# What Can You Eat Without Bolusing For?
**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-can-you-eat-without-bolusing-for/2924
**Category:** Type 1 & LADA
**Created:** [December 21, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-can-you-eat-without-bolusing-for/2924 "2017-12-21T20:52:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-can-you-eat-without-bolusing-for/2924/1 "2017-12-21T20:52:07Z")
i need to bolus for everything (practically). i need to bolus for all proteins, fats, and, of course, straight out carbs. if i even look at food, i need to bolus.
when i was first diagnosed, i was taught that i did not have to bolus for proteins or fats at all. and this worked for me for a little while. but, the longer i was D, i became to need to bolus for anything i put in my mouth. i just look at food sideways, and i need insulin.
**whats your story?**
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### Author:  [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-can-you-eat-without-bolusing-for/2924/2 "2017-12-21T20:56:18Z")
We consider cucumbers to be a “free” food.
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### Author:  [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-can-you-eat-without-bolusing-for/2924/3 "2017-12-21T20:58:40Z")
i can eat cucumbers, too. also, if i dont use vinegar in my salad dressing but just use really yummy olive oil, i dont need to bolus. its really a treat to not have any IOB after eating.
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### Author:  [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-can-you-eat-without-bolusing-for/2924/4 "2017-12-21T20:59:37Z")
Meaning you would bolus for vinegar? I never considered that but it sounds unexpected?
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### Author:  [@John58](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/John58)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-can-you-eat-without-bolusing-for/2924/5 "2017-12-21T21:01:34Z")
Peanuts with ONE can of light beer, a zero carb salad, or a pickle are the only snacks I’ve zeroed in on that let me skip a bolus. If I am already low-ish and trending flat, some of the Kind bars or some beef jerky will be OK with no bolus. Anything else, a significant BG rise is pretty standard unless bolus.
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### Author:  [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-can-you-eat-without-bolusing-for/2924/6 "2017-12-21T21:04:12Z")
> [@Thomas](#):
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> you would bolus for vinegar?
my vinegar preference is Balsamic, which has quite a bit of sugar in it (made out of grapes, right 😊 ) you just need to look on the label, b/c each brand has a diff amount of “carbs” in it per tsp.
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### Author:  [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-can-you-eat-without-bolusing-for/2924/7 "2017-12-21T21:04:40Z")
> [@daisymae](#):
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> my vinegar preference is Balsamic, which has quite a bit of sugar in it (made out of grapes, right 😊 ) you just need to look on the label, b/c each brand has a diff amount of “carbs” in it per tsp.
Makes sense.
🙂
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### Author:  [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-can-you-eat-without-bolusing-for/2924/8 "2017-12-21T21:05:10Z")
yup.
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### Author:  [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-can-you-eat-without-bolusing-for/2924/9 "2017-12-21T21:05:26Z")
Pickled egg. Gives a little bump but really not enough to bother with a bolus for.
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### Author:  [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-can-you-eat-without-bolusing-for/2924/10 "2017-12-21T21:06:06Z")
i need to bolus for eggs ☹ not so much for only egg whites, though.
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### Author:  [@Jen](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jen)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-can-you-eat-without-bolusing-for/2924/11 "2017-12-21T21:39:59Z")
I don’t bolus for protein and fat, but I think I should learn to. The times I’ve tried I’ve just gone low. So I tend to not bolus for them and then make up for it with corrections. But even eggs and bacon, which have minimal carbs, are something I do tend to do a one unit bolus for. So I’m pretty sure I need to bolus for everything, especially when eating low carb.
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### Author:  [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-can-you-eat-without-bolusing-for/2924/12 "2017-12-21T21:41:29Z")
Cheeses, which are pretty much my favorite thing. Oh yeah and wine.
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### Author:  [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-can-you-eat-without-bolusing-for/2924/13 "2017-12-21T21:49:54Z")
> [@Jen](#):
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> The times I’ve tried I’ve just gone low.
when i add fat to foods, i need to use a dual bolus of say 50/50% over 2 hours, or 40/60% over 2 hours, or 25/75% over three hours. depends on how much fat and how large a meal it is. all diff sorts of food (pizza, dark meat chicken, steak/hamburgers,etc)
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### Author:  [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-can-you-eat-without-bolusing-for/2924/14 "2017-12-22T00:05:38Z")
I really only bolus for meals or snacks greater than 10g carbs. Never had to bolus for protein or fat, just carbs.
Once in a while after a low carb meal or snack I’ll have to correct an hour later, but that doesn’t happen often.
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### Author:  [@Jen](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jen)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-can-you-eat-without-bolusing-for/2924/15 "2017-12-22T00:07:25Z")
> [@docslotnick](#):
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> I really only bolus for meals or snacks greater than 10g carbs.
Wow, so you can eat 10 grams of carbs and not experience a spike? I definitely can’t do that.
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### Author:  [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-can-you-eat-without-bolusing-for/2924/16 "2017-12-22T00:20:44Z")
> [@Jen](#):
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> Wow, so you can eat 10 grams of carbs and not experience a spike? I definitely can’t do that.
What would an example of a spike be on 10 carbs for you? (ie - what increase of BG typically?)
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### Author:  [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-can-you-eat-without-bolusing-for/2924/17 "2017-12-22T00:23:46Z")
> [@docslotnick](#):
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> Never had to bolus for protein or fat,
my god are you lucky!!! whats your TDD ? that sounds like a dream. and hows your A1c?
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### Author:  [@Jen](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jen)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-can-you-eat-without-bolusing-for/2924/18 "2017-12-22T00:25:14Z")
> [@Thomas](#):
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> What would an example of a spike be on 10 carbs for you? (ie - what increase of BG typically?)
Probably rising from maybe 6 mmol/L to 10-11 mmol/L. So not a huge spike, but outside my target range.
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### Author:  [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-can-you-eat-without-bolusing-for/2924/19 "2017-12-22T00:26:08Z")
> [@Jen](#):
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> outside my target range.
whats your target range?
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### Author:  [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2017, 12:27am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-can-you-eat-without-bolusing-for/2924/20 "2017-12-22T00:27:34Z")
> [@Jen](#):
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> Probably rising from maybe 6 mmol/L to 10-11 mmol/L. So not a huge spike, but outside my target range.
Similar - perhaps a bit lower of a bump but ballpark. 1 unit would be a typical dose for us.
Obviously adjusted based on whatever else is going on and where the BG is and the direction and what type of food and blah blah blah
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