Diabetes notes: a bit more about food
Aug. 20th, 2009 12:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ceriI did speak with the nurse at last night's session about my running too low on daily carbs, and she also had some general advice. Since some of you are interested...
She and the endocrinologist emphasized the importance of feeling comfortable with what we're doing, because stress itself drives blood sugar production out of whack and is therefore a health risk all by itself. If you're under constant stress and frustration and feel like your life of diabetes management stinks, you're hurting yourself. So they talked about the value of enjoying treats on special occasions and of treating target numbers like carbs per day as goals to approximate rather than ones that must be hit precisely every time.
In my particular case, since I have both a shorfall in carbs eaten and some favorite foods I miss, the right thing to do is indeed to just add some of them back in and see how my blood sugar goes.
She and the endocrinologist emphasized the importance of feeling comfortable with what we're doing, because stress itself drives blood sugar production out of whack and is therefore a health risk all by itself. If you're under constant stress and frustration and feel like your life of diabetes management stinks, you're hurting yourself. So they talked about the value of enjoying treats on special occasions and of treating target numbers like carbs per day as goals to approximate rather than ones that must be hit precisely every time.
In my particular case, since I have both a shorfall in carbs eaten and some favorite foods I miss, the right thing to do is indeed to just add some of them back in and see how my blood sugar goes.