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Could this be a sign of diabetes - or WHAT?
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 486033" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Two key triggers for sugar cravings are... low blood sugar, and stress. Both at the same time = exponentially worse.</p><p></p><p>You don't have to be diabetic to have blood sugar problems.</p><p>But... blood sugar swings CAN bring on all sorts of behavior problems.</p><p></p><p>So... you have to plan ahead.</p><p>(I know - its a total PITB. But if it works... it isn't THAT much effort!)</p><p>Other than when sleeping, he should never go longer than 4 hours without eating a healthy, balanced snack... ideally, more like 3.</p><p>That includes having a bed-time snack... this one should be small, but balanced... a half-glass or glass of milk is a good one, for example. Not heavy to digest, fast to consume, protein+carbs+fat (do NOT use skim milk...).</p><p>Other snacks... need protein+carbs+fat, and carbs should be as complex as possible (i.e. NOT sugar! you want fiber and food value). A home-made muffin (store-bought are too high in sugar) with peanut butter or cheese, for example or a mini pepperoni stick and a small whole-wheat roll. Still hungry? add veggies. Still hungry after that? add fruit.</p><p></p><p>PLAN your sugar hand-outs. Yes, he needs to have them, too - but controlled. Not arbitrary - planned. He needs to know when to expect them. And then... avoid the totally-junk sugar. Use stuff that at least hasn't got the dyes etc... A small strip of quality chocolate could be part of the after-school snack, for example. A few tic-tacs tossed in with an at-school snack. And yes, school needs to support him getting a snack before recess. Yes, before. So his blood sugar is high enough to handle the activity of recess. That might be slightly less balanced... maybe a granola bar, say - something really fast to munch.</p><p></p><p>You have to NOT let him get hungry.</p><p></p><p>And yes, he'll probably eat you out of house and home for a bit here (maybe 5 years?? - off and on). So, plan ahead with stuff that costs less but he'll still eat... and allow him more of that. For example - my kids love cooked cereal. We have it every morning. When they are going through a growth spurt, they tell me they aren't getting enough at breakfast... and then I bump up how much cereal they get. We don't change how much bread... partly because jam goes with bread, that the whole sugar content goes up too fast. We always have add an egg to their breakfast... but if they are really growing fast, they can have two eggs on a day that is going to be high-output for calories. Eggs are cheap - cheese is expensive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 486033, member: 11791"] Two key triggers for sugar cravings are... low blood sugar, and stress. Both at the same time = exponentially worse. You don't have to be diabetic to have blood sugar problems. But... blood sugar swings CAN bring on all sorts of behavior problems. So... you have to plan ahead. (I know - its a total PITB. But if it works... it isn't THAT much effort!) Other than when sleeping, he should never go longer than 4 hours without eating a healthy, balanced snack... ideally, more like 3. That includes having a bed-time snack... this one should be small, but balanced... a half-glass or glass of milk is a good one, for example. Not heavy to digest, fast to consume, protein+carbs+fat (do NOT use skim milk...). Other snacks... need protein+carbs+fat, and carbs should be as complex as possible (i.e. NOT sugar! you want fiber and food value). A home-made muffin (store-bought are too high in sugar) with peanut butter or cheese, for example or a mini pepperoni stick and a small whole-wheat roll. Still hungry? add veggies. Still hungry after that? add fruit. PLAN your sugar hand-outs. Yes, he needs to have them, too - but controlled. Not arbitrary - planned. He needs to know when to expect them. And then... avoid the totally-junk sugar. Use stuff that at least hasn't got the dyes etc... A small strip of quality chocolate could be part of the after-school snack, for example. A few tic-tacs tossed in with an at-school snack. And yes, school needs to support him getting a snack before recess. Yes, before. So his blood sugar is high enough to handle the activity of recess. That might be slightly less balanced... maybe a granola bar, say - something really fast to munch. You have to NOT let him get hungry. And yes, he'll probably eat you out of house and home for a bit here (maybe 5 years?? - off and on). So, plan ahead with stuff that costs less but he'll still eat... and allow him more of that. For example - my kids love cooked cereal. We have it every morning. When they are going through a growth spurt, they tell me they aren't getting enough at breakfast... and then I bump up how much cereal they get. We don't change how much bread... partly because jam goes with bread, that the whole sugar content goes up too fast. We always have add an egg to their breakfast... but if they are really growing fast, they can have two eggs on a day that is going to be high-output for calories. Eggs are cheap - cheese is expensive. [/QUOTE]
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