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by shawabawa3 1468 days ago
this is a really interesting article that explains how diabetics use insulin, and different types of insulin.

https://maori.geek.nz/the-unreasonable-math-of-type-1-diabet...

The tl;dr: is that there are longer+shorter acting insulins, and you want to mix and match them to roughly match your blood glucose levels (so taking short acting insulin shortly before meals when your blood glucose levels spike)