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Meal Planning, Food and Diet

My 6 year old granddaughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes 2 years ago. We have to send an earthquake preparedness kit to keep at school. We know what insulin supplies she might need in case of a disaster and have packed that for her. What kind of non-perishable foods should we pack and how much?

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My duaghter is in her honeymoon, and, even without any evening insulin, she has a lot of lows during the night. I know that ice cream and peanut butter are good bed time snacks for her, but she is already tired of them. Can you suggest other bedtime snacks to help prevent the lows in the night?

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I was told that all alcohol can shoot your blood glucose level through the roof. One of your answers said that vodka had no carb content. So, if I were to drink anything, should I take insulin before or after or at all? Should I eat before I drink? What is the safest beverage to drink?

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I find that each cup of coffee raises my blood sugar 35-50 mg/dl [1.9-2.7 mmol/L]. This rise in blood sugar happens whenever I drink coffee, be it morning or afternoon. Can you please tell me why this happens?

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My 20 year old daughter, recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, is forever hungry (never satisfied), and, because she was told there is no bad food and that needs a certain number of carbs at each meal, she chooses bread, french fries, chips, etc. Aren’t these choices empty?

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I have found that most sugar free foods have something called sugar alcohol. Is this a safe replacement? My pharmacist said that it was ok ay for a person with diabetes to consume as much sugar alcohol as she/he wanted, but I am still skeptical. Do you have any information regarding sugar alcohol?

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My 11 year old, diagnosed at age five with type 1 diabetes, has always maintained pretty good control of her blood glucose (with my help of course) until now. Lately, she has been sneaking a lot of food and regular soft drinks. Her last HbA1c was 9.2%, and I’m really worried.

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My 18 year old son is going off to college soon and we have been working on carbohydrate counting in relation to planning his meals. How can he convert fat grams into equivalent carbo grams for use in planning regular insulin doses?

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My 8 year old granddaughter will be spending Thanksgiving with me. She has three insulin injections a day and still has high blood sugar count (200-over 300). What can I prepare for her that will not make her sugar go up, and what do I do when the sugar goes high between injections?

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My daughter is now 7 1/2 years old and was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age two. I am interested in moving her dinner time to a later time to aid in dinner preparation. I find it hard to cook a decent meal with the time constraints of her diabetes.

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