Type 2 Diabetic

papa1276
papa1276 Posts: 6 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I am a type 2 diabetic and eating a Low carb diet, I am interested in learning how to eat enough carbs to prevent going low in the night. Is there anyone else who is a diabetic trying to maintain my sugar level below 180 after meals.
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  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,216 Member
    edited September 15
    What do you consider low blood sugar? And what do you consider low carb? And has or will you PCP make adjustments to your medication periodically, which is crucial when someone changes to a low carb diet and taking medication, especially injections. Also not really a question to get advice from this or any other site and hopefully this is just for your curiosity.

    Basically the whole point of a low carb diet, again the actual amount is important and why I asked, is to stabilize blood sugar over the course of the whole day without much fluctuation one way or the other and any fluctuation where glucose is needed is done by a process of gluconeogenesis which is basically your body making new glucose and then topping up a persons glucose levels if they dip. The lower the carb intake the less blood glucose wanders around and spikes, which is the basic facilitator for increased levels of blood glucose and the chaos that ensues, with diabetes being the worst outcome. Do you wear a CGM and if you do what is your blood sugar at night, and at night I'm thinking while you sleep, is that what you mean?
  • psychod787
    psychod787 Posts: 4,099 Member
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    Hello there.
    I would like to offer a few things.
    1. Are you taking insulin or other medications that have the effect of lowering glucose? If you are having low bs, it might be time to speak to Ms about dosages. Weight loss, or a diet change can effect your glucose levels.
    2. Do you use a 24hr glucose monitor? If so, set the alarm for low B's to a higher level. Use the monitoring system to see how certain foods and food combinations effect your blood sugar curves.
    3. Experiment with certain carb levels. Trail error is the best N=1 IMHO.
    Best wishes,
    Dalon

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