I am in my ealry 20's and recently diagnosed with Diabetes. HELP?!?!?!?

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I need help finding recepies for meals that I can eat. I have two jobs and don't have much time to plan a nice healthy meal. I am not severely ever weight.... I think my weight is fine for my height but this is creating problems with my reproductive organs and I am hoping to one day have children and I don't want this diabetes problem to interfere. I know I have to take care of my self but were do I start. Any one out there can help, PLEASE???? I do not eat greens, my parents never taught me. What can I eat that can help me control this diabetes?

Answer 1

Learn all you can about the disease. Here's a good start for you:
http://www.geocities.com/seabulls69/Type_II_Diabetes.html

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Answer 4

Hi Lala,

Diabetes can be hereditary does anyone in your family besides you have it? My mother was diabetic, father borderline, I'm borderline, my brother is borderline as well and his new 9 month old baby was just diagnosed. It's a hard condition sometimes to manage.

the most important thing you need to do is control your starches and sugar intakes, check your readings, and try to not only eat healthy but get enough sleep, drink enough water, and exercise.

You can go to yahoo and do a search for diabetes, cookbooks and there will many that give you recipes but the first thing you have to do is see how foods affect your levels. Did you get a testing device yet? what about medication do you take any for it? Also, did you attend any nutritional class? Most doctors refer patients to classes and some of the larger supermarkets like Tops, Wegmans, etc have diabetic cooking classes in their stores.

The main thing to do is eat sensibly. Meat for protein, vegetables, maybe noodles/pasta/roll, and water for a meal, but you need to eat snacks throughout the day as well to keep your blood sugar levels, maintained.

I have been borderline for a long time, it's not developed futher. My daily menu is something like this:

breakfast, apple and oatmeal with black tea no sugar or cream.

Morning snack, raw vegetables

Lunch: soup, crackers, and water.

afternoon snack: tea and cooked veggies

dinner, meat, 1 roll or 1 potato or 1 helping 6oz or less of pasta, cooked vegetable, and water.

evening snack if needed, sometimes my levels drop really bad at night so I'll have to eat something sugary like a muffin, if not then I will eat popcorn with nothing on it.

I always carry a small water bottle with me and some candy in case my levels drop, I have more trouble with low levels, hypoglycemic at nighttime.

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Avoid foods that raise your glycemic index i.e. simply carbohydrates. While this hasn't been studied I have noticed some extraordinary things with my diabetes patients that might help you. When they ceased eating carbohydrates (atkins diet) their signs and symptoms actually went away! Anyways, it isn't supported by the literature or the medical community but you might want to think on it. I would reccomend eating complex carbohydrates (carbs with high fiber content). So no white bread, potatoes, noodles, etc. If you buy wheat bread make sure it has 3grams or higher. Don't drink OJ...or anything with lots of sugar. Meat is ok but try to avoid meat high in saturated fat. Avoid peas, corn, rice and carrots these foods will jump your glycemic index through the roof. Look up the glycemic index of foods and find ones that are low. If a medical professional doesn't understand glycemic index and its consequences of diabetes then don't trust what they have to say, they are behind the times. This disease is serious and it WILL KILL YOU SLOWLY AND PAINFULLY if you do not control it. Good luck and god bless, be strong and discipline yourself.

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First: Just because your parents never "taught" you to eat greens is no reason you can't start to do so now. They won't kill you. They taste good. They are healthy for you. They fill you up and they help keep your blood sugar in control by making you less hungry for junk food.

You are going to have to eat a very well balanced diet from now on if you don't want to end up with all sorts of nasty diabetic complications ranging from kidney problems, to loss of limbs, to yes, even early death. This includes greens. Get used to them, trust me, they're good.

Planning healthy meals for a week at a time takes maybe an hour. Turn off the TV or the internet for that amount of time, or pass on going out for an evening, and there you have found the time.

If you want to have kids one day, you will HAVE to eat properly, plan proper meals, exercise correctly, etc. Diabetic mothers have a lousy track record for succesful pregnancies when their diabetes is not in excellent control. We tend to miscarry and have a much higher rate of stillbirths, too.

You should definitely see a diabetes educator to learn more about proper nutrition and exercise, as well as to learn good tips on keeping your blood sugar in control, how to plan your meals, proper foot and hand care (VITAL!), and all of the other little details that are now going to be a part of your life.

Diabetes is a real pain in the neck, but you CAN live with it, and the longer you live with it, the easier it gets. Once upon a time I was stressing over every little thing related to my diabetes, now, ten years after diagnosis, I understand so much more about my body and my condition, it's all just standard business to me. It will be for you, too, but don't mess around with it. Diabetes is a life threatening and serious condition. Take it seriously.

Here's a good link for recipes: http://www.diabetic-recipes.com/

Answer 7

There is a book called "enlitened kosher cooking" it has tons of low carb recipes. Are you type one or type two? If you are type one consider an insulin pump-it helps with control. My cousin has diabetes. She's a lot older than me, but she has a healthy, beautiful little boy. The thing is, up untill she wanted to get pregnant she didn't take care of herself. She had her son when she was 25 and had diabetes since she was 7 years old. My point is takke care of yourself and you will be fine. Takeout most certainly is not a good food to eat to help maintain control-as a matter of fact-takeout is not good for anyone!Just try your best and EAT YOUR VEGETABLES!!!

Answer 8

Jeeez...you've asked this 4 times in just a few minutes. And saying your parents never taught you to eat greens, so you can't eat those is a crock. You can't blame your parents for the way your life is now. So you don't have kids now, but you don't have time to fix a healthy meal? All I hear is excuses for your poor diet. Excuses. You want to live? Or die? It's that simple. If you want to live you'll stop making excuses and do what is necessary to live.

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I have been a diabetic for 16 years. It is very hard but you can do it. Try to eat greens, they are so good for you! Basically you are going to stay away from complex carbs, sugar (duh), and fat. So pick up a Sugar Busters diet book and read through it, this has been the most helpful for maintaining my levels and insulin usage. Try cooking up some good meals and fixing snacks for the week when you have a couple hours, and vacuum seal them. Good Luck & veggies are your friends.

Answer 10

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