> Date:    Sat, 9 Dec 2006 17:45:24 -0500
> From:    =?windows-1252?Q?Philip?= <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Type 1 Diabetes
>
> I agree, but my relatives' concern seems to be that they would have =
> problems
> managing their blood sugar and insulin if they went Paleo.
> Her mother admits it seems crazy to give a diabetic =
> the
> foods that spike blood sugar and then take insulin to get it down again, =
> but
> it's what her doctor tells her to do. They seem to be afraid that if she
> goes Paleo the blood sugar will go too low when she takes her insulin,

*** Um, yeah. Probably so. I would consider that a positive sign. This 
doctor seems bass-ackwards to me--giving a set amount of insulin and trying 
to manage the child around it? Does seem crazy indeed. For animals, I 
recommend taking blood glucose readings regularly, and adjusting the insulin 
dosage as necessary. Over time on a good diet, the necessary dosage becomes 
lower, and sometimes becomes unnecessary. Giving insulin and trying to 
adjust the animal by feeding sugar seems, well, stupid. Of course, I'm not 
an M.D.--maybe that's why I don't get it.

--Carrie