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Thread: What's your Insulin:Carb ratio?

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10-22-2006, 07:13 AM

RLK

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I am a: Type 1

Join Date: Aug 2006

Location: Delaware, USA

Posts: 706

1 unit for 20 grams is about right most of the time. When the hormones kick in once a month, it creeps up to 1 unit for 13-15 grams. Takeout or restaurant meals skew things even further. I ate a slice of pizza yesterday and 1:10 with a dual wave bolus worked pretty well.
Most carbs at once? Hmmm....any meal bolus over 6 or 7 units tends to me a lot for me. Like Sue said though, its all about what your body demands.

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