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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AlexandraMarnie89" data-source="post: 1311361" data-attributes="member: 83596"><p>Personally I would say don't do low carb. If you read up on dawn phenomenon you will find that in order for us to wake up in a morning our blood sugars rise. If your son is waking at 3.4 that is technically hypo and his levels will have been lower than that before he woke up, meaning that his brain will have been starved of the carbohydrates that are necessary for normal brain function. Low carb does work in the short term but in the long term can be dangerous and impair brain function. Our brain requires mainly glucose in order to run and our muscles need adequate carbohydrates in order to convert fats etc into useable energy. You may also find that whilst his blood sugars seem to be running ok, he may be ketotic due to the lack of carbohydrates. I'm not in any way saying to feed him cheeseburgers and ice cream etc but really we all need to be eating things like last, rice, pulses etc. They're not this big enemy that a lot of people make them out to be and as long as his diet is balanced and in general healthy then you should be able to managed it by matching his insulin and carbs. There used to be a course called DAFNE (dose adjustment for normal eating) ran at hospitals which is incredibly helpful - it may be worth asking about it - I think the name has changed but they will still run similar. But please please,and I'm saying this as a SN as well as a type 1 diabetic, be very careful of low carbing for all of you, not just your son and be very wary of those morning BMs! There is no reason why as a type 1 diabetic we can't eat a normal, healthy diet</p></blockquote><p></p>

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