Sorry for late response. He was admitted to hospital after i posted this thread and was eventually diagnosed with viral hepatitis. I think some of the reason for his sugars not reducing would be down to the infection. He was sent home from hospital with an insulin regime, so now he has:
Insurance basal 20 units morning and 18 at night
Normal day's food would be
4 bacon,2 egg breakfast, sometimes avocado and mayo
A meat and lots of green veg for one main meal
A large salad with seeds and an oil/vinegar dressing. Large means most of a lettuce, a third of a head of celery, half a cucumber, 3 or 4 tomatoes etc.
Snacks include cheese, kabanos, pork scratchings
He only feels full after a very large meal - fat and protein don't do it. So we are trying a system of him trying to stick to vaguely normal portions of food for two meals and a large salad and try to ignore subsequent hunger until the next meal. Most of the time he is happy to forgo some meat for extra volume since volume fills.
Carbs are about 50, protein about 80-100 and fat over 200 all in grams. These will be higher on some days when he has what i don't record. He is autistic and has ADD so things not very straightforward at times
His sugars have dropped from the crazy hospital figures (in the twenties - I wanted to cry when i saw the hospital food) down to between 10 and 13. The reduction now is pretty slow and we want to try and start the original routine without the insulin. I liked what I read about insulin load because it seems to allow a bit more wiggle room for carb/protein amounts whilst still trying to keep insulin response down. Just wondered if anyone had come across Marty Kendall's stuff and used it.
