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<blockquote data-quote="evilclive" data-source="post: 1985127" data-attributes="member: 488171"><p>What [USER=181361]@helensaramay[/USER] 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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>But don't treat insulin as a poison or a bad thing, that will do nothing but cause problems.</p><p></p><p>(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)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="evilclive, post: 1985127, member: 488171"] What [USER=181361]@helensaramay[/USER] 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) [/QUOTE]
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