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- Type of diabetes
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- Insulin
Hi,
So over the last two or three days, I have gone ultra low carb. To the point where it's no more than 5g carbs per meal. Cauliflower rice, cabbage rice, keto bread etc. I have done this originally to see about losing a little it of excess weight. I think I have lost a couple of pounds this week doing this, but I have noticed something else.
Although it's still a low amount of carbs, I am not needing to take any fast acting insulin at all with my food. Even needing to lower the amount of Basal I am taking as it sends me near hypo, to the point I need a couple squares of chocolate last night, although I had put a lot of exercising in.
Has anyone experience of this sort of thing happening? I have read that keto can make you more sensitive to insulin and less insulin resistant. I really didn't expect that I wouldn't need any fast acting insulin though.
I'm under no illusion that this will stop, but just something to note and interesting. At the very least it's saved me from 6 extra injections over the weekend...
So over the last two or three days, I have gone ultra low carb. To the point where it's no more than 5g carbs per meal. Cauliflower rice, cabbage rice, keto bread etc. I have done this originally to see about losing a little it of excess weight. I think I have lost a couple of pounds this week doing this, but I have noticed something else.
Although it's still a low amount of carbs, I am not needing to take any fast acting insulin at all with my food. Even needing to lower the amount of Basal I am taking as it sends me near hypo, to the point I need a couple squares of chocolate last night, although I had put a lot of exercising in.
Has anyone experience of this sort of thing happening? I have read that keto can make you more sensitive to insulin and less insulin resistant. I really didn't expect that I wouldn't need any fast acting insulin though.
I'm under no illusion that this will stop, but just something to note and interesting. At the very least it's saved me from 6 extra injections over the weekend...