tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600659484694637338.post4399401620469964895..comments2024-03-29T00:56:36.070+00:00Comments on The Low Carb Diabetic: The True Power of Love and What can be achieved when your son is a Type 1 DiabeticLowcarb team memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07961199165290289611noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600659484694637338.post-53083874044679145682014-01-21T12:35:10.885+00:002014-01-21T12:35:10.885+00:00Lisa, did you come across Dr. Bernstein book "...Lisa, did you come across Dr. Bernstein book "The Diabetes Solution" which is free on-line - he is D1 since 12 years old, and now well into 70-s. It looks like he was the first person who found out how to manage D1. His story is really fascinating.Galina L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09156132815504279615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600659484694637338.post-44263010632465639502014-01-21T02:31:43.347+00:002014-01-21T02:31:43.347+00:00Thanks for your comments and encouragement everyon...Thanks for your comments and encouragement everyone. The only reason I knew about a low carb diet for diabetes is that I coincidently read "Wheat Belly" by Dr Davis and "The Primal Blueprint" by Mark Sisson about 6 months before my son was diagnosed. So, once he was diagnosed, I immediately started our whole family on a low carb diet. Everything I have learnt about diet and exercise for diabetes I have researched myself. No healthcare worker has every given me this vital information. In fact, I was yelled at by one when I mentioned I had restricted the carbs in my son's diet. That's right, I was reprimanded for trying to keep my child healthy!! I even had to work out how to bolus correctly myself. Our diabetes association promotes shocking diets for diabetics. I have since cancelled my membership. I went to a diabetes association fund raiser and the food on offer was : cupcakes, sausages in bread and snow cones! You can see why I feel like an alien. I hope one day to meet a low carbing parent, but so far I seem to be the only one in my country! LisaLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07379772909673554487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600659484694637338.post-78902695096723689002014-01-20T18:11:00.239+00:002014-01-20T18:11:00.239+00:00This lady's son is one of the more fortunate. ...This lady's son is one of the more fortunate. It is inspiring in many ways but, and I give a big sigh here, there is something wrong with the medical establishment when good care comes down to a parents research and not being told by the Doctors.<br /><br />Of course regretfully this can also be said about care and information for those with Type 2 diabetes. <br /><br />Jean Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600659484694637338.post-58090415686255091672014-01-20T18:01:16.379+00:002014-01-20T18:01:16.379+00:00O, and Diabetes 1 is in many cases an autoimmune c...O, and Diabetes 1 is in many cases an autoimmune condition - immune system attacking pancreatic gland. Is it often the case that D1 starts after a very strong flu when immune system goes into overrun and start attacking own body? It is just my speculation?, but I think that limiting children consumption of refined carbs , especially during infectious and virus illnesses+ giving them O3 fats and animal proteins, may prevents their immune system from going into overdrive and getting D1 or some other permanent body damages.Galina L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09156132815504279615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600659484694637338.post-70574982198229344182014-01-20T17:49:39.772+00:002014-01-20T17:49:39.772+00:00In US there is a strange (for me) idea that being ...In US there is a strange (for me) idea that being on a diet or adjusting your life-style according to your health condition is very damaging for one's mental health, could lead to anxieties and ultimately ruins the quality of your life. At the current point of history, US is the life-style beacon for the rest of the world, even for the countries which claim that they dislike American way of life. Many people in US take pride in not adjusting their life-style if their life circumstances (like loss of job) change. They take loans if they can rather than cut on expenses - it would be like admitting defeat from their perspective. Even Dr.Emily Dean had a couple blog posts about "orthorexia" where she mentioned her colleague who told about his regrets about telling his patient about asthma/diet connection because the thinking about her diet made the patient anxious.<br /><br />Obviously, I disagree with all that, but I guess, such attitude among Americans is a component in the "just take a pill" strategy to deal with chronical conditions. Many illnesses require special diets, not only diabetes.<br /><br />My own main health problem is the tendency to have allergies, and the same is true for my son and husband. Allergies are also dangerous when go out of control, immune system can attack any body organ or system, many autoimmune diseases are debilitating and dangerous. We in family don't relay on pills (it is our last resort), or we would be gradually sicker and sicker, but it is what others are doing around us. <br /><br />I also have migraines and have a tendency to have a poor control over my weight it all got way better on a LC diet.Galina L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09156132815504279615noreply@blogger.com