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Wholewheat Pasta

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JudeK

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My daughter is 3 and diagnosed with Type 1. She loves pasta but it is causing a big spike a few hours after she eats is. We are trying to alter the time/amount of insulin to avoid this. Does anyone else have this issue?

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I find that having cheese with the pasta helps. The fat slows digestion and reduces the spike :)
 
I tend to have the opposite problem - pasta causes hypos almost immeadiatly after eating
 
Exactly what happened my daughter today...gave her pasta and the correct amount of insulin and the pasta took so long to release that it caused her sugar to drop to 2 and then spike to 12 about 3 hours later. Maybe I should give her the insulin about an hour after she has eaten??

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JudeK said:
Thank you izzi...does it tend to release quicker??

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Not to sure.
Saw this somewhere:
"Most gluten-free alternatives are still high in carbohydrates. Although some diabetics are particularly blood-sugar sensitive to grains"

Would it be possible to try a little sample, or is that a bit risky.
best of luck,

Roy :)
 
There is nothing risky about it (I'm gluten free because of coeliac) its just made out of corn rather than wheat and I find it tastes just as good! No loss if it doesn't work out, although gluten free may improve blood readings long term.


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Yes, pasta will cause a low after eating so its good to have pudding after- fruit or something, as pasta is complex carb and takes ages to break down it will then peak around 5 hrs later. You could try a split dose. It's probably easier to manage on the pump with the settings they have. We're currently on MDI and I won't give pasta in the evenings - only lunchtime where I can control correction doses and she is active. If she has it in the evenings she'll have a great bedtime reading but spike close to 20 in the night and remain high.


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