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<blockquote data-quote="fergus" data-source="post: 22351" data-attributes="member: 6150"><p>Hi Claire,</p><p></p><p>I read your post on the 'success stories' thread, and I'll move it over here if you don't mind?</p><p>The 'starchy carbs at every meal' nonsense has caused nothing but misery for diabetics for far too long. It's completely irrational. I see your bs numbers are routinely too high and you need to normalise them before they do you permanent injury. Reducing your carb intake is the only sensible way of achieving this and lots of us have had great success with it.</p><p>To answer your question, carbs aren't the only source of glucose in your bloodstream. Protein can be metabolised into glucose (around 30% of dietary protein can become glucose), and your body can make its own glucose from other stores in the body. Even if you eat no carbs at all, your body will still require insulin to dispose of the glucose in your blood, even though you haven't eaten any.</p><p>It's the carbs in your diet which are pushing your bs too high, and the insulin you inject to deal with this will occasionally push your bs too low at times. The answer is to 'level out' these peaks and troughs by eating fewer carbs ( no sugar or starch!) and injecting less insulin.</p><p>I know 3 units of Humalog will cover bacon and eggs at breakfast with a bs in the 4% range before and after because I test regularly. Since I don't eat starchy carbs at all, my bs never goes above 6 and I need very little insulin so I rarely suffer hypos these days,</p><p>Incidentally, I've been t1 for 27 years, but only figured this out after 20 of them :shock: </p><p>Feel free to ask anything, or PM me if you prefer.</p><p></p><p>All the best,</p><p></p><p>fergus</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fergus, post: 22351, member: 6150"] Hi Claire, I read your post on the 'success stories' thread, and I'll move it over here if you don't mind? The 'starchy carbs at every meal' nonsense has caused nothing but misery for diabetics for far too long. It's completely irrational. I see your bs numbers are routinely too high and you need to normalise them before they do you permanent injury. Reducing your carb intake is the only sensible way of achieving this and lots of us have had great success with it. To answer your question, carbs aren't the only source of glucose in your bloodstream. Protein can be metabolised into glucose (around 30% of dietary protein can become glucose), and your body can make its own glucose from other stores in the body. Even if you eat no carbs at all, your body will still require insulin to dispose of the glucose in your blood, even though you haven't eaten any. It's the carbs in your diet which are pushing your bs too high, and the insulin you inject to deal with this will occasionally push your bs too low at times. The answer is to 'level out' these peaks and troughs by eating fewer carbs ( no sugar or starch!) and injecting less insulin. I know 3 units of Humalog will cover bacon and eggs at breakfast with a bs in the 4% range before and after because I test regularly. Since I don't eat starchy carbs at all, my bs never goes above 6 and I need very little insulin so I rarely suffer hypos these days, Incidentally, I've been t1 for 27 years, but only figured this out after 20 of them :shock: Feel free to ask anything, or PM me if you prefer. All the best, fergus [/QUOTE]
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