{"id":843,"date":"2015-05-18T15:09:10","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T13:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/?p=843"},"modified":"2017-09-12T08:44:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T06:44:35","slug":"top-tips-for-parents-with-children-with-type-1-diabetic-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/top-tips-for-parents-with-children-with-type-1-diabetic-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Top tips for parents with children with Type 1 diabetic children"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Make sure your child\u2019s diet pattern and carbohydrate intake complements his insulin regime<\/li>\n<li>A balanced meal plan is key<\/li>\n<li>Combine starches with a protein or dairy and add some vegetables too<\/li>\n<li>Learn about Carbohydrate counting<\/li>\n<li>Get to know your GI\u2019s. Choose low-GI carbohydrates when not exercising and a high-GI carbohydrate straight after an exercise session<\/li>\n<li>Read food labels and aim to choose foods\/snacks that contain less than 5 g of sugar and less than 5 g of fat per 100 g serving<\/li>\n<li>Motivate participation in exercise<\/li>\n<li>Monitor weight and growth every 6 months<\/li>\n<li>Have regular meal times where your family sit down and eat together. This helps with establishing better eating practices and monitoring of food intake<\/li>\n<li>And remember family involvement and support is essential<\/li>\n<li>Visit your local dietician for individual advice tailored to your child\u2019s requirements, growth, lifestyle, activities and insulin regime<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make sure your child\u2019s diet pattern and carbohydrate intake complements his insulin regime A balanced meal plan is key Combine starches with a protein or dairy and add some vegetables too Learn about Carbohydrate counting Get to know your GI\u2019s. Choose low-GI carbohydrates when not exercising and a high-GI carbohydrate straight after an exercise session [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1787,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75,74],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/childhood-diabetes.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4CNFS-dB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=843"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1788,"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843\/revisions\/1788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}