DunePlodder
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
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- Insulin
No such thing, @Norman83. If it works for you it's fine! We're all different.Im 1:5 too. Is this considered poor ratio?
No such thing, @Norman83. If it works for you it's fine! We're all different.Im 1:5 too. Is this considered poor ratio?
No such thing, @Norman83. If it works for you it's fine! We're all different.
No, for T1's at least - the idea is to use the right amount for you to keep your sugar levels as good as possible.But the idea is too use as less as possible insulin, right?
No, for T1's at least - the idea is to use the right amount for you to keep your sugar levels as good as possible.
I have seen ratios of between 1unit:2 crabs up to 1unit:50 crabs when i went to a carb counting course last year - everyone is different.
But the idea is too use as less as possible insulin, right?
Hey @Norman83
I'm intrigued where you got the idea to minimise your insulin?
It's something I have read before and think it's great when the type 1 old-timers are able to crush these kind of myths but if we can get the correct message out in the first place, guys like you don't start a confused diabetes journey.
I too want to minimise the drugs I add to my body and avoid taking headache pills, for example, unless my head really hurts and try to avoid taking antibiotics, for example.Well, I meant the less chemicals in your body the best, no?
I heard that insulin destroy the peripherical nerves. !?!?!
I too want to minimise the drugs I add to my body and avoid taking headache pills, for example, unless my head really hurts and try to avoid taking antibiotics, for example.
However, as someone with type 1 diabetes, I see injecting insulin as something different. I need to inject insulin because my body doesn't produce any. If I did not have diabetes, my body would still have (approximately) the same amount of insulin (chemicals) in my body - the difference is my body would produce insulin itself,
Regarding your concern that insulin destroys peripherical nerves, my understanding is high BG causes neuropathy (nerve damage).
Type 2 is a different condition with some of the same symptoms. I don't pretend to fully understand type 2. However, what understand about type 2 is the insulin the body produces cannot be used - the body becomes insulin resistant. As a result, more insulin is required to produce energy from carbs. This excess of insulin causes problems such as weight gain.
As about 9 out of 10 people with diabetes has type 2, the majority of people of this forum have type 2. Therefore many of the messages on the forum relate to type 2 and are not always relevant to other types of diabetes such as type 1. This is just as true in the media when most of the time "diabetes" is mentioned, they mean "type 2 diabetes".
I sometimes wish the conditions had different names but then try to jump on the back of the type 2 band wagon in order to get heard.
Well, I meant the less chemicals in your body the best, no?
I heard that insulin destroy the peripherical nerves. !?!?!
I heard that insulin destroy the peripherical nerves. !?!?!
What @helensaramay said - it's not insulin which destroys your peripheral nerves, it's lack of it. Too little insulin = too high blood sugar = neuropathy as one of the complications.
Now I have heard of people taking less insulin in the US for financial reasons, but that's a completely different can of worms - if you're T1, take the insulin you need to bring your blood sugars down.
If you want to reduce the amount of insulin you need, there are things you can do. A healthy diet is a good start if you're not already there - decent food, not massive quantities of it. Low carb probably helps, exercise definitely does (maybe not huge intensity exercise, but I find hiking, running and cycling all drop sugars. As does mowing the lawn...). Some of us find high blood sugars cause a bit of insulin resistance, so you might need a surprising amount to drop down to a sensible level - but if you stay at that sensible level, you might need less.
But don't treat insulin as a poison or a bad thing, that will do nothing but cause problems.
(FWIW I don't do anything to deliberately reduce the amount of insulin I take, I'm on a fairly high carb diet, but things like the exercise are worth it for other reasons too)
I am type 1 and I am trying to minimise insulin. Why?What @helensaramay said - it's not insulin which destroys your peripheral nerves, it's lack of it. Too little insulin = too high blood sugar = neuropathy as one of the complications.
Now I have heard of people taking less insulin in the US for financial reasons, but that's a completely different can of worms - if you're T1, take the insulin you need to bring your blood sugars down.
If you want to reduce the amount of insulin you need, there are things you can do. A healthy diet is a good start if you're not already there - decent food, not massive quantities of it. Low carb probably helps, exercise definitely does (maybe not huge intensity exercise, but I find hiking, running and cycling all drop sugars. As does mowing the lawn...). Some of us find high blood sugars cause a bit of insulin resistance, so you might need a surprising amount to drop down to a sensible level - but if you stay at that sensible level, you might need less.
But don't treat insulin as a poison or a bad thing, that will do nothing but cause problems.
(FWIW I don't do anything to deliberately reduce the amount of insulin I take, I'm on a fairly high carb diet, but things like the exercise are worth it for other reasons too)