Hi,
Our 7 year old son was diagnosed a few months ago with T1. We are puzzled by the diet advice provided by the NHS, which is basically to eat whatever you want and adjust insulin accordingly. This seems very '1950s' to me. I can understand why they want to keep it simple but we are good cooks and even before this diagnosis we were healthy eaters and are thankfully able to afford to eat well. We are concerned that the NHS might pull us up on following a low carb diet (inspired by De Beers book). Any advice on how to manage the NHS relationship? We hope they will just come to trust us in time, but aren't banking on it so are circumspect about what we tell them. For what it's worth the low carb diet appears to be doing wonders and his glucose is largely within the normal range.
Thanks, JM
Why would you tell them.. it's up to you and your family what you eat.Thanks very much for you replies. To be clear though, the NHS are NOT saying continue with your normal diet. They are saying 'include starchy carbs', i.e. do not do a low carb diet but include pasta, rice, potatoes. We have tried to give these but that led to his sugar level spiking. We will therefore go low carb as a family. Indeed, we have already started and everybody is happy with it. We already eat lots of vegetables and meat so cutting out the carbs hasn't been that noticeable. My son is definitely getting enough calories, vitamins etc.
My question was not about the diet, but whether the NHS has any power over us regarding the diet, i.e. somehow forcing us to change his diet against our will.
Thanks
No way would I ever share my way of eating with the NHS via an app.We were asked to use mylife app and NHS can see exactly how much carbs we give him.
Thanks for the pointer to the Type1grit group. We'll check it out.
I suggest you ask for a full breakdown of levels, though personally I'd want to see some research on what cholesterol levels should be in children before I worried.We'll do our best and be coy with them. Apparently his cholesterol was a bit high and they are preparing a diet plan.
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