After ten months without alcohol, I fell off the wagon over Christmas. It reminded me of why I stopped drinking in the first place. When everyone had gone home after a successful dinner I drank the rest of an open bottle of wine while feasting on the leftover potato dauphinoise and chocolate-coated walnuts. I then…
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The results are in! After spending a month de-stressing with action movies on Netflix and John Grisham on the bedside table my blood sugar is back to normal. Changing the amount of basal insulin from 13u to 15u made a difference within a few days. Tresiba is a bit tricky in that it takes a…
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Diabeteswise, it’s been an awful couple of weeks. It started with a home exam in central-european history, followed by a cold. With stress hormones all over the place, the result was terrible blood sugars. As the cold’s passing and I’ve figured out the long-term consequences of the Munich agreement it’s time to troubleshoot the diabetes…
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Diabulimia is a sad condition where diabetics skip taking their insulin in the fear that it’s making them fat. Blood sugars go up, and if you’re unlucky, you can end up with diabetic ketoacidosis and die. It helps to know a little bit about insulin as a type 1 diabetic, as you’re going to spend…
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It’s pumpkin season! Someone was kind enough to give me one, so the option was either to eat it or turn it into a trumpkin. I went with the eating option and chopped my pumpkin into 40g pieces, that I tossed in olive oil and salt, before roasting in the oven for 25 minutes. It…
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After listening to a very insightful podcast from Peter Attia on omega-3 fatty acids I’m eating more fish. I also started eating potatoes again, after avoiding them altogether on my low carb diet. The trick seems to be very small servings and pre-bolusing insulin by thirty minutes. Pre-bolusing insulin is not as tedious as it…
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Low carb baking with coconut flour lets you eat delicious things without spiking your blood sugar. These muffins make for an excellent dessert and they freeze well. They’re a variant of my low carb blueberry muffins but with 60g of Lindt 85% chocolate chunks instead of the blueberries. Split the mixture in two and add…
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The other day Dr. Lustig revealed the cover of his new book on Twitter. It reminded me that his first one was still in my bookshelf, unread. It turned out to be a good read. At the time of writing, he’d spent sixteen years treating obese children. By anyone’s standards, that…
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I’ve been studying the philosophy of ancient Greece lately, and have concluded that everything comes from the Greeks. Even salad. For my Greek salad, I have 100g of feta cheese, 10 small olives, lots of cucumber…
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In theory, it works like this. You weigh your food and check the food database. This gives you the exact carb count for your meal. You dose the insulin according to ratio. For many of us, this is 1:10. If you’re extra good you pre-bolus the insulin to give it time to hit the bloodstream. You expect a nice steady line on your continuous glucose monitor. Maybe a small bump. Only this is not what happens. At all. Instead…
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