What I Really Eat in a Day to Keep Blood Sugar Low

I show what exactly I eat in a day to keep my blood sugar low. What I typically do from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to bed and what tools I use to keep my blood glucose in the optimal range.
If you are an insulin dependent diabetic this is a must watch video for you. We all struggle with managing blood sugar levels and I'm sure you will be able to relate with the challenges I deal with throughout my day as a person living with diabetes.
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[@TypeOneTalks]

Please let me know below what you like to eat to keep blood sugar in check. If you want to connect message me directly on Patreon (I respond to every question) www.patreon.com/typeonetalks If you want to book a call with me click here calendly.com/typeonetalks

[@sandyhearth8249]

This was very good. Thank you for sharing this.

[@emmabrown5801]

Thank you so much for all your help and guide.

[@Alipef333]

Great video. I am also T1D. Really good to show people around you how to use the hypo pen, and to have one that doesn’t need to be set up with a separate needle/syringe. The dinner meal suggestion looks great. I made kitchari with zucchini the other day and it worked surprisingly well for my blood sugar!

[@emmaaustin123]

Cool recipe thanks.

[@haniffolami5997]

I love your videos you literally have giving me a positive mind . Every since I got diagnosed 3 weeks ago I’m 23 and it’s crazy but I guess that’s how life goes 😁🤲🏾❤️

[@strongmanconqueror1894]

did you have amy warning signs before? or felt different? or was it a surprise?

[@realtybydrc778]

This was very helpful

[@pollux901]

Great Video, Tom. However, maybe you should've explained that it's ok to have spikes (example 180-220 mg/dl)1 hour after meals. Important is that it comes back to the normal range (80-130 mg/dl) 1-2 hours after after the meals. Some people who are new to T1D, but couldn't afford a life style like yours might get upset thinking that this is how they have to maintain their blood sugar levels. It's not a criticism, just a suggestion. Thanks for your great videos 🙂

[@faresmahmoudi27]

Good point 👌

[@hannahwhisenant7007]

Agreed! This video is so helpful but as someone who got diagnosed with t1d 6 months go I kinda panicked when watching this haha. My BG goes up to 180/200 after meals relatively often. 😢 but Tom does explain really well how to measure/time things and control BG’s through balanced diets which is superrr helpful to me. I don’t have a pump, but I do have a CGM and it’s so helpful for seeing these trends.

[@pollux901]

​​@@hannahwhisenant7007 I was diagnosed 2 years ago after turning 30 and use CGM + MDI (no pump). Don't worry, those spikes are normal. However, pre bolusing helps me control the spikes. I don't have to pre bolus for fiber rich food. However, if I am eating carbs with high Glycemic Index, I usually inject 20 minutes before eating. We have to find the right method for our body. Elliptical or cross trainer helps me lower my blood sugar within 5 mins. Don't worry, you'll learn more as you proceed. Good luck 😊

[@robertwestlasvegas]

If your blood glucose rises above 140 your eating the wrong meals. Try meat, no carbs, no sugar. Your health will improve and youll need only a fraction of the insulin you use now. Not a good video, Tom unfortunately will not eat a proper diet for any diabetic. He like most people is addicted to carbs and his a1c reflects that. Very sad, such a nice guy.

[@paulab4u2]

I keep failing at my keto diet and have been watching your videos which I love. Do you have a grocery list to start off with?

[@tracijordan637]

Would love the recipes for your breakfast & dinner. Where can I find them?

[@Dan23_7]

That’s mega control 👌🏼 Over here 🇬🇧 unless you’re in a city you can’t really get food like you had for your lunch. The recipe for your dinner I’m definitely going to try. I have cereal for breakfast and have just switched to skimmed milk, my spike is less high than with semi-skimmed. I’m not on a pump and basal dose in the morning. Would you recommend splitting my dose throughout the day instead ? It’s just with what you said about your pump. I thought about a pump but in my job i could easily catch it and pull it out. Thankfully I have an active job so I get exercise throughout the day. T1 me.

[@bendino9016]

Ive followed all your advice and your techniques work well. You are the best diabetes educator in the world, and I recommend your channel to everyone I know that has diabetes.

[@TypeOneTalks]

Thank you so much for your support my friend!

[@littlevoice_11]

Wow that looks like a great restaurant. I would probably beave eating out if that was near me!

[@user-wr8et8gx6n]

Wow, that is some control...👍

[@mobey56]

WOW man! Wish I had your kind of discipline. However, you should have mentioned about the spikes everyone has within an hour of after eating.

[@sandramerkow3894]

Coffee spikes my sugar too! I’m going to try to drink it later! I love coffee!

