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<blockquote data-quote="urbanracer" data-source="post: 2467893" data-attributes="member: 140811"><p>Hi [USER=462792]@Millie_[/USER] </p><p></p><p>Your 'fried' brain may be the result of high blood glucose levels rather than cancer treatment but that's another issue.</p><p></p><p>Do you still have issues with cancer or are you in remission, cured ? On any related medication? I ask because this could also be a contributing factor to high glucose levels.</p><p></p><p>I will respond to your main question from the point of view of a Type 1 diabetic. The basic premise is simple, the more carbs I eat, the more insulin I require. </p><p></p><p>Firstly, I estimate all the carbs in my meal, this used to involve weighing portions but now I can pretty much wing it. Then I use a carb to insulin ratio - let's say 10grams of carbohydrate for every unit of insulin so a meal with 40g of carbohydrate requires 4 units of rapid acting insulin. 1 to 10 is a common starting point for T1 diabetics but most of us eventually settle for a ratio that suits our personal requirements and it may be a different ratio for breakfast than the evening meal.</p><p></p><p>Your lamb stew sounds like a low carb meal unless you had potato or dumplings in it? So I'm not sure why you'd go high overnight unless it has something to do with the factors in 2nd paragraph above.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="urbanracer, post: 2467893, member: 140811"] Hi [USER=462792]@Millie_[/USER] Your 'fried' brain may be the result of high blood glucose levels rather than cancer treatment but that's another issue. Do you still have issues with cancer or are you in remission, cured ? On any related medication? I ask because this could also be a contributing factor to high glucose levels. I will respond to your main question from the point of view of a Type 1 diabetic. The basic premise is simple, the more carbs I eat, the more insulin I require. Firstly, I estimate all the carbs in my meal, this used to involve weighing portions but now I can pretty much wing it. Then I use a carb to insulin ratio - let's say 10grams of carbohydrate for every unit of insulin so a meal with 40g of carbohydrate requires 4 units of rapid acting insulin. 1 to 10 is a common starting point for T1 diabetics but most of us eventually settle for a ratio that suits our personal requirements and it may be a different ratio for breakfast than the evening meal. Your lamb stew sounds like a low carb meal unless you had potato or dumplings in it? So I'm not sure why you'd go high overnight unless it has something to do with the factors in 2nd paragraph above. [/QUOTE]
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