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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Hello,
In the 3 years that I've had diabetes I've never been able to avoid spiking after my main meals. Because my hba1c has so far been quite good at around 5.8 I've not fretted too much about this, but it's more important now that I'm hoping to have a baby at some point in the near future.
I'm quite careful with my diet, my control during the day is fine as I eat minimal carbs. For my evening meal I'll normally have no more than 50g of carbs. I avoid potatoes, rice and pasta if possible but I do eat lots of roasted veg like parsnips, carrots, squash and sometimes a small amount of pulses. This is when I am having the spikes. I appreciate I could cut down on carbs in the evening but I do feel I need this amount. I followed an almost zero carb diet for a while and whilst my control was better and I wasn't spiking, I lost too much weight and I felt really tired and groggy as my potassium was low. It would be nice to just eat a sandwich for lunch without having to worry or fall asleep afterwards!
I do like to treat myself every now and then and if I go to someone's house for dinner I will eat what I'm given and just be careful not to over eat.
My issue is that after eating almost any amount of carbohydrate my blood sugar is spiking, maybe to 10 or 11 after 2 hours. For example I find I can't eat 2 slices of wholemeal bread without this happening, but it's fine if I just have 1 slice!
I take 1 unit Novo Rapid per 10g carbs. I have increased my Lantus but this hasn't helped, if I increase it any more I am prone to hypos in the night. If I increase my Novo Rapid my levels 2 hours after food are perfect but I'll then hypo before my next meal or in the night, I treat the hypo then spike again! Grrrr!
I'm not really sure which way to go now as I don't really want to zero carb if I do fall pregnant... does anyone have any advice on which foods are better for avoiding spikes or do we all react differently?
Thanks and sorry for waffling!
Jessie.x
In the 3 years that I've had diabetes I've never been able to avoid spiking after my main meals. Because my hba1c has so far been quite good at around 5.8 I've not fretted too much about this, but it's more important now that I'm hoping to have a baby at some point in the near future.
I'm quite careful with my diet, my control during the day is fine as I eat minimal carbs. For my evening meal I'll normally have no more than 50g of carbs. I avoid potatoes, rice and pasta if possible but I do eat lots of roasted veg like parsnips, carrots, squash and sometimes a small amount of pulses. This is when I am having the spikes. I appreciate I could cut down on carbs in the evening but I do feel I need this amount. I followed an almost zero carb diet for a while and whilst my control was better and I wasn't spiking, I lost too much weight and I felt really tired and groggy as my potassium was low. It would be nice to just eat a sandwich for lunch without having to worry or fall asleep afterwards!
I do like to treat myself every now and then and if I go to someone's house for dinner I will eat what I'm given and just be careful not to over eat.
My issue is that after eating almost any amount of carbohydrate my blood sugar is spiking, maybe to 10 or 11 after 2 hours. For example I find I can't eat 2 slices of wholemeal bread without this happening, but it's fine if I just have 1 slice!
I take 1 unit Novo Rapid per 10g carbs. I have increased my Lantus but this hasn't helped, if I increase it any more I am prone to hypos in the night. If I increase my Novo Rapid my levels 2 hours after food are perfect but I'll then hypo before my next meal or in the night, I treat the hypo then spike again! Grrrr!
I'm not really sure which way to go now as I don't really want to zero carb if I do fall pregnant... does anyone have any advice on which foods are better for avoiding spikes or do we all react differently?
Thanks and sorry for waffling!
Jessie.x