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Meal Planning, Food and Diet

Is it okay to include a chocolate candy as part of my son’s meal once or twice a week?

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I have diabetes and am interested in getting information on restaurants that list their nutritional data on the internet to assist me in determining what and how much I can eat. Are you aware of an informational data base like this or where I can get it?

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I am familiar with the appropriate precautions related to the alcohol content of drinks such as Kahlua and the effects on blood sugar, but I can’t determine how much sugar they contain, except that it seems to be a lot based on what it does to my blood sugar! I would like to know the carb content for a variety of after dinner liqueurs.

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I have a student with diabetes who eats multiple food items throughout the class period which can be a distraction. I have confronted him about the amount of food and asked him lower it to maybe a drink or a solid. Is this too much to ask? Should he be allowed to eat as much as he would like?

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I would love to try the DASH diet for lowering blood pressure, but my other two concerns (blood sugar levels and continued weight loss) make me very cautious. What are your suggestions? Have you tested the DASH diet on individuals with diabetes? If so, what were the results? If not, do you feel I could make the DASH diet, with possibly some modifications, work for me?

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What vaccinations should be given to a child with type 1 diabetes? Where can I find recipes suitable for a child with type 1?

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What food scales do you recommend?

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I was recently diagnosed with type 2. Where can I learn more about meal planning?

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My son has type 1. Should I restrict his carbohydrates? How concerned should I be if he doesn’t always have vegetables?

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Does heating or baking alter the carbohydrate count of foods? Is there any software to calculate the carbohydrate count?

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