I need help about diabetes for Thanksgiving recipes?
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Most diabetics try to keep their carbohydrate intake to a minimum.  So it would be good to have something healthy like a big salad or vegetable casserole along with the stuffing and yams and such.  Turkey is fine...that's protein.  Diabetics can eat carbs; but they must be sure to control the amount every day.  Protein and veges...very good for diabetics and others.
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Carbs.  Although he needs some he is obviously getting a bit too much.  These include, chips, pretzels, bread, cereals, sugars, including beer and regular pop, corn, potatoes, junk food in general, and if he is eating a lot of fruits...they have natural sugars in them.\nHere's a link\nhttp://www.endocrineweb.com/diabetes/treatment.html
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What my doctors have told me from day 1 (I have had diabetes for 39 years) is that the blood glucose levels should be between 80 and 120 before meals. If the levels are 120 or below before exercise, something such as carbs and protein should be eaten as exercise will lower the blood sugar. If it is after eating, the levels shouldn't get above 180 1 hour after and 160 2 hours after.\n\nAs for having high blood sugars (above 130 or 140), she will need to take a little extra insulin to bring it down, and drink water, which seems to also help. If her blood sugars go above 250, DON'T let her exercise or it will raise the blood sugar even more.\n\nAs for lows (below 80), have her have a glass of orange juice or glucose tablets to bring it up, check the blood sugar in 15 minutes to see if it is above 80. If not, then she needs more sugar and do the same thing with checking it again. Once it is up where it belongs, if a meal is going to be a couple hours or more away, she needs to eat something to keep her from dropping low again (carbs and protein). If a meal is going to be within the next half hour, then she can wait until meal time to eat.\n\nI have had blood sugars as low as 20s and 30s and never had to go to the hospital (my doctor doesn't even want me to waste my time and money going there if I can take care of it at home) and I have had it as high as 600 without going to the hospital. When it has gotten that high, I do absolutely NO exercise (walking, etc), drink tons of water, and have extra insulin. Each person will be different, each person tolerance levels will be different. Some need to go to the hospital when they are at about 40 or below or 300 or above.\n\nYour daughter's doctor should have given you a formula of some sort to figure out how much insulin to give for high blood sugars, etc. It would probably be a good idea to have your daughter see a diabetic specialist, if she isn't seeing one already. They know more about diabetes than a regular doctor/pediatrician and can help with many things you and your daughter will need help with. Ask your daughters doctor for a referral.\n\nI wish you luck. It is a huge change for the whole family and it will take some getting used to. And since your daughter is a teen, expect some rebellion about doing what she has to do. I did that, even though I was diagnosed at 2 1/2, as I didn't want to be different than everyone else. I have paid for it in the long run, tho. I am now blind in one eye and have a little vision problem in the other one. I have had to have 13 laser and cryo (freezing) surgeries on my eyes, as well as cataract surgery on them. And all of this is when I was only 21!! I am lucky to have any sight at all.\n\nOh, and you may want to find a local support group for both of you. You can both meet others with the disease and you can both get some tips on things to do to help your daughter.\n\nI commend you for this huge task you have ahead of you:  teaching your daughter the things she needs to do to take care of herself for the rest of her life.\n\nGood luck!
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Glucose Fasting-70-110 mg/dL.(3.8-6.1 mmol/L)\nGlucose PP/R- Upto 160 mg/dL (8.8 mmol/L)\nYour second reading 1.32 does not appear correct.\nYou should also take HbA1c test every 3 or 4 months.\nEat a low-cholesterol, low-fat diet. This kind of diet includes cottage cheese, fat-free milk, fish (not canned in oil), vegetables, poultry, egg whites, and polyunsaturated oils and margarines (corn, safflower, canola, and soybean oils). Avoid foods with excess fat in them such as meat (especially liver and fatty meat), egg yolks, whole milk, cream, butter, shortening, lard, pastries, cakes, cookies, gravy, peanut butter, chocolate, olives, potato chips, coconut, cheese (other than cottage cheese), coconut oil, palm oil, and fried foods.\nPlease see the webpages for more details on Diabetes food.
