I know 1gram of carb raises blood sugar on someone that weighs around 100lbs to 140lbs by 4 to 5 points… Does anyone know how much 1gram of sugar raises blood sugar?

Sugar is pure sugar, so it's 1g of carb per 1g of sugar (I had to check the back of our sugar dispenser at work to confirm this). So it's the same 4-5 points if that's how much 1g of carb elevates you.

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How many carbs should a pre-diabetic teen consume daily?

She 16 years old, says she's around 225 lbs, 5'1 in height, and not active at all. What should I tell her for a carb limit, the doctor basically just said watch what you eat but didn't give her allot of info. I'm putting her on a diabetic diet so she can lose at least 10 pounds for now and reduce her risk for diabetes.

Help please?

If she wants to weigh 215 lbs, she will need 2150 calories for her basic needs, 430 calories for her activity level (which you said is basically sitting around all day), and 258 calories for digestion, for a grand total of 2838 calories a day.

How I Got This:
1. Calculate the minimum number of calories you need by multiplying your current or desired weight in pounds by 10 if you're a woman, 11 if you're a man. This number represents your basic calorie needs.

2. Calculate the number of calories required for your activity level (see tips, below) by multiplying your basic calorie needs (the calculation from step 1) by your activity level – 20 percent or 0.2, 30 percent or 0.3, 40 percent or 0.4, or 50 percent or 0.5. The resulting number represents your activity-based calorie needs.

3. Calculate the number of calories your body needs for food digestion and absorption by adding your basic calorie needs and your activity-based calorie needs (the answers from steps 1 and 2) and multiplying this sum by 0.10. These are the calories you need for digestion.

4. Add the three calculations from steps 1, 2 and 3: This is your total daily calorie need to maintain your desired weight.

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How can I lose weight as an insulin resistant person?
Im 20 years old, 5'4, 218 lbs. Ive already lost 34 lbs but its taken almost a year and a half to do so. I think my insulin resistance is the problem. What do i do?

You should go to the library and read some of Dr. Nicholas Perricone's books, he talks a lot about weight gain and insulin production.

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I have a project on insulin, and I decided I want to make my sentence better. However, I don't know what I should write without sounding repetitive. I don't want to type information in my paragraph that will be covered later on. Any ideas or suggestions? I'm not asking you write it for me, but examples or ideas would be great! Thanks.

Whenever you do a paper on a medical subject like insulin, explain what the pancreas is & how it works. Then you can explain what happens when there is too much insulin & too little insulin produced. Go into signs & symptoms. Do some history on how insulin was developed by using dogs in experiments . Then go into the types of insulin (regular and long acting) and how they're used.There. I've done the whole thing for you. Good luck.

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I'm doing a research project for government class on Animal Experimentation and I need to know how insulin causes animal birth defects. The project is die in 2 weeks and I have everything done but I still need the answer to this question.

During normal gestation the fetus needs higher levels of nutritions in the blood, that´s why the mother produces a placental hormone called somatomammotropin which has anti-insulin effects reducing the sensibility of the tissues to insuline and thus increasing maternal glucose levels ensuring adequate fetal nutrition. My guess is, since i´m not familiar with birth defects by insulin, Abnormal high levels of insulin during gestation should alter nutrition to the fetus and result in some kind of birth defects. You should investigate the normal function of hormones during gestation and then if there are conditions related to high levels of insulin and how this affects the process.

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A young mother of 24 yrs is having diabetes and she has to take insulin daily. What is the best ayurvedic, dietary or natural remedy for her? As she has to care for her baby all through the day, she is unable to do any exercise.

Diabetes canNOT be cured. it can only be CONTROLLED.

Since she is taking insulin, we are not clear if she is a Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetic. Treatment will be based on what type of diabetic she is.

Type 1 Diabetes is characterized by a complete failure of the pancreas. This most often happens in children uner the age of 18, but it is not uncommon for young adults as old as 30 to get it. Type 2 Diabetes can also turn into Type1, after many years of poor treatment.

Type 2 Diabetes is caused by being overweight. This is most common in adults over 40, but with society's ways of eating wrong foods and failing to get exercise, Type 2 Diabetes is now showing up in children as young as 9 years old!

And Type 2 Diabetes is VERY common if the mother had Gestational Diabetes while pregnant. In fact, a woman who has Gestational Diabetes is more than twice as likely to develop Type 2 Diabetes later in life.

There is only ONE treatment for Type 1 Diabetes — insulin shots. Since the body produces NO insulin, the shots are necessary, or she will die. The ONLY alternative is a risky, painful, and expensive pancreas transplant.

Type 2 diabetes can often be controlled through diet and exercise.

The Type 2 Diabetes MUST COMPLETELY ELIMINATE sugar from their diet. They can have NO sugar. That means no colas, sports drinks, energy drinks, canned fruit juices, candies, cakes, ice cream, pudding, doughnuts, cookies — ANYTHING with sugar MUST be ELIMINATED from the diet.

