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<blockquote data-quote="jane1754" data-source="post: 2040573" data-attributes="member: 104119"><p>The odd thing is, they tell us everything backwards. If you don't have diabetes and you have a bowl of ice cream, your pancreas says 'Aha! here comes some ice cream so here comes the right amount of insulin to deal with that' (in a manner of speaking). but if you are diabetic, they tell you to take a fixed amount of insulin regardless of what you eat. That's bonkers to me. So either you have to try to tailor what you eat to how much insulin you've been told to take, which, of course, is somewhat impossible, or you have to do the job of your pancreas and work out how many carbs in your ice cream, and possibly also take into account the exercise you've just done and the stress of the exam you are about to take. The pancreas is so clever, and by and large the diabetic 'experts' are not. I'm fortunate in having a pump and CGM, which do some of the work for me, and I'm trying low carb because otherwise my BG looks like the Himalayas. If you try low carbing, you will have to adjust your insulin to match, but it makes sense to me. Doing an online course, which I did because they wouldn't let me do DAFNE for a year after diagnosis, helped me understand what was going on, and on the basis of that I lowered my intake of potatoes, pasta and other high carb foods because I was still on fixed amounts of insulin. The pump changed all that because it adjusts the amount of insulin to the carbs I tell it I'm having. Hope that helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jane1754, post: 2040573, member: 104119"] The odd thing is, they tell us everything backwards. If you don't have diabetes and you have a bowl of ice cream, your pancreas says 'Aha! here comes some ice cream so here comes the right amount of insulin to deal with that' (in a manner of speaking). but if you are diabetic, they tell you to take a fixed amount of insulin regardless of what you eat. That's bonkers to me. So either you have to try to tailor what you eat to how much insulin you've been told to take, which, of course, is somewhat impossible, or you have to do the job of your pancreas and work out how many carbs in your ice cream, and possibly also take into account the exercise you've just done and the stress of the exam you are about to take. The pancreas is so clever, and by and large the diabetic 'experts' are not. I'm fortunate in having a pump and CGM, which do some of the work for me, and I'm trying low carb because otherwise my BG looks like the Himalayas. If you try low carbing, you will have to adjust your insulin to match, but it makes sense to me. Doing an online course, which I did because they wouldn't let me do DAFNE for a year after diagnosis, helped me understand what was going on, and on the basis of that I lowered my intake of potatoes, pasta and other high carb foods because I was still on fixed amounts of insulin. The pump changed all that because it adjusts the amount of insulin to the carbs I tell it I'm having. Hope that helps. [/QUOTE]
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