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Meal Planning, Food and Diet

My son, just diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, still tells me he wants sweet things like chocolate cakes and other foods like pizza. Please tell me what ingredients I should use in place of the proper ones and what else I can make for him.

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My 13 year old son has diabetes, we space his meals two and a half hours apart, and we are thinking about increasing them to three hours apart. How far apart should meals and snacks be spaced?

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She is on a strict doctor’s diet of no salt, no fat, and no sugar and must lose 150 pounds to continue to live. Nothing tastes good or is appealing with these restrictions. Can anyone help?

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Is it possible to get an already planned month’s menu sent to me? I have a friend who has one, but I don’t know where she got it.

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I am 15 years old, and I have had diabetes for about three months. How do I do a carb count? I have read up about it and I know that carbs turn into sugar, but I don’t know how to count my carbs.

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My whole family thinks that my 7 year old little sister might have hypoglycemia. Once she got so sick that she had to go to the hospital. They told us that she does’t have diabetes, and she might have hypoglycemia. I need some good information on a hypoglycemia diet.

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I’ve read that alcohol can lower your blood sugar, and I don’t understand how this works. Doesn’t alcohol contain sugar? Can anyone explain this to me?

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I am 54 years old. Both my parents have diabetes. I am taking honey every day during breakfast. Is it harmful to me? Can it cause diabetes?

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Since diabetes (more times than not) leads to heart disease in child or adult, why do these recipes use oil or margarine when it could be substituted with baking spray, applesauce, or totally omitted? I just don’t understand.

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My three year old son, diagnosed nine months ago, takes 1�1/4 units of NPH at bedtime with a 15 gram snack and usually stays high, above 250, until about 2 A.M. when he frequently goes below 100. What are the best complex carb snacks to give him or would you adjust his insulin?

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