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<blockquote data-quote="michaeldavid" data-source="post: 402019" data-attributes="member: 57211"><p>Mo, even my local Tesco Express sells dark rye bread: they do pre-sealed packs of Pumpernickel. But be very careful not to eat too much in one go. Or you'll find your blood-sugar rising later on.</p><p></p><p>Phoenix, one can always make adjustments. If I wanted to go for a ten-mile run, then I would go for a ten-mile run. But I'd ensure that I'd loaded up with carbohydrate beforehand. And I'd always ensure, even at the risk of getting cramp, that a good portion of that would be dark rye bread. For I need that to ensure I'm not caught unawares by a hypo.</p><p></p><p>I don't normally 'nibble' anything. Rather, I've always tended to scoff - and in more ways than one.</p><p></p><p>I do actually take just a little long-acting insulin last thing at night - as a click on my username would reveal - to prevent my blood-sugar rising overnight. (But I don't take long-acting insulin during the day, because I simply don't need to.) And I would always go for that option unless I had absolutely no alternative.</p><p></p><p>I know very well that mechanisms can develop faults. So I would never opt to use an insulin pump. Why should I? The HbA1c results I achieve could scarcely be bettered. Indeed, they're probably as good as - or better than - the theoretical results of most people who do not have any form of diabetes.</p><p></p><p>If however one aims to eat normally, such as by eating a not-insubstantial evening meal, then it's always going to be dangerous going to bed at night - with or without having taken insulin. And if people are using pumps in order that they might eat in such a fashion, then I think that's putting the cart before the horse.</p><p></p><p>People may be doing that almost unwittingly, moreover. The orthodox treatment of diabetes does indeed appear to involve encouragement to eat normally. And to be normal, and to do all things more-or-less normally, is indeed perfectly normal! But if one happens to be diabetic, and if one tries to eat normally but ends up with blood-glucose all over the place, then it must seem perfectly natural - and quite normal - to want to get a pump fitted. But it's surely far simpler not to attempt to eat normally in the first place.</p><p></p><p>I stand corrected over the action-time of Novorapid. (So I've just edited my initial posting.) I've had a look at the leaflet in the pack, and it says "the effect lasts for 3-5 hours." I've no idea where I got the idea that it lasted for 8 hours. But thank you for putting me straight on that. Maybe, with extreme caution, I will try taking my Novorapid a little later in the afternoon. </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="michaeldavid, post: 402019, member: 57211"] Mo, even my local Tesco Express sells dark rye bread: they do pre-sealed packs of Pumpernickel. But be very careful not to eat too much in one go. Or you'll find your blood-sugar rising later on. Phoenix, one can always make adjustments. If I wanted to go for a ten-mile run, then I would go for a ten-mile run. But I'd ensure that I'd loaded up with carbohydrate beforehand. And I'd always ensure, even at the risk of getting cramp, that a good portion of that would be dark rye bread. For I need that to ensure I'm not caught unawares by a hypo. I don't normally 'nibble' anything. Rather, I've always tended to scoff - and in more ways than one. I do actually take just a little long-acting insulin last thing at night - as a click on my username would reveal - to prevent my blood-sugar rising overnight. (But I don't take long-acting insulin during the day, because I simply don't need to.) And I would always go for that option unless I had absolutely no alternative. I know very well that mechanisms can develop faults. So I would never opt to use an insulin pump. Why should I? The HbA1c results I achieve could scarcely be bettered. Indeed, they're probably as good as - or better than - the theoretical results of most people who do not have any form of diabetes. If however one aims to eat normally, such as by eating a not-insubstantial evening meal, then it's always going to be dangerous going to bed at night - with or without having taken insulin. And if people are using pumps in order that they might eat in such a fashion, then I think that's putting the cart before the horse. People may be doing that almost unwittingly, moreover. The orthodox treatment of diabetes does indeed appear to involve encouragement to eat normally. And to be normal, and to do all things more-or-less normally, is indeed perfectly normal! But if one happens to be diabetic, and if one tries to eat normally but ends up with blood-glucose all over the place, then it must seem perfectly natural - and quite normal - to want to get a pump fitted. But it's surely far simpler not to attempt to eat normally in the first place. I stand corrected over the action-time of Novorapid. (So I've just edited my initial posting.) I've had a look at the leaflet in the pack, and it says "the effect lasts for 3-5 hours." I've no idea where I got the idea that it lasted for 8 hours. But thank you for putting me straight on that. Maybe, with extreme caution, I will try taking my Novorapid a little later in the afternoon. [/QUOTE]
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