Search Results

Thanks BulkBiker (love your avatar by the way; suspect we are of a like mind) and Michita. We'll do our best and be coy with them. Apparently his cholesterol was a bit high and they are preparing a diet plan. I know they are just doing what they know but that sounds ominous and it made my blood...

Thanks very much all for your advice and support. When we give starchy carbs like pasta we do see a spike in glucose above the safe range, but it then falls back down within the safe range. If we gave more insulin the sugar level would come down too much. We'll continue with low carb as it...

We were asked to use mylife app and NHS can see exactly how much carbs we give him.

Thanks very much for you replies. To be clear though, the NHS are NOT saying continue with your normal diet. They are saying 'include starchy carbs', i.e. do not do a low carb diet but include pasta, rice, potatoes. We have tried to give these but that led to his sugar level spiking. We will...

Hi, Our 7 year old son was diagnosed a few months ago with T1. We are puzzled by the diet advice provided by the NHS, which is basically to eat whatever you want and adjust insulin accordingly. This seems very '1950s' to me. I can understand why they want to keep it simple but we are good cooks...