Diabetic Digest - Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Readers:

As I've written in my Daily Groaner column my son, Jack, was born May 11th. He's a very handsome and healthy boy, just little his dad.

Since his birth, my blood sugar has been excellent. Plus, as a little bonus, I've been eating better than ever before and I've lost over ten pounds. Can you believe it?

I've really been on my game the last few weeks. I'm hoping that fatherhood will be just what I needed to help get my act together and get healthier than I've ever been.

So I guess if I want to lose some weight and get into shape I just needed to have a baby. All kidding aside, it's the best gift I've ever received and I'm going to work harder than ever so that I can enjoy my family for a very long time.

Regards,
Steve

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*-- Diabetic News --*
Twice the Babies, Twice the Insulin
Type 1 diabetic mothers with twin pregnancies need more insulin than those with singleton pregnancies
By: Travis Hill

Insulin medications play a key role in treating type 1 diabetes. Different patients require different doses of insulin. If a diabetic woman is pregnant, how much insulin does she need? What if she has twins?

Type 1 diabetes patients who are pregnant with twins may need higher doses of insulin than patients who are pregnant with one child.

Get your diabetes under control before getting pregnant.

Diabetes can cause complications in pregnancy. For this reason, it is important for women to get their blood sugar under control before and during pregnancy.

A recent study by Nicoline F. Callesen, of the Center for Pregnant Women with Diabetes in Copenhagen, Denmark, and colleagues found that women with type 1 diabetes need different insulin doses during twin pregnancy than during a singleton pregnancy.

Because their body does not make enough insulin, type 1 diabetes patients have to take insulin drugs.

Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that helps control levels of sugar in the blood. In people with type 1 diabetes, the pancreas makes little to no insulin, which can send blood sugar levels skyrocketing. If blood sugar gets too high, patients may face a number of health problems.

For their study, Callesen and colleagues compared insulin doses and levels of HbA1c (a measure of blood sugar over time) between 15 women pregnant with twins and 108 women pregnant with a single child.

The insulin requirements of women with twins grew by 103 percent from before pregnancy to 33 weeks. In comparison, there was a 71 percent increase in insulin requirements for women with one child.

Between 14 and 27 weeks of pregnancy, the weekly increase in insulin dose was higher for women with twins than for women with one child. In fact, the weekly increase for twin pregnancies was twice as much as for singleton pregnancies.

The study appears in Diabetes Care, a journal of the American Diabetes Association.

Original Article: http://bit.ly/JrNu1k


*-- Diabetic Recipe --*
Frozen Strawberry Pops
Servings: 8
Prep time: 5 minutes

Ingredients
8 large ripe strawberries, hulled and cut into quarters
2/3 cup frozen pineapple juice concentrate, slightly thawed
2 8-ounce cans sugar-free lemon-lime soda

Directions
1. Place the strawberries in a food processor or blender. Add the pineapple juice concentrate and pulse until fairly smooth. (If you don't have a food process or a blender, you can do this with a handmixer.)
2. Stir in the sugar-free soda until well blended.
3. Pour mixture into eight 6-ounce paper cups. Freeze for 30 minutes, then stick a clean wooden stick into the middle of each pop.
4. Freeze overnight.
5. To serve, let stand at room temperature just until you can peel off the paper cup. Eat at once.

Nutrition Information
Per Serving: 49 calories (0% calories from fat), 1 g protein, 0 total fat (0 saturated fat) 12 g carbohydrate, 1 g dietary fiber, 0 cholesterol, 3 mg sodium
Diabetic Exchanges: 1 carbohydrate (1 fruit)

Original Recipe: http://bit.ly/N67qui

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