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- Type of diabetes
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- Insulin
I've been practising lchf for something like 18 months with no effect on my BG levels or on my (acknowledged) overweight(edness). In fact, to keep my BG under some sort of control, ie in the 8 - 12 range rather than in the 12 - 22 range I have had to increase the amount of insulin I am injecting. Maybe this is one reason why I keep piling on the weight.
In the last few weeks, I have started intermittent fasting, then tried adding the 5:2 diet to that and in the last week or so I have been eating only one small meal a day and trying to keep the calories in that meal down as close to 500 as possible, and sometimes lower. I know this is a bad idea in terms of general health but feel that I must find a way to reduce BG levels at the very least.
But it's complicated. I did start taking a multivitamin tablet recommended by my pharmacist, but it caused severe stomach problems (much like the iron supplement prescribed by my doctor some months ago and which I stopped taking). At least on the one meal a day I can cut out 2 of the insulin doses each day, only now injecting before my one meal and at night. A couple of days ago I had a hypo during the night. That's the result and that's what I have to be careful about. I guess I'll start reducing the overnight dose if I can (but BG wasn't so low last night and a slightly higher dose than it used to be, but not as high as recently) resulting in a very reasonable 6.8 this morning. Of course, it's much higher as the day progresses with no food and no insulin. Not sure what it is at present until I test before my meal.
I have no medical support for what I'm doing and I know the health professionals around here would throw their hands up in horror - possibly quite rightly, But what is a girl supposed to do?
In the last few weeks, I have started intermittent fasting, then tried adding the 5:2 diet to that and in the last week or so I have been eating only one small meal a day and trying to keep the calories in that meal down as close to 500 as possible, and sometimes lower. I know this is a bad idea in terms of general health but feel that I must find a way to reduce BG levels at the very least.
But it's complicated. I did start taking a multivitamin tablet recommended by my pharmacist, but it caused severe stomach problems (much like the iron supplement prescribed by my doctor some months ago and which I stopped taking). At least on the one meal a day I can cut out 2 of the insulin doses each day, only now injecting before my one meal and at night. A couple of days ago I had a hypo during the night. That's the result and that's what I have to be careful about. I guess I'll start reducing the overnight dose if I can (but BG wasn't so low last night and a slightly higher dose than it used to be, but not as high as recently) resulting in a very reasonable 6.8 this morning. Of course, it's much higher as the day progresses with no food and no insulin. Not sure what it is at present until I test before my meal.
I have no medical support for what I'm doing and I know the health professionals around here would throw their hands up in horror - possibly quite rightly, But what is a girl supposed to do?