[@thesortaustralia]

Great video! Thank you so much. Can you share a bit more about intermittent fasting/time restricted eating? I’m trying to gain weight but also want to maintain time restricted eating. I’ve got some complications. I can’t eat a lot of fat/big meals because I’ve got pancreatic insufficiency (take pancreatic enzymes to digest food). Any thoughts would be helpful.

[@SiphoCzok]

Hello, I’ve got one question. How long does it took to switch from Low Carb to High Carb and was it hard? I come from keto diet and I am psychological sick of eating meat and I’ve got the same situation where I also physically burned out. I tried HCLF a few weeks ago. It was sometimes ok, but sometimes it wasn‘t ok. Even on day 10 I‘ve got such a brain fog after breakfast. Lunch was sometimes ok, dinner after a day of activities was also ok. But I‘ve lost all of my endurance and fitness. Did you experience the same in the first two weeks? Is it normal after ending keto?

[@spencerdollner8744]

what are your bowl movments like im having trouble with the amount of fibre in the diet

[@denisesmith9240]

Where can I find your recipes?

[@kendrasmith6637]

Hi 👋 I just found your channel. I am a type 1 and I feel I can learn from you. Thank you for your talks and about foods. I can use more of this info and learn some new things. I will begin to binge watch you now. I have been a type 1 only 10 years. Diagnosed first as a type 2 for a bit just because of my age. I went to a new Dr, an endocrinologist and she did the lab work and my pancreas makes very little insulin anymore. So I use a tslim pump with the Control IQ and I have a dexcom G6. I am so thankful for the technology offered now. It saves my life everyday. But I can learn lots from you I am sure Have good day. And thanks again 😊

[@TypeOneTalks]

Thank you for your kind words and sharing your story my friend!

[@kendrasmith6637]

@@TypeOneTalksyou’re are welcome 😊

[@terencehawkes3933]

Gee your food looks good! Your sugar values are fabulous!

[@TypeOneTalks]

Thank you!

[@littlevoice_11]

Why do you aim for 5.5mmol ish all day? Rather than 4mmol (which has been identified as a longevity trigger)?

[@dalesupertramp9234]

How can I find the recipe for the no meat chili you showed?

[@77kthomas]

Ugh my 9 year old daughter was diagnosed 5 weeks ago and we are on the forth dexcom the first two did ok but the last two have lasted five days then act up it drops low then goes high has no arrow I don’t think we will ever be able trust the CGM enough to use a pump

[@leonardmilcin7798]

I am not diabetic but I had some considerable insulin insensitivity (no longer) and I wear CGM to conduct experiments on myself. On days I am in keto or fasting I eat zero carbs for any practical purpose. Body can create enough sugar on its own to sustain itself. My blood sugar remains pretty much constant. On days I eat carbs I noticed that the way you incorporate carbs into your diet will very highly influence the effect on blood sugar. Eating/drinking naked sugars in the morning is pretty much the worst thing you can do -- blood sugar spikes immediately. I can 300g of carbs (carbs, not food containing carbs) and I get only 1/3rd of the blood sugar increase as eating a handful of grapes. For example, I can eat 300g of sourdough bread and large portion of hummus containing as much carbs and it does not register much. The secret? I eat some cheese (protein+fats). There is also lot of olive oil in the hummus and there is a lot of lemon juice. Protein, fats and acids each separately have effect of blunting the sugar spike and giving body plenty of time to process it.

[@TucsonDude]

You're like me. I've noticed that adding BUTTER kills the spike. I eat hardboiled eggs with Ezekial toast every morning and barely spike more than 20-30 points. However, I slather on the butter.

[@HomesteadAce]

You understand health well. The poster on the other hand is eating like a person on their way to diabetic II, ironic to say the least. He's eating too many meals with snacks and compensating by insulin pumps. He would be better of being mostly in deep ketosis with no snacks and only 2 meals a day that are rich in fat and moderate protein. The protein and mainly the fat will buffer against the insulin spike from the carbs he consumes. He is also combing carbs are high glycemic index and without a buffer, the combine will spike insulin. Grains and legumes are not only high carb but mostly GMO and even if they are not, they would need to be sprouted or germinated before consumption, otherwise your insulin will spike. The reason why that remote island he references were seeing success on that supposed diet is because they likely do exactly that, germinate their beans and stuff. Essentially on a macro level, ALL CARBS consumed are an INDULGENCE, there are no essential carbs, your body can make carbs as it needs. So any carbs I consume I'm conscientiously aware of what I'm doing. As a type I, I would NOT subject my self to having to pump myself extra insulin so I can indulge. Also no reason why your min blood sugars need to be in the 80s, mine go as low as 50-60s when I'm in ketosis. Thats perfectly fine if your diet is low carb and if you are intentional and savvy about your carbs (like eat your apricots with pecans and drink ACV w/ water) during consumption to almost eliminate the insulin spike. Along with consuming electrolytes to regulate your potassium/sodium pump. Checkout my profile, I have a public playlist called "Health 101". Its everything I gathered on the topic of health. Best of luck

