Taking my type 1 diabetes seriously.

ayan6691 said:

What do you eat in a day to help with severe fatigue? I've decided to take my diabetes seriously since I've been told by a doctor that I need to cut all carbs and sugar from my diet. Any tips or recipes would be appreciated.

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Hi,

Welcome to the forum. What sort of insulins are you prescribed?
A drastic dietary change from what you’re used to may affect the dosage you take.?

It not a bad proposal your doctor made. But gradual positive progression in management is preferable to going at it like a “bull at a gate?” Rapid drastic changes can sometimes have detrimental effect on the eyes..

Why is your doctor telling you to cut all sugar and carbs if you have Type 1?
Why are they not helping you correctly dose your insulin for a normal healthy diet?
Cutting all carbs will make insulin dosing challenging as you will need to dose for protein. I find insulin ratios and timing vary for every type of protein. So I went back to a lower than normal carb but not restricted diet.

I agree with @In Response. Cutting all sugar and carbs if you have Type 1 is not recommended by any of the current Medical Health Care Professional Boards. They recommend courses such as https://www.bertieonline.org.uk/ to help with dosing for a normal healthy diet.

If you are planning on cutting carbs and sugar, then it is worth looking at Dr Bernstein's Diabetes Solution whose method of cutting back on the carbs is to normalise blood sugars. There is a type 1 grit facebook group that follow Dr Bernstein's Diabetes Solution too.

ayan6691 said:

I take nova rapid and Tresiba flexpen. I didn't know that changing your diet for the better for your diabetes could affect your eyesight? Thankfully, I had a blood test, and my eyes and kidneys are fine, but my cholesterol is high. So that is what I need to focus on lowering right away. Any tips would be appreciated.

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Hi again, sorry for any confusion. I prefer to ask questions as opposed to just “stoving in.” (On assumptions.)

A short sharp shock with BG management (however it is done.) & drastically lowering A1c can affect the eyes. Similarly to long term mismanagement & associated highs? I had that kick in the teeth a few years back only to read about it too late. But sorted now..

Lowering carbs on a possible fixed dose of insulin? Or not knowing if you are comfortable with your insulin to carb ratio is just “health & safety” on my part. Please don’t feel you are being scrutinised or judged. By the way insulin working profiles for carbs can be just as tricky as protein. We all react individually to the tools provided. Some T1s are adept at pumping, which is equally confusing regarding diet choice.

Cholesterol? Has your doctor given you the option in favour to cut the carbs instead of prescribing statins?
I am starting to like your doc.
Patient empowerment.
OK? You could look at “Diet doctor?” There are low carb & Keto recipes that should have a carb count..
you could look at “doctors kitchen”:stuff by Rupy Aujla? I fair quite well with some of his recipes. Though the recipes are a bit of an eyeball on the carb count I do fair reasonably well with the working profile of Novorapid.

You could look at some of the ideas in the low carb topics? They are mainly T2 subjects, but there is a wealth of info that you could possibly take away for you..

Best wishes.