The patient MUST reduce the amounts of starches they eat. Eat fewer breads, crackers, pastas, rice, corn, and potatoes. It really help to get a Diabetic Cookbook, and learn what foods are starchy and what food are healthy.

And the patient MUST get more exercise. "She has to care for her baby" is just an excuse. if she does not get more exercise she is going to be hospitalized, limtied to a wheelchair or nursing home, or die — any of the three will leave her baby with NO care, and dying will leave the baby without a mother.

You could do her a great service by getting off the internet and volunteering to take care of the baby while she exercises!

THERE IS NO CURE FOR DIABETES. IF she can develop the self-discipline to change her eating habits and lifestyle, then the diabetes can be CONTROLLED, and she will live as long and as happy as a healthy perseon.

But for the rest of her life, the diabetes will still be inside her, just waiting for her to change her diet or forget to exercise. then, the diabetes will come back, and usually stronger and more viscious than before. the results can be heart attacks, strokes, blindness, amputation, kidney failure and dialysis — even death!

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I've read about suicide by insulin overdose being an pretty high statistic, but I was wondering what a normal (non-diabetic) body goes through during extreme hypoglycemia. I've heard it could potentially be "quite pleasant" since "insulin shock treatments are used for some psychiatric conditions".

Please note that I am NOT trying to commit suicide, I'm just an extremely curious person and I can't get a simple answer.

Quite pleasant? I wouldn't think so. Depending on how much insulin was injected, severe hypoglycemia is no picnic. The brain requires glucose as "fuel" in order to function. Insulin would prevent glucose from circulating to the brain and therefore, hypoglycemia would occur. Sign/symptoms would include: cold/clammy skin, severe weakness, tremors, headache….as the condition progresses, the person may begin to appear "drunk" or act in a bizarre manner, maybe even violent and combative. With extreme hypoglycemia, shock would ensue and coma and death would likely follow.

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I know type one is deadlier. But symptom wise, what are the differences between the 2 types of diabetes?

Basically, type 1 is an autoimmune deficiency- meaning that your body starts fighting against itself, and eventually, someone with type 1 diabetes will stop producing insulin (the protein that regulates your blood sugar levels and enables your body to produce energy). This happens very quickly once it's triggered. As for symptoms… well, it depends what you mean. Before I was diagnosed, I was drinking about ten plus glasses of water and going to the bathroom a completely insane number of times a day. My mouth smelled like dried fruit. Once I even got a migraine during gym class, but I have no idea if that's related. I felt tired all the time and snapped at people a lot more than usual, too. People diagnosed with type 1 are usually otherwise completely healthy human beings (but I do happen to know that they're more susceptible to certain kinds of warts and gum disease.) And once you have type 1, you're stuck with it for the rest of your life- there's no cure. Insulin injections are just life support.

Type 2 diabetes isn't quite the same. When someone has type 2, it means that they're still producing insulin, but their bodies have developed a resistance to it. It's also very likely that they're overweight. (The more overweight you are, the less effective your insulin becomes.) The symptoms are much the same as for type 1, but type 2 is a bit more dangerous. Because it is more slow to develop – sometimes taking as much as ten, twenty-some years before a person is properly diagnosed – the high blood sugar has more time to inflict permanent damage to your liver, nerves and general circulation. Unlike type 1, type 2 diabetes can sometimes be cured by losing weight around the belly and putting a more healthy diet into place. You can also take pills that will make your insulin stronger to help you regulate your blood sugars.

So, basically… they have the same symptoms, only type 2 will be slower to develop and likely won't be caught until the person has had diabetes for quite some time. Type 2 also has the issue of loss of circulation. That's actually one of the best ways to differentiate between the two.

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Hi.
Are there any psychological characters of type 1 diabetes?
So far I have : Higher risk for eating disorders, depression, and dementia/
What am I missing?

Even though type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease, I guess quality of life could be decreased in some people who have it. A major diagnosis that is going to affect you for the rest of your life frequently causes depression – both at the time of diagnosis and throughout your life due to dealing with the constant monitoring and care that type 1 diabetes requires.
I recently read a nursing journal article that young females with type one diabetes are at higher risk for anorexia nervosa due to the strict adherence of a 'diabetic diet' and it discussed insulin omission with this.

I haven't heard about the dementia one though – hope you're not right there!

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I am doing two different kind of treats for my social club but some are requesting me to make something that people with diabetes can eat. What's is the best treat for Christmas that is easy to make and diabetes can eat?

I am always happy with people who bring a veggie and dip platter to anything.

Spinach leaves all over the bottom, celery sticks, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, pepper rings or strips, cheese cubes and a lovely dip to go with them.

The veggie and dip platters work for any holiday or group get together. And are much healthier treats for everyone.

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