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Cherry-Pie

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Type of diabetes
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Hi Guys,

Does anyone know if you could get increased insulin sensitivity if you change your diet?

I am T1 and started carb-counting about a month ago after doing the DAFNE course and last week started eating lower GI foods to try and stop post meal spikes and over the last couple of days my insulin seems to be reacting really quickly and I'm not sure why!
This morning I woke up at 5.4 (was 7.8 at 2am) and had porridge as usual at 7:30am and since I started carb-counting I have needed 2:1 ratio but today I did that and by 9:00 I was 3.3!? This hasn't happened before and usually I am about 8/9 2 hours after eating my breakfast.

I thought I was doing the right thing trying to eat a more healthier balance but now not sure and I'm getting really confused!!

This is my first post on here, but also just wanted to say that this forum has been great! Its been so good to see that there are other peeps out there who struggle - every time I see my doctor he make me feel like I'm the only one having problems and every other diabetic out there has perfect HBA1C's!

Thanks for listening

Cherry-Pie xx
 
Low GI is OK but if it is affecting your BG levels, instead of injecting prior to eating to avoid the spike, try injecting 5 mins after eating. Keep testing though.
 
Low GI foods spike slower and for longer, so your insulin peak is maybe out of sync with the sugar spike, as Mo said you could try injecting when you eat, just after or even splitting the dose, if I split I tend to take 2/3s when I eat and the rest about an hour later. The book Think like A Pancreas by Gary Scheiner explains it all, a must read if you haven't already got it. Don't have that problem with porridge though, tends to spike in about half an hour with me!
 
As Mo & Garr say try injecting before or after if the insulin is working quicker than your food.

As your now carb counting you will see a reduction in insulin usage and this will be especially so if your new healthy diet leads to weight loss, just adjust your insulin accordingly going by your postprandial bg readings.

Good luck and welcome to the forum btw :)
 
Thanks everyone, have ordered the book, it's coming tomorrow :)
Sounds good injecting after I have eaten as I am quite a slow eater and quite often will take me 20-30 mins to finish my meal..
So so glad to see someone else has split doses before, I used to do that and when I told my dietician she said that was a total 'no no' and no one else ever does that! Needless to say soon after that I gave up listening to her tee hee.. Thanks again xx
 
Goes to show how we're all told different things, it was my dietician that advised me to split them, you'd think they'd all be singing the same song even if it is usually a little off key! Just a note about the book, when he says to subtract the fibre, that's just for the USA, it's already done on the food labels over here. I started to subtract it when I read the book and then wondered why my levels were higher.............
 
Cherry-Pie said:
Thanks everyone, have ordered the book, it's coming tomorrow :)
Sounds good injecting after I have eaten as I am quite a slow eater and quite often will take me 20-30 mins to finish my meal..
So so glad to see someone else has split doses before, I used to do that and when I told my dietician she said that was a total 'no no' and no one else ever does that! Needless to say soon after that I gave up listening to her tee hee.. Thanks again xx
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There are occasions where I'll split dose, one being if the meal is high in fat as fat slows down the absorption of the meal. The book that Garr has suggested is a fantastic read and comes highly recommended on the forum :)
 
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