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Message: <blockquote data-quote="XIX" data-source="post: 506762" data-attributes="member: 99255">Theoretically yes, but realistically I can't really eat what I want if I don't want my glucose levels to fluctuate wildly. Injecting insulin is so much less effective than the body's own system, making it really hard to time the injections. So if I eat/drink something extremely fast acting (coke, Starbucks frappucinos, pop tarts, mountain dew etc.) I either end up hypoing or having an absurdly high BG level even if I inject the right dose. Additionally, some of the items on my 'wanted to eat list' have so many carbs that it would probably take up my entire day's worth of insulin (i.e. the cakes they have in AMT coffee)  Also , I believe - but I might be wrong on that - that the more units of insulin you have a day, the more likely you are to gain weight.</blockquote>

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