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week 4 and I am tiring of low carb!!
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<blockquote data-quote="AliB" data-source="post: 96794" data-attributes="member: 16907"><p>The whole point of low-carbing is to stabilise blood sugars and lower them.</p><p></p><p>It looks to me as if you are actually taking too much insulin for what you are eating.</p><p></p><p>I have gone from taking 3 x 850 Metformin and 2x20 units of insulin to (sometimes) one Meformin in the morning and normally one in the evening with about 12 -14 units of insulin on the low-carbs. Any more than that and I would have a hypo in the night and would have no choice but to have carbs.</p><p></p><p>You need to be trying to avoid them, not take them because of hypos.</p><p></p><p>Whilst the 18 units may well have been ok for the weetabix and orange juice, the only real carb in your very late lunch was the toast, yet you had another 20 units on top of the residue of the previous dose. I'm not surprised you had a hypo.</p><p></p><p>Considering that you had only had the first dose a couple of hours earlier, there may actually still have been enough residue left to cover the lunch. If the 'half-life' of the Novorapid is 5 - 6 hours then maybe you only actually need to take two doses - one with your breakfast and one with your dinner in the evening?</p><p></p><p>If you had a protein breakfast with one slice of toast, you might even be able to lower your morning dose. This is about understanding how foods affect your sugar levels. The lower you can get your insulin dosage to cover your sugar levels the better. Too much insulin is as bad as too little, and actually encourages weight gain. Try and learn which foods don't affect your sugar levels or only a little and try and stick to those.</p><p></p><p>By the way - Weetabix would in no way be considered low-carb!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AliB, post: 96794, member: 16907"] The whole point of low-carbing is to stabilise blood sugars and lower them. It looks to me as if you are actually taking too much insulin for what you are eating. I have gone from taking 3 x 850 Metformin and 2x20 units of insulin to (sometimes) one Meformin in the morning and normally one in the evening with about 12 -14 units of insulin on the low-carbs. Any more than that and I would have a hypo in the night and would have no choice but to have carbs. You need to be trying to avoid them, not take them because of hypos. Whilst the 18 units may well have been ok for the weetabix and orange juice, the only real carb in your very late lunch was the toast, yet you had another 20 units on top of the residue of the previous dose. I'm not surprised you had a hypo. Considering that you had only had the first dose a couple of hours earlier, there may actually still have been enough residue left to cover the lunch. If the 'half-life' of the Novorapid is 5 - 6 hours then maybe you only actually need to take two doses - one with your breakfast and one with your dinner in the evening? If you had a protein breakfast with one slice of toast, you might even be able to lower your morning dose. This is about understanding how foods affect your sugar levels. The lower you can get your insulin dosage to cover your sugar levels the better. Too much insulin is as bad as too little, and actually encourages weight gain. Try and learn which foods don't affect your sugar levels or only a little and try and stick to those. By the way - Weetabix would in no way be considered low-carb! [/QUOTE]
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