# Bad endos

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bad-endos/1514>\
**Category:** New T1/LADA\
**Tags:** basal-bolus-ratio\
**Created:** [August 1, 2017, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bad-endos/1514 "2017-08-01T18:40:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bad-endos/1514/54 "2017-08-07T14:14:43Z")

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> [@Thomas](#):
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> [NP] “You need to get the basal and bolus to balance at 50% each”.

My CDE also believes there is some kind of ideal basal/bolus ratio, though not 50/50 I think, rather 40/60 or something like that. I don’t understand where this idea comes from. Does my carb intake affect my basal needs? I eat ridiculous amounts of carbs and let’s say I reduced my carb intake by half, thereby drastically lowering the daily amount of bolus insulin, that would change my basal/bolus ratio too, right? I fail to see why it should not change and why a different ratio would be bad.

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