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I am 17 and I recently went to the doctors, sense there are so many people with diabetes in my family the doctor told me "It isn’t a matter of if you will get diabetes it is when." She then told me to "eat right you know how to your mom is a diabetic" My mother doesn’t eat the best so I was wondering what you should be watching in your diet in this situation, would it be calories? Thanks!

You should see a dietitian to thoroughly plan out diets for yourself and your mother. If you can’t afford that then do some search online for pre-diabetic recommended Diets.

Overall, your main goal must be to have low carbohydrates and low fatty foods while sugar in any form must be avoided completely. That also goes for any candy or chocolate bars. Taking vitamin B complex will be good for you too.

Furthermore, daily physical exercises and losing any excessive weight will be very benefiting for you.

Good Health To You & Your Mother!

Okay, my mom went to the doctor last week and the doctor told my mom that she was borderline diabetic. Now she’s taking pills to lower her blood sugar. Anyway, my mom doesn’t eat a lot of fast food or junk food, she mainly eats rice, fish, chicken, mashed potatoes, and steaks, so I have no clue as to why she’s borderline diabetic. She’s pretty skinny, not obese so i’m confused. Anyway, I want to know if people can die from being borderline diabetic, what my mom should eat, and how can she have a healthier lifestyle. I’m really worried about my mom because i’m only 16 and I want her to have a long life and to be their with me.
I can’t believe it! I love my mom a lot and I don’t want her to be sick! I don’t want to believe it’s true! My mom’s sister has diabetes too, but I never thought my mom would get it!

It may be due to genetic factors—maybe her parents had or has diabetes. It’s the silent stalker and it can make one very, very ill. She needs to have routine checkups and blood work done. She needs to check her blood sugar daily.

One of the first things I learned at my support and training group for diabetes was that———There is no such thing as borderline diabetes. It’s like being a little pregnant. More than likely she Does have diabetes. I suggest a glucose tolerance tes for her to take.. The regular blood work can be quite normal but she might be surprised if she does the glucose tolerance test to find out she full blown diabetes.

My dad died from untreated diabetes last year (stroke/thrombosis), and it really frightened me because I know I am also at risk. I used to live on takeaways, get ZERO excersize and guzzle sugary drinks and snacks non stop. My dad never took the risk of diabetes seriously, so neither did I.

When he died I made a big effort to turn my life around, I lost two stone just by cutting out the take aways and walking a bit. I still had the occasional chocolate bars, take aways and alcohol however up until a couple of months ago.

In the last couple of months, in an effort to lose another two stone I’ve started a fairly strict 1,000 calroie per day diet. I initially tried to cut out all sugars from my diet (including fruit) but found this too difficult so I gave in and reintroduced fruit and honey.

At the moment my everyday diet is as follows:

Breakfast - either no added sugar museli with skimmed milk OR fruit with yoghurt and 1 tablespoon of honey

Snacks - One or two plums or pears

Lunch - Small portion of meat and salad, or maybe something like beans on toast

Dinner - Small portion of meat and salad or vegetables, and for desert a zero fat zero sugar yoghurt with 1-2 teaspoon of honey.

I drink either water or green tea (sometimes coffee - no sugar), and very occasionally naturally cloudy apple juice. I have 1-2 glasses of wine every friday evening, other than that no alcohol. I don’t have any fizzy drinks and certainly no diet drinks (because of the aspartame).

So I do still have sugar but its either from fruit or honey - I know both fruit and honey are high in sugar, it’s just not refined sugar. So does this still put me at risk of developing diabetes? And if I keep this diet up, will I be safe from diabetes?

Your father presumably had type 2 diabetes which comes on in later life? In case you don’t know the difference I will explain - In the pancreas are the islets of langerhans which produce insulin to process the sugar you eat - its a supply and demand system - when working properly the islets of langerhans produce exactly the right amount of insulin to deal with however much sugar you have eaten quickly. With type one diabetes this system does not work at all and the person will need insulin injections and a carefully worked out amount of sugar. With type 2 diabetes the supply and demand mechanism wears out. You may well have inherited the tendency to wear out the mechanism early but you have done the right thing to protect it. If you were eating loads of sugar and then none and then loads again your insulin production would veer all over the place and wear out more quickly - by stabilising sugar and losing weight you are not putting it under too much stress.

