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Insulin levels - yes I have to make assumptions as it is not easily tested and is therefore only done occasionally, however one can see enough charts on line concerning how insulin generally behaves in the absence of foods, to make good guesses as to what is likely to be happening to me
 
Unfortunately IR is influenced by......
Diet and exercise.

For me I have to have great bgs and perfectly working thyroid before diet and exercise can reduce my IR.
A lot f hard work to be done before many can just go out and exercise and munch on veg that interfere with my thyroid. My thyroid works better without veg.
Shame even dieticians haven't worked that one out.
I cannot replace my carbs with veg, not as much as any can.

Maybe your thyroid function is interfered with too @Flair .watch those vegetables and research which ones are best for your thyroid and just because drugs have replaced its missing function doesn't mean you shouldn't search for its cause and try and fix it.
It is very very hard work thou, so be warned!
 
Taken me ages to get to the end of this

If your BG is normal but your insulin is high this is surely Insulin Resistance at its finest?
That is, you are having to run abnormally high insulin levels to beat your BG into submission.
 
High glucose is so much easier to combat than high insulin because we can test glucose at home at any time.

I remember seeing these lists of foods that need a lower insulin respoonse and thought they might be useful to consider.

Food list
https://optimisingnutrition.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/weight-loss-foods-insulin-resistant.pdf

Information about the food lists, composition of the diet and the effect on insulin
https://optimisingnutrition.com/201...foods-for-weight-loss-and-insulin-resistance/
 

Sorry to drop by here, i just wonder do this help also with people with type 1 like me? I know even type 1 can get insulin resistant and i hate to inject myself with more insulin dosage to cover my insulin resistant in the future.
 
@Gabrielle_Tai have a look at type1keto.com and get yourself a copy of "Dr Bernsteins Diabetes Solution". There are a few people with Type1 doing low carb on this site. (Remember that if you don't have carbs you need to much your insulin to protein. )
 
You need to read “The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living ”, one of the experiments they describe is putting insulin into one arm and glucose into the other. They confirmed it resulted in increased insulin resistance. (Children do not try this at home.....)
 
Sorry to drop by here, i just wonder do this help also with people with type 1 like me? I know even type 1 can get insulin resistant and i hate to inject myself with more insulin dosage to cover my insulin resistant in the future.

No, I think your circumstances are very different. You are young, aged 15? and newly diagnosed type 1. You may never become insulin resistant if you eat a healthy diet. Please do not worry about a future that might never happen.
 

Whilst we are on the subject, which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Increasing insulin production either from the pancreas or injections would surely lead to continuous hypos if the increase was significant, some time before insulin resistance could start to develop. As you say, the first thing likely to happen is a reduction in insulin production if the feedback mechanisms are still working correctly.

I would suggest that the insulin resistance starts to develop first, and the natural counter is to increase insulin production. This would be natural; as I understand it insulin is produced until blood glucose levels drop. So if the body becomes resistant to insulin, more has to be produced to force blood glucose down. This in turn is likely to raise the background level of insulin in the blood.

This assumes that the insulin resistance is like a spring loaded door where you have to exert a minimum level of force to open the door even slightly so you have to maintain a constant push against the closed door so a small increase in pressure will force it open. Possibly a poor analogy.
 


How can I watch my vegatables?
 


My bmi is 32 I am not extreem fat. Just overweight. Cholesterol is 5.6 -/6.5
triglyceriden 1.2 0.8/2
Ldl 3.84 2.5/4.5
Hdl 1.21 1.1/

Is it okay?
 
That what I am trying. But it very difficult stuff and I do not have help in my country. Any ideas what the root cause can be?
 
My bmi is 32 I am not extreem fat. Just overweight. Cholesterol is 5.6 -/6.5
triglyceriden 1.2 0.8/2
Ldl 3.84 2.5/4.5
Hdl 1.21 1.1/

Is it okay?
Im no a doctor and I'm not sure what the numbers you are quoting are? there seems to be two sets
are these before and after something?. If your diet is going in the right direction your HDL will be going up not sure from the figures posted whether it is or not ?
 

No it not before something. Doctor just did rum some cholesterol test. I do not check this very often so I can t compare it. But this is most of the time my cholesterol and ldl? Why is itnokay
 
I sleep better on higher bgs but some argue thyroid function is better on low carb so less sleep.
 
My bmi is 32 I am not extreem fat. Just overweight. Cholesterol is 5.6 -/6.5
triglyceriden 1.2 0.8/2
Ldl 3.84 2.5/4.5
Hdl 1.21 1.1/

Is it okay?
Ldl should be lower and hdl should be higher. Are you on a low fat diet by any chance?
 
How can I watch my vegatables?
Make sure they are cooked well. Steamed preferrally. Read up on thyroid health diet if you have thyroid concerns.
If not, don't worry. Eat any veg, cooked or raw.

Low fat diets can mix up cholesterol levels upside down like yours but heart health only worries about trigs.
 
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I'm my experience the insulin increases to combat liver output.
Do a liver detox which for me is lchf. Great for fatty liver.
Do you know whether you have a fatty liver?
 
I'm my experience the insulin increases to combat liver output.
Do a liver detox which for me is lchf. Great for fatty liver.
Do you know whether you have a fatty liver?

No I am not on a low fat diet at all. Can you explain why you think this?

I do not know if I have a fat liver. I did get some blood liver test. How can you see this?
Alat 21 -/35
Asat 16 --/30

I believe those are liver result.
I say do low carb high fat diet for liver detox?
 
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