diabetic diet?

Question

does any body with type one diabetes find it very hard to loose weight, do you have any tips on how to do so. cos ive been dieting for two and a half month and have put three pound on

Answer 1

Weight management with diabetes isn't much different than it is for normal folks. It's about counting calories. We non insulin dependant type twos are lucky, in a way. We can't just shoot some insulin to compensate for all those calories we take in. We just have to bite the bullet and take in no more than we can handle. (Which ain't much). I've prepared a little note for anyone wanting to lose weight here:

Here’s all you need to lose weight. First, you have to realize there is no quick, long lasting weight loss plan or pill that is going to do the trick. It’s purely mental. You have to learn to “Eat to live, don’t live to eat”. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? It is, if you understand that you are going to be reprogramming how you think about eating for the next few weeks. Old habits die hard, right? Not really. You get rid of bad habits by replacing them with good habits. If you learn to count your calories, keep calorie intake lower than output, exercise moderately, and eat only healthy food, you will lose weight. That’s a fact. All it takes is repetition. All success stories have this in common: The successful folks among us know how to be patient, persistent, and consistent. Set a goal and stick with it. The benefits of feeling good will outweigh any sense of sacrifice you might feel about having to push away that cake and ice cream. Here are some helpful and healthy links to help you get started on your way:
http://www.geocities.com/seabulls69/weightloss.html
http://www.chetday.com
http://www.drmcdougall.com
http://www.phifoundation.org
http://www.bodybuilding.com

And my diabetes info webpage might help you a little also. There's a book I highly recommend called "The Diabetes Improvement Program" which you should consider getting. It's only $10.00 and well worth it. Check it out:
http://www.geocities.com/seabulls69/Type_II_Diabetes.html

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I'm right there with you. I am 31 and have been diabetic for 22 years. I have an impossible time losing weight. I am not really overweigh tbut I swear if I weren't diabetic I'd be 20 pounds thinner .I do think it is harder for type 1's. If you've noticed diets like Atkins, South Beach all work on controlig your body's natural release of insuling. Well we don't have a natural release of insulin.
I eat healthy and I exercise 2 hrs/5 days a week. I still can't lose weight. Insulin is a hormone and it causes you to gain weight. I guess the key is to have super tight control over your sugar to have it be just like a non diabetic. Because I think when Diabetics diet they run into the problem of low blood sugar which leads them to be forced to eat. Then if you have high sugars you have to take more insulin.
I do know from what my doctor told me that they only way a type 1 can lose weight is to decrease the amount of insulin you take in. Just be careful that you eat less so that you don't have to take more to lower your sugar, and make sure you eat enough that you don't have to reach for high sugar food to bring up your sugar.
Gosh, it's so easy being diabetic isn't it? :)

Answer 4

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Answer 5

It depends if you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, and the type of treatment you're on. When I was a kid my diabetes nurse told me that people with type 1 diabetes are on average heavier than people without it. My main problem with exersise and diets is that I end up hypo and need to eat and undo all my good work!!! If you have type 1, do you adjust the doses of your insulin? By adjusting your dose to what you eat you can avoid these problems (though obiously not always perfectly - I've done all the courses and still struggle at times!) - that could make it easier to diet. Ask your diabetes dr/nurse about basal bolus, carb counting, and dafne courses to find out more about it. Which ever kind of diabetes you have you could speak to your dr - they might be able to give you advise about how your tablets might affect your weight if you take them and they might be able to refer you to a dietition or even a fitness instructor who might help.

Good luck with it xx

Answer 6

When you inject yourself with insulin you are attempting to mimic the way a person without diabetes regulates their blood glucose levels. When a person who does not have diabetes eats a meal containing carbohydrates the carbohydrates are broken down in the body by digestive enzymes to their building block ie glucose. This glucose is then absorbed into the blood stream. When the blood glucose levels begin to rise the pancreas produces insulin which allows the cells to use the glucose as energy.Any glucose
not required for energy is converted into other substances and stored by the body. One such substance is fat. Thus the more you eat the more insulin you produce the more fat you store. With an insulin dependant diabetic the more carbohydrate you eat the more insulin you will need to inject to control your blood glucose levels within normal limits. If you do not use all the glucose produced from your food as energy the remainder will be stored as fat. If you are not 100% confident in altering your insulin dose yourself then consult with one of the diabetes specialist nurses at your clinic or with the dietician. You don't say what insulin regime you are currently using. If you are on four injections each day then it should be really easy for you to lose wait by making your meals less carbohydrate full and concentrating on more vegetables and lean protein. You will still need to eat some carbohydrate but reducing the total amount you eat will mean you need less insulin and therfore will store less fat.

Answer 7

You could get hold a copy of The Diabetes Weight Loss Diet written by Anthony Worrall Thompson good luck with the diet

Answer 8

According to recent studies conducted by the Pritikin Longevity Center, diabetes starts from too much fat in the diet and insufficient exercise, not malfunction of the pancreas as previously thought. The pancreas continues to produce insulin when you have diabetes but the body becomes insulin resistant. Research has shown that over 90% of diabetes cases can be CURED with diet and exercise. That means that you don't have to have limbs removed due to diabetes-induced gangrene. You don't have to go blind or suffer cardiovascular abnormalities because of diabetes. You can actually REVERSE these conditions with diet (nutrition, not weight loss) and exercise, and the removal of parasites and candida.

Watch the 8-minute non-profit video http://www.rawfor30days.com/view.html , about diabetes diet.
Best of luck.

Answer 9

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A number of clinical studies have been carried out in recent years that show potential links between herbal therapies and improved blood glucose control, which has led to an increase in people with diabetes using these more 'natural' ingredients to help manage their condition.

Answer 10

Diet Guidelines
http://www.diabetes911.net/readit/chapter10.shtml

Calorie Consumption
http://health.howstuffworks.com/question693.htm