An hour later and the BS has started dropping again! So looks like I'll need a tiny bit of insulin, but I can live with that.Ok making progress but just beware the fruits like bananas, blood oranges and others have high concetrations of fructose, fruit sugar in other words and as you see it can push you up. They tend to be a no no for T2, so once you get more of a hold on this T1 malarkey you may find you will just have to add a little insulin to cover you.
Bit like me with cake
An hour later and the BS has started dropping again! So looks like I'll need a tiny bit of insulin, but I can live with that.
Tbh I've been avoiding fruit because of the fructose. It's scaring me a little at the moment, but I have a little here and there. Also may have had a little cake here and there too
Aaargh Mels cat.......just put my jacket on and pulled my MM and libre straight off.....a call to Abbott's in the morning grrrrr
Tbh I've been avoiding fruit because of the fructose. It's scaring me a little at the moment, but I have a little here and there.
Just had a Tweet pop up on my Twitter account saying that Type 1 Nice guidelines are up for review. Clicked on link and read them all. Mostly interesting! Learnt quite a bit. Apparently HBA1C should be done 3-6 monthly. Only having mine done yearly now. The updated ones should be interesting now Libre is in the mix.
Thank you! That's some really great advice which I will definitely be taking on board!No need to be scared of fruit - I suspect you've maybe been reading too many T2 posts on the subject! Those can be deeply misleading: T2 biology is different. There's no reason at all why T1s can't enjoy a decent range of fruit in moderation.
Fruit has both glucose and fructose in it. The glucose raises bg and can be dealt with by an appropriate amount of insulin.
The fructose doesn't really raise bg. It gets metabolised in the liver and ends up being stored there as glycogen, a storage form of glucose, and any excess will end up as fat.
Keeping the liver stocked with glycogen is a good thing for T1s. It's used as an energy source between meals and is released in response to glucagon being kicked out by the alpha cells in yr pancreas when hypoing.
T1 isn't really about avoiding carbs, it's about managing the absorption rate of them.
For example, if I have fruit as dessert at the end of a meal, the longer chain carbs, and fats and proteins, in the main course will buffer the absorption rate of faster acting carbs in fruit.
For example, the other day I had some Uncle Bens wholegrain Mexican Spiced Rice with some squid rings on top, about 70g, then a Tesco tub of melon, kiwi fruit and strawberries, about 15 to 20g.
Net result was that nothing much happened spike-wise because brown rice is a complex carb which slows down the fruit action.
In the last week, I've eaten kiwi fruit, melon, fresh figs, strawberries, raspberries, pineapple, none of which have had a major effect on bg, all of which have given me a range of nutrients and increased my enjoyment of life.
I wish I liked peanut butter!! Unfortunately I cannot stand any nut butter, even if I like the nut@Jazz97 . Sterling advice from Scott.
I too like a banana, have one most days. Depending on when I eat it and where my levels are I don’t inject but what I will do is have some peanut butter alongside the banana. Along the same lines as what Scott said, the fat ( good ) in the peanut butter slows down the absorption of the banana in the system.
Of course this only works if you like peanut butter.
Thank you! That's some really great advice which I will definitely be taking on board!
It's definitely confusing to decide sometimes what's meant for type 1s and what's for type 2s
Thank you, it really is appreciated. Especially when I do feel like I've been spamming the forum a bit.@Jazz97 welcome to the best thread, on all of the forum for great advice, help and general banter, we dont take ourselves too seriously on here.
As you have only recently been diagnosed , of course its confusing and can seem a bit daunting. There are many on here who have been type 1 for 30+ years and more. We still find out new things each day/week,and we are still learning, every day is a school day with type 1.
Anything at all you are not sure about ask away, no question is too daft.
This is a great place for support and advice and I would be lost at times without it and thats after 38 + years of type 1
Well it’s been a great week off work, things done, grandkids played a huge part in making it special.
Today we spent a few hours at a local village St George’s Day fete.
Great fun, there was even a diabetic lucky dip stall collecting for our main hospital/ diabetes centre.
Spoke to the same woman I met a few years back at a different event. Again she told me that me being type 1 was easier for me on account I can eat what I like. I smile and chat, she is a type 2 who takes 3 tablets a day and sometimes suffers with diarrhoea.
Anyway this paled into insignificance. One because the grandkids were having fun and two there was a Spitfire fly past.
My knowledge of WW2 is all from tv, books and school, yet whenever I hear that GROWL of the engine as it approach’s I well up and get covered in goose bumps. Watching the silhouette as it banked around and then hearing that amazing engine again was and always is awesome. It’s such a shame that such a magnificent machine had to be part of such a horrendous part of history.
Goodnight everyone.
ps diabetes IS like a diabetic lucky dip stall
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