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<blockquote data-quote="Charles Robin" data-source="post: 1071570" data-attributes="member: 92241"><p>Hi Catapillar, you've run into the problem of the diabetic roller coaster. It gets more unpredictable the more carbohydrate you have in your diet. Like me, you worry mostly about the highs. Your health team probably lecture you about the lows.</p><p></p><p>There is a way out though! I've been eating low carb for the past two years (after 26 years of life eating high carb) and the transformation on my control has been amazing. It sounds extreme and like something that's too hard, but now I actually enjoy my food because I feel like I'm in control. Now for some facts about carbohydrate to hopefully sell the idea (or at least make it interesting enough to research further).</p><p></p><p>Firstly, nutrition information, and what they don't tell you. Food manufacturers are allowed a margin for error. In the uk the margin is 20%. So if you expect to eat 100g of carbohydrate, you may be eating 80. You may be eating 120. Matching your insulin to that is almost impossible.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, insulin, and (you might notice a trend here) what they don't tell you. The term 'fast acting insulin,' is misleading. <strong>We have no injectable insulin that can lower blood sugars as quickly as carbohydrate raises it</strong>. Even supposed slow acting foods like bread will win every time. So your blood sugars go too high, you panic and inject too much insulin, then you go hypo later.</p><p></p><p>Thirdly, insulin and what they also don't tell you. The more insulin you have in your system, the worse it will work. Our bodies can reject foreign insulin just like rejecting an organ transplant. Our immune system will neutralise some of the insulin we inject in large doses. Also, our bodies become insulin resistant when a lot of it is regularly going round our systems. <strong>Insulin also controls our hunger levels</strong>. Have you ever eaten a massive meal and still been starving afterwards? That's why.</p><p></p><p>These are the main reasons I eat low carbohydrate meals. I inject a tiny amount of insulin compared to my previous doses. So my hunger levels are manageable. I don't get resistant to insulin, and my body's immune system doesn't notice the foreign insulin so much. Also, if I eat a meal with 10g of carbohydrate, the margin for error is far more predictable.</p><p></p><p>Go to YouTube and look for videos by Dr Troy Stapleton. He was diagnosed with type 1 in 2012, and quite quickly adopted a low carbohydrate diet. He talks in depth about how his levels have stabilised so much since he did so. Hope that helps!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charles Robin, post: 1071570, member: 92241"] Hi Catapillar, you've run into the problem of the diabetic roller coaster. It gets more unpredictable the more carbohydrate you have in your diet. Like me, you worry mostly about the highs. Your health team probably lecture you about the lows. There is a way out though! I've been eating low carb for the past two years (after 26 years of life eating high carb) and the transformation on my control has been amazing. It sounds extreme and like something that's too hard, but now I actually enjoy my food because I feel like I'm in control. Now for some facts about carbohydrate to hopefully sell the idea (or at least make it interesting enough to research further). Firstly, nutrition information, and what they don't tell you. Food manufacturers are allowed a margin for error. In the uk the margin is 20%. So if you expect to eat 100g of carbohydrate, you may be eating 80. You may be eating 120. Matching your insulin to that is almost impossible. Secondly, insulin, and (you might notice a trend here) what they don't tell you. The term 'fast acting insulin,' is misleading. [B]We have no injectable insulin that can lower blood sugars as quickly as carbohydrate raises it[/B]. Even supposed slow acting foods like bread will win every time. So your blood sugars go too high, you panic and inject too much insulin, then you go hypo later. Thirdly, insulin and what they also don't tell you. The more insulin you have in your system, the worse it will work. Our bodies can reject foreign insulin just like rejecting an organ transplant. Our immune system will neutralise some of the insulin we inject in large doses. Also, our bodies become insulin resistant when a lot of it is regularly going round our systems. [B]Insulin also controls our hunger levels[/B]. Have you ever eaten a massive meal and still been starving afterwards? That's why. These are the main reasons I eat low carbohydrate meals. I inject a tiny amount of insulin compared to my previous doses. So my hunger levels are manageable. I don't get resistant to insulin, and my body's immune system doesn't notice the foreign insulin so much. Also, if I eat a meal with 10g of carbohydrate, the margin for error is far more predictable. Go to YouTube and look for videos by Dr Troy Stapleton. He was diagnosed with type 1 in 2012, and quite quickly adopted a low carbohydrate diet. He talks in depth about how his levels have stabilised so much since he did so. Hope that helps! [/QUOTE]
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