food advice - newly diagnosed with type 1

[stacey_28]

Hi, well I have just been diagnosed as having type 1. Feeling a bit fed up with it all and especially with the food side of things. Most of my food intake is carbs and I am struggling to make/ eat things without having so much as I am a fussy eater aswell. Just looking for any suggestions on some different foods I could maybe try.

 

[SB2015]

Hi Stacey

Welcome to the forum. Being diagnosed with Diabetes is a big shock, and there is a lot to take on at the start, but it does gradually get easier, and then you can start to fine tune your management. There are loads of people on the forum here with very useful, realistic and empathetic advice. Just keep in touch and let us know how you are getting on, and ask questions. I find that there is always someone available to help.

It will take some time for your insulin needs to get sorted out at the start, and when you are ready the Diabetes Specialist Nurses will work with you to teach you how to adjust your insulin doses at meals.

Newly diagnosed should be given access to an education course about this. In some areas it is called Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating (DAFNE), in others there are equivalent courses. There is sometimes a waiting list for this so you could ask about it at your next appointment and see what is available when in your area.

I am no expert on the different foods as I still eat carbs with my meals and inject the insulin to match this. On this forum there is a whole thread for food questions and I have found very useful info in there (just go back to the Home >Forums> Food.

 

[Northerner]

Hi stacey, welcome to the forum 🙂 Sorry to hear about your diagnosis How did it come about? What insulin are you on?

There are lots of suggestions in the Food section for alternatives to carbs, so have a browse around - things like cauliflower mash/rice, courgetti spaghetti, sweet potato etc. It's worth starting a food diary to see just how much carb you are eating each day, then looking for places where you might be able to make substitutions 🙂 I'd highly recommend getting the book Type 1 Diabetes in Children Adolescents by Ragnar Hanas - whatever your age, it is a very useful guide to all things Type 1 🙂

Please let us know if you have any questions, we will be happy to help out! 🙂

 

[Stitch147]

Hi Stacey and welcome to the forum. Cant really advise on the Type 1 side of things, but just wanted to say hello.

 

[stacey_28]

Hi there, thank you for your advice I will have a look at the food thread and see if it can help me. At the moment I am on insulin doses given by diabetic nurse, but have been asked by the dietician to start counting the carbs in what I am eating to ovb get me ready for some point in the future to do it myself.. I had been unwell for a while, drinking everything and anything I could get my hands on to shift my thirst, which wasn't working, up all night drinking or at the toilet and then a lot of weight loss this resulted in a trip to a n e where I was told I was really unwell and was admitted. I was first given novorapid and lantus but the lantus has now been changed to levimere.

 

[HOBIE]

Welcome Stacey to the forum.

 

[Alan.tnh]

welcome Stacey, im sure you'll lots of good advice here,

 

[Lynn Davies]

Hi and welcome to the forum

 

[trophywench]

Hi Stacey - most clinics like you to be 12 months in before you do the carb course - because It's so difficult to pin down carb ratios and basal rates (which you'll be able to do very successfully for ever after once you have been on the course) with the honeymoon period still in operation, until your pancreas has finally given up most of its insulin production.