My fiance' is diabetic and his blood sugar has been off the charts lately (It was 500+ the other night when he took a test) . I am truly scared of what can happen if he can not get this under control.
2007-10-01 06:44:09 · 10 answers · asked by orange c 4 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
regular daily exercise, follow a diabetic diet, and take medications as prescribed by your doctor. If he is allowing his sugars to get that high, then he is not taking responsibility for his disease process. He cannot drink alcohol, he cannot drink soda pop, he needs to limit juices. He needs to eat a balanced diet with simple carbohydrates being off the list. He, and you, should see a nutritionist or a diabetic educator. He obviously needs it because he isn't controlling his disease, and you need it if you are going to marry him, because his diet will likely fall to you in that situation.
2007-10-01 06:52:53 · answer #1 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-19 08:44:50 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your finance should see an endocrinologist specializing in diabetes. Proper blood sugar control is very important, otherwise, he is at risk for damaging his organs, coma if too high or too low, etc. As RN suggested, follow an exercise program to keep weight within normal range, take all prescribed medicines as they were prescribed, test blood sugar levels often, stay away from sweets and starcy foods. Stay with very lean meats and vegetables.
I am diabetic and feel the best thing your fiance can do for himself is to have a physician who specializes in diabetes to treat him and make sure he is on the proper medications.
You can also go online to the American Diabetes Association for additional information.
Good Luck.
D
2007-10-01 08:04:07 · answer #4 · answered by D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) Exercise regularly. Mixture of cardio and weights. Check with a doctor before beginning.
2) Cut out all sweets and foods containing sugars (read labels before buying anything)
3) Cut out meat - cutting meat will lower weight and cholosterol, corollaries to controlling blood sugar
4) Eat foods that are low on the glycemic index - go to amazon.com and type in 'Glycemic Index' and peruse the books that come up, for something suitable to buy and read
5) Eat lots of vegetables and only those fruits that are low on the Glycemic Index - e.g. papayas and berries, but not bananas and pineapples
6) Eat lots of beans and lentils - they will give you high quality protein and are low on the G.I.
You can get some good recipes for those and other tasty, easy to make vegetarian meals by going to http://www.kurma.net/.
You can also buy books by Kurma on amazon.com and by Yamuna devi that I would highly recommend.
Good luck!
2007-10-01 07:00:34 · answer #5 · answered by Cool Yogi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop drinking all types od soda's, tea, and anything everything else. From now on, it's H20. The kidney's are going to be the first thing that fail if diabetes goes unchecked. And you thing just having diabetes sucks. Wait until dialysis is needed 3x a week. That really sux.
2007-10-01 06:48:31 · answer #6 · answered by The Eagle Keeper 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
eat foods that are low on the gylicemic index. These foods, such as whole grains, cause a lower spike in blood sugar after eating.
http://www.mendosa.com/gi.htm
cruise around this website, it will be helpful to know which foods are better to eat than others
2007-10-01 06:52:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lay off the sugar, especially soda, candy and cookies.
2007-10-01 16:36:16 · answer #8 · answered by ted j 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he keeps going like that he will end up in the hospital in a coma or worse. he is not staying on his diet. he needs to take this serious. if he wants to stay around
2007-10-01 09:22:39 · answer #9 · answered by jeannieboop 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
drink lots and lots of water in the morning
2007-10-01 06:52:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