LooperCat
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Stepping off the “sugar rollercoaster” is what’s made the massive difference - small carbs, small doses, small corrections.
Stepping off the “sugar rollercoaster” is what’s made the massive difference - small carbs, small doses, small corrections.I am type 1 and doing keto too (except last weekend when hangover sent me back to carbs!) so yours is a great inspirational story to me and getting pretty nromal bgs all the time is awesome. I too have a nip of lucosade if needed but generally find that my bgs are smoother because I am not eating a huge pile carbs then taking lots of insulin and getting timing/dosage wrong!
I do not know any other type 1s who get great HBA1c results without coping with rollercoaster blood sugars (the libre is also a good tool for showing that rather than just the mean average of your bgs you are spending lots of time 'in range' ) when they eat the standard high carb diet.
No 1 has to be the winner.Let's think up some new slogans for diabetes specialists I'LL GO FIRST.
"Defining a new low point in the quality of medical practice"
"Making all other fields of medicine feel better about themselves"
"Toying with the already-fragile psychology of really sick people"
BernsteinStepping off the “sugar rollercoaster” is what’s made the massive difference - small carbs, small doses, small corrections.
People tell me off for doing that.Stepping off the “sugar rollercoaster” is what’s made the massive difference - small carbs, small doses, small corrections.
Ah, to be fair, my specialist and dietician at my hospital clinic (where I recieve my primary diabetes care) are pretty cool. This was just the practice nurse at my GP surgery who clearly didn’t have a clue about diabetes management, and certainly not the insight and better control you get with a CGM. She’d have exploded if I’d have bothered telling her I was low carb too...Let's think up some new slogans for diabetes specialists I'LL GO FIRST.
"Defining a new low point in the quality of medical practice"
"Making all other fields of medicine feel better about themselves"
"Toying with the already-fragile psychology of really sick people"
As long as you’re getting enough energy from fat and protein to fuel yourself, you can do what you like. It’s YOUR diabetes.People tell me off for doing that.
And “Sugar Surfing” by Dr Steven Ponder, he’s type 1 as well. That book really showed me how to use the data from the Libre.Bernstein
As long as you’re getting enough energy from fat and protein to fuel yourself, you can do what you like. It’s YOUR diabetes.
It is when things go wrong certainly.As long as you’re getting enough energy from fat and protein to fuel yourself, you can do what you like. It’s YOUR diabetes.
I'll check it out.And “Sugar Surfing” by Dr Steven Ponder, he’s type 1 as well. That book really showed me how to use the data from the Libre.
I’ve got visions of some battleaxe knocking on my door and insisting I take less insulin by confiscating it. Or shoving chips down my neck...
Bulk... can you explain the maths of that result for me pleaseBrilliant results well done feel free to rant away you'll only get support here.
Re the cholesterol numbers. If , as I do, you follow the belief that the important ratio is trigs/HDL and it should be below 0.87 yours is 0.285 which is completely amazing.
Sure divide trigs number by HDL result . You want the answer to be be 0.87 or lower.Bulk... can you explain the maths of that result for me please
Thank you! I’m just overweight, with a BMI of 25.5, but that’s coming down, so I’ll be back in the green on that front soon!Provided you are happy with your weight and your waist size is good, then given you are getting no hypos and have type1 rather then type2 I consider you have done very well.
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