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<blockquote data-quote="ert" data-source="post: 2279667" data-attributes="member: 504712"><p>If you choose to eat normally, which is what they encourage us to do as type 1's, ignore the spikes. That's the advice given on DAFNE. As long as your blood sugars arrive back to roughly where they began after 5 hours, then that's what you're aiming for. Injected insulin has a fixed curve and will not match the carbohydrates you eat like a normal person's insulin will, hence the spikes. (You can't take extra insulin to stop the spike, as that will just cause your blood sugars crash as the insulin stacks, and potentially you will hypo, which is dangerous.)</p><p></p><p>You should ask your diabetes team about your crashing blood sugars. I've experienced that when I had too much background insulin. (My team asked me to eat a carb-free meal to check it, to make sure my blood sugars held a straight line.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ert, post: 2279667, member: 504712"] If you choose to eat normally, which is what they encourage us to do as type 1's, ignore the spikes. That's the advice given on DAFNE. As long as your blood sugars arrive back to roughly where they began after 5 hours, then that's what you're aiming for. Injected insulin has a fixed curve and will not match the carbohydrates you eat like a normal person's insulin will, hence the spikes. (You can't take extra insulin to stop the spike, as that will just cause your blood sugars crash as the insulin stacks, and potentially you will hypo, which is dangerous.) You should ask your diabetes team about your crashing blood sugars. I've experienced that when I had too much background insulin. (My team asked me to eat a carb-free meal to check it, to make sure my blood sugars held a straight line.) [/QUOTE]
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