If one counts carbohydrates and then covers their intake with a commesurate amount of insulin then they can eat any carbohydrate they want including refined sugar in candy soda or ice cream. I'm on the pump and it puts 0.65 units of novalogue insulin in my body every hour. This covers the sugar produced by my liver as part of my daily metabolism. Additionally I take the same insulin with meals. What I do is count the total carbs I'm going to eat. Then using a factor of 10:1 I take one unit of insulin for every 10 grams of carbs I eat. So if for example I eat sandwich with two slices of bread I am having 30 grams of carbs and thus I'll take 3 units of insulin. Likewise if I have a Snickers bar with 38 grams of carbs I'll take 3.8 units of insulin. Using the pump I can be that exact with my dosage. My A1Cs run between 5.7 - 6.2 so I know this method works. Try it.
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If one counts carbohydrates and then covers their intake with a commesurate amount of insulin then they can eat any carbohydrate they want including refined sugar in candy soda or ice cream. I'm on the pump and it puts 0.65 units of novalogue insulin in my body every hour. This covers the sugar produced by my liver as part of my daily metabolism. Additionally I take the same insulin with meals. What I do is count the total carbs I'm going to eat. Then using a factor of 10:1 I take one unit of insulin for every 10 grams of carbs I eat. So if for example I eat sandwich with two slices of bread I am having 30 grams of carbs and thus I'll take 3 units of insulin. Likewise if I have a Snickers bar with 38 grams of carbs I'll take 3.8 units of insulin. Using the pump I can be that exact with my dosage. My A1Cs run between 5.7 - 6.2 so I know this method works. Try it.
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