Is this healthy? It might be a bit long to read.?
Posted by: Alan in Diabetic Retinopathy Treatment, tags: Healthy, Long, Might, read., ThisQuestion by ShadowStarr: Is this healthy? It might be a bit long to read.?
(It might be a bit long to read)
I have been diabetic since i was 2 but i didn’t have ant knowledge about it since a year ago
i used to secretly hid away Sweet and Chocolate from my mum because i didn’t understand why i couldn’t have it and no one explained to me the complication of high blood sugar
i am aware of everything now but for a whole year i suffered really high blood sugar and it had affect my eye as i now suffer With background retinopathy
now i find even little food makes a big impact on my blood sugar e.g a grape
sometimes my blood sugar level could rise up to 27.8mmol just due to stress or even a small slice of pizza even a banana
Now this is the diet i follow
Breakfast: yogurt and rice cake
Snack :cucumber with cream cheese
Lunch: gluten free bread (i also have celiac disease) with cheese salad filling (filling is also varied)
snack: 10 almonds and fruit usually varied
Dinner: brown rice and chicken with green pepper (usually varied)
i want to know is this healthy and do i eat enough?
i also exercise 5 time a week for 45 minutes moderate intensity
this enables me to control my blood sugar, at the moment it is at 6.7mmol A1C
Best answer:
Answer by john e russo md facm faafp
It is common in this forum for respondents not to be familiar with the units being referenced. A glucose of 27.8 mmol/L is 500 mg/dL. A glucose of 6.7 mmol/L is 121 mg/dL although I suspect that you may be referring to an A1C of 6.7%. The A1C is reported in % not mmol/L or mg/dL. The A1C represents the 90 day mean (average) glucose. An A1C of 6.7% approximates a 90 day mean glucose of 8.1 mmol/L or 146 mg/dL. An A1C is near the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists goal of 6.5% which approximates a 90 day mean glucose of 7.8 mmol/L or 141 mg/dL. Given the combination of Celiac Disease and Type 1 Diabetes I would very strongly encourage you to seek the advice of a dietitian. This is simply not the forum to seek such information. For example you describe a single day’s intake but you need a varied diet and only a qualified dietitian will be able to work that out with you. If I may be of further assistance please let me know. I wish you the very best of health and in all things may God bless.
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