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<blockquote data-quote="SamJB" data-source="post: 416768" data-attributes="member: 45322"><p>I'm going to distinguish between bolus for meals and bolus for protein. When I bolus for low carb meals, it doesn't matter what's in it meat/veg/cheese/eggs - I will need to bolus for how full I am, or judge the volume of food based on previous experiance. I'm careful not to eat too much protein as it causes a spike around 2-3 hours after eating as it's converted into glucose by my liver. I go by the rule that a chicken breast sized protion of meat requires 1 unit of insulin 2 hours after eating. </p><p></p><p>For example, when I have a chicken breast with salad for lunch my 2-hour-after-eating level may be consistent with the before meal reading, but my before dinner reading will be 2 mmol/l higher. For me that is what one unit of insulin will reduce my levels by, so I give myself one unit of insulin 2 hours after lunch. Anything smaller than a chicken breast doesn't affect the spike I get from protein.</p><p></p><p>I tend to stick to smaller portions as I don't want to be pumping myself full of insulin. Because for me the escence of low carbing is that small amounts of insulin leads to smaller mistakes, both high and low.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SamJB, post: 416768, member: 45322"] I'm going to distinguish between bolus for meals and bolus for protein. When I bolus for low carb meals, it doesn't matter what's in it meat/veg/cheese/eggs - I will need to bolus for how full I am, or judge the volume of food based on previous experiance. I'm careful not to eat too much protein as it causes a spike around 2-3 hours after eating as it's converted into glucose by my liver. I go by the rule that a chicken breast sized protion of meat requires 1 unit of insulin 2 hours after eating. For example, when I have a chicken breast with salad for lunch my 2-hour-after-eating level may be consistent with the before meal reading, but my before dinner reading will be 2 mmol/l higher. For me that is what one unit of insulin will reduce my levels by, so I give myself one unit of insulin 2 hours after lunch. Anything smaller than a chicken breast doesn't affect the spike I get from protein. I tend to stick to smaller portions as I don't want to be pumping myself full of insulin. Because for me the escence of low carbing is that small amounts of insulin leads to smaller mistakes, both high and low. [/QUOTE]
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