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Diabetic Digest - Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Readers:
With Halloween only a little over a week away I thought
I should share this story with you.
When I was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 9, I was
devastated when Halloween came around. Before then it was
the only time of year that I ever ate candy (I wasn't a
big candy person). That year I still dressed in costume
and went from house to house with my brother to get him
more candy, but I got to keep the pennies and dimes the
old ladies would give us.
As I went to our neighbor's house to trick-or-treat I
discovered they had gone out and specifically bought
some sugar-free candy just for me. Diabetes was still
new to my family and we had no idea that sugar-free candy
was even available. It was the greatest feeling to be able
to enjoy Halloween and trick-or-treating like in the past.
Today, kids with diabetes can enjoy candy on Halloween
just the same. I recently went to pick myself up some
sugar-free candy and I just can't believe the variety
of candy specifically for diabetics... for Halloween.
Halloween is just as fun as it ever was and I was glad.
We all know what a little treat can do for your spirits.
But be warned... too much sugar-free candy can have a
laxative effect so go easy on the stuff.
Regards,
Steve
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Dogs Alert Diabetes Patients When Blood Sugar Is Off
by Sharon L. Peters
USA Today
The nonprofit organization Dogs4Diabetics (D4D) is one of
a few facilities across the country that train constant?
companion diabetes alert dogs.
These service animals are placed with diabetes patients
and signal when their blood sugar is off? usually before
any symptoms or blood tests can do so. D4D has placed 85
service animals so far. Applicants for a D4D dog enter
a months?long process? which includes weeks of training
for the person? because "having a service dog is not
right for every person and every profession?" says Breanne
Harris, assistant program director. Harris adds that
having a service animal is "not a fix?all?" and people
with diabetes must still monitor their blood sugar. The
D4D dogs go through months of special scent?detection
training and can provide a 20?minute warning of low blood
sugar. Experts say that diabetes can be frightening and
isolating? but alert dogs "bring not only the medical
benefits?" Harris says? "but also psychological benefits."
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Diabetic Recipe
Jack-O-Lantern Pizza Crisps
(makes 6 servings)
6 10-inch (15 cm) fat-free flour tortillas
refrigerated butter-flavored cooking spray
6 tablespoons (30 g) grated Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon (5 ml) crushed dried Italian herbs
1. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C, Gas Mark 4).
2. Using a jack-o-lantern shaped Halloween cookie cutter,
cut the tortillas into pumpkin shapes. Lay cutouts slight-
ly apart on 2 large baking sheets.
3. Spray each jack-o-lantern with cooking spray. Combine
Parmesan cheese and herbs; sprinkle evenly onto each
cutout.
4. Bake for 15 minutes, until crisp and golden, switching
the pan positions after 8 minutes. Transfer to a cooling
rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Per serving: 162 calories (11% calories from fat),
6 g protein, 2 g total fat (1.2 g saturated
fat), 1 g dietary fiber, 5 mg cholesterol,
528 mg sodium
Diabetic exchanges: 2 carbohydrate (bread/starch)
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