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Message: <blockquote data-quote="azure" data-source="post: 1312161" data-attributes="member: 39639">I recommend the book Think Like A Pancreas if you're looking for more information. It's very popular here and excellent.It sounds like your son's team are trying to reassure you by saying he can eat as many carbs as he wants. but you're quite right that these foods shouldn't be eaten every day, and that he needs a healthy diet. You must find what works for him - in all ways.You should also bear in mind that he's probably going through the 'honeymoon period' where his body can still make small amounts of insulin of its own, so this will be affecting things. If he lost weight before diagnosis, it could be the hospital were trying to help him put that weight back on. My first 'diet' from the hospital was higher carb than I eat now, but I then gradually adjusted if back to a moderate level of carbs (adjusting my insulin too, of course).In my opinion, it's false to,say that Type 1s can just go out and eat a huge feast of carbs. However, it's equally false to,say that Type 1s can only exist on tiny amounts of carbs. Find the level of carbs that suits your son (my guess is that that will be a moderate level) and do look into a pump if you're interested. You'll find that will help if he's an active child, and will also help you control his basal insulin and his meal time insulin doses more precisely.I also urge you to speak to his team. This forum does not recommend a very low carb diet for children without the advice and support of an appropriate paediatric team. He doesn't have to eat high carb, but you should bear in mind he needs appropriate nutrition for growth. Please don't be swayed by Facebook or blogs or wonder stories on the internet. Your son needs the right diet for him and any extreme diet is very unlikely to provide that - no matter how loud the hype.</blockquote>

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