Correction: Re: 85 and 90 Year Old Type 1s--75 years with DM

Jenny wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/nyregion/05diabetes.html


These two brothers, first diagnosed 75 years ago, are the oldest living people with Type 1. They still have their eyes and kidneys, only a few toes are gone.

Their "secret of success?" From the article:
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"They're a little bit obsessive about their records and their diets," said Dr. George L. King, research director of the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston and a professor at Harvard Medical School.
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[about one brother] He scribbles sugar readings and insulin doses in a logbook, tests the level of sugar in his system seven or eight times a day, avoids desserts and simple starches, exercises and has always stayed reed-thin.

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"The doctor prescribed the diet I should be on, and my mother was most careful about sticking to it," Robert Cleveland said. "There were very few carbohydrates, a quart and a half of milk every day, and there were lots of vegetables and proteins. She weighed everything I ate on a scale. I could have 20 grams of bread at breakfast, which meant I couldn't have a complete slice."

Gerald calls himself a compulsive reader of food ingredient labels, appalled at both the contents of packaged foods and the ignorance of consumers. "I get so frustrated with some people, even some people with diabetes," he said. "They don't look at the labels, they don't know what a carbohydrate is or even really what a sugar is, and they don't understand how the body uses food. You have to understand these things."

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The next time a doctor suggests you are "obsessional" with your diet and testing, keep these two brothers in mind. Obsessional works!

And note that these brothers, diagnosed back when doctors still knew that carbohydrates were what killed diabetics, stuck with what they'd learned as kids and kept those carbs low, even after younger doctors made the tragic turn towards the high carb/low fat theory that has killed so many of us in the past 50 years.

--Jenny

http://www.geocities.com/lottadata4u Diabetes Info

http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/newlydiagnosed.htm Get Your Blood Sugar Under Control


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--Jenny

http://www.geocities.com/lottadata4u Diabetes Info

http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/newlydiagnosed.htm Get Your Blood Sugar Under Control
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