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Lowering Blood Sugar: A Type 1's Perspective
DIR By: BrutalHoney
Date: June 2, 2026, 9:51 pm
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So I'm a type 1 diabetic, have a CGM, have to take insulin to,
you know, not die. I figure I'll share the two things I've
noticed that significantly reduce the amount of insulin I have
to take, meaning my insulin sensitivity goes up, meaning this is
the best way to move opposite from type 2 diabetes. (Which is
entirely different than type 1, FYI.)
First: Eating less. This actually isn't as immediate as the next
tip I have, but if you make a large enough change, it's huge.
What I've found is I have to cut carbs significantly, as in, if
I typically had 100-150/day, It'd be down at like... maybe
50-75. I was cutting at the time, obviously.
But my base insulin that I take every night, called Lantus, I
took about 20-22 units. I hadn't taken that little since I was a
160, 175lb teenager. Sitting at 205, maybe down to 200 at the
time, that was remarkable. Typically my doses are closer to 30,
plus or minus, and when I bulked to almost 220, I was taking 40
a day.
Second: high intensity cardio. Sometimes this happens after one
workout, sometimes it takes a handful. But if I notice my sugars
just keep creeping up, keep creeping up... I'll do (and it sucks
because I'll be out of cardio shape, obviously) a circuit
workout I created with a C2 rower, a jumping box (with sprawls),
and a jump rope to do double-unders. It's like, 16-180+
heartrate type of work. But if my Lantus needs were 30 and that
wasn't quite enough, I'd sometimes just keep going low the next
day and knock it down eventually to 25 before they behave. Maybe
less. And, again, this happens sometimes after one day, almost
certainly a week or less. If I keep hitting it hard.
After that? I've never really found anything else to make a huge
difference. No vitamin I've taken (not that I've taken every
silly thing out there), no modulation of protein or fat... But
cutting carbs a lot, and high intensity cardio, that really does
the trick.
My two pennies.
Bonus third: to a much, much slighter degree, sometimes I'll
notice a bit of improvement if I'm really, really sedentary, and
do something as little as go for a hard walk or a lifting
session. Nothing compared to those two things above, but if I'm
trapped virtually motionless for a few days and notice my sugars
just creeping up, getting annoying... and I go do my squats or
my push day or whatever, it helps. A little. And only if my
recent baseline has been absolutely sedentary. Clearly activity
matters. But I can say that, at least for us fit lifting guys,
(not the typical fatass American, I'm sure), it only goes so
far. Nothing like dropping carbs to very low levels or jacking
your heartrate for 20+ minutes like a maniac.
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Re: Lowering Blood Sugar: A Type 1's Perspective
DIR By: Road2HardCoreIron
Date: June 3, 2026, 1:42 am
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Very important info for type I diabetics. You should share more
on every bias you are on. You could help some one
BC
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