Diabetic and Celiac- what do I Eat???

[Ginger38]

I have been insulin resistant for many years. All of the sudden my insulin resistance has become terribly bad and I’m dealing with diabetes that I cannot control. I think eating gluten free replacement foods has contributed to this based on blood sugar measurements after consuming them, so I have basically backed off all breads, crackers, frozen foods etc. I am depressed over the lack of foods I can eat between gluten-free and diabetes and the foods I can eat while being gluten free and having major sugar issues are killing my stomach. Like fake sugar and foods with fake sugar, eggs, salads, it’s like a recipe for stomach issues and diarrhea. I’m truly at a loss and depressed.  And I just had blood work done and my total iron bind long capacity is high, so I doubt my gut has healed much at all, seems I’m not absorbing certain things 

[Katerific]

I too have been insulin resistant for many years.  I am having good results from a whole foods plant based diet.  My last A1c was 5.4.   I eat at all the vegetables, fruits, grains (except wheat, barley and rye because of Celiac), keeping oils low.  I cook a lot from scratch to avoid gluten cross-contamination as well as keeping my food non-commercially processed.  It is working well for me.  A good resource for this way of controlling diabetes is Dr. Neal Barnard who has many books and online resources.

[Ginger38]

6 minutes ago, Katerific said:

I too have been insulin resistant for many years.  I am having good results from a whole foods plant based diet.  My last A1c was 5.4.   I eat at all the vegetables, fruits, grains (except wheat, barley and rye because of Celiac), keeping oils low.  I cook a lot from scratch to avoid gluten cross-contamination as well as keeping my food non-commercially processed.  It is working well for me.  A good resource for this way of controlling diabetes is Dr. Neal Barnard who has many books and online resources.

So do you eat gluten free replacement foods? My stomach just can’t seem to tolerate all the veggies and sugar free coffee creamers and sugar free replacements etc. eggs are hard on my stomach as is salad and things like that. I don’t think my intestines have healed .. I thought about baby food. I just don’t know anymore. I don’t even know what to eat for breakfast. Thanks for your reply, I will read up on this diet 

[Katerific]

The only gluten free replacement foods I eat are Quaker Rice Crackers and Schar Table Crackers.  I usually eat them with peanut butter as a snack.  I don't use any coffee creamers.  I do add Stevia to some things, but a little goes a long way.  My insulin resistance has reduced to the point that I have a cup of cooked quinoa with blueberries every morning.   I also make a bread out of millet which I find particularly satisfying.

[knitty kitty]

Hello!  I'm Type Two and I've found the Autoimmune Protocol diet works best for me.  

I could not take Metformin nor other similar medications because I have a hypersensitivity to sulfa drugs.  Metformin actually blocks Thiamine Vitamin B 1 from entering cells in the body.

The great thing about the AIP diet is that it allows me to maintain my 4.9 A1c and helped my intestinal tract heal and stay healthy.  The AIP diet was developed by Dr. Sarah Ballantyne, a Celiac herself.  I started feeling better very quickly.  I had to make some difficult mental adjustments about the way I needed to eat to become and stay healthy.  "Don't live to eat, eat to live"  became my mantra.  

Remember those gluten free facsimile foods are not required to be enriched with vitamins and minerals like their gluten containing counterparts.  Gluten free facsimile foods are mostly sugar and fats with very little nutritional value.  High Calorie Malnutrition occurs when we eat a diet high in sugar but not enough Thiamine and the rest of the essential B vitamins needed for our bodies to function properly.  Meat, especially liver, is a great source of the eight essential B vitamins and various minerals.  

Eighty percent or more of diabetics are deficient in Thiamine.  Diabetes causes more Thiamine to be excreted in the urine.  Thiamine is needed to make insulin in the pancreas.  After our brains, the pancreas uses the most thiamine.  

It is very important to supplement important vitamins and minerals, like Thiamine and the rest of the B vitamins, Vitamin D, and magnesium, to speed healing.  Vegetarians should make sure they get sufficient Cobalamine B12 since no plants in the diet provide B12.  Blood tests are not accurate measurements of the B vitamins.  Vitamin levels in the blood don't tell anything about the amount of vitamins inside cells and tissues where they are used.  Blood levels can reflect how much of a vitamin was eaten in the past twenty-four hours.  

Discuss supplementation with your doctor or nutritionist.

Hope this helps!