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Diabetes In Control.com  Issue #163

This weeks Question:

How Many Minutes Before A Meal Should Regular Insulin Be Injected?

1. Immediately
2. 10 Minutes
3. 30 Minutes
4. 15 Minutes
5. 45 Minutes

The goal is to minimize or totally prevent any blood sugar increase during or after meals. To achieve this, you must take your shot far enough in advance so that the insulin begins to lower blood sugar as your food starts to increase blood sugar. Yet you should not take it so far ahead of the meal that blood sugar drops faster than digestion can keep up with it. The best time to inject regular, for most of is, is about 45 minutes before eating.

The most common exception would occur if you have gastroparesis, or delayed stomach-emptying.

Reference: The Diabetes Solution, Dr. Richard Bernstein

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