Effective Diabetic Management in Children

Effective Diabetic Management – Children

Keeping tabs on carbohydrates helps young people with type 1 diabetes control their blood sugar.

Published in the journal Diabetes Care. Carb counting remains an “important tool” for adjusting insulin doses – according to Drs. Lori M.B. Laffel and Sanjeev N. Mehta, two of the researchers on the study

In interviews with 35 subjects, 8- to 21-year-old and their parents. The researchers found that some preferred packaged processed foods to “whole foods” because the carb content was readily available on the product labels.

Parents limited their children’s intake of healthy choices like fruit and whole grains because of their carbohydrate content.

This was despite the fact that parents and kids alike usually believed that fruits and vegetables were generally healthy foods, while “junk food” and fast food should be limited

A “healthy diet” they added, is one that is moderate in

• calories
• includes enough protein
• “good” unsaturated fats
• healthful carbohydrates
• vitamins and minerals, among other nutrients.

When it comes to carbohydrate counting, there are ways to easily calculate what’s in fresh produce and other whole foods.

Getting a kitchen scale to weigh fruits and other whole foods is also a good idea, the researchers noted. Read more in Reuters…

Monitoring the childrens  carbohydrate intake with prepacked foods makes it much easier to have control.

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Signs and Symptoms – Diabetes should be screened for Depression

Diabetic should be screened for Depression

Treating depression helps with blood sugar control.

Rates of depression in people with diabetes are double those in the general population. researchers found that antidepressant therapy was associated with improved long-term blood sugar control and reduced blood pressure.

Dr. Mayer B. Davidson and his colleagues at Charles Drew University in Los Angeles screened low-income patients attending a diabetes clinic for depression, the study included 89 patients;

• 45 were randomly assigned to receive the antidepressant medication sertraline (sold as Zoloft) and
• 44 to a placebo.

While both groups had similar significant improvements in depression, pain and quality of life.

After six months – Blood pressure also fell to a greater degree with sertraline than with placebo.

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