tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239739807914901688.post2735398145352694668..comments2023-10-30T07:33:01.023-04:00Comments on Destination Unknown: The Melt Down and DiabetesNicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09446171177767324879noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239739807914901688.post-65928161209824903642011-10-24T08:31:22.615-04:002011-10-24T08:31:22.615-04:00Hi -
I don't have diabetes, but my husband do...Hi -<br /><br />I don't have diabetes, but my husband does, and I have lived with hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) all my life. So, although I'm not a dietician, I feel like a "veteran" of living with blood sugar problems.<br /><br />What works for me and my husband, even though we are at opposite ends of the blood sugar spectrum (although hypoglycemics often can morph into diabetics, and there is diabetes in my family - my grandmother) is to eat several small meals throughout the day - emphasis on small, or you will overload yourself and create havoc with your blood sugar - and the meals should consist of mainly protein, with a LITTLE bit of complex carbohydrate. A good example is cheese and whole-grain crackers. <br /><br />I am the same as you regarding coffee - it elevates my mood - but then I feel the let-down a couple of hours later. Same with sugar, although as a hypglycemic, I have had to eliminate sugar from my diet completely, except for an occasional dessert on a holiday. <br /><br />I used to be able to have an occasional glass of wine, but now my system doesn't seem to be able to handle this. (Same crash afterwards - even worse than coffee and sugar.) <br /><br />So I would sum it up by saying that the diabetes regimen, like the hypoglycemic regimen, avoids sugar, alcohol, refined carbs (white flour products), and some would say coffee, if you're sensitive to it. My husband drinks a couple of cups a day and it hasn't seemed to worsen his diabetes, but it's up to the individual. <br /><br />The diabetes diet used to be really restrictive (I have given you the "basics", and you probably know them already...) but there is something called the "glycemic index", which has come out within the past decade or so, and if you follow this list of foods, there are many more things a diabetic can have (in moderation) than before.<br /><br />Sorry this is so long -Janetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239739807914901688.post-74194072086799002772011-10-23T22:34:26.248-04:002011-10-23T22:34:26.248-04:00Now I wonder if that may be what's going on wi...Now I wonder if that may be what's going on with my daughter. She's had three bouts of pancreatitis in the last two months. The doctor said that because of that she's afraid about her becoming diabetic. She's been up and down and her mood's been so unstable.The Bipolar Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449793830455116918noreply@blogger.com