I went to see a nutritionalist shortly after I was diagnosed. She gave me some of the best advice regarding the control of my disease through diet. She said to remember we are all human and there will be times we fall of the wagon of our self control. If I knew I was going to want the dessert, I should skip the starches. If I really wanted those garlic mashed potatoes, I'd have to forego the dessert. It would be a matter of determining the rate of my metabolic processing of carbohydrates.
Every person reacts to the various forms of sugar in a different manner whether they are diabetic or not. For some, a snack of 25 grams of carbohydrates would affect their blood sugar the same as five 5 gram snacks 15 minutes apart. Likewise others would have a drastic spike in sugar after the large snack with a minor spike with each snack, even more so if the snacks were spaced further apart.
After twelve years of working on it, I still haven't been able to find the one that fits. My sugar levels are based on a daily evolving recipe consisting of stress, sleep, food, exercise and allergies, with some special daily ingredients throwen in to add spice to it all. I'm a software engineer and should be able to determine the pattern of my disease. I tried at the beginning but my fingers rebelled after being subjected to nearly 10 daily pricks as I drew samples to chart my sugars versus the various components I could control. Little did I know my pancrease was in it's death throes and was either throwing too much insulin or not enough.
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