Help - Newly diagnosed diabetic

shokadelika

Make sure you are getting enough Chromium in your diet Google "chromium Diabetes" for lots of information or start here. http://nutraingredients-usa.com/news/ng-nocache.asp?id=54437

NixNoo

Just a quick THANKS to everyone who has posted here with help. Update is, pals hubby saw diabetic nurse yesterday and is doing well with diet and tablets - they've found your advice really useful.

Merry Xmas & Happy 2006 to you all
Nix
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Savvy_Sue

Just to add to this: FIL is the age onset type (type 2?) and as well as watching what he eats finds taking a daily walk very helpful. His blood sugar tends to go haywire in winter when the weather can make it more difficult to get out, or if he catches a bad cold or anything like that.

moomintroll_3

Savvy_Sue wrote:

Just to add to this: FIL is the age onset type (type 2?) and as well as watching what he eats finds taking a daily walk very helpful. His blood sugar tends to go haywire in winter when the weather can make it more difficult to get out, or if he catches a bad cold or anything like that.

A cold makes your blood glucose rise as your body gears up to fight the infection. It's like the Dawn Phenomena problem where, just before you get up, your liver produces a dump of glucose to give you energy for the day. Not a great thing when you're diabetic! Some people suffer worse than others from this, I'm lucky that my DP effect is not too pronounced.

Exercise helps the body deal with glucose in a different way, as the mucles will absorb it from the bloodstream. Exercise is one of the type 2's best friends, as the effects of moderate exercise (get your heart rate up etc) continue for up to 2 or 3 hours afterwards. NEVER exercise hard when you're having a hyper (say BG's of 10 - 12+) as, rather than lowering your blood glucose, this will raise it and potentially put you in a worse situation!

As someone who nearly died of Diabetic Ketoacidosis (BG's of 56+ when diagnosed), I can tell you the effects of rampant run-away blood glucose are very very unpleasant.

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Bendybops19

Hi there, i know this hasnt got anything to do with food...but just make sure he takes good care of his feet, i work for NHS chiropody, and diabetics get free chiropody because of how diabetes can effect the circulation etc.
He'll get the hang of it all soon