Diabetic Diet & Blood Gluecose

Is it possible to experience weight loss with hypoglycemia?

Hyperglycemia will cause excessive thirst and urination, over an extended period ketoacidosis which could cause a series of problems if left untreated. Hypoglycemia will cause confusion, clammy skin tremors, fainting. If they are diabetic you can lose weight with both high and low sugars. If it’s hyperglycemia the thirst will be present, with hypoglycemia they may not be eating enough. They should have their sugar checked by a reliable source, MD, someone with a glucometer and new strips

After over a year of wired symptoms, my mom and I discovered it could be hypoglycemia. I looked it up but I would like to know for sure. And I am to poor to go to the docter.

Try a free clinic . YOU Need to see a dr. only a dr can order the tests

(I am looking for one that does not use carbohydrates – bread, rice, etc. – and one that uses little to no meat. It can be a vegetarian cookbook, a vegan cookbook, a raw food cookbook, a diabetic cookbook, a diet cookbook, or a standard cookbook. I am, however, looking for one that does not require expensive equipment such as a dehydrator.)

I would go with this one:
Five-a-Day Fruit & Vegetable Cookbook

http://www.amazon.com/Five-Day-Fruit-Vegetable-Cookbook/dp/0754813223

This one is a vegan cookbook by the Jazzy Vegetarian…..which I don’t really care for as I like my whole milk, cream and butter.
Vegetarian Cooking for Every Day

http://www.jazzyvegetarian.com/press.html

I have gestational diabetes, as I’ve had with all 3 of my pregnancies. I am using the same meter from my last pregnancy, which was 2 1/2 years ago. I was curious as to how long the meters stay accurate before you need to purchase a new one.

I know some diabetics who’ve kept the same one for over five years. I’m going on three years. The battery stopped working recently, but that was a $5 fix.

Obviously, there is some concern that the meter will become less accurate over time, but that’s fairly easy to verify. Bring your meter with you to your doctor’s appointments and test your blood sugar with the same sample the nurse uses. If your meter is within a close range, then you have your answer. You can also bring your meter to the lab, but you won’t be able to use the same blood. Just test shortly before or after the technician draws your blood.

I’m confused about when to do the postprandial blood glucose test. Is it two hours after I finish eating, or is it two hours after I start eating? It it’s two hours after I start eating, isn’t it possible that I would be testing before I had digested all that I ate?

You need to test your blood 2 hours after you START eating. You have to base it on start time, because your body starts processing the food at that time, and it is more accurate to check at that time. You wouldn’t have digested all that you ate because it technically takes you 2 to 6 hours to digest any food you eat depending on the size and the food you ate.

Hope this helps.

My aunt is diabetic and I wanted to make her some. I’m not sure if it matters but she has the kind of diabetes where she got when she was a kid not the kind fat old people get. She still eats some sugar but not a lot.

Here is a site that might have what you are looking for……………….

http://diabeticgourmet.com/recipes/Desserts/Cookies/

I have a tradition with one of my friends that we normally exchange cakes on our birthdays, but she just got diagnosed with diabetes so I need some new recipes!
Anyone know where I can get some good recipies for diabetic friendly cake, brownies, cookies etc?

A good cake for diabetics, try these:

Sugarless Applesauce Cake

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups unsweetened applesauce
3/4 cup brown sugar twin
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup raisins

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray an 8×4 inch loaf pan with cooking spray.

Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Set aside.

Beat the eggs until light and add sugar twin. Add applesauce and vanilla.

Add flour mixture and beat until smooth. Fold in raisins.

Pour batter into loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about an hour, or until a toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean.

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Sugar-Free Frosting

1 (1.4 ounce) package sugar-free instant pudding mix
1 3/4 cups milk
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1 (8 ounce) container lite frozen whipped topping, thawed

In a medium bowl, combine pudding mix and milk. Mix well and let stand until thickened.
In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add pudding and mix well. Finally, fold in whipped topping.

Voila!

Everything I read online seems to indicate that dehydration *increases* blood glucose levels, but the instruction manual for my monitor and strips (OneTouch Ultra2) says that "You may get false *low* glucose results if you are severely dehydrated".

The kidneys help to counteract very high blood glucose levels by forcing glucose to be excreted in the urine hours after the fact, and that means more expelling of water than is optimum. So, high blood sugar causes dehydration, not the other way round. Don’t worry about the slight, non-linear effect on the blood glucose readings. You are not going to become so severely hyperglycemic that you dehydrate and that makes your blood sugar look normal falsely. Just tust me on that.

High blood sugar means too high. Take insulin. And if you are so severely dehydrated, that is a problem by itself and it may or may not be connected to the high sugar. Drink water.