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Whats Your Carb Ratio

GlitterSparkles

GlitterSparkles

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hi its glittersparkles and mine is about 35 carbs to 0.5 ish

i was wondering what yours is
 
1 unit for 10 grams, 1 units for 8 grams and 1 unit for 15 grams, in that order as the day goes on...
 
I assume that's 0.5 units of insulin to 35g carbs? I expect you will see quite a range of answers to this one, it can vary loads.
I'm using 1 unit to 9g
 
1.5 units per 10 grammes of carbs at breakfast. 1 unit per 10 grammes of carbs for the rest of the day.
 
1 unit for 5 breakfast
1 unit for 8 lunch
1 unit for 5 for anything that isn't bread type stuff, 1:10 for bread type stuff (eg bread, pizza, pitta bread) for dinner

1 unit for 5 for snacks

At the carb counting course I just went to the range went from 1unit to 2 grams up to 1unit to 50 grams of carbs
 
1 unit for 10gm Breakfast
1 unit for 9gm Lunch
1 unit for 8gm Dinner

I only inject my Levemir once at night so the Bolus needs to compensate later in the day
 
Hi Guys,
I am newbie here adn as type 1 too.
As per my calculations, my correction ratio is 1u:5 points (mmol/dl) adn my bolus ratio is around 1u:6 g of carbs.
Since I am a new. I want to ask if this is a bad ratio?
Is it too much or average or what?
Clueless here. Is there any app that can help me calculate this (iphone6s) , entering the carbs and BS level before eating to calculate correction.
Please, give me a hand.
This first week is terrible bearing with this so I will appreciate any help.
Thank you all.
 
Morning 1 to 10, Lunch can be anything from 1 to 5 to 8, depending on what I am doing ( activity) dinner 1 to 8/10, with not much activity.
 
Norman83 said:
Hi Guys,
I am newbie here adn as type 1 too.
As per my calculations, my correction ratio is 1u:5 points (mmol/dl) adn my bolus ratio is around 1u:6 g of carbs.
Since I am a new. I want to ask if this is a bad ratio?
Is it too much or average or what?
Clueless here. Is there any app that can help me calculate this (iphone6s) , entering the carbs and BS level before eating to calculate correction.
Please, give me a hand.
This first week is terrible bearing with this so I will appreciate any help.
Thank you all.
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There's no good or bad ratios as all our bodies work differently. Mine varies throughout the day depending on whether I'm moving or sitting at a desk. I also need more for certain foods such as pasta.

I work on about 1:15 and adjust for what I'm doing / eating. My meter is an Accu-chek which keeps track of what I've injected.
 
Circuspony said:
There's no good or bad ratios as all our bodies work differently. Mine varies throughout the day depending on whether I'm moving or sitting at a desk. I also need more for certain foods such as pasta.

I work on about 1:15 and adjust for what I'm doing / eating. My meter is an Accu-chek which keeps track of what I've injected.
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So my ratio is OK. I kind of think that my ratio is very poor based on yours 1:15.
Who could
 
Rokaab said:
1 unit for 5 breakfast
1 unit for 8 lunch
1 unit for 5 for anything that isn't bread type stuff, 1:10 for bread type stuff (eg bread, pizza, pitta bread) for dinner

1 unit for 5 for snacks

At the carb counting course I just went to the range went from 1unit to 2 grams up to 1unit to 50 grams of carbs
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Im somewhere there too☹️
 
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