I experienced lows after eating like V because I have gastroparesis. Endo said the telling symptom is lows after eating followed by highs hours later when the insulin is gone. I inject after meals & switched to Humulin Regular because it works slower & lasts longer. I also have rapid acting to correct highs.
I tested every hour after eating for five hours to learn when the spikes happened. This meant I was testing almost every hour on the hour for days.
Having gastroparesis makes things unpredictable. Usually, gastroparesis is worse in the evening. My endo wasnāt sure if my fasting highs were due to food was digesting when sleeping, or dawn phenonmenon. I was told not to eat for at least 5 hours before bed, to eat a light dinner & to space meals by 4-5 hours.
I have been told the only veggies that you have to count are, potatoes, corn, and peas. The rest of then donāt add many carbs.
Donāt expect perfection in your diets because there are other factors in your body that also affect your readings over which you have no control. Just do the best you can. But also check to see if you are not eating something that you donāt expect to bother you but do so. Dick Meade PS I went about 30 years of my 56 years as a diabetic just staying away from all sweets this worked OK for me then Now I am more careful about my carb intake.
All carbs should be counted. Vegetables have varying amounts of carbs & also dependent on the quantity eaten. Carrots are sweet & have a lot more carbs than cabbage, for example. Winter squash is high carb compared to summer squash. If youāre not counting carbs, how do you dose your insulin?
I count carbs from veggies, too, even though they donāt amount to much especially considering the amount of fiber some contain.
A couple of years ago, I read a lot about the glycemic index and took that into account, too. From a glycemic index standpoint, foods like carrots and winter squash arenāt so ābad.ā
Iāve gradually fallen away from using the glycemic index but Iām not sure why. General laziness, most likely.
I donāt bother with GI either. Like we need something else to count & calculate! The problem with GI for diabetics is that studies determining glycemic index havenāt used people with diabetes. Since we obviously donāt deal with food like normal people, I question whether GI has much bearing for us. Iād also rather have the carbs hit me right away than later.
Sorry, Katie, I think I lost track of the thread topic! I typed āsouringā instead of āsoaringā, maybe I have sour grapes about anyone who can enjoy so many of the foods I canātā¦lol. I think itās pretty funny I had some heart concerns (ended up a false alarm) so switched my breakfast from eggs to cereal and now with diabetes have to switch back!
Good points, Gerri. I didnāt know it wasnāt tested on diabetics and I too dislike things that hit us later because we are then under the illusion of good numbers. I just bought some bread I found in the store which says low glycemic index. It has the same number of carbs as other bread and I prefer fresh artisan bread but I am floundering a bit with breakfast so Iām going to give it a try. (Itās Alvarado Street ādiabetic lifestylesā. )
Low GI is the latest marketing hook. Throw in some fiber & itās low GI. Sooner or later, the carbs will hit. Theyāll be putting insoluable fiber in ice cream & candy bars & calling them low GIāwatch! First low fat, then no trans fat, now low GI. All marketing bs to appeal to consumers who think they can eat quantity without paying for it later.
Angers me all the crap targeted to people with diabetes as alternatives, like Glucerna junk. Nothing healthy there, filled with chemicals.
Bread of any type turns to sugar the moment you chew it because mouth enzymes digest carbs quickly, & in bread carbs are readily available, so enjoy the kind you like best.
I used to eat alot of carbs, 150+ā¦ I now get most of my carbs through veggies. Sort of a modified Dr Bernstein diet I still eat low carb bread. For Breakfast i have 2 portions of egg beaters and 1 egg scrambled together and 1 piece of Low carb bread Sara Lee Delightful 9 grams carb. Total breakfast =11 carbs
Lunch 2 slices same bread 4 oz chicken ,turkey etc mustard lettuce total = 18 carbs
Dinner usally 1 to 2 cups of veg or salad (to equal 12 grams carb) 5-6 oz protein =12 carb
snack carb buster yogurt from Ralphs grocery store only 4 carbs and tastes great !! = 4 carb
45 carbs total = 5 u Humalog First couple weeks tested every 1/2 to 1 hr to see if any spikes and to correct dossage. Now #s stay even, no spike at 1/2- 1 - 2 hr.
I feel more Satiated, more alert and use around 5 units humalog for all day. I have had D for <<u>u>43 years and I finally feel like I have found something that works for me and has been a pretty easy transition , which I did not expect. bottom line find what works for you. I am not perfect by anymeans, but I keep trying to stay on trac
You didnāt know that you can eat a gazillion calories a day and lose weight fast provided itās allo fat? Or is that no fat? All protein?
Makes you wonder if all the bad diet advice kills brain cellsā¦
Thanks for the GI info. I started looking into it when V was still in hospital - actually, I read a book on it while he was in the recovery room after having his pancreas removedā¦ Then decided I couldnāt deal with that, too at the moment so set it aside.Now I can forget it - tick that one off the list.
BTW, in France the recovery room is called āReanimationā. I can tell you, that gave me a start when they sent me down the hall to waitā¦
Fantastic that you take so little Humalog! Wow. Just to show once again how different we all are, I take more insulin than you & eat less carbs. What are your basal doses?
Hi Joe - Iām the same as Maureen - around 200 g of carbs a day. Iām on a pump - and use on average 25 units a day depending on what I eat. I am so amazed that you take such a small amount of insulin for your carb intake! Iām curious like Gerri - as to what your amount of basal insulin you take.
I also do not eat to much carbā¦Try to avoid pasta, rice or potatos really unless I really fancy them. I try to avoid higher amount of carbs to be able to live with as little insulin need as necessary (my own personal choice)
During the day I eat twice fruit (apple/pear/rasberries/strawberries) total carbs of max 25-30gr
My breakfast is my highest carb count due to my Latte (my only vice that I am still not willing to give up) + 1 slice of pumpelnickel bread= 37gr
Lunch usually consists near to none carbs
Dinner usually not over 30 carbs
My max carb intake during a day would be 110gr
My min carb intake probably around 90gr
My daily insulin intake is on average (ex basal) 7-8 units.
It works for the moment but who knows if I will EVER get a HbA1C lvl under 6.0 as my HBA1C is at 6.2ā¦not been below 6.0 for a year and the high of the last 12m has been 6.5
My weight is very stable and has not changed at all for a year
