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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KK123" data-source="post: 2116215" data-attributes="member: 451727"><p>Hi Cocosilk, I haven't eaten any grains for the last 6 weeks but I did before that. Every person is different of course no matter what type and anyone can have insulin resistance but it is (apparently) more common to type 2. I have high insulin sensitivity according to my Consultant meaning any injected insulin goes a long way, as he put it. I had been eating around 80 to 100 carbs and this was still keeping my glucose levels steady with a very small amount of insulin so for me, it is not about having to go low carb to keep my levels 'low', it was about preventing myself from sometimes dropping lower at work, my theory was if I ate a carby ish meal at work it meant taking around 2 units of insulin and wham, 2 hours later I would be hypoing.  It seemed easier to just not have any (or many carbs) so I was trying the low carb, MEDIUM to LOW fat approach. All this has done is send my LDL up so now I think I will go back to around 100 carb. Obviously as a type 1 I could eat many more carbs but I would never eat 'rubbish', the only carbs I contemplate are a slice of wholegrain toast or sourdough, (I take 1 unit for that), root vegetables (1 unit) and the carbs that might come from gravies or sauces or a piece of fruit, etc. I don't like the fat from fatty meats, I don't eat bacon or sausages or anything processed which is why the only thing I upped in the last 6 weeks was cheese (still only 30g a day) and nuts! I will try going back to what I was doing and see what my cholesterol is like in another few months. Interestingly, when I had the lipids tests done (full ones), as well as the lipoprotein A being elevated and at least 9 out of the 12 DNA tests showing a propensity towards higher inherited cholesterol, it showed my vit D was low (I am half Jamaican). That has never been mentioned again by anyone and I kept forgetting to mention it so I may start taking vit D tablets. x</p></blockquote><p></p>

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