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<blockquote data-quote="Antje77" data-source="post: 2320179" data-attributes="member: 372207"><p>Hi [USER=531929]@Toby99[/USER] , and welcome to the forum!</p><p></p><p></p><p>As a base rule, yes, that's correct. However with the things you described he ate last night, I doubt he managed to keep his blood glucose more or less in range, it's very hard to correctly dose for such foods. </p><p>Of course a balanced diet is important for long term health, diabetic or not, but lots of people have grown up to be healthy adults after a few years of living on pizza and beer around the start of adulthood. Having diabetes doesn't mean we aren't allowed to make the same stupid choices as our peers.</p><p></p><p>I think telling a young adult what they should or shouldn't eat, or how they should manage their diabetes, hardly ever has the desired effect, and might well cause troubles in your relationship with him. On the other hand, not saying anything when you see a young adult messing up might not be the best strategy either... </p><p></p><p>Does he see his diabetes team on a regular basis?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Antje77, post: 2320179, member: 372207"] Hi [USER=531929]@Toby99[/USER] , and welcome to the forum! As a base rule, yes, that's correct. However with the things you described he ate last night, I doubt he managed to keep his blood glucose more or less in range, it's very hard to correctly dose for such foods. Of course a balanced diet is important for long term health, diabetic or not, but lots of people have grown up to be healthy adults after a few years of living on pizza and beer around the start of adulthood. Having diabetes doesn't mean we aren't allowed to make the same stupid choices as our peers. I think telling a young adult what they should or shouldn't eat, or how they should manage their diabetes, hardly ever has the desired effect, and might well cause troubles in your relationship with him. On the other hand, not saying anything when you see a young adult messing up might not be the best strategy either... Does he see his diabetes team on a regular basis? [/QUOTE]
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