Timing of diabetic patients consuming food following insulin administration

Source: Diabetes Care Area: News Type 2 diabetics can eat right after an insulin injection, according to a new study from Germany.   In a study of 100 diabetics (mean age 66.7 years), researchers found that blood sugar levels remained steady regardless of whether or not participants waited 20 to 30 minutes between using insulin and eating a meal.   In a crossover trial, they randomly assigned half their diabetic patients to wait 20 minutes to eat after injecting human insulin, and the other half to eat immediately.     After four weeks, the groups switched. All the participants had generally higher than ideal levels of glycosylated haemoglobin - but the difference between periods when they waited or didn't wait to eat after insulin injections was a negligible 0.08% (p<0.001). The participants also reported about the same number of hypoglycaemic episodes between the two time periods, and 86.5% said they "significantly preferred" insulin therapy without an injection-to-meal ...
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