Type 1 and coeliac.

9 August 2010
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I had someone contact me last week on behalf of a woman who had just been diagnosed with coeliac (wheat/gluten intolerance) on top of having Type 1. Boooo hiss. Totally not fair. I remember being at kids camp a couple of years ago and there were several kids there who had the two. Camp were brilliantly prepared, often with two different queues for kids with “just” T1 and those with coeliac as well. I also remember Elissa Renouf at DYNZ conference last year saying that a couple of her kids have both and they have to have special gluten free jellybeans for hypos – gah!

Apart from “they’re both auto-immune conditions”,…

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By Nic on 9 August 2010 at 11.00 am
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Forbidden foods.

16 July 2010
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Ask any punter on the street the question, “what foods should people with diabetes avoid?” and you’ll get the predictable replies like “sweets”; “biscuits”; “fizzy drink”; “cake” etc. What you are unlikely to hear is the list of those really unpredictable things like pizza, Thai, fish and chips and Chinese.

I have to admit I was as clueless as all the rest until a couple of years ago when I really started to actually monitor my BGs. And now I have a new one to add to the list: laksa. My husband makes a mean laksa (after flatting with a Malaysian chap many years ago, he has the dish down to a fine art). We had it for dinner a…

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By Nic on 16 July 2010 at 9.00 am
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Carb count question, plus good news!

22 June 2010
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…. just a quickie for you all. One of our readers wants to know what you should bolus for for mandarins and feijoas…. what sort of carb count are you all using, please?

The good news is… Michelle (who did a guest blog last week) gave birth to a healthy baby boy last week, Tyler Murray. Congratulations from all of us, Michelle!! Tyler was 10 pounds 7 ounces. I wanted to make note of his weight because Michelle had HbA1cs in her pregnancy of around 6, so ladies – don’t beat yourselves up if your baby gets bigger, there is only so much of this condition we can fight…. even if you…

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By Nic on 22 June 2010 at 9.14 am
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Interesting what people remember.

7 June 2010
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I went out to dinner with my two best girlfriends last night, to a local Italian BYO. It had been about 12 years since I was last at this particular restaurant. At the end of the meal, I remarked how well they were doing to still be around, and how I always remembered this restaurant fondly.

One of my friends lives in the area, as do her family. It used to be a frequently-visited restaurant for she and the extended family. I asked her if they still go there regularly, and her response was interesting:

“We have recently started coming back here, but we stopped for ages after they were so rude to you about your diabetes”, she said. I…

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By Nic on 7 June 2010 at 10.28 am
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Porridge.

24 May 2010
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Purely selfish post here.

I’m thinking porridge might be my breakfast of choice as winter approaches (who am I kidding, it’s pretty much here, right?). This might sound strange to some of you but I’ve never eaten porridge (in memory), so am somewhat uninformed on the porridge front.

In particular I was wondering if any of you have a killer recipe (yes I think you can still call things a recipe if there are only two or three ingredients) along with carb count? Help a porridge virgin out, would you? Do people find it goes well with your sugars?

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By Nic on 24 May 2010 at 10.48 am
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