specific diet help?

[hankpjhackey]

Hello, all; i've learned much from lurking on these forums, but hoped i could learn more still from putting a question to this board. I want to become more healthy and physically fit as a part of general self-improvement, but i have diabetes, which, although not insurmountable, is an obstacle to many things i want to do with my life.
So, here goes: What is the ideal workout diet for a diabetic? I've had type 1 (insulin-dependent diabetes) for almost two years, and having (finally) managed to get some stability of my blood sugar, would like to improve myself by a) building some muscle so i can reduce the size of my doses and b) getting better general health as a result of becoming more muscly. I do take regular exercise, but the problem is that i tend to have hypoglycaemia before i ever get near muscle tiredness, since what is absorbed first is free glucose in my bloodstream, and not fat- which is also a problem, since the point at which my body would start to burn fat reserves couldn't be reached without potentially problematic highs of blood glucose to sustain longer periods of exercise . Low-carb/no-carb diets would have problems particular to diabetes were i to embark on them freely, so what can be done?

 

[Throttle]

you should be able to lift weights just fine, what part of your diet do you think you need to change in order to benefit from weightlifting?

 

[Bible_Belt]

Go to whfoods.com and type 'insulin' in the search box.
http://www.whfoods.com/sitesearch.php

All of the foods listed under the Food/Spice section affect insulin response in a positive way. Click on the food to read about it. Using the find feature on your browser, ctrl-f and 'insulin,' will make it go faster.

 

[hankpjhackey]

Well, weightlifting would be a boon and a problem, because while strenous activity lowers blood glucose quickly, it wouldn't offer many benefits since doing it for extended periods just brings on hypoglycaemia without any results in terms of growth; i tried to do some benching, but i learned that it can be a difficult balance.
Throttle, do you happen to know what technically constitutes "low-carb?" I mean, what is the balance that would result in protein being the main energy source and not carbohydrates?
Since i can't make any gains without enough protein and i'd be at risk of ketones and related problems without carbs, i wondered whether i could benefit from eating a mainly carbohydrate diet and just increasing the proportions of each ( i'm supposed to eat in a ratio of 45% carbs, 35 protein and 10 of fat) but i'm not all that aware about the mechanics of that type of diet, since my dietician kinda put me off them when he explained my weight loss by comparing it to Atkins, and diet plans like that are generally only recomended (in moderation and with constant blood and urine monitoring) for type 2 diabetics, usually with obesity problems.
so, my problem is that, while i want to start a weights program, build muscle etc (which would be a big help in itself , since muscle absorbs excess blood glucose just through movement) i'm hemmed in. If i just eat more (or more carbohydrates) or take smaller doses to work out, i'll be at risk of ketoacidosis, and and if i just eat more protein, i could probably reach the point of muscle tiredness instead of exhaustion from glucose deprivation though exercise, but that puts me at risk of other problems. So, what is that balance, assuming there is one? if i can pick up on that, then, by eating in that ration of protein to carbs i can ease into more serious strength training and cardio that would actually be useful.
failing that, has anyone 'adjusted' their diet to contain more towards protein than carbs gradually?
(sorry for the wordiness, hope this is understandable)