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My son was diagnosised with Type 1 Diabetes and we left the hospital

Saturday. We were given a 60- 70 carbs per meal limit. We have been

staying under the limit and still the blood sugar swings up after

every meal. I hate to keep adding insulin to his doses. Does anyone

know any Diabetic recipes with low GI? Any other suggestions are

welcomed as well. Thanks.

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A type 1 will need insulin to digest any carbs, unless he is going through

the Honeymoon phase.

An Adolescent need more insulin that an older person, so that their growth

is maintained.

S Wilkinson,

Rome, New York

Newly Diagnosised Type 1 Diabetes

My son was diagnosised with Type 1 Diabetes and we left the hospital

Saturday. We were given a 60- 70 carbs per meal limit. We have been

staying under the limit and still the blood sugar swings up after

every meal. I hate to keep adding insulin to his doses. Does anyone

know any Diabetic recipes with low GI? Any other suggestions are

welcomed as well. Thanks.

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>

> My son was diagnosised with Type 1 Diabetes and we left the hospital

> Saturday. We were given a 60- 70 carbs per meal limit. We have been

> staying under the limit and still the blood sugar swings up after

> every meal. I hate to keep adding insulin to his doses. Does anyone

> know any Diabetic recipes with low GI? Any other suggestions are

> welcomed as well. Thanks.

Why do you hate adding insulin to his doses? You do realize that your body

produces insulin based upon the amount of carbs you eat? So determining an

insulin level appropriate for his carb intake makes sense. You really

aren't doing anything different than your body does automatically.

I'm guessing you will have classes etc. to go through... I would suggest you

do exactly what you have been instructed to do, and not try to 'out think'

the medical professionals working with your son.

Part of the initial process if determining how things work is consistency,

the more things you change the harder it is to determine what caused a high

or low.

Stick with healthy foods. Whole grains and things with minimal processing.

Watch portion sizes and minimize the amount of things you use that contain

unnecessary sugars (things like Kool-Aid and Soft Drinks come to mind).

I don't know how old your son is, so I don't know what his 'habits' are (i.e.,

ice cream, candy, etc.) I would recommend teaching him moderation and

portion control in all things rather than abstenance from specific types of

foods... there will be a time that you don't have control of 100% of the

food he eats... teach him good habits for portion control now... birthdays,

pizza and beer are all things in his future at some point ;-) Give

him tools now to help him know how to deal with these things as they come up

instead of putting him in a position of not knowing what to do, or making

him feel 'different' than other kids because he 'can't have' something.

If he's old enough, let him be the one to say at a birthday party that he

want's a 'small piece of cake' or to take what's given and eat a little and

leave the rest behind... instead of taking that control out of his hands and

having someone elses parents make a big deal of what he can or can't eat.

Mike

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Oh I agree mike..........

Theres nothing worse for a kid than being told constantly that they are

different

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-- Re: Newly Diagnosised Type 1 Diabetes

>

> My son was diagnosised with Type 1 Diabetes and we left the hospital

> Saturday. We were given a 60- 70 carbs per meal limit. We have been

> staying under the limit and still the blood sugar swings up after

> every meal. I hate to keep adding insulin to his doses. Does anyone

> know any Diabetic recipes with low GI? Any other suggestions are

> welcomed as well. Thanks.

Why do you hate adding insulin to his doses? You do realize that your body

produces insulin based upon the amount of carbs you eat? So determining an

insulin level appropriate for his carb intake makes sense. You really

aren't doing anything different than your body does automatically.

I'm guessing you will have classes etc. to go through... I would suggest you

do exactly what you have been instructed to do, and not try to 'out think'

the medical professionals working with your son.

Part of the initial process if determining how things work is consistency,

the more things you change the harder it is to determine what caused a high

or low.

Stick with healthy foods. Whole grains and things with minimal processing.

Watch portion sizes and minimize the amount of things you use that contain

unnecessary sugars (things like Kool-Aid and Soft Drinks come to mind).

I don't know how old your son is, so I don't know what his 'habits' are (i.e

,

ice cream, candy, etc.) I would recommend teaching him moderation and

portion control in all things rather than abstenance from specific types of

foods... there will be a time that you don't have control of 100% of the

food he eats... teach him good habits for portion control now... birthdays,

pizza and beer are all things in his future at some point ;-) Give

him tools now to help him know how to deal with these things as they come up

instead of putting him in a position of not knowing what to do, or making

him feel 'different' than other kids because he 'can't have' something.

If he's old enough, let him be the one to say at a birthday party that he

want's a 'small piece of cake' or to take what's given and eat a little and

leave the rest behind... instead of taking that control out of his hands and

having someone elses parents make a big deal of what he can or can't eat.

Mike

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