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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
Hello everybody. This is my first post since my 13 yr old son was diagnosed 6 weeks ago. I wanted some advice regarding the quantity of carbs he consumes. We were started on carb counting as soon as he came home from hospital and seem to be doing ok with this as his readings, touch wood, are usually within the required 4-8 range at present. He has had a couple of lows (3.5's) and his highest in the last few weeks was (12.3) compared to when he first came home his readings were always over 13.9 and the highest 28.2 so it looks like we are doing things correctly.
However, I note that a lot of people on here are on low carb diets. My son has been told by the dietician that he can eat what he wants so long as we calculate the carb content and he is given the correct dosage of insulin to account for what he is about to it.
He is probably consuming around 300g of carbs each day! The dietitian does not seem concerned about this but as I can see a lot of you are limiting your carb intake, I wonder whether we should be doing the same? Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you and have a great day
However, I note that a lot of people on here are on low carb diets. My son has been told by the dietician that he can eat what he wants so long as we calculate the carb content and he is given the correct dosage of insulin to account for what he is about to it.
He is probably consuming around 300g of carbs each day! The dietitian does not seem concerned about this but as I can see a lot of you are limiting your carb intake, I wonder whether we should be doing the same? Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you and have a great day