[rzrbks]

the Gold standard that everyone begins with is

1 unit of fast acting insulin to 15 grams of carbs

1/3 cup of mashed potatoes is 15 grams of carbs, therefore, if you ate 1/3 cups of mashed potatoes, you would inject 1 unit of fast acting

The thing to do per meal is count the # of carbs that you are going to eat in toto then divide the # of carbs by 15 which gives you the number of units to inject.


Example:

1 cup mashed potatoes = 45 carbs

1/2 cup carrots and peas = 15 carbs

1 8 oz glass 2% milk = 11 carbs

1 4 oz piece chicken breast = 0 carbs

1 slice bread = 12 carbs

total carbs = 83gms

83/15 = 5.53 so she injects 5 units of fast acting insulin--------then checks B/g at 2 hours after she has finished eating.



if her B/G is lower than 90/5 then she'll have to eat something with 15 carbs and check again in 15 minutes

if her B/G is higher than 120/6.6 then she knows that the next time she has that meal she'll need to tweak the units of insulin



part of the "Exciting World of Diabetes" is having the fun of constanly needing to check and tweak insulin ratios