Dr.Shawn Jackson MD: Children often have difficulty understanding this disease and dealing with the need for frequent blood-sugar monitoring and daily insulin injections. Although regular insulin is the only recognized treatment for Type 1 diabetes, you can help minimize complications such as damage to the eyes, kidneys and heart by ensuring your son gets the nutrients and vitamins he needs through a healthy, low-glycemic diet and supplements.
While it’s not a replacement for insulin, a daily multivitamin containing chromium, magnesium, manganese, zinc, copper, B complex, vitamins C, D and E, and omega-3 fatty acids can help to regulate your son’s blood sugar. Another way to lower insulin requirements is to add soluble fibre in the form of milled flax, psyllium or pectin, or one teaspoon or three capsules to your child’s meals or beverages.
While it will require some lifestyle tweaks, diabetes is manageable. The more guidance and help you can get from doctors, nutritionists, counsellors and teachers, the easier it will be for you and your son to adjust.
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