As a diabetic, is it safe for me to eat honey graham crackers?
I am a diabetic. Is it safe for me to eat honey graham crackers?
Yes, people with diabetes can eat honey graham crackers. The amount of honey or sugar in most brands of graham crackers (other than chocolate covered) is not considered significant.
Three graham crackers measuring 2 1/2 inches square is equal to one starch...
Which diet is right for hypoglycemia?
Thank you so much for answering my question about which diet is right for hypoglycemia! I worried a lot about it and was pretty confused by the different advice from my internist and dietitian, as well as from several sources on the Net. Thanks to you. I feel more weaponed in the confusing world...
Where can I find a dietitian who works with diabetes?
Where can I find a dietitian who works with diabetes?
The Diabetes Care & Education dietetic practice group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics specializes in working with patients with diabetes. You can find a dietitian at the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Include your zip code or city/state and the type of service...
My doctor diagnosed me with hypoglycemia and handed me a diabetic diet.
My doctor diagnosed me recently as having hypoglycemia. He handed me a diabetic diet to follow. Am I a diabetic? I don't have to take any shots like a diabetic. So why do I have to follow a diabetic diet?
If your doctor diagnosed you as having hypoglycemia, you probably took a three-hour glucose tolerance...
I was tested and my sugar level was a little high.
In response to your asking, if I had been tested for diabetes, I was tested when I had all the blood work done. My sugar level was a little high. But it goes up and down. Sometimes it is low. I do not remember the number. But I do remember my doctor telling me...
I was just diagnosed as pre-diabetic. What food can I cut or add to my diet?
I was just diagnosed as pre-diabetic. I already watch what I eat and workout lifting weights. What kind of foods can I cut from my diet and what can I add to my diet that will help? Also, besides running, what exercises can I do that will help as well?
Congrats on exercising. Continue exercising...
After I eat, I feel heavy in my head an very sluggish.
I would experience low sugar spells before the following control habits. I have been on a dietitian planned diet (6-7 small balanced meals) and exercise daily. Immediately after I eat, I feel extremely heavy in my head and very sluggish. It takes 30-45 minutes for the feeling to subside before I feel fine again....
Since insulin turns carbohydrates into fat, is there a medication to take that will slow down insulin production?
Since insulin turns carbohydrates into fat, is there a medication to take that will slow down insulin production?
No, and it would not be wise. Your pancreas produces insulin to move glucose into cells where it is metabolized into energy which fuels the body. When your blood glucose returns to a normal range 70 -...
I constantly crave sugar and know that this is symptoms of diabetes, but could something else be the cause?
I don't know what is wrong with me. I constantly crave sugar. So bad sometimes that I will go in the kitchen and eat tablespoons of raw sugar at a time. I am really moody. One minute I will be happy and then 10 minutes later want to cry. I get so sleepy after...
I am tired of dragging along a food scale to weigh my meat.
I have been trying to follow the Exchange List diet, but am tired of dragging along a food scale to weigh my meat. When I eat out, I try to stick to chicken, pork chops or steak, but this is the time of year for banquets with roast beef and turkey. Do you have...