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<blockquote data-quote="In Response" data-source="post: 2491002" data-attributes="member: 527103"><p>I debated whether to respond to this or not as I do not want to derail this thread.</p><p>But as someone with Type 1 who has tried low carb, I plead with you to stop this rhetoric.</p><p>I wish managing Type 1 was as simple but the mental hardship associated with managing Type 1 cannot be reduced to something this banal.</p><p>Yes, there are less hypos with less insulin but more highs and, especially for someone newly diagnosed with a need for low insulin doses, you can only reduce doses so much as the smallest dose from an insulin pen in 0.5 units. Insulin dosing is much much much more complex than an insulin to carb ratio - there is insulin dosing to consider, correction doses to consider, exercise impact to consider, stress impact to consider, insulin to protein ratios (which vary according to the type of protein). and more.</p><p>Sure, some people with Type 1 manage their diabetes with a low carb diet but they know (and express) that we are all different and it does not suit everyone.</p><p>Please leave the discussion of insulin management to someone who has experience rather than theory gained from reading research papers and listening to podcasts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="In Response, post: 2491002, member: 527103"] I debated whether to respond to this or not as I do not want to derail this thread. But as someone with Type 1 who has tried low carb, I plead with you to stop this rhetoric. I wish managing Type 1 was as simple but the mental hardship associated with managing Type 1 cannot be reduced to something this banal. Yes, there are less hypos with less insulin but more highs and, especially for someone newly diagnosed with a need for low insulin doses, you can only reduce doses so much as the smallest dose from an insulin pen in 0.5 units. Insulin dosing is much much much more complex than an insulin to carb ratio - there is insulin dosing to consider, correction doses to consider, exercise impact to consider, stress impact to consider, insulin to protein ratios (which vary according to the type of protein). and more. Sure, some people with Type 1 manage their diabetes with a low carb diet but they know (and express) that we are all different and it does not suit everyone. Please leave the discussion of insulin management to someone who has experience rather than theory gained from reading research papers and listening to podcasts. [/QUOTE]
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