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<blockquote data-quote="LooperCat" data-source="post: 1717058" data-attributes="member: 468055"><p>I eat 30-40g of carbs a day.</p><p></p><p>I started this around seven weeks ago - been following the NHS low fat/very carby guidelines for 20 years with the constant nag to lose weight but found I was getting fatter and fatter and needing more and more insulin. So I figured it was high time I tried something different. I’ve dropped my Lantus from 18 units twice a day to ten to accommodate the drop in carbohydrate and rarely need more than a couple of units of Novorapid during the day. I’ve lost half a stone in that time too, although that wasn’t the reason I changed my food - I did it solely to get my sugars as close to normal as possible. It seems to be working, the MySugr app predicts an HbA1c of under 40 (it was 94 before Christmas), but I’ll find out next week as I had blood taken today before my diabetes clinic next week. I feel great too. </p><p></p><p>[USER=441787]@NoKindOfSusie[/USER] - as I understand it, the insulin resistance we may get from low carbing can generally be reversed by eating more carbs for a few days when you notice your requirements going up. I’ll try that as and if it happens. </p><p></p><p>Tl:dr - you can eat as much carbohydrate as you like as long as you cover it with the right amount of insulin. I’ve chosen to eat very little, and so far it seems to be doing me good. Caveat - we’re all different and what works for one might not for another.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LooperCat, post: 1717058, member: 468055"] I eat 30-40g of carbs a day. I started this around seven weeks ago - been following the NHS low fat/very carby guidelines for 20 years with the constant nag to lose weight but found I was getting fatter and fatter and needing more and more insulin. So I figured it was high time I tried something different. I’ve dropped my Lantus from 18 units twice a day to ten to accommodate the drop in carbohydrate and rarely need more than a couple of units of Novorapid during the day. I’ve lost half a stone in that time too, although that wasn’t the reason I changed my food - I did it solely to get my sugars as close to normal as possible. It seems to be working, the MySugr app predicts an HbA1c of under 40 (it was 94 before Christmas), but I’ll find out next week as I had blood taken today before my diabetes clinic next week. I feel great too. [USER=441787]@NoKindOfSusie[/USER] - as I understand it, the insulin resistance we may get from low carbing can generally be reversed by eating more carbs for a few days when you notice your requirements going up. I’ll try that as and if it happens. Tl:dr - you can eat as much carbohydrate as you like as long as you cover it with the right amount of insulin. I’ve chosen to eat very little, and so far it seems to be doing me good. Caveat - we’re all different and what works for one might not for another. [/QUOTE]
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