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Cant find a cereal that doesn't shoot my blood sugar right up!
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<blockquote data-quote="MattMarsden" data-source="post: 2356569" data-attributes="member: 228136"><p>Firstly, don’t give up on eating the food you enjoy! You need to work out how to bolus for certain types of food, which will take time and trial and error, but you shouldn’t restrict your diet (provided you’re eating a normal healthy diet) due to your diabetes.</p><p></p><p>I would try bolusing in advance of eating (10-15 minutes or to counter the dawn effect, maybe as long as 25 minutes) but only having half your dose. Then have the rest of the bolus as much as an hour or two later as a slow release cereal (Special K, porridge, bran flakes, weetabix etc.) will take quite a long time before it stops having an effect. This time lag between eating and the rise in blood sugar, coupled with the dawn effect, is possibly the reason you rocket up to the 20s. </p><p></p><p>It is also possible that if you bolus more than two units you have low blood sugar initially by virtue of the fact the carbohydrate is slow release. Is there a pattern of low blood sugar followed by severe hyperglycaemic events? It’s possible you may need more insulin than you’re giving yourself but over a period of hours rather than in a single dose.</p><p></p><p>Just letting you know what works for me and you should of course discuss this with your doctor before trying anything as it may not be an appropriate approach to your care.</p><p></p><p>Good luck and I’d be interested to hear how you work through this (which I’m sure you will!).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MattMarsden, post: 2356569, member: 228136"] Firstly, don’t give up on eating the food you enjoy! You need to work out how to bolus for certain types of food, which will take time and trial and error, but you shouldn’t restrict your diet (provided you’re eating a normal healthy diet) due to your diabetes. I would try bolusing in advance of eating (10-15 minutes or to counter the dawn effect, maybe as long as 25 minutes) but only having half your dose. Then have the rest of the bolus as much as an hour or two later as a slow release cereal (Special K, porridge, bran flakes, weetabix etc.) will take quite a long time before it stops having an effect. This time lag between eating and the rise in blood sugar, coupled with the dawn effect, is possibly the reason you rocket up to the 20s. It is also possible that if you bolus more than two units you have low blood sugar initially by virtue of the fact the carbohydrate is slow release. Is there a pattern of low blood sugar followed by severe hyperglycaemic events? It’s possible you may need more insulin than you’re giving yourself but over a period of hours rather than in a single dose. Just letting you know what works for me and you should of course discuss this with your doctor before trying anything as it may not be an appropriate approach to your care. Good luck and I’d be interested to hear how you work through this (which I’m sure you will!). [/QUOTE]
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