Diet & Nutrition

This is part 3 of a 3-part video transcription. Transcript Part 1  |  Transcript Part 2  To view the video series, go here.   Steve Freed:               Right. So are there any books available that people that want to go on a diet that they kind of explain what to expect and so forth? …

This is part 2 of a 3-part video transcription. Transcript Part 1 | Transcript Part 3 To view the video series, go here. Steve Freed:               One of the things that I’ve noticed, which I think is comical, is we probably spend $50 billion to study that exercise is good for you. I …

This is part 1 of a 3-part video transcription. Transcript Part 2 | Transcript Part 3 To view the video series, go here. Steve Freed:               This is Steve Freed with Diabetes in Control and we have a special guest with us today. We’re here with Dr. Mark Mattson who is …

New nutrition recommendations filled with numerous changes.

Consider protein intake in addition to counting carbohydrates when calculating insulin doses.

Some think you can’t be too rich or too thin. A stylish female, type 2 diabetes, 46 years of age came into the office (a weight loss clinic) for a follow up. Everyone was telling her how great she looked. She said she was feeling great and excited because she could fit into clothes she couldn’t fit in the past few years. She lost 9 pounds in three months. She had not been self monitoring her glucose. She was thrilled, but her doctor wasn’t so thrilled, at least not yet. He was concerned her glucose was elevated.

19-year-old female, type 1, insulin pump, and counting carbs, wanted to use a particular food plan that touted no counting and no need to worry about numbers. She asked me what I thought of that and I informed her that for weight loss, this can work for some, but she has type 1 diabetes, and she will need to check her glucose and most likely count carbs, or at least make some adjustments in her boluses at each meal.

Study shows high carotenoid serum concentration may prevent development of type 2.

Female, 28 years of age, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 25. She was taught to manage her diabetes with a basal/bolus insulin regimen and meal plan prescribed by health care team. She was taught she could eat anything she wanted as long as she covered her carbs with rapid-acting insulin. Her glucose was in control, but she gained 50 pounds over the first year. She then attributed her weight gain to taking insulin, so she would not take enough insulin to cover her glucose levels.

Study suggests extreme calorie reduction may have same effect as bariatric surgery.