Bamaman
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There are so many angles to diabetes and nutrition. There are a few things that need to be said as this is a very serious and misunderstood subject.
My grandmother was an undiagnosed diabetic. My father and uncle (her sons) were both Type II diabetics that had serious kidney problems in their 80's. They both ended up having to go on hemodialysis. I have a 59 year old cousin is in end stage rental failure because she never visited a doctor.
THE BIGGEST THREAT TO DIABETICS IS KIDNEY FAILURE. And those that go on hemodialysis will only live about 4 years before they throw a clot to the heart, lungs or brain (stroke.) Diabetics also most often have heart disease and 2/3 will eventually receive open heart surgery.
I am a Type II diabetic. My blood sugar varied too much so my endocrinologist put me on the insulin pump--an electronic syringe. Diabetics on an insulin pump are much more stable and live an extra 2 years. It also beats giving yourself a shot every time you eat.
I check my blood sugar with the finger stick before meals. I enter the blood sugar number in the insulin pump and enter the estimated carbohydrates. It automatically dispenses the right amount of insulin. The pump also gives me a small amount of insulin hourly which is in place of a 1x per day long term insulin shot.
My goal is to remain 110 to 150 on blood sugar levels, and I'm stable. My real fear is deteriorating to the point where blood sugar varies greatly from very high to very low. If my blood sugar gets to 85, I'm very nervous and weak. A Snickers or glass of orange juice gets me quickly back to normal.
The problem with very low sugar levels is that people lose memory of who they are and they can black out. That's dangerous when driving a car, for example. Without out getting the blood sugar back up, bodily functions, like heart beats, can cease to exist and you can simply die.
Most diabetics don't even know they have it.
I have no desire to live eating a 100% diet of rabbit food. I have long since quit drinking any alcoholic beverages. The best way to approach the diet is to eat more vegetables and avoid carbs which are most often breads, potatoes, some rices and sweets of all kinds. And my downfall is midnight snacks--which should be avoided.
My grandmother was an undiagnosed diabetic. My father and uncle (her sons) were both Type II diabetics that had serious kidney problems in their 80's. They both ended up having to go on hemodialysis. I have a 59 year old cousin is in end stage rental failure because she never visited a doctor.
THE BIGGEST THREAT TO DIABETICS IS KIDNEY FAILURE. And those that go on hemodialysis will only live about 4 years before they throw a clot to the heart, lungs or brain (stroke.) Diabetics also most often have heart disease and 2/3 will eventually receive open heart surgery.
I am a Type II diabetic. My blood sugar varied too much so my endocrinologist put me on the insulin pump--an electronic syringe. Diabetics on an insulin pump are much more stable and live an extra 2 years. It also beats giving yourself a shot every time you eat.
I check my blood sugar with the finger stick before meals. I enter the blood sugar number in the insulin pump and enter the estimated carbohydrates. It automatically dispenses the right amount of insulin. The pump also gives me a small amount of insulin hourly which is in place of a 1x per day long term insulin shot.
My goal is to remain 110 to 150 on blood sugar levels, and I'm stable. My real fear is deteriorating to the point where blood sugar varies greatly from very high to very low. If my blood sugar gets to 85, I'm very nervous and weak. A Snickers or glass of orange juice gets me quickly back to normal.
The problem with very low sugar levels is that people lose memory of who they are and they can black out. That's dangerous when driving a car, for example. Without out getting the blood sugar back up, bodily functions, like heart beats, can cease to exist and you can simply die.
Most diabetics don't even know they have it.
I have no desire to live eating a 100% diet of rabbit food. I have long since quit drinking any alcoholic beverages. The best way to approach the diet is to eat more vegetables and avoid carbs which are most often breads, potatoes, some rices and sweets of all kinds. And my downfall is midnight snacks--which should be avoided.