I was diagnosed with diabetes type 1 just last week? Is weight gain normal and how much weight is 2 b expctd?

Question

Just struggling and trying to understand what causes my blood sugar to rise; and how to deal with work and insulin.

Answer 1

You have to remember that before you were diagnosed and started taking insulin your blood sugar was so high that your kidneys were unable to pump it all back into the blood from the urine, so you were effectively urinating out hundreds of callories every day. Now that you have your blood sugar under control you won't be doing that and you will gain some weight, around 20 to 30 pounds if you keep eating the same amount as you used to. You must cut back at the table to keep from gaining weight. Blood sugar can rise from the foods you eat or by the liver releasing stored sugar into the blood. You will probably notice that your blood sugar is higher when you wake up in the morning than when you went to sleep. That is because you didn't take an insulin shot while you were asleep and the liver released sugar into the blood (insulin tells the liver to store energy).

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I have significant information on this.

1) Diabetes will slow down your metabolism. Some weight gain will happen. You should combat this with diet, plenty of excersize and good supplementation.

2) Doctors in generalized medicine will tell you that your pancreas no longer produces insulin, and that this disorder requires you to take insulin shots. This is somewhat true.

What they aren't telling you is that Diabetes type I has underlying causes. These point to immune system malfunctions. At some point in your life you had immunizations. Immunizations cause your immune system to change its perspective from bacterial watch to 'viral' watch. This is not natural. If you've had a serious virus lately, your immune system is in heavy duty mobilization mode where it attacks both the virus and your healthy 'beta' cells in your pancreas. Ergo, you now have diabetes. There is research and material out there that support this. Finding can be a minor challenge but its out there. Searh in Google for these terms (Immune, pancreas, islet of langerhan cells).

1. Some say Diabetes can't be cured.
2. Some say you can control it with diet and insulin.
3. Some say you can temper your diabetes down so that it is controlable and you end up taking less insulin.
4. Some say you can retrain your immune function to stop attacking these beta cells in your pancreas.

My take hinges on #3.

Diabetes is hard to control, and those who suggest #2 aren't giving you much to lean on.

I've had a measure of success with
a) becoming a vegetarian. This is safe because I take B-12. Go here: http://www.vegsoc.org/index.html
b) getting sufficient excersize
c) prayer and meditation on a very regular basis
d) taking a variety of supplements, because people don't get what they need from diet and because diabetes strips away nutrient reserves in the body.
e) stress reduction. If you are in dire stress, don't go to your doctor for a mental health RX. First try: Suntheanine (extract chemical of green tea) - 100 mg (AM and/or mid afternoon) This will help with day stress. If you have money and can afford to try different things for mental health, these also:

GABA - 100 mg at night - build to 200 safely if no results with 100. This is a chemical which is already in the body, but most are deficient which prompts the mind and body to relax.

5-HTP - 100 mg (AM and mid afternoon) This will boost serotonin.

By the way. You mention work. Yeup, if I'm busy, I forget to take care of my blood sugar. By following my suggestions, you might just have an easier time with it.

Blessings, and feel free to write me again,
Cheryl

Answer 4

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Answer 5

My mother had diabetes for years. She had to watch her diet very carefully and test herself often. (She had to give herself shots twice a day) Your pancreas does not process sugars properly. Can your doctor refer you to a support group or something? My mother's diabetes was considered "brittle" which means that there was never any pattern to her blood sugar levels. She kept daily logs of all her sugar levels and any difference that may have caused the changes. Sometimes her sugar levels would be in the 400's and then in an hour or so it would something like 37. No pattern EVER. Make sure you keep lifesavers in your purse or go get juice if you ever feel wierd.. (clammy dizzy etc..) Get as many pamphlets from your doc as possible.. Go to google and type in diabetes and see what you find. You may want to get yourself a medic-alert bracelet so that if anything happens the emt's will know you have it and act accordingly.) Hope this helps :)

Answer 6

Hi, I was diagnosed with type 2 about 10 years ago. The foods that you eat turn into sugar. Your best bet is to see a dietaitian, and endocrinologist. Their are all kinds of books out there that you car read up on. I had problems at first, but i'm ok with it now. I take shots now.

Answer 7

hi
type 1 diabetes means insulin dependant and the use of external insulin causes increase in weight
what are your age?
you should monitor ur weight if weight continously decreasing it means u have poor glycemic control.

Answer 8

it is how much is in your diet