I'm not a diabetic and after a lovely holiday I've over indulged so I'm going to follow the slim fast diet for a couple of weeks to kick start weight loss. It requires 1 low carb dinner a day, my partner is a type 1 diabetic very well managed. I'm just wondering if he can also eat a low carb meal so I don't have to cook 2 different things every day, if so can anyone recommend recipes that would be suitable for him or things that I should include in meals. Hope this makes sense and thank you for your help.
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Dieting and diabetes - help needed
- Thread starter esearson
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Sid Bonkers
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Your partner should indeed be able to eat a low carb diet providing he is on Multiple Daily Injections (MDI), he will need though to reduce his fast acting insulin before meals to allow for the drop in carbs.
It would not be so easy if he is on a mixed insulin regime as he will need to eat to his mixed insulin.
Hope that helps
It would not be so easy if he is on a mixed insulin regime as he will need to eat to his mixed insulin.
Hope that helps
