For the past two years I have taken a multi vitamin, 81mg aspirin and fish oil before I have my breakfast. I take the vitamin to make sure I'm getting the vitamins I need in case my diet is not providing enough of the essential vitamins. The asprin is a make shift blood thinner, after my surgery I was on coumadin and once that prescription was done it was suggested that I take a daily aspirin to keep my blood good to less than chances of another clot. Finally the fish oil is used as a lubracant for joints, after being on the bike that first month my hips were very sore and the fish oil has been working ever since. Now that we know why I take what I do we can get down to the main reason for tonights blog. Does the multi vitamin have an effect on my insulin??
Today I was running a lot lower than usual, I was 90 at 9am and took 1.3 units to cover my peanut butter crackers. An hour later I was down to 41, I quickly pounded a regular soda, ate a cookie and had four more crackers. At 11am I was at 78. The only time I was higher than normal was when I shut down my pump to go for a bike ride. While at work I wondered what kind of effect the vitamin may have on my insulin. What I found was an article from the Livestrong website. It doesn't explain to much but hints that multivitamins may effect the amount of insulin that is needed.
My conclusion is that it may have been an odd day, I will pay closer attention to my blood sugar levels tomorrow as well as the response to the amount of insulin I take.
Today I was running a lot lower than usual, I was 90 at 9am and took 1.3 units to cover my peanut butter crackers. An hour later I was down to 41, I quickly pounded a regular soda, ate a cookie and had four more crackers. At 11am I was at 78. The only time I was higher than normal was when I shut down my pump to go for a bike ride. While at work I wondered what kind of effect the vitamin may have on my insulin. What I found was an article from the Livestrong website. It doesn't explain to much but hints that multivitamins may effect the amount of insulin that is needed.
My conclusion is that it may have been an odd day, I will pay closer attention to my blood sugar levels tomorrow as well as the response to the amount of insulin I take.
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