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<blockquote data-quote="pianoman" data-source="post: 207651" data-attributes="member: 35747"><p>I think you are missing my point rather Sid... a person who has a lactose or gluten intolerance or even some levels of peanut allergy can still choose to eat them but faces the consequences of their choice: from mild discomfort possibly, to swollen face, difficulty breathing etc...</p><p></p><p>I could choose to eat a banana dusted with icing sugar but I know from experience that it would raise my BG level above my comfort level and I may not have any immediate or acute issues with that -- or I may suffer blurred eyesight, fuzzy thinking, headaches, tingling in the extremities etc... and possibly require a day or so to re-establish BG control. If kept choosing that banana with icing sugar: in the long term this could lead to additional complications.</p><p></p><p>There seems to be this attitude that all of us with Diabetes ought to be able to eat the same as "everyone else" -- even if it takes medication -- and yet people seem to be a great deal more understanding when faced with someone who has a food allergy or intolerance... why is this any different?</p><p></p><p>If "intolerance" is a misleading term word why is a key diagnostic test for Diabetes called a "Glucose Tolerance Test"?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pianoman, post: 207651, member: 35747"] I think you are missing my point rather Sid... a person who has a lactose or gluten intolerance or even some levels of peanut allergy can still choose to eat them but faces the consequences of their choice: from mild discomfort possibly, to swollen face, difficulty breathing etc... I could choose to eat a banana dusted with icing sugar but I know from experience that it would raise my BG level above my comfort level and I may not have any immediate or acute issues with that -- or I may suffer blurred eyesight, fuzzy thinking, headaches, tingling in the extremities etc... and possibly require a day or so to re-establish BG control. If kept choosing that banana with icing sugar: in the long term this could lead to additional complications. There seems to be this attitude that all of us with Diabetes ought to be able to eat the same as "everyone else" -- even if it takes medication -- and yet people seem to be a great deal more understanding when faced with someone who has a food allergy or intolerance... why is this any different? If "intolerance" is a misleading term word why is a key diagnostic test for Diabetes called a "Glucose Tolerance Test"? [/QUOTE]
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