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<blockquote data-quote="Toby99" data-source="post: 2320171" data-attributes="member: 531929"><p>I have never been on a forum before so my apologies, if i'm getting this wrong or not following the correct ettiquete.</p><p>I am in need of some advice and knowledge.</p><p>Recently our nephew came to live with us, he is 19 and type 1 diabetic, he has been for around 10 years.</p><p>He's a great lad but can be sparing in information if it suits his purpose and I also wonder if he fully understands the long terms issues.</p><p>When it come to diabeties, some of the things he tells me seem to be a bit counter intuitive or go against what I would expect, but then I haven't had to deal with being diabetic so don't have any knowledge other than what I have read.</p><p>So, I suppose what I would like is some clarification of areas that i do not understand. </p><p>He tells me he can eat whatever he likes as long as he takes the correct insulin. Is this correct?</p><p>My understanding is that that may be the case but a balanced diet is very imporatant for long term health?</p><p>He tends to be drawn to eating a lot of sweet things, sugary pop corn, jellied sweets, ice cream, chocolate etc and can happily have 2 or 3 in one evening. For example last night he had caramel pop corn, a cornetto ice cream and a can of dark fruits cider - today he grumpy, lethargic and slept in till 11. He just says he didnt sleep well, but there seems to be a link between what he eats and having a kind of hangover.</p><p>He says he can't have sugar on his cereal but will eat Haribo Tangtastics which seem to me covered in sugar?</p><p>Don;t want to be an interfereing uncle but genuinely concerned about his long term health and surely these "hangover days" can't be right.</p><p>Thankyou</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Toby99, post: 2320171, member: 531929"] I have never been on a forum before so my apologies, if i'm getting this wrong or not following the correct ettiquete. I am in need of some advice and knowledge. Recently our nephew came to live with us, he is 19 and type 1 diabetic, he has been for around 10 years. He's a great lad but can be sparing in information if it suits his purpose and I also wonder if he fully understands the long terms issues. When it come to diabeties, some of the things he tells me seem to be a bit counter intuitive or go against what I would expect, but then I haven't had to deal with being diabetic so don't have any knowledge other than what I have read. So, I suppose what I would like is some clarification of areas that i do not understand. He tells me he can eat whatever he likes as long as he takes the correct insulin. Is this correct? My understanding is that that may be the case but a balanced diet is very imporatant for long term health? He tends to be drawn to eating a lot of sweet things, sugary pop corn, jellied sweets, ice cream, chocolate etc and can happily have 2 or 3 in one evening. For example last night he had caramel pop corn, a cornetto ice cream and a can of dark fruits cider - today he grumpy, lethargic and slept in till 11. He just says he didnt sleep well, but there seems to be a link between what he eats and having a kind of hangover. He says he can't have sugar on his cereal but will eat Haribo Tangtastics which seem to me covered in sugar? Don;t want to be an interfereing uncle but genuinely concerned about his long term health and surely these "hangover days" can't be right. Thankyou [/QUOTE]
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