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<blockquote data-quote="SamJB" data-source="post: 1872209" data-attributes="member: 45322"><p>I think a lot of replies on here are missing the point. All food pushes up BGs to some extent. There's two processes here:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Just the action of eating will stimulate your liver to produce glucose in anticipation of the upcoming meal. Ever been starving hungry, eaten and within a few mins feel ok, despite the food not being digested yet? This is what's going on. It's called The Chinese Restaurant Effect (have a google). This effect, can be quite small however, around 1-2 mmol/l.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">In the absence of carbs, your body will convert protein and fat via a process called glucneogenesis, to glucose. Lots of us on here low carb (I'm on <30g per day) and need to inject for protein. In the absence of carbs, around 10-20% of protein will get converted.</li> </ol><p></p><p>I agree, however, that basal is the foundation, without getting that correct, carb:insulin ratios will be wrong; as indeed will everything else. From Gary Scheiner's Think Like a Pancreas book, don't eat or inject at least 3 hours before bed (ideally 5), then for every 1.6 mmol/l change in before-bed and before-brekfast BGs, adjust your basal by 10%.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SamJB, post: 1872209, member: 45322"] I think a lot of replies on here are missing the point. All food pushes up BGs to some extent. There's two processes here: [LIST=1] [*]Just the action of eating will stimulate your liver to produce glucose in anticipation of the upcoming meal. Ever been starving hungry, eaten and within a few mins feel ok, despite the food not being digested yet? This is what's going on. It's called The Chinese Restaurant Effect (have a google). This effect, can be quite small however, around 1-2 mmol/l. [*]In the absence of carbs, your body will convert protein and fat via a process called glucneogenesis, to glucose. Lots of us on here low carb (I'm on <30g per day) and need to inject for protein. In the absence of carbs, around 10-20% of protein will get converted. [/LIST] I agree, however, that basal is the foundation, without getting that correct, carb:insulin ratios will be wrong; as indeed will everything else. From Gary Scheiner's Think Like a Pancreas book, don't eat or inject at least 3 hours before bed (ideally 5), then for every 1.6 mmol/l change in before-bed and before-brekfast BGs, adjust your basal by 10%. [/QUOTE]
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