Whey protein - good or bad for type 1

Hi Nick, as someone who attends the gym 6 days a week weight training I consume a lot of whey protein. Minimum 3 shakes a day, if I’m having oats for breakfast I’ll also have a scoop mixed in with my oats. Most whey’s are basically carb free so you won’t need to take insulin for them.

Now to complicate things a little, if you are eating low carb to help with your diabetes or ever decide to go low carb you will most likely need to take insulin for the protein content. This is something that’s recently just happened with me, usually I’d never ever take insulin for any protein source but this last week I decided to go low carb (less than 30g a day) & it’s played havoc with my bloods because I didn’t realise that I would need to take insulin for it. If your eating a normal amount of carbs you won’t need to worry about covering protein with insulin but as above if you go low carb it’s something you’ll need to consider.