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[4DoorsMore]

I follow back I’m looking for people who can help me with information on foods I can eat that won’t raise my blood glucose into the 200s even after I take my fast acting insulin. Please help

 

[HSSS]

Eating less carb based foods in a nutshell and focusing on proteins and natural healthy fats. Have a read of www.dietdoctor.com/diabetes as a starting point which gives advice for type 2

Take note that as an insulin user it can rapidly drop levels and causes hypos as you will no longer need as much as on a carb heavy diet. So you will need to adjust doses or see your dr for assistance if that’s not something you are used to doing. Many T2 people have found low carb manages their levels very effectively often reducing medication and sometimes even eliminating or avoiding them.

 

[Deleted member 527103]

The rise of blood sugars after taking fast acting insulin is far less to do with what you eat but more to do with how much insulin you take and when you take it.
If you get the insulin timing and dose correct, there should be little that you cannot eat.
However, insulin timing and dosage is an art which is simplified by reducing carbs ... but only if your insulin dose is calculated according to how many carbs you eat.
Blindly following a low carb diet when taking fixed insulin doses is dangerous.

 

[Brunneria]

I follow back I’m looking for people who can help me with information on foods I can eat that won’t raise my blood glucose into the 200s even after I take my fast acting insulin. Please help

Hi and welcome @4DoorsMoreWhores

Your profile says you are a type 2 on insulin.
As such, it is very important that you understand you may have significant insulin resistance.

Insulin resistance means that the insulin that is injected is less effective than it would be for someone who doesn’t have insulin resistance.
This may go somewhere to explain the problem you describe.

Here is a link about insulin resistance in type 2 diabetics, if you want to learn more.

The Insulin Resistance–Diabetes Connection

Learn how to reverse insulin resistance and head off type 2 diabetes.

www.cdc.gov

It is very important to understand that there is a difference between type 2 insulin resistant diabetes, and type 1 autoimmune diabetes. The two conditions are different, because type 2 is more prone to insulin resistance (although type 1s can develop insulin resistance too, in certain circumstances). Type 2s may need to inject far greater amounts of insulin, with much less effect on their blood glucose. Whereas a type 1 may be exquisitely sensitive to the insulin they inject.

This means that type 1s may have very different insulin needs and can eat very differently from type 2s. It all depends on the individual and how their body reacts to carb intake and insulin.

Consequently, please be very conscious of whether you are reading advice by type 1 or type 2 diabetics here on the forum since their experiences can be wildly different.

Please also be aware that a vast number of insulin resistant type 2s find benefit from reducing carby foods such as bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, sugar, sweet fruit, etc.

This is because reducing the amount of carbs eaten reduces the amount of insulin needed, and as the amount of insulin reduces, the amount of insulin resistance also reduces until the injected insulin becomes more effective.

Of course, nothing is ever quite that simple.

Because this is a forum, and you are typing to strangers over the internet, none of us know your personal health history. We don’t know how many carbs you are eating, or how much insulin you inject, or how much insulin resistance you may have - or what advice your health care advisors have given you about diet and the timing of your insulin doses.

Please don’t suddenly make drastic changes to your carb intake, or your insulin regime, without first learning about insulin resistance and what effect those changes may have. Any changes may be best done gradually.

You may find reading up about Jason Fung useful

Dr. Jason Fung, MD - Diet Doctor

Dr. Jason Fung is a Canadian nephrologist. He’s a world-leading expert on intermittent fasting and LCHF, especially for treating people with type 2 diabetes.

www.dietdoctor.com

And the work done by

Virta Health: Clinically-proven Treatment for Diabetes Reversal

Virta is the first clinically-proven treatment to safely and sustainably reverse type 2 diabetes without medications or surgery.

www.virtahealth.com

Their statistics are impressive (treating type 2 via diet)

Just please don’t assume that advice about type 1 diabetes, by people with experience of type 1 insulin useage, is necessarily applicable to you, with type 2.