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  1. elye
    The answer for me is an easy one, being celiac and type one diabetic. I would HAVE to eat something eventually, and if all I had at my disposal was gluteny food, I'd be preparing for some pain later on. It's only happened a few times where I have had to eat quickly and there was no gluten-free choice. Such is another yucky thing about having these two...
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    This is really interesting...we're kind of into a chicken and egg thing, here, because I have always understood that blood sugar issues cause adrenal problems. Hmmmm...I wonder if it really matters which causes which, except that if you address the hypoglycemia and get it under control, your adrenal gland will begin to function properly. That has always...
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    Hey, Rachelle, Have you actually had adrenal gland malfunction diagnosed? Because those symptoms you've attributed to adrenaline overload are exactly those that I am experiencing when I have an insulin reaction--low blood sugar (I'm a long-term type one diabetic). You mentioned that you have had hypoglycemic issues, so that in fact may be what it all...
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    Hey, that stuff sure does count as exercise! Awesome. I know how tough it is to make time for oneself, being a wife, mother and essentially the head of the family in the nurturing department. By the time we take care of everyone else, there's often nothing left for us. It's essential, however, to make your own health your number one priority. Not number...
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    Educator, that is such a sad post! I feel so badly for you. We have had diabetes the same amount of time, and any time I meet or talk to a type one like yourself with so many long-term diabetes complications, I silently say a prayer of thanks for my good fortune. I am truly one of the few healthy, HAPPY diabetics. It is, indeed, a very tough road to hoe...
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    Hey, fellow diabetics! I've been a type one diabetic for thirty-three years, a known celiac for eight months. There's only one piece of advice I can give that hasn't been mentioned yet, and it is an absolute necessity for my tight control, and that is REGULAR (daily, preferably) exercise. I don't know how any diabetic can keep their blood sugars down...
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    I started a long thread on this very subject a few months ago after the director at our National celiac conference mentioned this connection in one of his presentations. We all sat forward, and he said, "So, if you know of anyone with long, thick eyelashes, you may want to mention celiac to them, as the two share genetic origins". I asked my GI, and he...
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    Yeah, my understanding is that non-celiac gluten sensitivity is an inability to digest gluten that manifests itself in ways other than intestinal damage.
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    From the research I have done, the bowel movements that are runny are the ones that glutened celiacs tend to get. You know, the classic diarrhea. However, some celiacs have constipation as a symptom...an interesting question. Gross, but interesting....
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    Yeah, excellent...I seem to be in the "normal" neighborhood myself. Nothing like getting to know each other so intimately, eh? Just emailed that faeces scale page to my hubby at work. I know him well, but not THAT well. How many of us actually know what our partner's stools look like? That's just plain TMI for me...
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    I haven't experienced knee or other joint pain (yet!), but I've had some serious dental and head pain over the last couple of years, and the one painkiller that was incredibly effective was Advil extra strength gel caps. They are in a class by themselves, I tell ya. They were the only med that worked...and they worked quickly. My brother-in law has since...
  12. elye
    I've been a known celiac for eight months, and a type one diabetic for thirty-three years. I've become something of an unwilling expert on blood sugars, and through the years I've had this suspicion confirmed regularly: hypoglycemia is a very underdiagnosed condition, much like celiac. Its symptoms often suggest other things, and North American GPs seem...
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    I won't take the time to answer all of your questions, but I'm a very long-term, tightly-controlled type one diabetic, and known celiac for only six months. You should definitely check out the comprehensive thread that was started about a week ago by Vydorscope called "this is nuts!" in the coping section. Vincent has been wrestling with these same blood...
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    ChelsE's absolutely right...it sounds like a million stupid little steps and variables right now, but thank god it gets a whole lot easier fairly quickly, or I'd be blind, on dialysis and missing some toes by now. Remember how overwhelming all the information was when you were first dealing with celiac? Same....
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    It seems to vary from person to person, and from diabetic to hypoglycemic, but yes, complex carbs take more work to digest and a longer period to do so--this means a slower, less pronounced rise in BS. When I'm going for a blistering 8 kilometre run (rare these days) I have a big serving of high GI stuff as I'm setting off, and don't worry a whole lot about...
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    Important for all kinds of reasons to keep that walking up...don't forget--lots of complex carb right before you set off, and in this case I'd have it alone. Heavy exercise brings on a blood sugar drop. so let the carbs work to raise it up and balance things out. So much to remember, huh? Forget the reset and mute buttons, I need a "program blood sugar...
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    Yep, I tend to be the same as Tiffany...I can do a couple of meals with carb and protein and little or no fat, but I don't want to separate protein and carb at any meal, ever, if I can manage it. Now, this is a type one diabetic talking, so I realize we are quite differnet at times from you excessive-insulin types. Vincent, I would strongly suggest that...
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    Type one diabetes here...and there is a definite connection. Ten to fifteen percent of all diabetics also have celiac disease. Can you believe my endocrinologist, who I have been seeing for twenty-five years, knew NOTHING of this connection??!! I told him to get busy and start running the celiac panel on all his diabetic patients. Doctors........don...
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    So, this hypostuff is new for you because you're not just concerned about amount of carbs during the day, but amount and TIMING of carbs during the day. Gotta be throughout, accompanied with protein. Eating 100 g of carbohydrate a day now is likely fine, as long as you are not consuming it all in one sitting. The hypoglycemic system is going to have you...
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    Vincent, I'm curious...were you on Atkins to lose weight? Because if weight is an issue for you, then I can understand a constant (and heavy-handed) restriction on carbohydrate. But when you are a sensitive (or "brittle", in diabetes lingo) hypoglycemic, a diet that only allows carbs to trickle in can be a recipe for disaster. Is your weight at a healthy...
  21. elye
    A carb exchange is a serving of carbohydrate in diabetes lingo...I forget the gram # of carbs that foods must have to qualify as a carbohydrate serving. Virtually all fruits count as carb exchanges, and of course grain. But as I said, only a few veggies have enough carboydrate in them to count and make any difference in your BS levels. You may want to check...
  22. elye
    The classic ol' diabetes diet, which in the face of all the new "cutting edge" eating plans that bombard us through the years, has always stood the test of time in my perspective, and teaches that ONLY starchy veggies, ie. potatoes, corn, peas and legumes, have enough carbohydrate in them to count as a carb exchange. So I always count the other veggies as...
  23. elye
    Yep...some carb with every meal....
  24. elye
    You should probably add some carb to your lunch...one serving, like a slice of bread, crackers, you know the drill...it's a good idea to make sure you remember the size of a carb serving, cause of course too much ain't good. How are you feeling, now that you're getting closer and you're flu-free?
  25. elye
    I've been gluten-free for six months and it actually is a miracle that I was diagnosed at all, in the face of doctor ignorance and/or apathy, because I had no symptoms other than low iron, which a lot of menstruating women have. My fabulous GP decided to run a gamut of tests, the celiac panel being one of them. So no, a lack of GI symptoms, unfortunately...
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