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Meal Planning, Food and Diet

I have a 3 year and 9 month old daughter that has diabetes and goes to daycare. The daycare provider will not let my daughter have the same thing that the rest of the kids eat. She keeps telling my daughter that she has diabetes and that you can not eat that.

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My 6 year old son was diagnosed this past year. My concern right now is the stomach aches and headaches he has been complaining of lately. I have been reading up on aspartame. Is it possible this is hurting him? What is aspartame and why is it in everything dietetic?

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I have diabetes and I am a vegetarian. My cholesterol is high. I need a vegetarian menu — no meat, no fish, no fowl and low fat.

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My 2 year old son was diagnosed with Type 1 two months ago. He averages 6 units before breakfast, and 2 units before dinner of NPH. When he drinks cow’s milk, I notice it increases his blood sugar. Is it correct? What should I give my son instead of cow’s milk?

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We have asked the parents of a new child in our daycare to fill out how much the child is allowed to eat, but we were told us it didn’t really matter, and we are becoming very concerned about this because his blood sugar readings have been very low. Can you recommend some way of us to measure and be sure he is getting the right amount of food?

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I heard a doctor on the radio say that anyone with diabetes should never eat any food containing flour. We didn’t receive any information like this when our son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes three years ago. Would this only apply to people with type 2 diabetes, or should this be a concern for us as well?

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Our four year old daughter was recently diagnosed with diabetes. During her evaluation and initial treatment, we spoke to a dietitian who said she can eat just about anything she wants which seems to me a bit absurd.

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My eight year old grandson, who has diabetes, had a cholesterol level of 201 which is a bit higher than his doctor would like it to be. Do you have anything that would help me to incorporate lower cholesterol foods into the diet he is currently on?

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I would like to know more about the meal planning for a 34 year old who has just been told that she has type 2 diabetes. Where would eggs go on that meal plan?

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My doctor told me to try a diabetic diet, but all he gave me were a bunch of charts, and I need examples. I need to find a low calorie diet. I have started to walk three times a day, and now I need to get the food in order.

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