ItsA&InotA&M said:
Is there a Type 2 diabetes thread?
I need diet suggestions (substitutes, simple recipes etc). I'm ok exercising but my menu choices are getting old. Thanks
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Most diabetes experts do not recommend low-carb diets for people with Type 1 diabetes, especially children. Some worry that restricting carbs can lead to dangerously low blood sugar levels, a condition known as hypoglycemia, and potentially stunt a child's growth. But a new study published in the journal Pediatrics on Monday suggests otherwise.
It found that children and adults with Type 1 diabetes who followed a very low-carb, high-protein diet for an average of just over two years combined with the diabetes drug insulin at smaller doses than typically required on a normal diet had "exceptional" blood sugar control. They had low rates of major complications, and children who followed it for years did not show any signs of impaired growth.
The study found that the participants' average hemoglobin A1C a long-term barometer of blood sugar levels, fell to just 5.67 percent. An A1C under 5.7 is considered normal, and it is well below the threshold for diabetes, which is 6.5 percent.
"Their blood sugar control seemed almost too good to be true," said Belinda Lennerz, the lead author of the study and an instructor in the division of pediatric endocrinology at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. "It's nothing we typically see in the clinic for Type 1 diabetes."
No, the pump delivers a bolus of fast acting insulin for food, then it also delivers a small amount of fast acting insulin almost continuously to replace the long lasting. You do not want to use the pump and then try to supplement with a long acting insulin by injection.Quinn said:
ha, yes, meant pump. I was curious if those that use multiple types of insulin use a pump for the fast acting and take shots for the long lasting.
Low for me is anywhere between 35 and 60. I probably hit 40 at least once or twice a day. That is why I'm on the CGM now. My body is highly functional at blood sugars that would have most diabetics sweating/shaking/etc. It got to the point where I was having a hard time detecting low blood sugar. The CGM help significantly in this regard.AggieEE2002 said:
When you say "low" 3x a day, what number do you consider low? Since being diagnosed I only had two episodes where I could "feel" the low (shaky, etc.) and both times it was in the 38-40 range.
I still ***** my finger and test a couple times a day. Majority of the time its within 10 points of the CGM. There is some lag when my blood sugar is rising or falling, but it gets the general details right.RightWingConspirator said:
Still waiting on my insurance to approve the G6, but I suspect that will happen any day now. Are any of you checking periodically just to ensure the G6 is accurate? Not having to calibrate periodically could be a nice little perk, but I'm wondering how the G6 is as far as accuracy if you don't have to calibrate?