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Expand Up @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ When In [Closed Loop](#preferences-closed-loop) (starting at **[Objective 6](#ob

Your basal rate of insulin (Units/hour) provides background insulin, keeping your glucose levels stable in the absence of food or exercise.

The insulin pump delivers small amounts of rapid acting insulin every few minutes, to keep the liver from releasing too much glucose, and to move glucose into body cells. Basal insulin usually makes up between 40 - 50% of your total daily dose (TDD), depending on your diet, and typically follows a circadian rhythm, with one peak and one valley in insulin requirements over 24 hours. For more information, chapter 23 of [“Think like a Pancreas”](https://amzn.eu/d/iVU0RGe) by Gary Scheiner is very useful.
The insulin pump delivers small amounts of rapid acting insulin every few minutes, to keep the liver from releasing too much glucose, and to move glucose into body cells. Basal insulin usually makes up between 40 - 50% of your total daily dose (TDD), depending on your diet, and typically follows a circadian rhythm, with one peak and one valley in insulin requirements over 24 hours. For more information, chapter 6 of [“Think like a Pancreas”](https://amzn.eu/d/iVU0RGe) by Gary Scheiner is very useful.

Most type 1 diabetes educators (and people with type 1 diabetes!) agree that you should work on getting your basal rates correct, before attempting to optimise your ISF and ICR.

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -370,4 +370,4 @@ You can use the [Profile Helper](#aaps-screens-profile-helper) tab also to compa
6. Choose the **Profile Switch** you want to compare to.
7. Press the button **Compare profiles** at the bottom of the screen. Comparison of the two adjusted profiles will be displayed (see screenshot below).

![Profile Helper 2](../images/ProfileHelper2.png)
![Profile Helper 2](../images/ProfileHelper2.png)