Low carbohydrate diet to manage type I diabetes.
This is the personal story of Dr Troy Stapleton, who developed Type I diabetes at the age of 41. In the beginning of his disease he followed the standard dietary advice for diabetics to consume up to 250g of carbohydrates per day and then balance this with insulin injections. However, after extensive research he decided to go on a very low carbohydrate diet, which has improved his life quite dramatically.
Listen to podcast here: http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2013/08/hrt_20130812_1730.mp3
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/healthreport/low-carbohydrate-diet-to-manage-diabetes/4880362
Podcast is only 13 minutes long well worth your time.
Graham
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9 comments:
Thanks once again Graham. How much longer can it be before it a lowcarb diet is accepted as the right thing for all diabetics?
Kath
Thanks graham!
I soon realised that feeding the insulin just to avoid hypos was not a road I wanted to go down, a road of wild blood glucose swings, hypos, lot's of correction doses and weight gain. I keep my insulin as low as physically possible on a low carb regime and although I'll always have to inject I know I'm doing all I can.
Paul
Thanks, Graham. That's a really useful and interesting podcast.
A
It does seem LowCarb is getting more popular for insulin dependents, the ones I have read about have similar results to Dr Troy.
Cheers
Graham
Unusually for me did some late night listening. Excellent. Thirteen minutes well spent.
Doug ( Type 2 and Low Carbing )
My son is a type 1 diabetic ( he is 15 and has had type 1 for 5 years )and we have just started the LCHF way as described by troy stapleton. We are only into the 2nd day but I was surprised that my sons BG reading went up more than normal after a breakfast of bacon and eggs. !!
Any ideas why this may be the case. He did decrease his insulin injection but only by a little? It seemed odd to me.
regards
Peter
Hi Peter
Some thoughts on your comment.
It can take two to three weeks to adapt to a low carb higher fat diet. Also a higher fat meal can often change the insulin profile of bolus insulin because the meal takes longer to digest. Check out Lisa's video here for what can be achieved with a low carb diet, her son is also a type one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtiduHZdbUg
Kind regards Eddie
Having trouble with LCHF regime, My son gives 22 lantus at night and with a lchf meal is waking up ok with around 6.1. But after a breakfast of bacon and eggs and giving 3 novo rapid he is going very high at lunch around 16. He is only having low carb snack for morning tea.
How do we stop him going so high due to gluconeogenesis without giving more novo rapid after breakfast which may then cause him to have a hypo!!?
any advice welcome
regards
Peter
Hi Peter - sorry to read you are having trouble with the LCHF regime for your son. It may be advantageous to ask other Type 1 diabetics, have you considered joining a Forum? This one maybe?
http://lowcarbdiabetic.forumotion.co.uk/
Alternatively Lisa has a diabetic son .. she may be able to offer advice, or have a read through her blog here
http://diabeticalien.blogspot.co.uk/
Wishing you well, it's not an easy journey
All the best Jan
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