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<blockquote data-quote="In Response" data-source="post: 2412576" data-attributes="member: 527103"><p>Welcome [USER=544726]@AlexD14[/USER] definitely sounds as if you have had a bumpy ride but it doesn't have to continue that way.</p><p>Do not expect perfection - even people without diabetes can see large fluctuations in the blood sugar levels and they don't have to do the work of a major organ themselves.</p><p>Retinopathy diagnosis is a shock but if it is minor/background it may be reversible. Some find lowering their blood sugar levels too fast can lead to their eyes adapting too quickly and cause problems so the advice is to ease into lower blood sugar levels.</p><p></p><p>Diabetes.co.uk is a business that focuses on diabetes management through lower carb diets. So, on this forum, you will find more people with diabetes following a low carb diet than is common elsewhere. I am not knocking it - it works for many people.</p><p>But that doesn't mean it is the only way for people with Type 1 diabetes. I tried it and found insulin dosing incredibly challenging because, as well as carb counting, I had to protein count and found that the insulin dose for 10g protein varied so much depending on the type of protein that I gave up and went back to a "normal diet".</p><p>This approach has done me well, I am able to continue a very active and, sometimes, stressful life with a HbA1C in the low 40s, a "time in range" in the low 80%s and a BMI at the low end of the "healthy range" whilst eating things like pizza, pasta, bread, rice, cakes, chocolate as part of a very varied diet.</p><p></p><p>Enjoy your baking, ask questions, don't expect perfection and get ready to learn ... the thing with diabetes is that there is alwayts something new to learn.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="In Response, post: 2412576, member: 527103"] Welcome [USER=544726]@AlexD14[/USER] definitely sounds as if you have had a bumpy ride but it doesn't have to continue that way. Do not expect perfection - even people without diabetes can see large fluctuations in the blood sugar levels and they don't have to do the work of a major organ themselves. Retinopathy diagnosis is a shock but if it is minor/background it may be reversible. Some find lowering their blood sugar levels too fast can lead to their eyes adapting too quickly and cause problems so the advice is to ease into lower blood sugar levels. Diabetes.co.uk is a business that focuses on diabetes management through lower carb diets. So, on this forum, you will find more people with diabetes following a low carb diet than is common elsewhere. I am not knocking it - it works for many people. But that doesn't mean it is the only way for people with Type 1 diabetes. I tried it and found insulin dosing incredibly challenging because, as well as carb counting, I had to protein count and found that the insulin dose for 10g protein varied so much depending on the type of protein that I gave up and went back to a "normal diet". This approach has done me well, I am able to continue a very active and, sometimes, stressful life with a HbA1C in the low 40s, a "time in range" in the low 80%s and a BMI at the low end of the "healthy range" whilst eating things like pizza, pasta, bread, rice, cakes, chocolate as part of a very varied diet. Enjoy your baking, ask questions, don't expect perfection and get ready to learn ... the thing with diabetes is that there is alwayts something new to learn. [/QUOTE]
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