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Please visit these sites :\nhttp://www.diabetesindia.com/diabetes/diet_chart.html\nhttp://www.webindia123.com/health/disease/diab/care.html\nhttp://www.fatfreekitchen.com/vegetarian-recipes.html\nhttp://www.indiafocus.indiainfo.com/ society_and_culture/food/recipes/\n...You'll get all the suggestions you seek.
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There's a show called "Low Carb and Lovin' it" on the Food Network that offers tons of good recipes. I've watched the show and have tried a lot of the recipes and they're really good!\n\nYou can grab their recipes online at the following location: http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_ll
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Exercise and giving up all high glycemic index foods, including sweets, is best.\n\nApples are a sweet treat that have a moderate glycemic index, probably due to the pectin fiber content.  Introduce him to Pink Lady and Ida Red and Braeburn apples, which have lots more flavor than those sugary watery "Red Delicious" things that Americans are used to.  Get them in the fall red off the tree, if possible.\n\nTell him to walk fast for two miles every other day, or four miles with a purposeful stride at least twice a week.  The idea is to get his heart rate up and make him struggle, at least a little, with rapid, deep breathing, and maintain the workout for about an hour (or two).\n\nApocalypse Beans and Rice Soup is a sensible low-calorie diabetic dish invented by David S, who is sadly no longer on Yahoo Answers.\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061017133048AAIKpoh
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Sounds like your dad is suffering from "Can't have it want it" syndrome.  Apparently, someone told him that he can't have anything with sugar in it and so now that's all he wants.  Your dad needs a good diabetic educator who can show him what to eat, when to eat it, and how to controll his diabetes with diet and exercise.  Also, keep in mind that the more you "nag" at him about his eating habits the less likely he is to comply with his treatment.  So, call your doctor (or his) and ask for a referral to a diabetic educator.
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Your friend really needs a diet set-up for her personally, by a registered nutritionist. Her doctor can set her up with one.\n\nA diabetic diet is based on weight, activity level, type I or II diabetes, and possibly on how advanced the diabetes is, Not certain on the last point.  However, there could also be other underlying medical conditions that need to be considered in the diet planning as well.\n\nThe nutritionist, can give her the info, that is unique to just her and show her the proper way to plan her meals.\n\nOnce she has seen the nutritionist, you can recommend these sites to her;\n\nhttp://www.healthsquare.com/mc/fgmc2022htm\nhttp://www.diabeteslibrary.org/news/news_item.cfm\nhttp://diabetic-recipes.com/recipes.htm\n  \n\nI commend your support of your friend.  I am sure she knows how lucky she is to have you, and I am sure she appriciates you.\n\nGood luck to your friend.\n\n\n\nUpdate - Just checked links and the 1st 2 do not seem to work.  I double checked them and they are the correct addy.  Just copy & paste or type them into your browser.
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Avoid sugary foods like soda, cookies, candy bars, etc., these kind of foods will only spur your cravings to greater frequencies.  If you must have something sweet, eat fruit; your body processes natural sugar without converting it to fat, and you need fruit anyway.  Stay away from fruit drinks as they contain alot of extra processed sugar.\n\nTry drinking tea if you can't drink just plain water (or put a slice of lemon in - more fruit).  If you don't like tea or coffee, try the water and lemon/lime trick, but DON'T add any sugar.\n\nMaybe you need a "going to the gym" buddy - can you ask your best maid to go with you or one of your bridesmaids?  This could be a great way to add some unique memories for your wedding preparations.\n\nIf you want to regulate your diet, be consistent with meal times and don't skip meals.  Pick veggies like carrots, celery sticks, or green pepper to satisfy that need to snack and eat something crunchy.  This will get more veggies into your diet too.\n\nI'm hypoglycemic (I can't skip meals - kind of the opposite of diabetes), so if I start a headache from not eating, a little bit of cheese (like a cheese stick) or milk will tide me over until mealtime.\n\nGood luck and congratulations!
