The figures matter
I’ve been a type 1 diabetic for a long time – I was diagnosed in the Silver Jubilee year, so do the math!
Figures matter: my life is spent watching blood sugar results and ensuring they fall between the magic 4-8mmol/l (72-144mg/dl) to give me a great chance of not developing serious complications from diabetes. That doesn’t reduce the risk completely, just makes the risk as small as humanly possible.
When I was a little girl, a diet very much like the Atkins diet was prescribed to type 1s: low in carbohydrates high in protein, moderately high in fat. Of course the 80s saw that evolve into the f-plan diet – high carbohydrates paired with high fibre – if high in fibre, the carbohydrates didn’t count. Not great for the average diabetic – high doses of insulin required over long periods.
I’ve just been told that my cholesterol is high at 6.4mmol/l (I’m guessing 117mg/dl), so reduce diary (not difficult, I avoid fatty diary like the plague) and fried food. Eat fish, not red meat.
Oh joy!
Posted: June 1st, 2012 under Diabetes.