Short-Acting Insulin Isn’t Short for Most Type 2s

hi david ..im glad to be here withu all and ur support is amazing, however i am not diabetic, i am insulin resistant i have been for about 20 yrs, im not on meds im on omegas3 fish oil 2000 day and im on super complex b vitamins,when i relaized what i was admited for in hospital was after cuzz **** dr never told me about diabties, my number started at 60 im down to 23 as of march 07 body insulin my pancreeas creates, im so very lucky,, i dont want to be diabetic and im considering getting my kids checked we have 5 diabetics, and me and sis are insulin resistant, however my sugars be4 meals are 82 and mornings 83 and 2 hrs are 100 103 so im in range my a1c is still good, but honestly im sure my insulin has at least half to do with my sugar numbers, i do hard work and i exercise almost 8 hrs week now, iove come a long and i did post pics in my pro,,, ty david

In "Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution" Dr. Bernstein has been advising people that any shot of insulin larger than 8 units will behave unpredictably and tells them to split the shots if larger than 8 units. He published that advice a decade ago.

He also explains that if you inject a large dose of any fast acting insulin it can last for a very long time. He cites an experiment where a huge bolus of R lasted a week.

The trick for type 2s using bolus insulin is to NOT try to match huge amounts of carbohydrate that require huge doses of insulin. The less carbs, the less insulin, and the more predictable that insulin will be.

David,

Would this imply that the response to a short-acting insulin injection may depend significantly on the fat density of the specific injection site?

Thanks, Don Lloyd

The author seems to indicate that 30 units of short acting insulin are typical. Is this so? i consider 10 units a lot (personal wieght is 300 pounds).