For those who don't know, I work for Ayogo where we make all manner of apps to help people manage their diabetes.
This coming week, I'm leading the office in a Diabetes Diet Challenge!
Everybody is being given an ADA-approved diet & exercise regimen and we're tracking our BG, Carbs & progress using our very own Diabesties app.
More info at: www.ayogo.com
Thoughts? Comments? Diet tips? (my co-workers could use them!)
Cheers,
Adrian
More power to you all.
I hope some of your app designers will participate to that they can experience what it's like for their users.
Our lead developer, who is already very health-conscious, is very keen about this.
And, another one of our developers is constantly making these bizarre smoothies so I'm really looking forward to dissecting one and determining the nutritional content!
MOVE MORE EAT LESS DIET...DELIGHT IN EATING THOUGHTFULLY>
In the US, the ADA has slowly distanced itself from dietary recommendations and now says that you should "individualize" your diet. So we don't really have say "ADA approved" anymore, there isn't one. Are you using a CDA approved diet? Is there one?
Hmmm... Well, we're working from the guidelines for diet found here: http://www.diabetes.org/mfa-recipes/about-our-meal-plans.html
And, ultimately, the big goal is to encourage the dietary awareness that people living with diabetes have to have in our daily lives.
Mr Turtle ...is this a Canadian company you represent , if yes why not use Canadian content instead of our south of the border friends content ?? ...just asking ..would it not make sense ??? ...gosh, insulin, my life line was discovered by Canadians .
The funny thing about that is that, North or South of the border, the human hardware is the same world-wide. Aside from a few differences in the human animal according to niche genetic survival traits (one tribe that survived famine after famine due to their highly efficient energy-storing metabolism are now nearly 100% obese in this the era of abundant carbs & fat) and so it doesn't make a huge difference.
Except for matters of Canadian pride I suppose - what with us being the forerunners on the discovery of insulin, the transplanting of pancreas parts and the wearing of furry hats.
^ Canadian Expertise in Action!
Ha, ha ...I think it makes a difference ( speaking as an emigrant from 1963 and a Canadian citizen since 1972 by choice ) and we are not forerunners on the discovery ...Canadians discoverd insulin !! ...have you checked the CDA 2013 Clinical Guide Lines on Nutrition ??? ...I must admit ...I am NOT techy at all ...and living with diabetes for over 30 years without complications in my chosen country Canada :)
8 servings of grains per day?!? Ha! No thank you. I might have a single slice of toast, or maybe a tortilla wrap, but that's about it for me.
Also, the US guidelines are much less convoluted so I went with the option that was easier to explain.
Can you please show me in the 2013 Canadian Diabetes Association Clinical Practice Guidelines where it states that you , I and all other PWD have to consume daily 8 servings of grains ? And if you find these Guidelines hard to understand don't you think it would be helpful to let the Association be awere and maybe for the 2018 Guidelines join a committee as a PWD ? ...that would serve all of us well .
Sure thing. Kinda. It comes spread over a couple pages.
First you get this one: guidelines.diabetes.ca/Browse/Chapter11
Those are the guidelines for PWD. But, they essentially point towards this: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/basics-base/quantit-eng.php
Which indicates that an adult male, aged 19-50, should eat 8 servings of grains/day with each serving of grains being approximately the size of a slice of bread.
The advantage of the Canadian vs. US guidelines is that the Canadian ones offer a lot more detail for how to customize your diet & exercise to better support your own personal needs. The US one is more of a cookie-cutter template and not customized for any one individual person.
This makes the Canadian one ideal for the individual user who wants to roll up their sleeves and dive into taking care of their health.
But, for me to apply that to an entire office would have left me unable to do anything else. And, they were a bit complex even at that.
I would love to jump on and help streamline the guidelines to make them more easily used by the average person but I'm already stretched thin with family commitments and working with a T1D school advocacy group to improve support for kids in schools.
Plus I like to have a little time left at the end of the day for my work with Ayogo. ;)
My bad ...I was working on a response to the above ...and I lost it ...not earth shattering but ... I will try at another time .
By the way I am too a member of the FB group Advocacy for T1 kids in BC you are speaking of :) ...
One step accomplished tonight ..we are Tu friends :)
