phoenix
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Actually the DAFNE website specifically excludes sugary drinks in it's FAQs
Can I really eat what I want?
Yes, except for having sugary drinks you can adjust your insulin to cover anything you choose to have.
Basically if you are choosing sugar loaded energy drinks, DAFNE doesn't give the green light to them (they are absorbed too fast , good for hypos)
If you're meaning sugar free energy drinks with lot's of caffeine, and maybe taurine.
They don't actually know the effect of these drinks on T1, the Children with diabetes site discusses them , obviously talking about children: 1 answer suggesting OK in moderation but 3 doctors basically saying no:http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/dteam/2006-12/d_0d_ec7.htm
I see that the Bournemouth hospital did a study a couple of years ago but I couldn't find any results. http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01805700
DAFNE may tell you how you can eat normally, but what is normal? Normal and healthy or normal meaning as many people eat, unhealthily.
It is great in that it means you can eat more flexibly (ie like a non diabetic) and that you can vary your meals and mealtimes This is a contrast to earlier methods which involved counting exact amounts of carbs with fixed amounts of insulin at fixed times.
In many ways it is good that you have the tools to deal with different foods but just as for people without diabetes there are unhealthy choices. As people with diabetes I think we need to be careful and that it's much safer to, for the most part, err on the healthy side.
Let's take an example; a slice of chocolate cake. You can calculate the dose for the cake and, if you do it correctly, then you can get away with a reasonable blood glucose. Doing it correctly isn't always simple though because things like exercise, health, stress etc etc vary from day to day and actually calculating the carbs may not be that easy. You may not always get it right.
Most importantly, eating chocolate cake isn't a healthy option for anyone on a regular basis.
Personally, I'll eat a small piece at one of my grand children's birthday party or on the odd occasion as part of a dessert after dinner but not every day.
If you are very active, you may well need more carbohdrates than someone who is older and less active but I certainly feel that most of them should come from healthy sources.
Can I really eat what I want?
Yes, except for having sugary drinks you can adjust your insulin to cover anything you choose to have.
Basically if you are choosing sugar loaded energy drinks, DAFNE doesn't give the green light to them (they are absorbed too fast , good for hypos)
If you're meaning sugar free energy drinks with lot's of caffeine, and maybe taurine.
They don't actually know the effect of these drinks on T1, the Children with diabetes site discusses them , obviously talking about children: 1 answer suggesting OK in moderation but 3 doctors basically saying no:http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/dteam/2006-12/d_0d_ec7.htm
I see that the Bournemouth hospital did a study a couple of years ago but I couldn't find any results. http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01805700
DAFNE may tell you how you can eat normally, but what is normal? Normal and healthy or normal meaning as many people eat, unhealthily.
It is great in that it means you can eat more flexibly (ie like a non diabetic) and that you can vary your meals and mealtimes This is a contrast to earlier methods which involved counting exact amounts of carbs with fixed amounts of insulin at fixed times.
In many ways it is good that you have the tools to deal with different foods but just as for people without diabetes there are unhealthy choices. As people with diabetes I think we need to be careful and that it's much safer to, for the most part, err on the healthy side.
Let's take an example; a slice of chocolate cake. You can calculate the dose for the cake and, if you do it correctly, then you can get away with a reasonable blood glucose. Doing it correctly isn't always simple though because things like exercise, health, stress etc etc vary from day to day and actually calculating the carbs may not be that easy. You may not always get it right.
Most importantly, eating chocolate cake isn't a healthy option for anyone on a regular basis.
Personally, I'll eat a small piece at one of my grand children's birthday party or on the odd occasion as part of a dessert after dinner but not every day.
If you are very active, you may well need more carbohdrates than someone who is older and less active but I certainly feel that most of them should come from healthy sources.