Van's Waffles

[kendra]

My daughter loves Van's Gluton Free Waffles. After trial and error, between them and syrup, we realized they are making her blood sugar sky rocket. She is also diabetic and we were just wondering if anyone else that may have both conditions, Celiac and Diabetes, noticed this. I don't know if the carb counts are wrong on the back or what.

Kendra

[ehrin]

I have both - diabetic for 26 years, celiac for nearly 1.

gluten-free foods are horrible on my blood sugars so I try to stay away from them.

I cannot eat waffles, breads, cookies, crackers, cereals without my bs skyrocketing no matter what,

so I only eat them occaisionally now.

In fact I had some gluten-free raisin bread this morning and I still have not fully recovered.

It simply isn't worth it as these high blood sugars make you feel like utter and complete crap.

I do my best to eat foods low on the glycemic index - you'll notice that NONE of these gluten-free foods are low as they have little to no fiber and tons and tons of carbs. Not only that, but many of these foods are twice the calories as their gluten counterparts.

[2kids4me]

ditto - for the high glycemic foods.

My son is diabetic/celiac. We use the Aunt Jemima lite syrup with the Van's waffles, add protein (egg or similar)to the meal to help slow the digestion a teensie bit. He has milk or water (not juice) wth them. We also limit them to days when he has blood glucose levels below 7 when he wakes up and we plan to exercise (walk, play, bike ride ) after waffles or pasta'

That's how we got around the "swings" in blood glucose.

We had pasta last night (along with some meat and fresh carrots) ..his BG before the meal was 4.2.... he went golfing after (9 holes ) and was 8.0 at his bedtime (after a snack he ate while golfing).

It seems likea lot of planning but like your daughter - my son loves the Van's waffles and is very much in favour of bike rides or playing to be able to have them.

In truth, yes we should avoid high glycemic index foods, I can do that better than a child. The diabetes team works with us and basically said : entering the teen years and having two medical conditions that affect what he eats and how much and when - you need to allow him the knowledge of - how he can eat these items and not be high after... if we restrict him too much..it is almost guaranteed that he will sneak these foods and that is worse than the occasional high after a breakfast of waffles.

Real life/peer pressure affect everything.

Like I said - its not ideal (to eat high glycemic foods)but I would rather have a working relationship and co-operative approach as he enters the teen years (he is only 11 right now)... it reduces the risk of "cheating and hiding what he ate just so I dont get mad" .

I wish somehow - people without food intolerances/allergies and/or diabetes understood the freedom they have each time they sit down to eat - or if they choose not to eat til 8 pm .......... they dont have to count carbs, read labels and then weigh their food. Just sit down and eat - how lucky they are