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I have a friend whose daughter is 13 and diagnosed with diabetes. (type 1)? |
My friend continues to keep all candies in the house and allows the child to indulge often enough, or shall I say once is too much. She buys WHOLE milk and I get crazy that at least TRY to keep healthier things in the hose from even the most basic--MILK!!!!! Her response is that the girl cannot have skim milk with diabetes as per her doctor, whole milk is better. Any truth to this? Why are you butting into your friend's and her daughter's business? Did she ask you your opinion on how to raise her child? Diabetics hate when people tell them what they can and can't eat, and mothers hate to be told how to parent. You are in a no-win situation. She probably made up that lie about whole milk just to get you off of her back. Moms feed their kids crap all of the time, and some nagging buttinski isn't going to stop them. Justwondering- Thanks for the support. Good point about the milk fat slowing down the sugar, I didn't even think about that. my mum is diabetic she is type 3 eats normally has candles has normal milk it is OK if it is monitored Skim milk has about 1/2 gram more carbs per cup than whole milk. If her doc says she can't have skim milk, child needs a new doctor. Child can have candy, but as with all things, it must be in context of her total carbohydrate intake. My husband is diabetic, so we deal with these food issues daily. Luckily, he is very good about it, and has excellent blood sugar control. If that poor child and her parents don't get nutritional counseling and support right away, the girl won't live to see thirty -- or worse. http://www.diabetes.org/nutrition-and-re... I feel sorry for this kid. The child should drink 2 % milk...which tastes better then skim milk. whole milk has a lot of fat. keeping candy around and other junk is not fair to the child. The mother needs to read up on the literature on diabetes, especially juvenille diabetes. Not only are sweets bad, but so are carbohydrates, which break down into sugar. This disease is nothing to fool around with and the Mother needs to realize it. I hope she buys the child sugar free cookies and cake. Splenda has a great website for receipes. Tell Mom to go to the web-site. Also when she buys chips...tell her to buy the ones that are "baked" As the mom of a diabetic child, and a nurse, I agree with Anita. This is NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS! If the carbohydrates are covered with insulin than it doesn't really how much of them she eats. Sometimes whole milk IS suggested, because the fat content helps slow down the sugar. If she doesn't have a weight problem and doesn't drink a lot of it, it may be appropriate. Sometimes severely restricting a child's diet makes them feel different and leads to depression and rebellion later on. Every family has to deal with this in their own way with advice from their own health care providers. All things (including candy) in moderation. If she allows her daughter to ONLY eat candy then that's a problem. Otherwise, everyone else can eat candy and drink whole milk, why shouldn't a diabetic? as long as she is keeping the sugars controlled by taking the right amount of insulin, it's fine. As far as whole milk being better than skim, the only thing I've ever heard of is that kids should drink whole milk because of the fat for growing purposes. I don't know what age that recommendation stops though, and I've never heard of it in diabetes before. |
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