Newly diagnosed Type 1 diabetes without celiac disease confirmed

[Lisa-L]

Has there been any research showing a gluten free diet helps a newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes patient?   I have celiac disease and my son was just diagnosed with Type 1.

[Ennis-TX]

A gluten free diet minus the processed gluten free food yes. Big down side about gluten free foods is most are made with rice, starches, sugars to "mimic" gluten food making them terriable for diabetics. There are some great choices out there if you know what your looking for, but a whole foods gluten free diet would be helpful.

I am not a doctor and you will have to monitor his intake, but lower glycemic gluten free processed foods with a nut and egg base and some veggies could be wonderful for slow managed glucose and preventing spikes. The body will break down protein into glucose, and he can use lower glycemic fruits, or sweet potatoes to say raise his sugar if it goes low. My parents one a type 1 and one a type 2 use a modified keto diets...my mother the type 1 has to have fruit sometimes, and sticks to a more atkins diet to help with hers. My dad is working on a keto diet to try to manage his.

You should probably look up glycemic index AND insulin index charts for foods and build diet off of that.

I can not sell you my keto and low carb baked goods from my bakery but I can point you at some other products and mixes that might be suitable with lower impacts IE grain free low carb pizza crust, premade or mixes of low carb baked goods I would trust, low carb icecream etc. Face it a kid should be able to have those social treats sometimes without his own body turning on him.
 

[GFinDC]

Hi,

There is a somewhat higher chance of getting other AI conditions when a person has celiac disease.  If you search for "Celiac associated condition"  you can find lists of those AI diseases.

I don't know if eating gluten-free would help his T-1 diabetes, but I don't think it will hurt him either.  It might help if he sticks with a whole foods diet of meats, veggies, nuts, and eggs.   Skipping most of the processed foods is a good idea.   Mission brand corn tortillas are a gluten-free option for a bread replacement.

There was a story about a vaccine recently that seems to help people with T-1 diabetes.  But I don't think it is available to the public yet.