How much insulin do you take?
I've read in this book that most Type 1s (who are not honeymooning or LADA and still producing some insulin of their own) take between 0.5 to 1.0 units of insulin per kilogram of body weight. Those who need less than 0.5 u/kg are either athletes or still producing some of their own insulin (or on very low-carb diets), and those who take more than 1.0 u/kg are insulin resistant.
I know there have been posts here before about how much insulin people take, but I'm curious how many units per kilogram of body weight people take per day. I worked it out (divide total daily dose by weight in kilograms for the answer) and I'm taking about 0.68 units per kg of body weight. Curious where other insulin users (type 1 and 2) who take insulin fall, noting anything unusual such as if you run marathons or are LADA or follow Bernstein, etc.
I know there have been posts here before about how much insulin people take, but I'm curious how many units per kilogram of body weight people take per day. I worked it out (divide total daily dose by weight in kilograms for the answer) and I'm taking about 0.68 units per kg of body weight. Curious where other insulin users (type 1 and 2) who take insulin fall, noting anything unusual such as if you run marathons or are LADA or follow Bernstein, etc.
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Permalink Reply by Courtney on -
.38 units per kg of body weight. The only thing that might be unusual is I eat a vegan diet, but it's not low carb.
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Permalink Reply by Marie on -
also about 0.38units per kilo. I'm not an athlete but I do run (slowly) 3 or 4 times a week with runs of at the moment up to 7 miles. I have run several half and a couple of marathons. When I'm training for longer distances I end up using a bit less insulin but I also eat a lot more carbs. Have LADA.
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Permalink Reply by Jen on
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I was diagnosed as a child. As more people respond it would be interesting to see if there's a difference between those diagnosed as kids versus adults (maybe people could add this in their posts).
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Permalink Reply by Jennifer on -
I take approximately 0.22 units per kilo - they think I have LADA (versus T2 diagnosis at first) and still am producing some of my own insulin.
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Permalink Reply by Kari on -
I take about .9u/kg of body weight. I am a Type 1. Diagnosed over 18 years ago at the age of 6.
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Permalink Reply by MissKitka on -
I take about 1u per KGm of body weight. This works out to almost 1cc daily of pork natural insulin. I have been seen as using a whole lot since I was a skinny kid of 8 years old. I have met many who use a whole lot less, like 10% as much, and one who used more.I think it has a lot to do with metabolism. I inject 40u if I am sick to knock down a high where friends use 2u to do the same thing. We are all so different, and if only our doctors would realize this we would be much better off. ha ha!!!!
Don
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Permalink Reply by Gerri on -
Diagnosed T1 at 53. Follow Dr. Bernstein, weigh 103 lbs. & 2.1 units per kg. I don't think I'm insulin resistant, but I take thyroid supplementation & that increases insulin doses.
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Permalink Reply by Baby Tee on -
.46 u/kg
I am pretty sedentary. I do walk 8000 to 10,000 steps per day, but that is it.
I have had no c-peptide in my system at least since 1986 (D at 12yo in 1984). An endo redid the test about 2 or 3 years ago, and the results came back the same. I still didn't have any c peptide in my system.
I think, though, it depends on how many carbs and how much protein you consume to really figure if it is right.
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Permalink Reply by Anthony Holko on -
about 0.6 unit/kg. But too many kilograms.
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