Type one diabetes and dietary fat.

EPhantom

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Posted 8/24/2014 5:33 AM (GMT 0)

Looking up a few things I stumbled on some research that Joslin performed last year, thought you guys would be interested. Make sure to watch what happens when you eat fats, maybe someone can do a little monitoring of their own and give their results in a reply

"We were able to show that when people ate a higher fat meal that their blood sugars were higher for longer and required more insulin."

"... the effect of the fat tends to kick in several hours hours after the meal."

BOSTON -- March 27, 2013 -- In a study of patients with type 1 diabetes, Joslin researchers found that dietary fat can affect glucose levels and insulin requirements. These findings, which appeared in the April edition of Diabetes Care, have major implications for the management of type 1 diabetes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjHaa-GIJ7M

Lanie G

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Posted 8/24/2014 6:24 PM (GMT 0)

Everything I've read about dietary fats says they either have no effect on blood sugar or they delay increase of blood sugar when eaten with carbs.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6386412

However, rather than quibble about this, I suggest, as always, that testing is our final answer. Please test before eating and around two hours more or less after you begin to eat. Keep in mind that sometimes complex carbs force a slow rise in blood sugar more than two hours after you begin eating although this really depends on the individual.

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