How to prevent high blood sugar with diabetes?!


Question: I've been getting high blood sugar that I can't control. By now, I know how many grams of carbos are in every food, but even so, sometimes I'm fine, and sometimes I'm high.

Then somtimes it will stay high for a long time and take forever to go down.

Also, they say to wait three hours for it to work. This is very irritating becuase I usually eat a bunch of little meals spaced less than three hours apart. And a lot of times, I'm really high after like two hours and then it goes down to normal after three. Being plus 300 blood sugar is very uncomfortable for me.

So I need some tips on...
how to prevent yourself from going super high after a meal
and
how to make your sugar go down more quickly

Also, I use a Medtronic Minimed insulin pump. So if there's any features on there you think will help, tell me.

Also, any news on a cure?
or a faster working type of insulin?
or a self-working insulin pump?


Answers: I've been getting high blood sugar that I can't control. By now, I know how many grams of carbos are in every food, but even so, sometimes I'm fine, and sometimes I'm high.

Then somtimes it will stay high for a long time and take forever to go down.

Also, they say to wait three hours for it to work. This is very irritating becuase I usually eat a bunch of little meals spaced less than three hours apart. And a lot of times, I'm really high after like two hours and then it goes down to normal after three. Being plus 300 blood sugar is very uncomfortable for me.

So I need some tips on...
how to prevent yourself from going super high after a meal
and
how to make your sugar go down more quickly

Also, I use a Medtronic Minimed insulin pump. So if there's any features on there you think will help, tell me.

Also, any news on a cure?
or a faster working type of insulin?
or a self-working insulin pump?

High fiber seems to help me. The fiber binds with the carbs and keeps them from making your sugar spike too much. Also, your glucose level will be it's highest around 2 hours after eating then decreases and will bottom around 6 hours after. Good luck. It's a battle, but we can do ok. Stress will get the sugar up, also if your are sick it will go up. I know you don't want to hear it, but exercise does help.

watch diet and exercise---dont eat refined sugars and eaat small portions

Develope healthy eating habits, get into sugar free products and exercise!

Log your blood sugar daily and take this to your doctor. Your meds might need to be adjusted.

Maintaining a normal weight, with a body mass index (BMI) of 18.5 to 24.9.
Reducing sodium in your diet to about 2.3 g a day, which is about 1 teaspoon of salt.
Exercising-such as brisk walking-that raises your heart rate for at least 30 minutes a day on most, preferably all, days of the week.
Limiting alcoholic drinks to 2 drinks a day for men, and 1 drink a day for women.
Getting 3,500 mg of potassium in your diet every day.
Following the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension eating plan, a diet that is rich in fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy products, with reduced amounts of saturated and total fats.

I knew someone who found an ounce of cheese or peanuts was the best type of snack every couple hours to maintain blood glucose levels. I think it was the high protein that made it work well.

I would advise you to talk with your physician. Also watch your refined sugars as well as starch intake. Eat a well balanced diet.

too many questions at one time.
to lower sugar levels quickly after a meal go for a long walk or any other form of excersize this makes your body burn the sugar you have just added to your body

Very challenging what you are describing. What carbs are you eating? Some carbs promote stability.

Oatmeal, brown rice, beans, lentils are better than wheat, white rice, and pasta...

I have Diabetes Type II and when my sugar levels were really high my doctor told me to:
1. Exercise at least 3 times a week (you don't have to overdo it but at least a half hour walk or 15 minutes on a treadmill to start. I now (after 6 months) work out 1 hour twice a week and my sugar levels are great. Of course, keep your diet and the best ratio on your plate should be (meat-veggies-carbs-salad or soup = 1/14 each on your plate) amounts matters. Also drink a lot of water and eat small amounts every 3-4 hours. DO NOT starve to keep sugar levels low, it does not work. Just eat right.

Seems like you know everything about the food control.

I've seen some patients in the ward, they're not using their insulin injection correctly. e.g: they didnt shake the cartridge properly. Anyways, check this out:
http://www.isletsofhope.com/diabetes/sym...

if you still have the hyperglycemic episodes, please consult your doctor. he can advise you, maybe to change to a longer-acting insulin.

exercis! dont over work yourself, and try one of the newer meter that you can use right after you eat. Good Luck! keep working at it, Also watch out for Pasta and foods with starch

For sure all carbs were not created equally. All peoples were not created equally either. What works for one may not work for another and what works one day may not work another day.

All that being said and you did say you know the g of carb in most foods: Are you following the ADA food guide? If so you are eating way too many g of c!!!

Life is a very delicate balancing act. It is even more so with a pump.

Do you have the book Pumping Insulin? there is a new edition out now!

I have forever given up rices, cereals, pastas, most breads, potatoes, carrots, peas, dried beans (lentils), corn, milk products and soft sweet fruits. All of these can shoot my glucose to the moon and it doesn't come back down anywhere near soon. It doesn't seem to matter to my bod if it is white or brown or even raw grain!!!

Novalog and Humalog are the fastest acting insulins on the market. For me they act in like 10 minutes. So I don't take any until the food is on the plate in front of me.

Talk to your Endo about finer control with your pump.

and go to http://www.diabetes.about.com and go to the forum and tallk to my friend adriennesmema! She has been type 1 for almost 50 years. Used to be on the pump, but isn't now due to her residence.

Try hard to get the stress out of your life. I know that isn't easy especially at 16! High school can be a very stress filled existance.

Much luck!!

Avoid sugar and high amounts of carbohydrates. Eat balanced meals with whole grain carbs at regular times. Losing weight helps control diabetes.





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