[@leonardmilcin7798]

@@HomesteadAce I am actually writing a book on weight loss. For the last year I spent considerable time researching health topics to lose weight, get in shape and get healthy and I feel I learned things I need to share for the greater good of society. I found that what doctors and media say is pretty much exactly the opposite from what people should be doing. And I am convinced the same also is true for dealing with diabetes, to some extent. Regulating sugar by drinking orange syrup and eating fruity, sweetened deserts every time your blood sugar starts dropping is like driving to work by pressing gas pedal to the metal every time your car starts slowing down too much. It does not make any logical sense and IMO is actually harmful. You may be regulating your speed between 20 and 40mph by constantly pushing your gas pedal and then releasing it, but that does not mean you are driving well. Also, our bodies are built to get better by getting stressed. You will not run a marathon first time you start running and you will not lift heaviest weights. But if you keep stressing your body regularly you will get better at it. In case of diabetes, our bodies are made to starve a little bit regularly. Our blood sugar is meant to drop and our bodies are meant to respond by producing sugars (gluconeogenesis). If you keep shoveling sugars into your body all day and night you prevent your body from getting good at producing sugars and in efect it gets worse at producing sugars to the point where you are completely reliant on supplementing it or you get into hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia is not a state where you have low blood sugar level. It is a state where your body is addicted to sugar and your body has low blood sugar. In a healthy person that is not addicted to sugar, low sugar level is just a signal for the body to switch to burning fats and to start producing sugars to regulate them, that's all. Nothing bad happens. Healthy people have two mechanisms to regulate blood sugar: we produce insulin to lower sugar and we can produce sugar if the level is two low. If you are type 1 and you can't produce insulin you better take care about the other mechanism for sugar regulation because otherwise you will be completely dependant on food dosing for the rest of your life. Which is exactly what the video is trying to demonstrate -- how to keep being reliant on putting food into your mouth to keep your blood sugar in check. The guy might be doing good job keeping his speed but the he ain't driving well.

[@HomesteadAce]

@@leonardmilcin7798 you are on point on everything. I would just highlight that its not JUST about weight-loss but lifelong health and longevity. Its "Get healthy to lose weight, not lose weight to get healthy. Concepts like intermittent and prolonged fasting are also important to allow the digestive system to clear out and more importantly to reap the benefits of Autophagy. Also making sure you are hitting your micros RDAs or specific targets you are trying to achieve. I do this by logging everything I eat and basically east the same things daily as I have optimized for it. Its really a science and once you get the hang of it, it's insanely powerful. I wish the poster best of luck but even if he wasn't Type I, he's not doing it right.

[@rayfostyn]

@@HomesteadAce @leonardmilcin7798 Like you guys I am (T1 long term Bernstein

[@kenlinliu1419]

Is that gym in your flat? That's quite an impressive home gym.

[@devikasingh6231]

Perfect sugars. Congratulations. I am also a type 1 diabetic. Could you tell me the app you use to calculate insulin doses based on carb counting?

[@Dan23_7]

It’s basically 1 unit of bolus to 10gram of carbs. I’m not on a pump but that’s how I dose mine (I’m type 1)

[@balabalakrishna9960]

Hi there ! I like your videos and you make a good point and give good info in most videos but I have one suggestion - could you please speak a bit slow Tom? Sometimes it gets tough to follow because you speak so fast without taking a breath between sentences so don’t know where you start and where you end a sentence, Lol! So would appreciate it very much if you could go bit more slow , speak slow and clearly so we can follow? Thank you very much for all your informative videos! I am sure it’s useful to a lot of diabetics - type 1 or 2! God bless you for what you do! ❤😊❤❤

[@jaminwaite3867]

You can adjust the speed thru settings

[@bethhoover6923]

I notice that you are eating more carbs then you have in the past. I was always taught that one could not not eat beans and rice at the same time . But it seems like that you are eating them both without a huge spike in blood sugar. Interesting 😊

[@TypeOneTalks]

Yes. I do. I have made a couple videos where I comment on my journey from low carb to whole food mostly plant based. I find that carbs are much less problematic when eaten in a non-processed form when it comes to blood sugar spikes.

