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<blockquote data-quote="JontyW" data-source="post: 365495" data-attributes="member: 40312"><p>For good diabetic control you should ideally only be eating three main meals per day. If your BG is running at the right level about 4 hours after the last bolus injection, then there is no need to have snacks since they will raise your sugar levels, unless the snack is less than about 10g of carbs, since no extra bolus is then needed. Eating a chocalate cake at 3pm is clearly not a good idea for a diabetic!</p><p></p><p>Here is some advice to help you get back on track ......</p><p></p><p>Knowledge is power for diabetics and so I strongly recommend that you read carefully the following documents and books …</p><p></p><p>Key points to good control are:-</p><p></p><p><strong>Get used to detailed carbohydrate counting. </strong></p><p>Buy this excellent book that provides clear pictures of nearly every food you might need</p><p></p><p><strong>1) Carbs & Cals: A Visual Guide to Carbohydrate & Calorie Counting for People with Diabetes</strong></p><p></p><p>(<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0956443052/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i01" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0956 ... 01_s00_i01</a>)</p><p></p><p><strong>2) Carb Counting & Insulin Adjustment: </strong></p><p></p><p>An introduction to carbohydrate counting and insulin dose adjustment</p><p></p><p><a href="https://shop.diabetes.org.uk/store/literature/information-books/carbs-count-e-book.aspx" target="_blank">https://shop.diabetes.org.uk/store/lite ... -book.aspx</a></p><p>- this is the basis of the DAFNE (Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating) course, and you need to read Chapter 2 (Carbohydrates) and Chapter 3 (Insulin) to understand what level of bolus (Humalog, Novorapid or Apidra) you need to inject based on the Insulin to Carb ratio for the carbs you plan to eat for each of the three main meals.</p><p></p><p><strong>3) Adjusting your Insulin when results are too high or too low:</strong></p><p>An excellent detailed document, with plenty of examples, to assist you in making required insulin adjustments. Download it and print it out so it is readily at hand after blood sugars have been made & recorded.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.diabetes-scotland.org/ggc/documents/pdf%20files/Insulin%20Dose%20Change.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.diabetes-scotland.org/ggc/do ... Change.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>I hope it all helps, since you clearly need to take note of what you are being told on this excellent forum....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JontyW, post: 365495, member: 40312"] For good diabetic control you should ideally only be eating three main meals per day. If your BG is running at the right level about 4 hours after the last bolus injection, then there is no need to have snacks since they will raise your sugar levels, unless the snack is less than about 10g of carbs, since no extra bolus is then needed. Eating a chocalate cake at 3pm is clearly not a good idea for a diabetic! Here is some advice to help you get back on track ...... Knowledge is power for diabetics and so I strongly recommend that you read carefully the following documents and books … Key points to good control are:- [b]Get used to detailed carbohydrate counting. [/b] Buy this excellent book that provides clear pictures of nearly every food you might need [b]1) Carbs & Cals: A Visual Guide to Carbohydrate & Calorie Counting for People with Diabetes[/b] ([url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0956443052/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i01]http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0956 ... 01_s00_i01[/url]) [b]2) Carb Counting & Insulin Adjustment: [/b] An introduction to carbohydrate counting and insulin dose adjustment [url=https://shop.diabetes.org.uk/store/literature/information-books/carbs-count-e-book.aspx]https://shop.diabetes.org.uk/store/lite ... -book.aspx[/url] - this is the basis of the DAFNE (Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating) course, and you need to read Chapter 2 (Carbohydrates) and Chapter 3 (Insulin) to understand what level of bolus (Humalog, Novorapid or Apidra) you need to inject based on the Insulin to Carb ratio for the carbs you plan to eat for each of the three main meals. [b]3) Adjusting your Insulin when results are too high or too low:[/b] An excellent detailed document, with plenty of examples, to assist you in making required insulin adjustments. Download it and print it out so it is readily at hand after blood sugars have been made & recorded. [url=http://www.diabetes-scotland.org/ggc/documents/pdf%20files/Insulin%20Dose%20Change.pdf]http://www.diabetes-scotland.org/ggc/do ... Change.pdf[/url] I hope it all helps, since you clearly need to take note of what you are being told on this excellent forum.... [/QUOTE]
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