Watch out - Corn on the cob!

I am on a total daily BI dose of 70, so no shortage of slow acting insulin to mop up the slowly released carbs of sweetcorn, that's my theory anyway..............that theory being, that the less BI you take the more chance things like sweetcorn/baked beans will have a noticeable effect on BGs.......

BI is 10; just the single jab at bedtime.....I count CPs for corn on the cob

So its looking like my theory may have some substance.............Its not actually my theory, a pumper suggested that because she was only on the quick insulin that this was why she counted...........

Are there any DAFNE dieticians/nutritionists that can shed any light on this theory? If it's true it would presumably apply to other foods DAFNE suggests you don't need to use QA for like pulses and nuts (both of which I have to inject for)...

hello,
I am very interested in this so please forgive me resurrecting the thread after over a month.
I count corn on the cob, and also count cashew nuts, although no other nuts. Have just done some carb free adjustments so am pretty sure my background is right at the moment (16 BI).

Your 16 BI may well be right............the idea was that the total daily dose of BI being on the low side, so , your 16 to my 70, may contribute to the need to count slower released carbs due to the lack of extra BI insulin to process the carbs from these foods.........

Just a theory though........

novorapidboi26 said:
Your 16 BI may well be right............the idea was that the total daily dose of BI being on the low side, so , your 16 to my 70, may contribute to the need to count slower released carbs due to the lack of extra BI insulin to process the carbs from these foods.........

Just a theory though........

The digestion of fat shouldn't have an effect directly on your blood sugar, it might mean that carbs mixed with high fat [pizza] may be digested quicker than most.....

I suppose people do digest at different rates, but different types of food can be processed very differently also in different people.........

its a tricky one, corn, beans, nuts are all slowly digested, but not because of high fat content, its more kind of low complex carb I believe, so things like that could still digest slowly even in someone like yourself who can process fat quickly...............its an interesting topic of discussion and one that I would like to find out more about..............

at the moment for me though, I dont count anything over 10grams, or if it falls in the pulses, nuts, protein or fat category........