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<blockquote data-quote="insanity" data-source="post: 322602" data-attributes="member: 49322"><p>Hi all, </p><p></p><p>This was very briefly mentioned on the tail end of another thread but I need a little more information. </p><p>Those who don't know me, I'm a type 1 on an insulin pump. I've recently been attempting some low carbing (at the moment I'm down to around 150g carbs a day - I know this is a little high in comparison with some of you but bare with me), My sugars dramitically came down and I was a little more stable unless exercise was involved. </p><p></p><p>I seem to have solved the exercise problem however, now I cannot stablise my sugars. Tonight we had a chicken breast, peas, sweetcorn, the smallest bit of mash imaginable and gravy. I worked out the following carb counts for my insulin bolus:</p><p></p><p>Mash 2 units</p><p>gravy 1 unit</p><p>peas & sweetcorn 1 unit</p><p></p><p>thus I bolused 4 units over a period of 30 minutes via my pump. This used to work perfectly, occasionally i'd have a hypo, however tonight 2 hours post meal my bs was 16.8!!!! I didn't do a correction unit as I was headed out to an exercise class (and yes I know your not meant to exercise over 15mmol but i'm very hypo prone so left it to try to avoid the hypo I usually have. 1 hour after the class, hypo free but a bs of 17.2!</p><p></p><p>So, my question is, can someone explain to me how the protein is being absorbed as carbohydrate (this was suggested to me in a previous thread) and if this is the case, how on earth am I meant to work out how much insulin to start giving with meals...?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="insanity, post: 322602, member: 49322"] Hi all, This was very briefly mentioned on the tail end of another thread but I need a little more information. Those who don't know me, I'm a type 1 on an insulin pump. I've recently been attempting some low carbing (at the moment I'm down to around 150g carbs a day - I know this is a little high in comparison with some of you but bare with me), My sugars dramitically came down and I was a little more stable unless exercise was involved. I seem to have solved the exercise problem however, now I cannot stablise my sugars. Tonight we had a chicken breast, peas, sweetcorn, the smallest bit of mash imaginable and gravy. I worked out the following carb counts for my insulin bolus: Mash 2 units gravy 1 unit peas & sweetcorn 1 unit thus I bolused 4 units over a period of 30 minutes via my pump. This used to work perfectly, occasionally i'd have a hypo, however tonight 2 hours post meal my bs was 16.8!!!! I didn't do a correction unit as I was headed out to an exercise class (and yes I know your not meant to exercise over 15mmol but i'm very hypo prone so left it to try to avoid the hypo I usually have. 1 hour after the class, hypo free but a bs of 17.2! So, my question is, can someone explain to me how the protein is being absorbed as carbohydrate (this was suggested to me in a previous thread) and if this is the case, how on earth am I meant to work out how much insulin to start giving with meals...? [/QUOTE]
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