Recent Content by iris peleg

try to eat at bedtime a meal of full carb + fat. that can help preventing the liver to produce glucose from fat. many times it helps. Iris Peleg

Let's think of the following situation: I was diagnosed as diabetic. I am over 30 years old. Not fat, exercise from time to time and no diabetes history in my family. How does the doctor decide if I am type 1 or type 2? The lab test c-peptide can distinguish between the two. C-peptide test...

mark, No doubt that 10-12 times a day is too much tests. I know it is hard to say and even harder to listen but to have to let the diabetes control you life. Testing so many times is doing it. Try to reduce the number of testing slowly so you can see that you are safe. We are all facing...

So a very good post followed by a discussion on carbs. I would like to add more explanation on the subject. I enclose an article I wrote on the subject. Glycemic Index The glycemic index indicates the duration of the digestion process for a given type of food and its effect on the blood glucose...

Underatand your fear Hello Mark, Only Someone who experience hypoglycemia can really understand you. However, I do beleive that you should work on the fear from the difficulty to integrate the medical imperatives in your day-to-day live. I don't know how many times you test your blood sugar...

hello I understand what you are feeling. I was diagnosed with type 1 34 years ago. I would like to understand what bothers you the most so I can try and help. After all this is mu profession... Iris

know the problem The dr reflect the policy of the medical insurance. The insurance is the one that tries to cut the cost. Funny that they want us to be in a better control but limit the strips. How many packages are you using per month? What type of medicine are you using? Iris