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Varying ratios

shedges

shedges

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
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Hi All,

I have a question for the number crunchers out there.

Recently, I've noticed my post prandial 4-hour readings to be higher than usual (double figures mainly). I have also been reducing my carb intake. Looking back over my diary, I've noticed that any day I eat less than 100g, my insulin requirement goes through the roof.

Normally I am on 1unit = 10g carbs. This is fine when eating 150-250g carbs per day. However, when lo-carbing (for me, going anywhere from 130g and lower), I get weird ratios!

Some examples are:

28th Sept: carbs = 95g, insulin = 16u
27th Sept: carbs = 225g, insulin = 20u
26th Sept: carbs = 220g, insulin = 16u

15th Sept: carbs = 135g, insulin = 18u
19th Aug: carbs = 125g, insulin = 15u

The rest of the time I average approximately 200g carbs per day and insulin units is generally 20 or less.

Has anyone else experienced this or anything like it?

Thanks,
Sam.
 
When you cut back carbs with low carbing you tend to increase your protien and fat ratio's of your food intake..

Protien needs insulin to cover, and fat is more insulin resistent the combination of this makes you require more insulin...

Take a look around for the amounts that some extreme low carbers take for the very small amounts of carbs they eat for a meal.. the calculate this into a larger amount of carb intake you would be surprised what some would need to cover something like a 30g of carb meal...
 
Thanks Jopar,

That makes sense - just not obvious at first. I guess if it's going to be a long term concerted effort, I'll need to re-calculate my ratios properly. Otherwise, don't let the carb levels go that low.

Now that is something I can do. More toast anyone?

Thanks,
Sam.
 
I tend to find that protein lowers my BG?!
Why would this be??
 
Lezzles

Only about 50-60% of protien turns into glucose to impact on the blood glucose levels, and it does this at a very slow rate...

I'm assuming that you are insulin, so if you eating protien alone and your bg is dropping, then the assumption must be that your background insulin is out, and too much as this is lowering your blood glucose faster than the glucose from the protien is impacting on your blood glucose..

If you not taking insulin, then your body is lowering the levels quickig that it can impact and raise the blood glucose//
 
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