low carb and hypos

Hello

I am new to low carbing - 1st week in and have been lurking on your posts
for a few days now. I am waiting for my copy of Richard Bernsteins book to
come from amazon after taking Jenny's great advice when I e mailed her while
plucking up courage to post on here.

I was however wondering if anyone knows what to do if you go hypo while on a
low carb diet. I am really trying low carb to get my sugar levels under
control. I am a type 2 (probably) but am taking massive amounts of insulin
due to high insulin resistance. I have cut these down through
experimentation but am still having the ocasional hypo due to overdoing the
insulin and not the carb. If I then have to take a sugary drink or
something it sorts of defeats the object.

Any advice will be gratefully accepted.

Linda

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lindad said:

Hello

I am new to low carbing - 1st week in and have been lurking on your posts
for a few days now. I am waiting for my copy of Richard Bernsteins book to
come from amazon after taking Jenny's great advice when I e mailed her while
plucking up courage to post on here.

I was however wondering if anyone knows what to do if you go hypo while on a
low carb diet. I am really trying low carb to get my sugar levels under
control. I am a type 2 (probably) but am taking massive amounts of insulin
due to high insulin resistance. I have cut these down through
experimentation but am still having the ocasional hypo due to overdoing the
insulin and not the carb. If I then have to take a sugary drink or
something it sorts of defeats the object.

Any advice will be gratefully accepted.

You're going to want to test religiously to make sure you don't shoot
too much insulin, because with low-carb your BG isn't going to spike
high.

If you're on any meds, you need to keep an extra close eye, because
beta-stimulators may take you hypo if you suddenly start low-carbing,
particularly with additional insulin.

Low-carbing should keep you on an even keel, BG-wise. It's the meds,
insulin, etc. you're going to need to adjust to keep those extras from
taking you hypo.

HTH.

Priscilla

Go see your doctor.

lindad wrote:
|| Hello
||
|| I am new to low carbing - 1st week in and have been lurking on your
|| posts for a few days now. I am waiting for my copy of Richard
|| Bernsteins book to come from amazon after taking Jenny's great
|| advice when I e mailed her while plucking up courage to post on here.
||
|| I was however wondering if anyone knows what to do if you go hypo
|| while on a low carb diet. I am really trying low carb to get my
|| sugar levels under control. I am a type 2 (probably) but am taking
|| massive amounts of insulin due to high insulin resistance. I have
|| cut these down through experimentation but am still having the
|| ocasional hypo due to overdoing the insulin and not the carb. If I
|| then have to take a sugary drink or something it sorts of defeats
|| the object.
||
|| Any advice will be gratefully accepted.
||
|| Linda

"lindad" <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

Hello

I am new to low carbing - 1st week in and have been lurking on your
posts for a few days now. I am waiting for my copy of Richard
Bernsteins book to come from amazon after taking Jenny's great advice
when I e mailed her while plucking up courage to post on here.

I was however wondering if anyone knows what to do if you go hypo
while on a low carb diet. I am really trying low carb to get my sugar
levels under control. I am a type 2 (probably) but am taking massive
amounts of insulin due to high insulin resistance. I have cut these
down through experimentation but am still having the ocasional hypo
due to overdoing the insulin and not the carb. If I then have to take
a sugary drink or something it sorts of defeats the object.

Any advice will be gratefully accepted.

Linda

Be extremely careful with your insulin. You can bring your blood sugars
down too far if you give yourself too much. Does your doctor know you're
doing LC? He definitely should. He may have to adjust your dosages.

~miette

You need to be neurotic in your testing. Using carbs to correct a low
does not defeat the purpose... you just need to not overcorrect it. You
should also be shooting for the amount of carbs you're eating, not the
amount you used to eat.

Buy some glucose tabs and keep them with you at all times. They don't
taste bad, but they don't taste like a treat.

You can read a lot of Dr. Bernstein's book online for free at:
www.diabetes-normalsugars.com/

You should also head over to misc.health.diabetes... many there use
insulin and low carb.

Jennifer

lindad said:

Hello

I am new to low carbing - 1st week in and have been lurking on your posts
for a few days now. I am waiting for my copy of Richard Bernsteins book to
come from amazon after taking Jenny's great advice when I e mailed her while
plucking up courage to post on here.

I was however wondering if anyone knows what to do if you go hypo while on a
low carb diet. I am really trying low carb to get my sugar levels under
control. I am a type 2 (probably) but am taking massive amounts of insulin
due to high insulin resistance. I have cut these down through
experimentation but am still having the ocasional hypo due to overdoing the
insulin and not the carb. If I then have to take a sugary drink or
something it sorts of defeats the object.

Any advice will be gratefully accepted.

Linda

Thanks for the advice guys

I have told the hospital and my dietician that I am trying low carb but all
they say is no don't do it. I can't seem to get any straight advice out of
them about the insulin requirements so it's all experimenting. I have got
the glucose tablets but I presume this will have the same effect carb wise?
I am also taking metformin. I have cut the insulin by half and still kept
the metformin as this seems to be a better way for wiehgt loss according to
what I have read.

Linda

"Jennifer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

You need to be neurotic in your testing. Using carbs to correct a low
does not defeat the purpose... you just need to not overcorrect it. You
should also be shooting for the amount of carbs you're eating, not the
amount you used to eat.

Buy some glucose tabs and keep them with you at all times. They don't
taste bad, but they don't taste like a treat.

You can read a lot of Dr. Bernstein's book online for free at:
www.diabetes-normalsugars.com/

You should also head over to misc.health.diabetes... many there use
insulin and low carb.

Jennifer

In article <[email hidden]>,

lindad said:

Thanks for the advice guys

I have told the hospital and my dietician that I am trying low carb but all
they say is no don't do it. I can't seem to get any straight advice out of
them about the insulin requirements so it's all experimenting. I have got
the glucose tablets but I presume this will have the same effect carb wise?
I am also taking metformin. I have cut the insulin by half and still kept
the metformin as this seems to be a better way for wiehgt loss according to
what I have read.

Metformin is important for cardiac protection from insulin resistance.
I consider it kind of a beneficial side-effect that it helps my BG
numbers, too.

Priscilla

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]
says...

Quoted message said:

I am new to low carbing - 1st week in and have been lurking on your posts
for a few days now. I am waiting for my copy of Richard Bernsteins book to
come from amazon after taking Jenny's great advice when I e mailed her while
plucking up courage to post on here.

Hi Linda, welcome to the group!

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