If you do develop diabetes however type 2 diabetes is much less serious and is usually controlled by diet - a similar diet to the one you have set out. You do need sugar and cutting it out completely will not help you - I am not sure if you realise there is sugar in all carbohydrates? The thing to do now is to eat healthily generally and avoid big intakes of sugar in food or alcohol - we should all do this. Have the occasional treat but in moderation. If you start to develop diabetes you will know by becoming very thirsty and sweaty after meals and feeling groggy and tired before them. You will smell a sweet smell on your skin and a smell of pear drops in your urine. (This smell is also produced by losing weight so don’t panic if you smell that now)

Here is a good link - follow it now but also allow yourself the odd treat.
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Diabetes-type2/Pages/Diet.aspx

So I am 9 weeks pregnant with my second child. Last time I was pregnant I got gestational diabetes but I started my diet at 7 months. THIS time I have to start my diet right away. I am on an 1800 calorie diet and my fasting blood sugar has to be 60-90 and my post eating blood sugar has to be 70-115. So what im looking for are some good meals. I get SOOOOO tired of eggs every morning and the same old dinners snacks and lunches. So ANYTHING will be helpful thanks for any new ideas!!!

I totally despise doctors who demand a certain caloric Diet. That does nothing for you. Calories are not what will raise your glucose level or keep it level.

I eat no more than 100 grams of carbohydrate per day. This keeps my glucose down, insulin low, and I don’t gain weight.

The average teenager keeps their caloric intake to less than 1500!! Yes, you say, but you are eating for 2. No, that isn’t true. You are eating to have a healthy baby, not eating for two!

4 ounce serving of meat, fish, fowl
fantastic salad with real dressing
30 grams of carbohydrate

salads can be varied so much you would be amazed.

but I eat bacon and eggs almost every morning of the year and have for more than 60 years. I am not tired of them, and there are no carbs in that breakfast.

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About 3 weeks ago A thought popped up in my head that I had diabetes.. ever since, I’ve been getting symptoms like crazy.

Im 16 years old and I weigh 230 pounds.. I know, I know. I don’t do that much physical activity, but trust me, Im going to change that. Im african american.. no one else in my family has diabetes, and my Diet consists of eatingwhenever I want.. normally processed foods.. and soda.. but i do ooccasionallyhave health foods.. lately i’ve been drinking tons of water and eeatinghealthier

Lately, I’ve been extremely hungry.. when I eat, I start to feel hungry again after just 40 Min’s (today for dinner i had steak and corn just 10 minutes after, i had hunger pains).. I also have this weird rash on my face (I don’t know if it’s a heat rash though..) I already had bad vision and wear glasses.. But lately it seems like my vision has gotten worse.
I have really dry itchy skin (but I’ve had that all my life..) And just recently my period stopped, and it’s never really stopped before.. Not for this long anyways. And some of my cuts are taking longer to heal.. i think.

Please help me, Do I have Diabetes? Also, do you have it? What are some tips? Also, how did you tell your parents you had it?

No, doesn’t sound like diabetes.

Do a Google search for "glycemic index" and try to eat foods with a low GI score. These foods will keep you feeling full longer.
Don’t dismiss this thought - Consider joining Weight Watchers. They have teens at their meetings. You’ll learn to eat healthy and you’ll lose weight and your risk of developing diabetes will be reduced!

I was told that I have to watch my simple sugars, and have complex carbs. So what is good for me to eat, besides whole wheat?
For those of you who are thinking about attacking me (or who already have) about my eating habits when you don’t know me, it has been caused primarily by my polycistic ovarian syndrome. So thanks.

WOW , how lucky can you be . You have come to the right place. A low carb diet is in order. Also good for the whole family. I can’t count carbs , so I use The Mendosa Glycemic Index Diet. .No carb counting and you will know what to eat and what not to eat and how much. In one week you will know for life. http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm

This table includes the glycemic index and glycemic load of more than 2,480 individual food items. Not all of them, however, are available in the United States. They represent a true international effort of testing around the world.

The glycemic index (GI) is a numerical system of measuring how much of a rise in circulating blood sugar a carbohydrate triggers–the higher the number, the greater the blood sugar response. So a low GI food will cause a small rise, while a high GI food will trigger a dramatic spike. A list of carbohydrates with their glycemic values is shown below. A GI is 70 or more is high, a GI of 56 to 69 inclusive is medium, and a GI of 55 or less is low.

The glycemic load (GL) is a relatively new way to assess the impact of carbohydrate consumption that takes the glycemic index into account, but gives a fuller picture than does glycemic index alone. A GI value tells you only how rapidly a particular carbohydrate turns into sugar. It doesn’t tell you how much of that carbohydrate is in a serving of a particular food. You need to know both things to understand a food’s effect on blood sugar. That is where glycemic load comes in. The carbohydrate in watermelon, for example, has a high GI. But there isn’t a lot of it, so watermelon’s glycemic load is relatively low. A GL of 20 or more is high, a GL of 11 to 19 inclusive is medium, and a GL of 10 or less is low.

Foods that have a low GL almost always have a low GI. Foods with an intermediate or high GL range from very low to very high GI.