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I am a type one diabetic and a celiac. I recommend celiac.com, the website has great recipes and a good message board! I suggest you join te board, the people are great and have always answered my questions. A great book is "Celiac Disease: The Hidden Epidemic" I dont remeber the author, but the book describes how the immune system works, describes in detail autoimmune reactions (like celiac and diabetes), it basiclly talks about how the body works and why your daughter can not have gluten. Heres some websites that make delicious pre-made donuts and pies...celiacspecialities.com, grandmaferdons.com, and glutenfreebreadbasket. \n\nGood luck with your daughter!
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Yes it can lead into diabetes if you are not careful, if your blood suger gets low use glucose tabs, peanut butter, eggs, or juice to level it out, but never sugary candy, watch your candy intake, I too have this problem
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Contact the American Diabetes Association.  Your doctor should have pamplets and information.  There should also be information that comes with your glucometer.  Your local hospital should also have information available.
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Hello dear,\n\nFirst of all you must correct the spelling of "Diabets" and "madecin" to write as "Diabetes" and "medicine" respectively.\n\nIt is fine that you are not depending on Insulin injections and your sugar level is just little more than the normal limits.  There are medicines to cure diabetes but you will not believe.  It happened with many patients of mine and they continued to suffer without taking proper medicines and not listening to my advice.\n\nIn the meantime, please try some home remedies and I am sure you will come back to me after few days for more advice.  I am available on "adam2madam@yahoo.com" and trust is must to mail me.\n\nHome Remedies:\n\n1.  Drink the juice of one bitter gourd, one cucumber and one tomato on empty stomach in the morning on a regular basis.  This will bring your sugar level down and you will feel fresh.\n\n2.  Eat lots of cucumber to get rid of your dry mouth and frequent urination, if any.  Drink lots of water.\n\n3.  Please avoid Banana, Mangoes and Apple Custard completely.  These fruits contain lots of glucose and it is very dangerous for diatebes.\n\n3.  Brisk walking is always helpful for diabetic patients.\n\n4.  Avoid sugar and ice cream.  You may add sugar free tablets to your tea or coffee.\n\n5.  Take 500 ml sugarcan vinegar bottle and put 50 raw garlic flakes into the bottle and leave it for 10 days. Eleventh day onward, take one garlic flake from the bottle with one spoon vinegar after breakfast and see the result.\n\n6.  You must eat lots of other fruits like guava, watermelon, muskmelon, apple, pineapple, papaya and dry fruits to keep your stemina up.\n\n7.  To enhance your immune system, take 300g of Indian Gooseberry powder (preferable known as Amla) and 100g of dried ginger powder.  Mix them well and store in a glass jar.  Take one spoon powder daily by mixing in a glass of water.\n\n8.  Allopathic medicine can be taken if needed.  They only supress the disease and do not cure any ailment.\nAt lost, please do not allow my efforts to go waste and let me know the progress.\n\nBest of health,
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Have you not discussed this with a doctor or nurse? Do you have a blood glucose meter? You should.\n\nI'm type 2; my doctor recommends 50 carbs per meal, three times a day. Best carbs are complex carbs (potatos and the like); avoid simple sugars (they're traumatic to the system). At least the minimum daily of fiber (25 grms), more is better. Drink plenty of water. Veggies are good snacks; salad is a good filler when you feel hungry, for a snack. There are a lot of foods that used to be "forbidden," but now have low-carb versions -- even ice cream. Take blood sugar reading mornings after you wake up. If below 72, drink a small glass of juice to bring your blood sugar up, then eat your morning meal.
