Camping in France

[W00sterz00ey]

We are about to head out for our annual camping trip, but it's our first time since my DD was diagnosed with T1...
We'll be doing most of our cooking at the camp site, but we need to understand the carbs in local produce.
So main question is - would the carb count of a French Baguette be the same as that from Tescos or Sainsburys? Or how it's recorded as in the Carbs & Cals book?
Question two is what is T1 called in France?
Also open for ANY recommendations, advice, warnings - anything to help us make this a success for us and a great, easy experience for our daughter.
Thanks!
Erica

 

[Engineer88]

Assume you have a Frio bag to keep things cool?

As far as I'm aware a baguette is the same here or france, but be warned to texpect more hypos and highs than normal due to all the fun

Have a great holiday!

 

[azure]

I believe the French for type 1 is 'diabete de Type 1'.

The carbs for a baguette will be similar, but your daughter will be eating lots of new foods possibly so just check the labels if it's a processed food and use your judgement if not. It's best to err on the side of caution and underestimate slightly and then do a correction dose if necessary.

 

[slip]

Carbs are carbs whether they are French, English or Italian ! LOL!

If your French isn't great google some phrases you might need "my daughter has Type 1 diabetes and needs sugar" and learn them before hand. You probably won't need them though.

But it's a holiday, for you all, give yourselves a bit of a break from the diabetes and relax and enjoy - a week or 2 of fluctuating BG levels won't matter in the grand scheme of things - you may even learn something from it.

 

[phoenix]

This is a rough guide, supermarket baguette can be very 'fast' , bread from some local bakers who make it traditionally might be a bit slower. Glucides are carbohydrates.

from http://chretiens.republicains.perso.neuf.fr/politique/sante/medtronic_aliments_&_glucides.pdf (a book from Medtronic with rounded carb counts for French Foods. Good for those things that don't come in packets)

But if she's running about , swimming etc she may need far less insulin than usual . Take your usual hypo treatment with you, I've never seen Lucozade, you can't easily get glucose tablets. The hospital here uses slightly diluted syrop for hypos and it works well ( lots of flavours in the supermarkets but you have to check the label to make sure it isn't made with fructose or of course 'no sucre' ) On the other hand every bar and café have sugar lumps/packets of sugar.

 

[paulliljeros]

For things like cordials, you want to look for "sans sucre" ... without sugar

 

[W00sterz00ey]

All - you are amazing. Thank you!