Diabetes Management
Diabetes management starts with a visit to your doctor. first, finding out you have diabetes, what type you have then arming yourself with as much information as possible about the diabetes you are diagnosed with. All management begins with controlling the glucose cycle.
The glucose cycle is affected by two factors, entry of glucose into the bloodstream and blood levels of insulin to control the transport out. Your glucose levels are very sensitive to both diet and exercise, so change in either should first be discussed with your physician. Proper management of diabetes can be very intrusive to the patient. Proper management requires a complete lifestyle change and frequent, sometimes multi-daily checks of glucose in the blood.
It can change as people grow and develop and no two cases are ever really the same. Today it is easier to measure the blood sugar level. Glucose meters are readily available and are quite easy to use with a little practice and patience. With a small drop of blood to the testing strip attached to the glucose meter, the user is given the number, which represents their blood sugar level. This in turn will let the user know if and when insulin is needed.
Hey Chef, just a couple points. The estimated prevalence of Diabetes is 14-16% in TnT. and we have been seeing Type 2 Diabetes in teenagers, folks in their 20’s and 30’s with increasing frequency in the last 5 years. We’re seeing folks in their 30’s and 40’s with strokes and myocardial infarcts too.I think the next challenge facing TnT chefs will be how to prepare diabetic-compliant gourmet meals.