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I’m so disappointed in myself. I haven’t been in total control of my diabetes and have been eating pretty crappy lately. Well, I just weighed myself and haven’t in about a little over a month and just found out a gained close to 10 pounds, when I already had 25 to lose!!! I’m almost in tears at the thought of weighing what I do right now forever. Is it possible to just eat healthy and excersize and lose weight like a normal person even though I have diabetes type 1?
I’ll be honest with you. I’ve been type 1 since I was 1 year old. All of my life my motto has been ‘it’s the quality of life not quantity’. I’m 38, have had very mild complications, a rough pregnancy and have never been a model diabetic. I enjoy food, especially carbs, and a beer. My a1c is typically a 7. It took me a very long time, 10+years, to loose the pregnancy weight but I’m now 114lbs. I do take lots of vitamins and try to work out at least 3 times a week. I’m a true believer in small portions of any crappy foods. It satisfies my craving and makes me happy too. Six small meals a day helped with the weight too.
You may also want to get your thyroid checked. It is common for type 1 diabetics to develop an under active thyroid. The blood test is called a THS.
Good luck in your search for answers.
Hi I know diabetes type 1 is not genetic or contagious but I was wondering if pancreatis could give you diabetes or anything else such as giving your body to much sugar so the insulin cannot keep up and works so vigorously, the beta cells get worn out. Any help would be appreciated! I was just curious!
Type 1 Diabetes is an autoimmune disease, meaning that the body is attacking itself. In this case, the body is destroying its own beta cells, which are the cells that help produce insulin. It usually develops in younger people, usually under the age of 15 or 20. You can’t give yourself type 1 diabetes, and you can’t do anything to avoid getting it.
People can increase their chances of developing type 2 by not exercising, having bad eating habits, or taking certain prescription medications like the steroid Prednisone for long periods of time. Untreated pancreatitis can also increase the chances of developing type 2, and in some cases, directly cause its onset.
There’s a theory floating around that giving yourself just a little bit of insulin everyday for a long period of time can cause your body to slowly stop producing its own and become dependent on the outside source. This could cause diabetes, but it’s only an idea as far as I know. No one in their right mind would be dumb enough to test it because too much insulin is dangerous, low blood sugar sucks, and there’s no guide as to the "safe" level for outside Insulin in non diabetics.
Hope this at least partly satisfied your curiosity!
I was recently diagnosed with pre-diabetes. I understand exercise and a healthy diet can help prevent me from getting diabetes type 2. I would like to know the specifics of a diabetic diet.
the best you can do to prevent diabetes is follow a pre-diabetic diet. It’s mostly the same diet people with diabetes follow. You should try to avoid carbohydrates as much as possible. A good diet to follow is the glycemic index diet. More information can be found at http://www.diabeticmenu-blog.com/glycemic-menu.html
I’m doing some research for something about diabetes type one, and i was wondeing what are the things that can happen, and does it happen if you are using inselin and eating right? If you have any info or web sites that i can check out, please let me know. Thanks!
Go to dlife.com. A site for diabetics and full of info. But the first thing that comes to mind on your question is, are you looking at someone who is treating their diabetes or someone who doesn’t follow guidelines and is out of control. Death is the major thing for someone who doesn’t take care, amputations, blindness, lose of kidney function are just a few others.
I currently am writing an article about diabetes. I have been searching and reading many evidence-based articles. However, I’d like to hear your own opinion on diabetes type 2.
As you probably know heredity, plays a big roll.
For diet, whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, lean meats and poultry, Stay away from the white stuff, white bread, potato’s, sugar, white rice etc. Eat as little processed food as possible . All carbs are not created equal a white potato and a sweet potato have the same carbs but metabolize differently, check out the Glycemic Index on foods it will give you more info. Exercise, weight is a big part of it also. If it runs in your family, I don’t know if you can prevent it, but maybe you can delay it. The closer to nature the food is the better. Read labels and don’t go by net carbs unless your on Adkins. STAY AWAY FROM JUNK FOOD! I hope this helps.
I’m looking an answer more in terms of the internal biological effects and not the treatment for these Types of Diabetes.
In type 1 diabetes, some agent, very likely a virus, attacks and destroys the beta cells that produce Insulin. In Type 2 Diabetes, the insulin producing mechanisms wear out over time, and those insulin producing mechanisms can be exceeded by and/or exacerbated by too much weight, mass. Physical injury to the pancreas can also cause diabetes.
I am looking for information about what types of friuts are good for people with diabetes. I am wondering what types of fruits are not to high in sugar.
It’s always good to mix a protein (something like cheese) with fruit then it burns slowers and won’t flood the blood with sugar at a fast rate. But some fruits should be avoided….
Look up Low GI foods — here is a link which might help.
http://www.lowglycemicdiet.com/gifoodlist.html
Click on Fruits – and it will show you which fruits are LOW GI, therefore safer to eat in moderation for diabetics.
can i have some specific food please!?!?
Anything that grows from the ground or hangs from trees is one heckuva lot safer than anything any man has messed with.
If it’s good for a type two like me, you can be assured that it’s good for a type one as well.
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The reason I’m asking this is because lately my heart just seems to be feeling odd like it’s working harder than it used to for no reason on a daily basis. Sometimes it really hurts to the point that I have to hold my chest. And the blood circulation in my wrists and legs just seem to well… feel like they’re tightening, sensitive, and/or feeling empty(or a little numb) and I don’t know why.
There are several signs of diabetes. The ones you have are not consistent with any of them. I have two recommendations… First, see a doctor. Second, you can’t hurt anything by adopting a healthy, nutrient rich, natural foods based diet along with some moderate daily exercise.
The reason I’m asking this is because lately my heart just seems to be feeling odd like it’s working harder than it used to for no reason on a daily basis. Sometimes it really hurts to the point that I have to hold my chest. And the blood circulation in my wrists and legs just seem to well… feel like they’re tightening, sensitive, and/or feeling empty(or a little numb) and I don’t know why.
There are several signs of diabetes. The ones you have are not consistent with any of them. I have two recommendations… First, see a doctor. Second, you can’t hurt anything by adopting a healthy, nutrient rich, natural foods based diet along with some moderate daily exercise.
