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<blockquote data-quote="GrumpyAardvark" data-source="post: 201056" data-attributes="member: 28638"><p><strong>Re: Diabetic son will not stop eating high sugar and high ca</strong></p><p></p><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>I think that there are two issues that you are fighting here, a desire on your son's part to eat food that is not entirely healthy and also him taking responsibility for his diabetes control. </p><p></p><p>Most teenage boys do get very hungry and also want to fit in with their peers on what they eat. It's isn't the end of the world if his diet is a bit high in fat and sugar for a few years, particularly if he also gets healthy food at home. </p><p></p><p>What really matters is that he covers the carbohydrate (be it good or bad carbs) with insulin. Has he done a DAFNE course or equivalent? This would mean on the day he wanted the cake he could have had the cake and given himself an injection to cover the carbs and a correction dose of rapid acting insulin to get that high reading down (with the proviso that if he is constantly running high then it could mean that his background dose needs looking at rather than continually correcting with rapid). A pump might provide even more flexibility. </p><p></p><p>Taking away the battle about what he eats for a while might help ease things a little. Not that I'm much of an expert on teen psychology I'm afraid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GrumpyAardvark, post: 201056, member: 28638"] [b]Re: Diabetic son will not stop eating high sugar and high ca[/b] Hi, I think that there are two issues that you are fighting here, a desire on your son's part to eat food that is not entirely healthy and also him taking responsibility for his diabetes control. Most teenage boys do get very hungry and also want to fit in with their peers on what they eat. It's isn't the end of the world if his diet is a bit high in fat and sugar for a few years, particularly if he also gets healthy food at home. What really matters is that he covers the carbohydrate (be it good or bad carbs) with insulin. Has he done a DAFNE course or equivalent? This would mean on the day he wanted the cake he could have had the cake and given himself an injection to cover the carbs and a correction dose of rapid acting insulin to get that high reading down (with the proviso that if he is constantly running high then it could mean that his background dose needs looking at rather than continually correcting with rapid). A pump might provide even more flexibility. Taking away the battle about what he eats for a while might help ease things a little. Not that I'm much of an expert on teen psychology I'm afraid. [/QUOTE]
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