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Meal Planning, Food and Diet

Is there some kind of litmus paper or other device for detecting the amount of carbs or sugars in a food? One would be very helpful, especially for restaurant food. I’m desperate. Someone ought to invent one if it doesn’t exist.

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Since the dietitian said that “a carb is a carb”, whether it is something sweet or a carb that is not sweet, my daughter is constantly wanting her snacks to be sweets even though all her blood sugars are high. What are your thoughts on this?

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My son recently started pump therapy. Although we have always counted carbs from the beginning (Before the pump we simply used carb exchanges.), now we are using grams of carbohydrate, and I seem to be having problems with the school cafeteria providing the carb counts. Can the school place food on their menus with no nutritional information available? Is there anything I can do to require the school to provide this information ahead of time so that he can eat what the other kids are eating?

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Since the pump is so easy to use, I’ll find myself just grazing on things like cereal, crackers, or cookies. This has led to a continual weight gain, and my blood sugars are being compromised. Do you have any suggestions/ strategies for combating grazing?

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My 51 year old mother-in-law, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes about five years ago, is a soda pop addict! She drinks four to five cans a day, and her sugar level is not being controlled. Could this indicate a more serious problem?

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I just found out my two year old daughter has diabetes. What are some low carb foods?

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I am a 57 year old female with a fatty liver, high cholesterol, and I was just diagnosed with high blood sugar. I am on a diet for the liver and cholesterol, and seem to be doing okay, but now my diet is changing again for the sugar. How can I incorporate soy products and other health foods into a diet for diabetes?

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A middle-aged co-worker was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, and she said that she is not allowed to use Pam cooking spray or eat garlic because it will affect her diabetes. I had gestational diabetes last year and never heard of this. Any truth to this?

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I was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, and and my blood sugars are high. I saw a dietitian who explained my diet, but I was in such shock that I was unable to ‘hear’ what she told me. I am unable to return to her because it is of considerable expense. Please advise me.

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My 14 year old son plays football and wrestles. He does fairly well with management of his blood sugars, but he is constantly hungry and is looking to put on weight. Any suggestions as what he can eat to help fill him up more?

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