[@sindisiweignatiaratonkhoma2408]

My son is type one he is using device also eish he badly with injection he is loosing weight also .please can u help

[@mariateresarueda4079]

❤

[@richarde735]

I began wearing a CGM recently… after a hot shower, I spike to 195-200 that lasts for 30-60 min. is that normal or is the sensor becoming overheated? my average is normally 125-135 currently.

[@EliTriona]

Heat from a shower should not typically have any affect on the CGM ability to read accurate numbers. The most typical response I've seen from people, and this includes me, is that a hot shower makes their blood sugar drop, especially if they have insulin on board. The main reasons is because the heat will expand muscle tissue allowing more insulin access to cells faster. That said everyone is different and I have seen others comment that their numbers have gone up, like you are saying. To find out more details you can perform an experiment. Right after you get out of your shower, dry off your hands and check your numbers using a normal finger stick meter, then compare that to your CGM reading. That will give you some insight as to if the CGM is being affected by the shower.

[@leonardmilcin7798]

CGMs are not without faults. For example, right now I inserted my G7 into a muscle on the arm (by accident, and also because I have very little fat on me). My sugar levels drop A LOT when i am swimming, but not during other activities. This is simply explained by the muscle G7 is inserted into being exerted and burning off sugars in it. It then takes a bit of time for the body to supply replacements. Of course, the chemistry may depend on temperature and other circumstances. In general, temperature is one of the most critical factors that affects chemical reactions. But the body is very good at regulating temperature and if it gets just couple more degrees than your normal temperature it means you are in big trouble for other reasons than your blood sugar. If I was you I would try to do independent measurements (with traditional strips), right after getting out of shower and then couple more times during the next hour to check whether the results your CGM is showing are confirmed by blood strips or are just an artifact of the measurement method. Anyway, if you are diabetic you should have at least one other blood sugar measurement method on hand. If your primary method gives you results inconsistent with your experience (ideally you should be able to roughly predict your sugar levels based on what you are doing and what you ate) you can use the secondary to prevent you from doing something stupid and reacting to incorrectly high measurements with insulin and accidentally getting into hypoglycemia.

[@ljkforu]

How do I compensate for IBS? Should I strain the mucalage from chia seeds?

[@TypeOneTalks]

What do you maen by IBS?

[@janesimply1363]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@TypeOneTalksIrritable Bowel Syndrome. IBS-C = Irritable Bower Syndrome-Constipation IBS-D = Irritable Bowel Syndrome- Diarrhea The medical community can not determine if this is hereditary or not. My triggers are and these can vary from person to person. No greasy foods, no spicy foods, no cayenne pepper aka red pepper,no mayonnaise, no fried foods. I personally also happen to be lactose intolerant, so no dairy except yogurt. Yogurt doesn’t affect my intestinal system. Cilantro tastes like metal to me so I also avoid it. White and black pepper I personally adore cooking with, I rarely cook or use salt. Enjoy using herbs 🪴 for the most part, dried or fresh. I began as a Type 2 diabetic, then my pancreas burnt out and no longer produces the necessary Beta cells needed for insulin production according to my endocrinologist . Now I’m considered a Type 1 diabetic but don’t use a pump, I use “qwick pens”. Anyhoo, I appreciate your videos that you’re produce, thank you😁

[@asmabintismail6058]

I m T1D too My fasting sugars are around 250 with and without insulin And also my insulin is coming down from 400 to 250 without insulin and the reason for this unknown to me...and if I m taking insulin my sugars are coming down to 150 but it bounces back around 250 on empty stomach. Is it due to inflammation or menstrual cycle or something else

[@jimmyboth8114]

There’s two types of insulin there’s fast acting and long acting. I’ve recently got diagnosed, so I’m not an expert. If ur fasting levels are that high u need to take more long acting insulin. I rarely see myself getting up in the 400s I usually hover around the 100-250 range. You also may be in what’s called a honeymoon phase, where ur body is still making some insulin just not enough. Hope this helps

[@asmabintismail6058]

@@jimmyboth8114after taking long acting insulin only , I got into this situation . It happened twice with me.

[@babytigtig3795]

What work do you do now? Are you retired?

[@MrSuntask]

Are you located in Germany?

[@abdelftahsaeid7017]

Denmark

[@alinayossimouse]

Over 32 CHF for that meal? Wow I'm sorry you have to pay so much

[@drec3096]

no more mastering diabetes?

[@TypeOneTalks]

Not 100%. But my diet is still built on it 90%+ I would say. I’m just adding a few things there where I believe they don’t do much damage-e.g. olive oil, occasional lean meat or fish, etc. hope this helps!