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<blockquote data-quote="Ian DP" data-source="post: 2281839" data-attributes="member: 91575"><p>Hi tnHarvey,</p><p>I am T1. low carb for 7 years, following dr Bernstein solution. I take 3 units of novorapid prior to meals (give or take a unit depending on my BG levels). Meals are always around 10g carb. Like you if not careful I can go to low then go high.... I am sure it’s the protein. Happens more if I eat fish than meat, more if I eat large portion rather than small. It helps if I take half my insulin an hour before meals (I find the novorapid kicks in after 1.5hrs). I would then take the other half an hour or two after eating. This tends to work, but is more hassle, and easy to forget..... </p><p>if eating at home, I don’t worry to much about going a little low, as it’s easy to correct. Quite nice to have a strawberry or a couple of chocolate squares!.</p><p></p><p>not an exact science is it... to many variables. But the great thing about low carb and low units of insulin is that you can’t be too far off the right dosage as the amount injected is so small. I have a half unit memory pen. So often will have 3.5 units if a little higher than Bernstein’s recommendation, and 2.5 units if a little under. </p><p>We are all different though. And I have found sometimes I have had the exact same meal as prior and exact BG levels and exactly the same units of insulin, but end up 4 hour later with quite different BG levels as before!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ian DP, post: 2281839, member: 91575"] Hi tnHarvey, I am T1. low carb for 7 years, following dr Bernstein solution. I take 3 units of novorapid prior to meals (give or take a unit depending on my BG levels). Meals are always around 10g carb. Like you if not careful I can go to low then go high.... I am sure it’s the protein. Happens more if I eat fish than meat, more if I eat large portion rather than small. It helps if I take half my insulin an hour before meals (I find the novorapid kicks in after 1.5hrs). I would then take the other half an hour or two after eating. This tends to work, but is more hassle, and easy to forget..... if eating at home, I don’t worry to much about going a little low, as it’s easy to correct. Quite nice to have a strawberry or a couple of chocolate squares!. not an exact science is it... to many variables. But the great thing about low carb and low units of insulin is that you can’t be too far off the right dosage as the amount injected is so small. I have a half unit memory pen. So often will have 3.5 units if a little higher than Bernstein’s recommendation, and 2.5 units if a little under. We are all different though. And I have found sometimes I have had the exact same meal as prior and exact BG levels and exactly the same units of insulin, but end up 4 hour later with quite different BG levels as before! [/QUOTE]
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