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Type 1 Diabetes Treatment: Diet
A healthy diet is essential, in order to treat type 1 diabetes successfully.

Dietary goals for type 1 diabetes include:
  • Provide adequate calories for normal growth and development in children.
  • Provide adequate calories for maintaining a normal adult weight.
  • Provide adequate calories for pregnancy and breastfeeding.
  • Maintain normal blood glucose levels:
    • Balance food intake with your physical activity level.
    • Diet and insulin doses must be adjusted as activity levels change.
  • Maintain normal:
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Last Updated: Aug 19, 2008  References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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