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Diabetes Check-up – 1 Week Gluten-Free

May 5, 2017 by Emily 2 Comments

I met with my endocrinologist office this week to review my numbers and make sure I’m on track.

The office had never heard of treating T1 diabetes with a gluten-free diet. This is a little concerning to me; however, new research is coming out all the time, so it is probably hard to keep up.

The doctor I spoke with was supportive of the diet, of course still checking blood glucose (BG) regularly to make sure my BG stays in line. I was a little disappointed that she thought my BG were still a little high. I just had <150 stuck in my head. So I thought levels of 130-140 were perfect. The pre-meal BG needs to be <130, and the 2 hour post-meal BG <150. I should be <130 in the morning too, after the overnight fast.

Oh rats, maybe the diet change isn’t good enough. I’m regularly 130-145 pre-meal or fasting in the morning.

I want to give the diet more time, especially since I JUST started feeling better/normal again. I’m checking in with the office next week, and we’ll go from there.

Here’s my latest thought or thing to research: is the goal of insulin and diabetes management to make sure my BG returns to normal level after eating or is it to make sure my BG doesn’t spike too high while eating? Somewhere in between? Both?

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  1. Luke Rumley

    May 5, 2017 at 5:16 pm

    Probably both? Also, “sose you can live!”

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    • Emily

      May 5, 2017 at 6:58 pm

      Lol…true! I was wondering because even if I’m returning to “normal” BG level, for a diabetic, what if I’m spiking higher than normal because my pancreas doesn’t produce a lot of insulin. Is it good enough that i return to a normal level? Is it causing damage by how high i spike?

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