What role does nutrition play in managing Type 1 Diabetes?
Even though modern technology has revolutionized the day to day management of Type 1 Diabetes, there are still only three things that we can manipulate in order to maintain control of the blood sugar. And make no mistake; controlling the blood sugar is the name of the game. Long term complications of diabetes of either type are completely preventable if blood glucose is controlled adequately. What are the three things that you can control? First, you can control the food that you eat. Second, you can control the amount of exercise that you get. Third, you can control the amount of insulin that you take. That’s it. And successful management of Type 1 Diabetes largely consists of making those three things match. No matter what the insulin regimen, these three things have to match up well for blood glucose to be controlled. Effective management requires that carbohydrates must be counted. And, if you have Type 1 Diabetes and you consume concentrated sugar, your blood glucose is going to g
