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So much weight gain since I started insulin
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<blockquote data-quote="iHs" data-source="post: 756155" data-attributes="member: 8799"><p>Hi [USER=151781]@leeter[/USER] .........the way to use twice daily insulin to best effect is to eat carb every 2.5hrs but in small amounts.....so 'little and often'. If you are putting on weight with the carb you are eating, then you can reduce it and also reduce yr insulin. As long as you test yr bg levels frequently, you will be able to adjust yr carb and 'eat to yr bg level on yr meter'. Good control is probably 6.5mmol before eating food and then allow a bg rise of 8.5mmol 2.5hrs later to allow for the way twice daily insulins affect bg levels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iHs, post: 756155, member: 8799"] Hi [USER=151781]@leeter[/USER] .........the way to use twice daily insulin to best effect is to eat carb every 2.5hrs but in small amounts.....so 'little and often'. If you are putting on weight with the carb you are eating, then you can reduce it and also reduce yr insulin. As long as you test yr bg levels frequently, you will be able to adjust yr carb and 'eat to yr bg level on yr meter'. Good control is probably 6.5mmol before eating food and then allow a bg rise of 8.5mmol 2.5hrs later to allow for the way twice daily insulins affect bg levels. [/QUOTE]
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