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@carbcounter , yeah, well while my insulin pump does a great job at keeping my blood sugar down, I usually don’t challenge it with a 200 carb meal. Lol. I don’t consider myself a low carber, but in reality I suppose I am. Most of my carbs are in the form of veggies and some fruits. Definitely under 100 carbs per day. But in many ways insulin is easier to manage BG as you can cover those carbs,
It’s good you responded so well to limited meds and targeted diet. I think a lot of people struggle with that. For me, it’s not so bad. I enjoy delicious food everyday.
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@celia16 that's interesting, I've never really looked into guidelines for those with these newfangled (!) insulin pumps.
Advice for everyone is always to link carbs and diet to physical activity not to mention body size. My endocrinologist when I was starting out recommended 60-75 carbs per meal, and I'm not a big guy, not even a young guy, so many people thought that was a pretty high target. I mostly tend to lower numbers now, or at least I count anything much above 60 per meal (plus snacks) as "cheating". And I have many meals down around 20 or lower, like the ever lovin' chicken salad, lol, I may have one for lunch today.
You can eat very well with these low carb targets, you just have to be a little more careful.
Oh yes, and once you have the carbs under control the next issue is: fats! Omega-3, -6, -9, saturated, mono-unsaturated, poly-unsaturated, trans (bad), ALA, DHA, EPA - all omega-3 but ALA builds DHA builds EPA, short chain and long chain, ... It's very complicated and there is little guidance. But I've noticed that red meat and also milk and cream products seem to affect my blood glucose much more than other meats and other fats and oils in the same family. Do you get any chatter about watching the fats in your diet, regarding type1?