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andykendle

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Hi all.
I'm after some information on Cooking Classes for kids with Type 1.
My nephew was just diagnosed with Type 1 while on holiday in Thailand with his parents. Was not a great end to their holiday, with him going into DKA and having to spend 3 days in Intensive Care, then straight back into hospital as soon as they landed in the UK. But he's a great kid and handling it so well.
Being a bit of an amateur cook I thought I would look into the diet side of Type 1 to try and be of some help to my sister and my nephew.
Obviously I'm searching the internet for advice etc but does anyone know of any cooking classes that cover Type 1, or any advice in general?
Many thanks
Andy
 
I think the two pieces of advice I'd give would be:

1. Make sure that when you cook, you carb count so that you know exactly how many carbs there are in a portion of food. This will make management for his parents a lot easier.

2. Don't overuse sugar and try to use wholemeal flours, pastas, rices, etc, as these tend to have a slower release than the white versions.

Many might advocate a low carb approach to cooking for a newly diagnosed diabetic child, and while this is possible, I'd suggest that that is a decision that you need to leave to the parents. In the meantime, making it as easy as possible to work out the amount of carbs in what is being made and trying to avoid using excess carbs is probably the easiest approach to take.
 
Pretty much as Tim says above, make it as easy as possible to get the total carbohydrate content of a meal.

The first thing I did when I was diagnosed and got my head around carb counting was to invest in a good set of digital scales and I weigh everything that has a carb content very accurately.

My wife does the same though all she does is write down the carb count of every ingredient that goes in then tells me how many portions she has made. I work the rest out since I think she doesn't want to be responsible for putting me in hospital by screwing up the maths :P

Other than weighing and noting everything I eat a reasonable healthy / balanced meal. Except for pizza, me and Pizza don't get along well with regads to later BG.
 
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