Search
Search titles only
By:
Search titles only
By:
Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
Search
Search titles only
By:
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Install the app
Install
Reply to Thread
Guest, we'd love to know what you think about the forum! Take the
Diabetes Forum Survey 2024 »
Home
Forums
Diabetes Discussion
Type 1 Diabetes
diagnosis of eating disorder because I'm type 1 and follow low carb diet?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Odin004" data-source="post: 1515566" data-attributes="member: 406622"><p>My pleasure [USER=371071]@michita[/USER] </p><p></p><p>Yes, the hypo was scary - sometimes, an experience like that can lead to all sorts of diabetes related anxiety, for example, people can become very fearful of taking insulin; this in turn can lead to a more general health anxiety, and possibly depression (not to mention all the other issues associated with badly controlled sugars). However, sometimes an experience like that can also really put things into perspective, and give us a new insight into the things we take for granted, and the way we decide to live our lives. Sometimes, both happen together.</p><p></p><p>In choosing any diet plan, one has to be well informed of a number of factors - for diabetics, it seems completely obvious to me that those factors must include a consideration of the amount of insulin in your system, and ways to positively manage the risk of hypos. </p><p></p><p>A low carb diet therefore clearly has merit, and should actually be fully encouraged - as long as the choice is driven by informed logic, rather than fear - but it's hard, and often impossible, to really tell the difference , as it's human nature to rationalise the things we do to try to keep ourselves safe. For that reason, I would just encourage you to really reflect on why you're choosing a low carb diet - is there any element of fear or panic about having more carbs? Or is it truly an informed life-style choice? The most important thing of course, is that your diabetes is well managed, you're eating enough, and getting all the nutrients you need.x</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Odin004, post: 1515566, member: 406622"] My pleasure [USER=371071]@michita[/USER] Yes, the hypo was scary - sometimes, an experience like that can lead to all sorts of diabetes related anxiety, for example, people can become very fearful of taking insulin; this in turn can lead to a more general health anxiety, and possibly depression (not to mention all the other issues associated with badly controlled sugars). However, sometimes an experience like that can also really put things into perspective, and give us a new insight into the things we take for granted, and the way we decide to live our lives. Sometimes, both happen together. In choosing any diet plan, one has to be well informed of a number of factors - for diabetics, it seems completely obvious to me that those factors must include a consideration of the amount of insulin in your system, and ways to positively manage the risk of hypos. A low carb diet therefore clearly has merit, and should actually be fully encouraged - as long as the choice is driven by informed logic, rather than fear - but it's hard, and often impossible, to really tell the difference , as it's human nature to rationalise the things we do to try to keep ourselves safe. For that reason, I would just encourage you to really reflect on why you're choosing a low carb diet - is there any element of fear or panic about having more carbs? Or is it truly an informed life-style choice? The most important thing of course, is that your diabetes is well managed, you're eating enough, and getting all the nutrients you need.x [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post Reply
Home
Forums
Diabetes Discussion
Type 1 Diabetes
diagnosis of eating disorder because I'm type 1 and follow low carb diet?
Top
Bottom
Find support, ask questions and share your experiences. Ad free.
Join the community »
This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn More.…