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Depending upon which 'carbs' you are talking about.  Veggies or bread/cake types?? \nDiabetes as you know is having too much sugar in the blood(unable to use it all as energy) which causes you to need more insulin or at the very least watch the sugar intake so you don't spike.  If you don't use the sugar and over time your body has too much to process, it fills up it's stores of sugar and you get diabetes. (layman's terms).  Unused sugar becomes fat but it also can become diabetes.  So beyond exercise to burn energy it's on the diet.  Sugars, breads, starchy foods, fruits (even potatoes, esp.  sweet and yams...) turn to glucose the quickest in your body therefore increasing your blood sugar.  If you want to slow that process, retard it in any way, then watch your entire sugar/starch/refined foods intake period!!  \nHere is a list of suggestions based on my studies(I'm studying nutrition) and although I'm not a doc I am using well-respected info as a guidline.  You can recheck this and look at real statistics to see what works, not just the theory.  Look at history of how people actually eat versus what some docs might have said about earlier guidelines, that may be outdated and inappropriate.  \n\nVeggies are good.  And they are carbs.  Especially the leafy greens(high in mins/prots), cruciferous(broccoli/cauliflower/brussel sprouts), asaragus, squash, lettuces, tomatoes, all kinds etc...\nLean meats are good like turkey, chicken, deepwater fish(limit due to heavy metals in ocean-research) and occasionally red meat which is high in saturated fat but ok at times. Nuts are good too and great for when your blood sugar drops and you need a quick healthy boost(macadamia, walnuts, peanuts, almonds@! and occ. cashews(high in sat. fat).  Tofu and soy products are also good and yes they can be cooked to taste awesome!  Just try! Protein slows down the digestion process which allows the body time to go through the metabolic process and bring sugar to the endocrine system slowly...as compared to actual sugar or bready-type  foods which process the moment they are in your mouth(amylase is a carb enzyme that is in the mouth, breaking down food immediately).  The longer food takes to break down to it's ultimate form, glucose, the more time your body has to cope with and distribute safely without spiking your blood sugar.  \nSO, again, carbs is a big vague word.  Avoid processed foods like cakes, crackers, breads and instant rices/pastas.  No sugary sweets especially with pure white sugar.  Eat mostly veggies, meat, lean cheeses and WHOLE grains that have high fiber(not processed cereals and such) that also require the body more time to break them down(quinoa(high protein grain), brown rice, amaranth, Irish oatmeal... etc...) Whole grains mean you really have to cook them, they are not processed and in a box with 2 min. instructions.  Once in a blue moon is okay, perhaps with a pile of Thai veggies on top!! yum... \nThe more processed, the less your body has to break them down, the quicker the sugar is released the faster your blood spikes!!  \nSo get slow food....process slow and then digest slow.  Ultimately slowing your blood sugar spike.  \n\nIf you have to have a sweet, dulce as they say in latin.  Try something fruit-juice sweetened and eat it around another protein rich meal so that your body is not bombarded with a hit of sugar alone.  Or try an apple with a big dollup of peanut or almond or hazlenut butter on it...yum!!  It really will taste good and your body will appreciate it.   \n\nHope this helps!!\nGood luck!  \n\nOh, also go online and look up books that are low in sugar, low on the glycemic scale and higher in protein and nutrients. www.diabetes.com and other sites.  The more you know about how it works in your body, the more control you can have over what you WANT to eat so that you won't hurt yourself.
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I am currently trying to work with my body to prevent having to take insulin. I have brought my sugar has come down by walking. What I found surprising was that starches turn to sugar. If you are just reducing sweets, I found out, think again. If you have rice, have brown rice, whole wheat instead of white flour and I have just laid off the potatoes for now. It seems hard at first, but, one you find out where those sneaky buggers hide, it helps a lot. Booze turns to sugar too, especially beer. Watching the diet and walking really help. The walking especially works because it is a way of burning up excess sugar. Good Luck, I have reduced my sugar from 8 down to 6.2 in three months. Go to your pharmacist and see if he will go over your husband's medications and advise you if any could cause a higher sugar reading. Ask him to put this information in to the computer to avoid any meds that aggravate his situation.