Hi
@Jackpc Welcome to the forum, and to the world of diabetes!
One of the very reasons this thread got started by
@kev-w was to show there are as many different ways of eating as there are those of us with diabetes of one kind or another. The joy of T1 is that you can match your insulin to your food and eat what works for you. Of course, it's never quite that straightforwards.... but it's really up to you. Eat what works for you, get your insulin right, be aware even if you do all the right things you may need to change things.
Are you carb counting yet or are you on fixed doses? I was on fixed doses initially to help work out what my insulin:carbs ratio should be and during that time (about a month) eating more carbs than I personally preferred for myself at that time was essential. I'd had a couple of years of misdiagnosis as T2, where very low carb had worked for me and where I felt very well. I'm not keen to return to that for long again, just because I enjoy a whole variety of food too much!
There's a great deal of trial and error and more than just food/insulin to take into account - right now I'm nowhere near as active as usual, and as my insulin needs are up. I've had an underlying infection which has almost cleared, and it showed in my blood sugars and the amount of insulin needed to battle that. The joy this morning on waking up on a "normal for Japes" number rather than a "Was I binge-eating carbs in my sleep?!?!" number and not having to calculate extra correction doses or think do I have to shove my basal up another 10% again cannot be underestimated.
Good luck with it all and enjoy your food while getting to grips with all this!!
It's worth reading through some if not all of this thread to get the idea you eat what suits you, and check out the Type 1'stars R Us thread - we're a bit quiet at the moment, probably because most of us are doing much the same thing every day right now, but we're a supportive bunch!