Answers About Diabetes
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As adults, we often have a hard time explaining grown up things, like illnesses, to children. Often, when children ask in their innocent way, we are hard pressed to find the words to tell them; even taken off guard, when the question comes out of the blue. Please don't shoo them away like it's a dirty secret. You first must become comfortable with your illness, what bought this upon you, and take responsibility for your actions. You have to let blame go. Only then can you open up and talk about such personal information. Children have a way of seeing right to your core. They will know if you are lying to them. In a matter of fact way, and in simple words, answer just the question the child asks you. Adults often give too much information and in dealing with the young you must answer only the question they asked because that is really all they want to know at that time.
It will also help them absorb the information and feel they have been given the attention they needed. Being open and honest with children will help them trust you. They are only trying to understand the world around them and if they see a consequence maybe they will heed the reasons why. And they will come back to you for more information or to ask more questions later on. In this diet, the main source of carbohydrates is to be non-starchy fruits and vegetables which will comprise essentially 35-45% of daily calories. It will also have a high fiber content but this is to be derived from the non-starchy vegetables and fruits not grains. However it should be noted that calcium is lacking in the Paleolithic diet and as such must be supplemented in order to prevent bone mineral loss.
On the obverse food groups which in the proponent's opinion were hardly or never eaten during the Paleolithic age are barred from the diet. These are gluten containing foods-essentially grains for instance like barley, wheat and rye; processed oils, salt, refined sugar, dairy products, legumes like beans and peanuts. Again, it should be noted that coffee and alcohol are not regarded as Paleo as our ancestors could not produce these. Further in 2009, a study was carried out by Jonsson and his colleagues to determine the health benefits of the Paleolithic diet on Type 2 diabetics. It involved the assessment of the Paleolithic and diabetes diet. The results once again favored the former with patient's on the Paleolithic diet reporting lower mean values of hemoglobin A1c, body mass index, diastolic blood pressure, triglycerides, weight, and waist circumference, with higher mean values for high-density lipoprotein.
