[Diabetes-Talk] balancing diets

[Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter]

Doula,

I don't have anything like what you're dealing with, but, I do have gastro
paresis, and while I don't have a gluten intolerance, I find eating
gluten-free helps. So, lately, I've been trying to eat gluten-free.
Fortunately, these days, finding gluten-free options in stores and
restaurants is much easier than it used to be. But, I mostly cook at home,
so, I can do what I want.

I tried the Keto diet for a while to take off extra baby weight. And Keto is
supposed to be great for diabetics, but, for me, I found it kept my blood
sugars higher no matter what I did. Anyone else here have success with Keto?

Bridgit

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Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] balancing diets

Hi All,
 I'm wondering if anyone here has to balance different diets? I have a rare
genetic disease called Alstrom syndrome. The name of the game is organ
deterrioration and failure, when and what is anyone's best guess. I started
out with high triglycerides, lipids in my early teens. I've always been
overweight, another syndrome issue, is hyperphagia, meaning your body
doesn't recognize staying full for very long. At the age of 18 I had
pancreatitis, and in enters my Diabetes.
In my mid 30's is when my kidneys started deterriorating, currently I'm
pretty stable at stage 3 kidney disease. My struggle is that the Diabetes
diet of watching carbs is completely opposite from the kidney diet where
carbs are one of the safer things to eat. I can have up to
2000 MGs of sodium and potassium a day. It can be real fun figuring out what
to eat, I really have to know my food makeup. Just wondering if anyone else
has to do this tricky kind of balancing act? It's taken me some time to
figure out how to make it work for me. And hopefully if I get approved for
my CGM, that doesn't  make me go back to the drawing board with food.
Although I hope not, because my sugars are pretty good testing with my
meter. Thanks everyone.
Doula

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