Both GI and GL are listed here. The GI is of foods based on the glucose index–where glucose is set to equal 100. The other is the glycemic load, which is the glycemic index divided by 100 multiplied by its available carbohydrate content (i.e. carbohydrates minus fiber) in grams. (The "Serve size (g)" column is the serving size in grams for calculating the glycemic load; for simplicity of presentation I have left out an intermediate column that shows the available carbohydrates in the stated serving sizes.) Take, watermelon as an example of calculating glycemic load. Its glycemic index is pretty high, about 72. According to the calculations by the people at the University of Sydney’s Human Nutrition Unit, in a serving of 120 grams it has 6 grams of available carbohydrate per serving, so its glycemic load is pretty low, 72/100*6=4.32, rounded to 4.

Learn all you can about diabetes. Adjust your lifestyle as if you right now have diabetes. That includes a very important aspect , as important as diet. EXERCISE>>>>Daily if possible . Walking is fine but nordic walking is great . Google it . I use plain ol’ wooden sticks.

Knowledge is your key to glucose control.

Take care

Tin

i have gestational diabetes it sucks because i have to start a Diet and i dont know what kinds of foods to eat..iam 32 weeks pregnant 21 yrs of age nd weight 164 and before i got pregnant was 150,,they say u get diabetes because ur too large but i dont really think iam but i really need help on what to eat..what did u eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner? i want to get a idea..

i had gestational diabetes too…i got mine real early….i was about 130 when i got pregnant and at the end of mi pregnancy i was 160….so i really wasnt big at all..you dont get it cause your too large or big…its cause of your eating habbits and its also hereditary. but anyways they emediatly put me on a diet. for breakfast they told me i can have 1 carb, 2 proteins= 1 serving of oatmeal, 2 eggs, or 1 egg and a 8 ounce cup of milk or instead of oatmeal; cream of wheat or 1 slice of toast. for lunch pretty much the same just a lil more. you can eat tuna, eggs, wheat bread, peanut butter( i eat alot of that), pretty much any kind of meat(mostly chicken and turkey) cause meat dont have any carbs and its full of protein. I ate sugar free jello, i also drank diet soda(that became mi bestfriend), i ate alot of broccolli with cheese. stay away or limit pasta, rice, processed foods, anything with alot of carbs…my doctors told me 1 serving of carb is 15 grams and on the box of food if there was more than 30 grams of carbs per serving then not to even bother eating it. cause if its 30 carbs i could eat half. also i would maybe eat for lunch or dinner some tacos….but i would get the tortilla with the less amount of carbs..and eat like some broccolli on the side with it…..also they told me to eat snacks in between my meals so i would eat 1 slice of wheat bread with peanut butter on it, or peanut butter and crakers, or cheese it crakers with a liltle block of cheese….u can also eat oranges, grapes, lemons, cucumbers, apples, bannanas, but you gotta put them in porportions. ummm thats pretty much all i can think of….i just want to tell you dnt stress over having gestational diabetes and eating because you can handle it its really not that hard it just take alot of self control and motivation…your motivation is your child inside you. i thought it was going to be extremmly hard cause i had to do insulin shots with every meal….i cried the first time the doctors made me do it…but i told my self i needed to do it…and i did and i was soo proud of myself..i gave birth to a healthy 7 pounds 8 ounce lil boy.

I am in great shape and work out (weight lifting) everyday. I don’t do to much cardio right now because I am trying to gain muscle mass. But I also eat what ever I want sort of. I have doughnuts and sweats all the time along with my regular meals which are usually pretty healthy. Am I in danger of getting diabetes if I continue this diet?

"Am I in danger of getting diabetes if I continue this diet?"

Only if you end up getting fat, but not if you keep in shape. At some point in the next ten years or so (I’m guessing you are in your 20s) you are going to need to improve your Diet, as well as keep exercising, in order to stay in shape.

A friend of mine’s husband was cured of diabetes naturally through Diet, nutrition, and most especially, detoxing. I have been out of touch with my friend for a while now, but I never found out what detoxing is and if there is any special nutrition.

This is kind of funny when someone has to put "blah, blah, RETIRED NURSE…" thinking that people will be impressed. With me, it is quite the opposite - as though you are trying to justify some shortcomings. I say this because I am living proof that it can be completely cured - my brother-in-law showed me how because I was thirsty, tired, and I had to urinate all the time. I went to the doctor and was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. It took about 6 months and after 5 months I knew I did not have diabetes anymore. Why? Because I wasn’t tired, thirsty, and did not have to urinate all the time anymore.

I had not been to the doctor during this time, and kept giving the doctor excuses for not going back. After I decided to go back, my brother-in-law told me not to tell the doctor anything. The doctor did a blood test again and said, "That’s really strange - there is no sign of diabetes in your blood anymore…but you know, this happens sometimes…" Of course it does doc!! LOL

It was through detoxing and good nutrition that I was cured. As the person above mentioned about the sun revolving around the earth, the "retired nurse" and the others still living in the time when the sun revolved around the earth need to realize what a crock so much "modern" medicine actually is.

The people who are actually curing people of Type 2 diabetes and cancer everyday can be found at www.gerson.org.