyone on this forum agrees with this way of eating, but plenty of people have found great results from low carbing. I would suggest at least having a look into it, and then you can decide based on the evidence whether it is for you or not. This video answered loads of my questions about low carb.</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]TR8rc_AF6XU[/MEDIA]</p><p>Hope that helps, and best of luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charles Robin, post: 529573, member: 92241"] It's possible that the insulin is not the problem, but your resistance to it. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease, which means our bodies really don't like us having insulin. They not only destroy our insulin producing beta cells, but are also quite suspicious of insulin we inject. This means the more insulin we inject, the more resistant we become to it. Becoming more resistant to it means we need a bigger dose, which makes us more resistant to it, etc. The other problem is that insulin also has a big impact on our hunger levels. The more insulin you take, the hungrier it is likely to make you. Therefore you will be likely to eat more, requiring more insulin, and the cycle continues. It may be that rather than continuing to increase your insulin dose you can improve your control with a change of diet. I have found my control has vastly improved since I started following a low carb diet at the beginning of this year. It's a big change, and not everyone on this forum agrees with this way of eating, but plenty of people have found great results from low carbing. I would suggest at least having a look into it, and then you can decide based on the evidence whether it is for you or not. This video answered loads of my questions about low carb. [MEDIA=youtube]TR8rc_AF6XU[/MEDIA] Hope that helps, and best of luck! [/QUOTE]
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