Brett is correct about bolousing for protein if you are eating low carb. I never used to when I ate carbs but now I do that I am low carb. This involves weighing my food (on a scale which tells me the nutritional value of food), calculating the protein and carbs in the food and then working out how much insulin to take.
High fat can also slow down the rate of digestion and means you may benefit from splitting your dose of insulin into two. As I have a pump I just give myself the insulin over a few hours instead of in one go otherwise I would go hypo.
Going low carb has meant I have had to adjust my bolus insulin and my basal (which has dropped again so I am yet again changing it!)
If you are just doing low carb to drop 10 pounds and then going back to eating carbs I am wondering if it will be worth the hassle or whether another diet maybe a more appropriate root? I'm simply saying this because low carbing has adjusted all my insulin levels and been a huge change in my life - for example finding things I could eat was initially difficult, now I finally (after a few months and lots of finding recipes ) am totally happy with what I can / can't eat.
If you really want to low carb then Dr Richard Bernsteins diabetes solution will tell you how to calculate your insulin and give you lots of other info and some recipes.
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