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8 or 9 for me is acceptable 1.5-2 hours after a meal if my meal is 60g of carbs or above, which i try to avoid........


its perfectly achievable on larger carb loads if you consider bolusing 15 minutes plus before the meal, I personally have seen myself bolusing 45 minutes before eating back when I was eating more carbs, this allowed me to achieve fluctuating bg levels between 4-6 all the way to the next meal........

trying to replicate this though is difficult especially with different combinations of carbs............so you should all try having low carb/ low gi meals, it just makes blood sugars really good.....

Tried the low GI way and it completely messed up my BS. So maybe not for all.

everyone is different your right........

but the basics of low GI is that those foods have a small impact on BG and over a longer period.

how did it mess up your blood sugars?

BS would rise after the QA had finished, the only way to try and avoid it was to inject later or split the dose. But then you would have to remember to do that! Memory not my strong point these days.........

that is a pain.........did you try injecting afterwards........

i suppose it all about getting the right balance, you would never just solely eat all low gi.........

Aye, It's all about finding what works for you

iHS is right. When I wasn't on a low carb diet a correction dose could send me hypo, but because I low carb, my levels are very stable. So perhaps it's not best to listen to my advice if you don't low carb.

SamJB said:

iHS is right. When I wasn't on a low carb diet a correction dose could send me hypo, but because I low carb, my levels are very stable. So perhaps it's not best to listen to my advice if you don't low carb.

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Maybe you would need to re evaluate your correction sensitivity in that case.........

when I was injecting I had actually worked out a complex way of using corrections, if I was below 10mmol 1 unit would drop me 2.5mmol, however if I was up at above 17mmol, 1 unit would only drop me 1mmol...

this seemed to work great for me, likely something to do with insulin sensitivity at higher levels and the fact I was injecting my insulin as opposed to pumping...

over 90% of the insulin is used when pumping yet only 50 odd % [dont quote me] is used when injecting......