Diabetes and food
At the moment we have a number of photographers who are all adding daily photographs to the Diabetes365 project.And if you read the commentary with each photo you'll notice some common themes. One is how frequently people without diabetes keep correcting us about what we can and cannot eat.
For some time now, people with diabetes have been free to eat pretty much any type of food that they want. Better equipment and ways to treat diabetes have freed us from rigid regimes.
So for breakfast this morning I had an English muffin (UK readers, I don't know where the name comes from) with some spicy jam on it. And yes the jam contains sugar, as well as a lot of jalapeno peppers. As long as I take enough insulin to cover the carbs in both the muffin and the jam, then my blood sugar should stay in a good range.
And that's what's most important. Keeping our blood sugars as close to normal as possible.
So if you don't have diabetes then:
- Consider yourself lucky, and
- Don't give food advice to those of us with diabetes
There is no cure for diabetes.
Yet.
Labels: diabetes, food, nablopomo
posted by Bernard @ 9:54 PM
5 Comments:
good post.. I hate when non diabetics tell me what I shouldn't be eating.. or think that I'm not allowed to eat sugar at all!!
great post...I agree. We live with the disease 24hrs a day everyday who knows better about what we can and cannot do. I'm 19 and I've been type 1 now for 3 yrs and I'm feeling a little depressed right now. Running accross this blog and knowing you've had the disease for much longer than I really encourages me. Thank you
Hey Bernard!
I love ya man - but that jam looks DISGUSTING! :-)
Thanks for the great PSA to those who don't know what they are talking about when it comes to diabetes management! I have to agree with Scott though, that jam...yuck!
Hi Bernard,
I love the two points you made for non-diabetics. Those statements would be good on a T-shirt.
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