LCHF for t1

There are quite a few Type 1's on this forum who have had good results also. A couple that spring to mind are @Kristin251 and @Mrs Vimes.

Hi sklane11 low carbs approach works for me. Lower levels of novarapid minimises liklihood of error. Still require 85 g CHO per hour for road & track cycling.... Then adjust insulin accordingly.

Indy51 said:

There are quite a few Type 1's on this forum who have had good results also. A couple that spring to mind are @Kristin251 and @Mrs Vimes.

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and @robert72

Yup. I've even written blog posts about it: http://www.diabettech.com/diabetes/managing-glycaemic-variability-by-eating-low-carb-does-it-work/

We low carb with our 5 year old type 1 daughter, we do it as a family, so her twin sister and little brother low carb too. I feel it's sustainable, we're coming up to a year of eating this way, and it feels easy and 'normal' now. The kids have no idea they're low carbing!

CathP said:

We low carb with our 5 year old type 1 daughter, we do it as a family, so her twin sister and little brother low carb too. I feel it's sustainable, we're coming up to a year of eating this way, and it feels easy and 'normal' now. The kids have no idea they're low carbing!

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Strange how her twin sister isn't diabetic. Are they identical?

They're non-identical, but even if they were identical there's every chance one could get it and not the other. I think it's a combination of genetic and environmental triggers that causes type one.

sklane11 said:

I guess the main question is whether it's sustainable in the long term or not.

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I have been doing this for about three years now with similar results and find it quite easy to sustain. I have the odd treat now and then but much prefer low-carb.

Hi!
I've been low carb (20 or less per day) for over twenty five years, long before I was diabetic. Very sustainable. My BS and stomach love it. I mostly eat above ground veggies, moderate amounts of a variety of proteins and healthy fats. An avocado a day (split between 3 meals) olive oil and some nuts and seeds. I pretty much follow bernsteins recommendations and laws of small numbers. Small meals, small insulin doses and small spikes. Works for me! Very rare to have any real hypo or large spike.

I too found it impossible to eat normal amounts of carbs and get the insulin there at the same time so hypos and hypers followed a lot of the time. Not fun for me.

So yes, for me it's very sustainable

Yes, low-carb is the way to go and it is sustainable assuming you don't try to keep the carbs too low.

I should probably try this..what's the worst that can happen..

Low carb's the way to go

What is classed as a low carb diet? How much carbs are you eating a day? I'm currently trying to reduce my carb intake 100-150 just now

Craig88 said:

What is classed as a low carb diet? How much carbs are you eating a day? I'm currently trying to reduce my carb intake 100-150 just now

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I started by limiting to 150/day but have now worked my way down to 20 or 30. It's best if you find a level that you are happy with... there are no rules

I used tp be 28-60 per day for pretty much all my diabetic life.
It doesb't do anything for dawn or waking phenomenon -lol!! Always had that but my bloods have been good for 30+ years. Only
thing is at times bloods have been too low.... almoost lost my licence a few years back.
I'm pretty much the same nowadays but I have to add in a smoothie each day and these generally come in around 27g...
Today will be 40 carbs including a spinach/fruit mix smoothie.

It may have looked after my diabetes but honestly I don't know if it has done me well for my overall health as I have chronic colon and stomach problems... but these only started afterbI was advised for a while to eat more carbs such as bread and porridge....

I am OTT on watching my vitamin and nutrient intake because now with colon and stomach probs I have a very, very limited diet. I have to supplement a lot-but I am certainly living proof that some supplements like d3, calcium, magnesium work. (I take many more!!)

What caused stomach probs? Who knows? Could it have been the lower carbs or all of a sudden eating extra carbs? Or just my body?

The only time I've varied weight wise was eating high carbs. I was always a size 8-10.. until those carbs were advised and I went up to a 12-14. Hubby used to say "its because you aren't working or active so much" but it wan't. After cancer last year and stomach/colon probs I have certainly been a lot less active.. and barely a size 8.....

I think it is the best way of eating.. but I do wonder how much is down to the fact that the food isn't processed....minimising processed rubbish like crisps, bread etc has got to be beneficial to the body. Tgere's so many additives and preservatives in food. I still think the cleaner we eat the better.

Less, carbs, less insulin, less errors...

Craig88 said:

What is classed as a low carb diet? How much carbs are you eating a day? I'm currently trying to reduce my carb intake 100-150 just now

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Don't look at it as a certain amount of grams but a % of your daily calories. Below 20% i would personally consider low carb.

I agree with others that LCHF is sustainable. I've being doing 50g carbs max per day for about 30 months, and I won't return to my old way of eating, because now I feel a lot better, more energetic, I don't want to snack and I don't mind intermittent fasting -it can even be quite convenient. As others have said, the main benefit is lower doses of Bolus insulin which helps to reduce error and keep me on an even keel. People need to make up their own minds about this in consultation perhaps with their clinic, but it has become clear to me that zapping a high-carb diet (eg the NHS and generally promoted food pyramid) with high doses of insulin is not the answer for T1s