Oh boy, I remember going through the same thing with my son. (He was diagnosed at 13 and is now 19.) I'd suggest getting a carb-counter booklet at a bookstore -- in the section of diet books -- many calorie counting books contain carb amounts too.
My number one recommendation is: don't allow diabetes to change your son's life. We look at it as an inconveniece (to say the least,) but it hasn't changed anything my son would normally do.
I have had type 2 diabetes for 16 years and have always had trouble with my levels. An uncontrolable brittle diabetic my doc calld me. Playing defense taking 3 different types of insulin a day all day. Recently my doc changed my insulins to 1 toujeo but it is impartive that I take fast acting with every meal according to the carb count.I have no idea what I'm doing. And despite my efforts they still sky rocket after I eat.
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Low carb diet is absolutely the best way to manage diabetes. American Diabetes Association is now also recognizing this.
By low carb we mean about 20 - 30 g of carbs per day. Protein should be adequate (can be up to 1.5g/ kg body weight), and healthy unprocessed fats (avoid vegetable oils) for energy balance. HEalthy fats include the fats that come with meats and full fat dairy, nuts, avocado etc.
Stress is not typically considered to cause high blood sugars in normal people. You may be on the way to developing diabetes. Suggest you look at lower carb way of eating, exercise, weight management (if you are overweight) and look further to how you can prevent this developing.
Please let us know if you have any questions.
0 I believe you are well below the threshold for people with diabetes (per the American Diabetes Association, you want numbers less than 7%).
However, she will need to be careful with diet and work to maintain her blood sugars as close to non-diabetic levels as possible. Some people with type 1 diabetes find that a very low carb diet is very helpful for normalizing sugar levels, along with insulin dosing, of course. I have had diabetes for 11 years now and using insulin for 11 years... my a1c is usually 5.0 - 5.2. I eat very low carb. I have no detectable diabetes complications.
The American Diabetes Association is a wonderful resource. They have specific information for children and parents on all types of diabetes-related issues, in addition to food and snack info: http://www.diabetes.org/for-parents-and-kids/pods.jsp
The low carber forum has ideas and recipes for low-carb snacking: http://forum.lowcarber.org/archive/index.php/f-40.
For type 2 diabetes food help Google American Diabetes Association. Click on Food & Fitness for healthy food choices and easy to follow recipes.
It sounds like you need a specialist that can help you with both carb counting and your insulin intake. Any changes in your insulin intake can take time to adjust. The fact that you are testing so much shows that you are trying to take care of your diabetes. Have you talked to your doctor about the highs and lows? Has your doctor talked to you about going to the pump? There are so many varibles that come into play here. I would suggest speaking to your doctor.
I too struggled at first with insulin doses (which I also tried to adjust myself), trying to understand carb counting, etc. And I too gained wight steadily for years. I know how frustrating it all can be but trust me, what you're experiencing is very common, yet it doesn't have to be this way. What you need is to take control of your diabetes with a team of specialists: an endocrinoligist, Certified Diabetes Educator, and a nutritionist.
thank you so much!! I have always been confused because my doctor never told me anything about that! also, I learntabout this thing called "carbs counting", is it necessary for all diabetes to know about this?
Hopefully you wont have to b on insulin like me but in the beginning my doctor put me on that diet until i could meet with the dietician. Its still very similar to that diet just incorporated the carb counting with it. I recently was just allowed to add fruit n my meal bc fruit can b very very tricky especially if you are on insulin. Good luck its not as hard as it seems once you get it.
Hi Jimmy,
Premixed insulin requires you to eat on a fixed schedule, and you cannot easily change your insulin dose.
Separate dosing of Lantus (long acting) and Humalog (short acting) where you inject each insulin separately (also called MDI for multi daily injections) is much more flexible. You test and adjust your basal insulin (lantus), then you dose your fast acting for each meal based on how much food / carbs/ protein you eat.
for something sensible like a day or two of meal plans. The big thing is carbohydrate counting so get a carb book. If he takes Humalog insulin, dose would be 1 unit per 10 grams carb. If not, you must watch the simple sugars carefully. Small amounts of fruit are okay and larger amounts can be tolerated after eating protein.
In addition after starting the pump and following a low carb diet I lost 35lbs the first year without really trying. It was merely counting the carbs I was eating and making sure the insulin dose corresponded to the food. I must admit that I did not eat a lot of carbs because my control was so much better without them. And with better control I felt so much better so that was my motivation. I hope this gives you some inspiration to try the pump. I truly believe you will be glad you did.
American Diabetic Association web site has a carb counter you can use also. I will try and find the link for you.
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