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10-22-2006, 03:08 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portsmouth UK
Posts: 1,608
| | | What's your Insulin:Carb ratio?
At the moment, 0.5u to 10 carbs is about right for me.
What's yours?
What's the most about of carbs you've ever had in ONE meal?
__________________ Stu 
Type 1 Since - 24/7/2006 HbA1c
13/10/2006 - 7.2%  | 15/12/2006 - 6.0%  | 29/06/2007 - 7.1% | 02/11/2007 - 7.8% | 29/02/2008 - 6.5%  | 07/08/2008 - 6.8
Insulin - Levemir and NovoRapid | Meter - LifeScan OneTouch Ultra smart  Pasta is a gift that just keeps giving... |
10-22-2006, 03:45 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: India
Posts: 4
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I don't know my carg ratio. |
10-22-2006, 04:29 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kapiti, New Zealand
Posts: 797
| | | Roughly 1u to 15g carbs - but I have to add or take away a unit here & there to balance out some meals like takeaways.
... and various other acts of farting about - it never seems as simple as just 1 unit to 15g!
I have NO idea what my biggest carb meal would be, when I'm being that naughty I close my eyes so I can't see it lol. |
10-22-2006, 05:33 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: UK
Posts: 819
| | | Depends on what time of the day it is and what I am doing.
Winter mths I use 2 units for 60 carbs at breakfast, lunch time would be 4 units for 75/80 carbs and evening meal would be anything between 4 and 7 units for 65/70 carbs and a snack before bed.
Summer mths I tend to use more insulin as not as busy.
But it doesn't matter what everyone else uses you need to use what your body needs
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Sue
Pumping using bovine insulin. (Pump kindly donated by Solox)
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10-22-2006, 06:13 AM
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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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Becky
T1 since 1998
Pumping since 1999
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10-22-2006, 06:35 AM
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| | | around 1 unit to 15g carb, but i don't really carb count, the most i've injected in a bolus is 9 units, so what that about 140g carb, i think it was an indian takeaway plenty of rice and naan bread
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type: MODY 3
diagnosed: feb 2000
using: lantus and novorapid
last Hba1c: 5.7% July 2007
previous HbA1c:5.6% April 2007
previous HbA1c: 6.2% Febuary 2007
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10-22-2006, 06:35 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, FL
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| | | 1:6 during the day and 1:5 at night. I consume anywhere from 0 to 100 carbs per meal, but tend to stay on the low side. I bolus for protein, not just carbs... |
10-22-2006, 06:47 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portsmouth UK
Posts: 1,608
| | | how the heck do you bolus for protein? im not gonna go there lol, carbs is enough work as it is! ha
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Type 1 Since - 24/7/2006 HbA1c
13/10/2006 - 7.2% | 15/12/2006 - 6.0% | 29/06/2007 - 7.1% | 02/11/2007 - 7.8% | 29/02/2008 - 6.5% | 07/08/2008 - 6.8
Insulin - Levemir and NovoRapid | Meter - LifeScan OneTouch Ultra smart Pasta is a gift that just keeps giving... |
10-22-2006, 07:05 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, FL
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| | For protein, I take 75% of the protein content and call them "equivalent carbs". I do a 30/70 combo bolus over 3 hours. This is not something you can do on MDI, but you could take the 30 part since it is given all at once and all up front. The other 70 percent part of the combo bolus is the part that is evenly distributed over the 3 hours.
I agree, you need to get MDI nailed down along with all your ratios etc, before considering bolusing for protein. The calculation of "equivalent carbs" and the 30/70 combo bolus may not work for everyone.
Check this out... Even fat affects your bg. |
10-22-2006, 07:29 AM
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| | | 1:13 at breakfast and lunch, 1:10 at dinner |
10-22-2006, 07:44 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Southern USA
Posts: 1,500
| | | I was at 1:8 for breakfast and supper and 1:10 for lunch, but I'm tweaking again, so who knows yet?? |
10-22-2006, 08:54 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2006
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| | | I use a 1:8 at breakfast and 1:12 the rest of the day.
Most amount of carbs I've ever eaten at one meal was probably 150-200 once while I was eating out. I took 20 units of Humalog which is a LOT (I almost never take more than 10 except at breakfast when I'm high), it was a combination of a really high blood sugar and eating out so a really high-carb/high-fat meal, not the best combination!
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Type 1 since 10/08/91.
Pumping with Cozmo since 01/21/07.
Other regimens I've been on: Humalog/Lantus, Humalog/NPH, R/NPH.
Last A1c's:
03/08 - 6.8%
12/07 - 7.1%
09/07 - 6.4% (lowest ever!)
06/07 - 6.9%
04/07 - 6.7%
01/07 - 7.9% (pre-pump)
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10-22-2006, 09:00 AM
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| | | I think the most carbs I ate at one meal was 150 or something. I was disgusted with myself. |
10-22-2006, 09:03 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Jose, CA
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Originally Posted by Funnygrl  I think the most carbs I ate at one meal was 150 or something. I was disgusted with myself. | LOL! Was it Thanksgiving, or was it a meal at Cheesecake Factory? I just read an article about portion size and one of the respondents to the author of the article was a VP of CF. They don't provide nutrition info and claim patrons seldom ask for it. He also said 80% of customers take home a doggie bag, and few folks eat the cheesecake w/o sharing with a tablemate. |
10-22-2006, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by spike LOL! Was it Thanksgiving, or was it a meal at Cheesecake Factory? I just read an article about portion size and one of the respondents to the author of the article was a VP of CF. They don't provide nutrition info and claim patrons seldom ask for it. He also said 80% of customers take home a doggie bag, and few folks eat the cheesecake w/o sharing with a tablemate. | Wow. I think it was actually pizza and rice krispy treat night at the camp I work at  |
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