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<blockquote data-quote="michaeldavid" data-source="post: 390701" data-attributes="member: 57211"><p>I would definitely endorse the recommendation to test, test, test. (I use Betachek Visual for this a lot - 15-20 times per day; and you'll find quite a few postings of mine on this website relating to them.)</p><p></p><p>Moreover, if heis's recommendation was helpful to you, then I believe the following may be helpful too.</p><p></p><p>Throughout the whole of the morning, and (less so) into mid-afternoon (until 4.00pm), I mostly eat only one thing: rye bread - with Biona Pear & Apple Spread. (The pear and apple spread in optional, but it's pure fruit with no added sugar; and it's delicious.)</p><p></p><p>I eat practically nothing else but rye bread in the morning, and I start off eating it slowly, building up as the insulin I take increases its effect. (You can see what insulin I take if you click on my name.)</p><p></p><p>I eat a little under 200g of rye bread per day. (I might also have a cheese sandwich at lunchtime, with regular wholemeal wheat bread, and a bowl of muesli - with milk, or with fruit juice. I'll have a bit of cake in the afternoon; and I'll cook an evening meal; and I'll eat further, quickly digested things later in the evening.)</p><p></p><p>And that near-200g of rye bread is the closest I ever come to bloody carb counting. I don't need to bother with that, so long as I keep testing. For the rye bread has a tremendous moderating effect on my blood-sugar level.</p><p></p><p>I appreciate that things will be different for you. You're not me; and you're pregnant. But surely you would have nothing to lose by trying.</p><p></p><p>Be careful, however, not to eat too much rye. For it's slowly digested, and your blood-sugar will rise in the evening if you do eat too much. (For the same kind of effect, spelt bread is pretty good too.)</p><p></p><p>My blood-sugar is usually near normal all day. I only very rarely have a serious hypo - I'd need to be seriously distracted for that to happen.</p><p></p><p>Throughout most of the morning, I tend to have regular low blood-sugar readings. But this is not a problem, due to the moderating effect of the rye bread.</p><p></p><p>I'm certainly not recommending that you let your blood-sugar keep as low as I tend to keep mine. (I tested my blood-sugar at 11.00 this evening - it was 4mmol/l; and for me, near bed-time, that's ideal. The insulin I took during the day has run its course, and I know I can go to bed safely.)* But the point I'm making is that I couldn't possibly maintain this level of control safely without the rye bread.</p><p></p><p>If I've been eating rye, then I know my blood-sugar will not CRASH.</p><p></p><p>The visually read testing strips, mentioned above, are fairly accurate for anything under 7 or 8mmol/l; and they're very accurate for low blood-sugar readings. (If my blood-sugar is below 4, moreover, they'll give me a result within 45 seconds; otherwise, it takes one minute.) And of course, I also use the meter-read strips - especially last thing at night and first thing in the morning.</p><p></p><p>* All this 'basal/bolus' stuff is completely alien to my own diabetic management, which is wholly unorthodox.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="michaeldavid, post: 390701, member: 57211"] I would definitely endorse the recommendation to test, test, test. (I use Betachek Visual for this a lot - 15-20 times per day; and you'll find quite a few postings of mine on this website relating to them.) Moreover, if heis's recommendation was helpful to you, then I believe the following may be helpful too. Throughout the whole of the morning, and (less so) into mid-afternoon (until 4.00pm), I mostly eat only one thing: rye bread - with Biona Pear & Apple Spread. (The pear and apple spread in optional, but it's pure fruit with no added sugar; and it's delicious.) I eat practically nothing else but rye bread in the morning, and I start off eating it slowly, building up as the insulin I take increases its effect. (You can see what insulin I take if you click on my name.) I eat a little under 200g of rye bread per day. (I might also have a cheese sandwich at lunchtime, with regular wholemeal wheat bread, and a bowl of muesli - with milk, or with fruit juice. I'll have a bit of cake in the afternoon; and I'll cook an evening meal; and I'll eat further, quickly digested things later in the evening.) And that near-200g of rye bread is the closest I ever come to bloody carb counting. I don't need to bother with that, so long as I keep testing. For the rye bread has a tremendous moderating effect on my blood-sugar level. I appreciate that things will be different for you. You're not me; and you're pregnant. But surely you would have nothing to lose by trying. Be careful, however, not to eat too much rye. For it's slowly digested, and your blood-sugar will rise in the evening if you do eat too much. (For the same kind of effect, spelt bread is pretty good too.) My blood-sugar is usually near normal all day. I only very rarely have a serious hypo - I'd need to be seriously distracted for that to happen. Throughout most of the morning, I tend to have regular low blood-sugar readings. But this is not a problem, due to the moderating effect of the rye bread. I'm certainly not recommending that you let your blood-sugar keep as low as I tend to keep mine. (I tested my blood-sugar at 11.00 this evening - it was 4mmol/l; and for me, near bed-time, that's ideal. The insulin I took during the day has run its course, and I know I can go to bed safely.)* But the point I'm making is that I couldn't possibly maintain this level of control safely without the rye bread. If I've been eating rye, then I know my blood-sugar will not CRASH. The visually read testing strips, mentioned above, are fairly accurate for anything under 7 or 8mmol/l; and they're very accurate for low blood-sugar readings. (If my blood-sugar is below 4, moreover, they'll give me a result within 45 seconds; otherwise, it takes one minute.) And of course, I also use the meter-read strips - especially last thing at night and first thing in the morning. * All this 'basal/bolus' stuff is completely alien to my own diabetic management, which is wholly unorthodox. [/QUOTE]
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