I have the Accu Chex Aviva Nano but I got my last 50 strips off ebay ( making sure in date) for £16. I am snacking because I am nauseous most of the time, so I eat what I can when I can. Because I am losing weight and don't want to, I might graze a lot. I couldn't possibly afford to strip test absolutely every little thing that goes in my mouth. It's alright saying 'how can you know etc', if you haven't got the money, you haven't got the money. Food and bills come first when you have a family to think of.
Even when I ordered a LCHF recipe book I bought it second hand.
To stay at those low / normal levels i understand you must eat extremely strictly and deny your selves of many what i would call luxuries. However, speaking from the experience of several other family and friends who have had T1 diabetes almost all of their lives (40 yrs+) (i know diabetes control has improved drastically over those years) and have operated in simalor operation to me. (inject more insulin if you eat more carbs)
These people are still operating fine and had minimal problems over the years.
I know of course we all work and operate differently but im sure some of the (older) and more experienced Type 1's could give their methods in life.
regards
To stay at those low / normal levels i understand you must eat extremely strictly and deny your selves of many what i would call luxuries. However, speaking from the experience of several other family and friends who have had T1 diabetes almost all of their lives (40 yrs+) (i know diabetes control has improved drastically over those years) and have operated in simalor operation to me. (inject more insulin if you eat more carbs)
These people are still operating fine and had minimal problems over the years.
I know of course we all work and operate differently but im sure some of the (older) and more experienced Type 1's could give their methods in life.
regards
For what it's worth, I have a friend who has only been diagnosed with diabetes for about three years. It didn't seem to bother her. She has a gung ho approach to what she eats sometimes, eating foods a lot of us on here would avoid. She's on insulin injections but her insulin is being increased regularly as her pancreas struggles to cope. I think she has a notion that everything will be okay because there's always an insulin injection. We are all different.
Celeriac is very useful I use it in lasagne just layer it as you would the pasta you can par boil it for a quicker cooking time I also use caulii but I just cook it until barely cooked and put my bolegnase on top of a few florets with lots of grated cheese Instead of a pasta bake cook a variety of veg that you like and then mix with whatever pasta sauce that you use(take care with bought sauces they can be quite carby) cover with grated cheese and oven bake until the top is bubbly and brown You can adapt lots of meals it is just a case of thinking outside of the box!! Enjoy the challenge
CAROL
Yes 1 fluctuation is no big deal. But if you are regularly eating bread (or other high glycemic food) regularly, and regularly going up to 15 mmol/L, you are doing cumulative damage to yourself every single time. Every time you go above 10 mmol/L you are putting stress on your kidneys and the cumulative stress will reduce kidney function. That's the path to kidney disease and kidney failure. But any abnormal high blood sugar stresses your entire system and advances the progress of all forms of complications.My personal opinion i know. This is why i once said some people are a little OCD with their levels. What harm will 1 fluctuation do?. Yes, levels for a long period of time that high will do damage i know.
Some people seem extremely restrictive on what they eat and deny themselves of soo much letting diabetes take over their lives far too much.
Why not eat what you want and correct with insulin??
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