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Diets for Diabetics

Is there a risk for diabetics to loose weight fast?

I don’t mean crash diet, please read. A friend of mine has an appointment to be tested for diabetes, and she would like to start eating better beforehand, and exercise too. She’s afraid to continue on the way she is and make it worse.
The thing is, she can loose weight pretty quick, even by eating the proper amount of foods (i.e. she wouldnt be starving herself) but, is it bad for diabetics to loose weight fast like that? Neither one of us know much about it. Thanks. Hm, I like both answers. Thank you. 🙂
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Diets for Diabetics

Type 1 diabetic needs help deciding what to drink

Okay I’m type 1 diabetic and keeping my sugar regulated is not the issue, I don’t have a sweet tooth and I can avoid eating sugary/carb loaded foods.
My problem is what to drink. I love soda but I need to follow a diabetic diet. The only diet I can stomach is Coca cola Zero and even that gets old. I like unsweetened ice tea, so two drinks out of a million I like, (water is good too) but I need more variety can anyone suggest something other than diet coke,  sprite,rootbeer, Dr Pepper, no diet sodas please
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Diabetes Question

30 Weeks and just found out I have Gestational Diabetes?

Abril H asked:

This is my first baby at 39 and I am a little scared of what is going on. We see the Dr. tomorrow, but I am still scared. I have only put on 15lb so far and just started walking again. I am 5″1 1/2 and 164.lb. I do eat fairly well, fruits, veggies, and home grown meat. I guess after the 3 hour test my score should have been under 105 and mine was 131. Just want to know what I should be doing and eating to keep my baby boy healthy. I was hoping so much to have a natural delivery and to go full term. Just hoping you gals out there would have some more info. Thanks all