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<blockquote data-quote="AJB_81" data-source="post: 1697553" data-attributes="member: 395521"><p>Hi Sue, I think this q'n is for me? I get confused by the layout of this app sometime?! </p><p></p><p>So it depends entirely on what I eat, although I do tend to have the same most days:</p><p>Breakfast = toast, 50 g carbs = 2 units rapid</p><p>Lunch = sandwich, yoghurt, fruit, 75g c = 3 u r</p><p>Dinner = meal of ~75 g carbs, again 3 units</p><p>So most days have 8 units of rapid.</p><p>If I allow myself a takeaway once in a while I can easily calculate 125 g carbs. In this instance I will have 5 units, but 3 units at time of eating and 2 units 2 hours later. This is because the insulin tends to work faster than the time it takes for my body to transfer the glucose into my blood and would end up hypo needing to treat with something only to massively overshoot after - I think this is quite a common mistake made by diabetic folk. I think this delay in getting glucose into my blood is more to do with fat content and processing speed than simply glycemic index, but not that sure, either way this works for me [emoji3]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AJB_81, post: 1697553, member: 395521"] Hi Sue, I think this q'n is for me? I get confused by the layout of this app sometime?! So it depends entirely on what I eat, although I do tend to have the same most days: Breakfast = toast, 50 g carbs = 2 units rapid Lunch = sandwich, yoghurt, fruit, 75g c = 3 u r Dinner = meal of ~75 g carbs, again 3 units So most days have 8 units of rapid. If I allow myself a takeaway once in a while I can easily calculate 125 g carbs. In this instance I will have 5 units, but 3 units at time of eating and 2 units 2 hours later. This is because the insulin tends to work faster than the time it takes for my body to transfer the glucose into my blood and would end up hypo needing to treat with something only to massively overshoot after - I think this is quite a common mistake made by diabetic folk. I think this delay in getting glucose into my blood is more to do with fat content and processing speed than simply glycemic index, but not that sure, either way this works for me [emoji3] [/QUOTE]
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