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Meal Planning, Food and Diet

We go by the carbs listed on the side of the box of foods. If it says 5% alcohol sugar, what is that? I know that means it must have some type of sugar. Should we avoid those as well?

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My seven year old has diabetes, and the school personnel say I’m medically neglecting my child because I fed her waffles for breakfast one morning. Can you please explain that this is not a problem when you are counting carbohydrates?

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My 61 year old mother is, who was just diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and also has high blood pressure, was given separate diets for each by her doctor. Will it make a difference if the two diets are combined?

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I have type 1 diabetes, and I believe my three year old daughter also has it. They say it will be six weeks before I can get the results. However, she has way too many sugars that are over 125 mg/dl [6.9 mmol/L]. I want to get her on her diet.

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My dad has diabetes, treated with diet, oral medications, and exercise, but he lives in Africa, and I am worried about what he eats over there. He lives in a third world country so he does not have access to basic American foods. I would like to know what foods he should eat and what I can send for him back home.

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My seven year old son, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes about a year ago and treated with twice daily Protaphane with Actrapid, is getting bored with the snacks I am giving him. I have run out of ideas, and I was wondering if anyone has any helpful hints for snacks for my seven year old.

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I have been unable to find what a gram of carbohydrate converts to as glucose by the body. Could you tell please me?

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I have had type 1 diabetes for 32 year and currently use an insulin pump with Humalog. Meats such as chicken, beef, and pork, at some point, digest into carbohydrates. At what rate or the time does it take for this process to happen?

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Is there an Accepted Daily Intake (ADI) for sucralose? What is the ADI for sugar? Why is there an ADI?

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My 15 year old son’s doctor mentioned he will do a cholesterol at the next visit because the one my son had over a year ago was 179 mg/dl. What is a safe level of cholesterol intake for my 15 year old son?

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