Hey Everyone! Hope so all of you doing great! My girlfriend is a diabetes patient and I want to research about their diet for her? Anyone guide me pls? Can she eat Wagamama Gluten free Menu?
Thanks
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Owen Clark!
Hi
@clark008 ,
I guess to answer your first question, you are on a dedicated website, or the forum section of one. But yeah.... I think this is something to discuss with your girlfriend. We don't know what type of diabetes she has. You're 24, I'm guessing she might be around the same age and type 1 is more prevalent at that age than type 2, but if we just start guessing things and throwing random information at you, that'd be no use at all. The difference between type 1 and 2, and a bunch of other types, are quite big, and their treatments vary as well. What, if any, medication is she on, is she on insulin, does she carb-count etc etc... If she's a T1 then her way of coping is
hers, and while researching is really sweet, you need to know
what to research, first! A lot of T1's can eat the same thing other people do who don't have it, but a handfull needs to restrict carbs (gluten-free is not the same as low carb or zero carb!) to make management easier. So even within types, treatments vary. If she's a T2, the same thing goes. I am a diet-only type 2 diabetic, but there's plenty of people here who are on a load of different medications, diets or treatments... Different bodies, different lives, different needs. So it'd have to be rather specific for her situation. So find out first what her specific needs are and how you can help her. Because what is right for me, would not be right for possibly the next person to post, your girlfriend, the neighbour.... There is no one-size fits all.
I did have a look at the Wagamama site, and as a diet controlled, low carbing T2, there's not a lot there that I would be able to order, but if I leave out the rice/noodles/sweet sauces I might come some way. It helps that they have nutritional information on the site. Personally though, I'd likely eat elsewhere. And again.... If your girlfriend has a different type or different treatment, if she's on insulin for instance, the carb content listed on the website could help her inject the right amount for the food she's about to have. So.... Don't research diabetes. Research HER.
Good luck,
Jo
