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If T1D is properly managed (frequent testing, insulin injection every meal), fasting actually poses less danger than a typical diet that has carbs in every meal
by gukov 10y ago
If T1D is properly managed (frequent testing, insulin injection every meal), fasting actually poses less danger than a typical diet that has carbs in every meal. Carbs set you up for a wild swing.
- consp 10y agoI would like to have some info on that as when I don't eat for extended periods of time my bloodsucker goes haywire no matter what I do (insulin wise), as well as having nightly hypoglycemia no matter what. Nobody reacts the same unfortunately...
- manarth 10y agoTotally irrelevant, but (assuming you don't have a tame vampire) I'm amused that "bloodsugar" gets autocorrected to "bloodsucker" :-D
- gukov 10y agoThe liver dumps some glucose in the morning (partly to wake you up). You're also somewhat insulin resistant in the morning. I take 3-4 units just to stay level until lunch, when insulin starts working again. As the day progresses, I feel like the body becomes saturated with insulin, and everything is more predictable. I try not to eat after 8-9pm. Pretty similar to the eight hour diet: you eat between noon and 8pm. Hope that helps.