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Too many carbs

mariamack1

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My son is 13 and has been T1 for just over a year. We manage pretty well with carb counting, and every gram is counted. I believe as a growing boy he needs his carbs, and he currently has approx 180g of carbs in meals per day, with 20-30g added for snacks. Do you think this is too much? He is always hungry and I try to get him to snack on carb-free food. He had lost 1st in the few weeks before he was diagnosed, and still has not managed to put it all back on yet. Any advice greatly appreciated.
 
This doesn't seem like too many carbs to me. I was 11 when I was diagnosed as T1, and was sent home on a diet of 180g carbs.

I'd been undiagnosed for months, as I had been hiding my symptoms. My sister had been diagnosed a year or so before me, so I knew what to expect. I had lost a lot of weight, just 3st 10 when diagnosed, and as far as I recall I put it back on fairly slowly. You'd have thought my family might have noticed, but hey!

So I think your son is probably doing just fine.
 
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