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keto diets and type 1 diabetes
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GrantGam
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@robert72 follows a ketosis diet (although on MDI), and may be able to give you some pointers if you have any specific questions.
I'll also tag @Snapsy who is a pumper and follows a LC diet. I don't believe she is keto, but will still hopefully be able to offer solid advice concerning LC and pumping
Kristin251
Expert
I'm ultra low carb but on MDI. I thrive on it. I thrive on less carbs just as much as less insulin.
GrantGam
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Sorry @Kristin251, I should have tagged you initially... My bad
Kristin251
Expert
No worries at all. I'm MDI and not a pump. Could be very different.Sorry @Kristin251, I should have tagged you initially... My bad
Ultra low carb is the only way I have any control. And never really hungry which is huge in my world. It's the only way I keep bs smooth
Snapsy
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Hi @aerial , I'm not very low carb, but I am low carb. Protein in the absence of carbs spikes me, so I bolus for it by programming in a 'carb value' and let the bolus calculator work it out. Caffeine spikes me too!
I don't know if you have any specific questions, but let me take you through a typical day's food for me:
Breakfast - 2 boiled eggs, 2 cups of tea with a splash of milk
For this I tell my pump I am having 12g CHO
(at weekends I have the full works with eggs and bacon etc etc - I tell my pump I'm having 15g CHO)
Snack - 1 hardboiled egg with a squirt of full fat mayo, cup of coffee with a splash of milk
For this I tell my pump I'm having 10g CHO.
Lunch - massive salad containing lettuce, grated carrot, cucumber, lettuce, radishes, coriander, nutritional yeast, apple cider vinegar, kefir cheese, red pepper, tomatoes, rocket, a few edamame beans out of the freezer, perhaps a slice of ham or a bit of Brie
For this I tell my pump I'm having 20g CHO (the veg is quite carby in any case).
In winter I'll have homemade low carb soup with a handful of grated cheese in it.
I'll sometimes have an omelette if I'm not at work.
Evening meal - veg and protein, substituting mainly cauliflower for starchy carbs. So I'll do curry (sauce out of a jar, 20g CHO per serving) with chicken and veg, served with leafy veg and homemade cauliflower rice (using frozen cauli), or bangers and mash (with cauli mash - and I do have Bisto with it, so that's fairly carby), or homemade chilli with caulirice, or a stew, or a fry-up. Last night I had grilled salmon, poached eggs, peas and carrots (a carb fest!), a pile of soft-cooked cauliflower and homemade cheat's Hollandaise. I had strawberries, homemade yoghurt and sugar free strawberry jelly for pudding.
I told my pump this was 45g CHO.
Sugars were stable all day, despite my being rather under the weather at the moment.
I have a Libre, and am able to take action to head off lows by turning my basal down. If I do go low, though, I will treat a hypo with glucose.
I eat a lot of food, but I am a broad-shouldered strapping lass over 6ft tall who does quite a lot of exercise.
Love Snapsy
I don't know if you have any specific questions, but let me take you through a typical day's food for me:
Breakfast - 2 boiled eggs, 2 cups of tea with a splash of milk
For this I tell my pump I am having 12g CHO
(at weekends I have the full works with eggs and bacon etc etc - I tell my pump I'm having 15g CHO)
Snack - 1 hardboiled egg with a squirt of full fat mayo, cup of coffee with a splash of milk
For this I tell my pump I'm having 10g CHO.
Lunch - massive salad containing lettuce, grated carrot, cucumber, lettuce, radishes, coriander, nutritional yeast, apple cider vinegar, kefir cheese, red pepper, tomatoes, rocket, a few edamame beans out of the freezer, perhaps a slice of ham or a bit of Brie
For this I tell my pump I'm having 20g CHO (the veg is quite carby in any case).
In winter I'll have homemade low carb soup with a handful of grated cheese in it.
I'll sometimes have an omelette if I'm not at work.
Evening meal - veg and protein, substituting mainly cauliflower for starchy carbs. So I'll do curry (sauce out of a jar, 20g CHO per serving) with chicken and veg, served with leafy veg and homemade cauliflower rice (using frozen cauli), or bangers and mash (with cauli mash - and I do have Bisto with it, so that's fairly carby), or homemade chilli with caulirice, or a stew, or a fry-up. Last night I had grilled salmon, poached eggs, peas and carrots (a carb fest!), a pile of soft-cooked cauliflower and homemade cheat's Hollandaise. I had strawberries, homemade yoghurt and sugar free strawberry jelly for pudding.
I told my pump this was 45g CHO.
Sugars were stable all day, despite my being rather under the weather at the moment.
I have a Libre, and am able to take action to head off lows by turning my basal down. If I do go low, though, I will treat a hypo with glucose.
I eat a lot of food, but I am a broad-shouldered strapping lass over 6ft tall who does quite a lot of exercise.
Love Snapsy
