Re: Dietary help, Autism and diabetes

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Firstly I will explain where I am coming from in terms of low GI diet.

People become pre-diabetic before becoming fully diabetic.

The best intervention is in the " family history " group in the pre-diabetic

stages where lifestyle changes (exercise and diet) can

make a great impact and stop the disease progression without use of any

medications!

A low GI diet will keep sugar levels in the normal range without a spike. What

causes the pancreas to go into overload mode is the huge spike in sugar after a

high GI meal (white bread, pasta, some fruit,cakes etc). This spike will make

the pancreas produce more insulin, and as this gets worse with time there is a

point where the pancreas can no longer cope and the sugar levels will rise to

" toxic " levels-that's right! The high sugar levels will start killing off cells

in the body and that's where the diabetic complications come from (kidneys,

eyes, etc...).

In terms of suggesting a low GI diet...that would depend on what needs to be

addressed. If a child suffers from epilepsy, and the medications cannot control

it, the GI diet does not go far enough to put the body into " starvation " mode to

use fat as source of energy (ketogenic diet).

Unfortunately the subject is vast to say the least.

If you need more info on a particular aspect I'd be more than happy to explain

and/or point you in the right direction (if I can!).

Hope this helps

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> > Hi ,

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> > I am a scientist that worked on diabetes for the past 8 years-it's

very complex and I will try to keep it simple...

> > Diabetes is a very complex disease. There are major causes: genetics

(leading cause to Type I) and being overweight/obese (leading to Type II)

> > All problems start the body's inability to use the sugar produced from

digestion of food in your stomach.

> > There is no such thing as going sugar free (your, mine and everybody else's

brains work with sugar only).

> > If you don't ingest enough " complex " carbohydrates (from pulses, wholemeal

pasta.bread) your liver will produce enough to keep one alive for some time.

> > In extreme cases, when people go on strict diets, their pancreas and livers

go under a lot of stress and they can become diabetic permanently.

> > Now, as for ketones, this is a simple urine test that checks levels of

ketones produced by the body when there is too much sugar in the blood

> > and the body can't cope any longer with this (full blown diabetes).

> > As you guessed there are different stages of the disease for type II but

sadly Type I onset is quick and often not diagnosed-if only GPs would spend 5p

on a urine strip!

> > Rather than going sugar-free, I would say it would be best for children and

people on the ASD spectrum and not to adopt a low GI diet, the only one

> > recognised by the medical establishment.

> > I hope this helps a bit but if you or anybody else on the forum wants to

know more, please do get in touch!

> > Oz

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> > > From: <lisastubner@>

> > >To: Autism-Biomedical-Europe

> > >Sent: Monday, 16 January 2012, 11:41

> > >Subject: Dietary help, Autism and diabetes

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> > >Came across a Swedish article (have pressed the translate button so

hopefully it comes up in English)

http://www.1177.se/Vastra-Gotaland/Fakta-och-rad/Sjukdomar/Diabetes-typ-1/?ar=Tr\

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> > >Am I understanding right that by going carbohydrate and sugar free could

cause diabetes because of excess ketones?

> > >Sorry if I'm a bit slow here but would appreciate the help from the

knowledgeable people in this group so as to understand the process because I've

always thought going carbohydrate and sugar free would be a good thing.

> > >Thanks,

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