Chris' Quick Tip #1 - Choosing Healthy Snacks for Diabetics
Channel: CrazyPancreas
Date: 2013-03-12

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Chris is the inspiration for the Crazy Pancreas 5k to raise awareness about T1D, and to help raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation to help find a cure for Type I Diabetes. Chris was diagnosed with T1D when he was 2 years old. Now that he's 5 he wants to share helpful tips that he has learned as a kid dealing with Type I Diabetes on a daily basis.

This weeks tip is on choosing healthy snacks. There is a T1D myth that people with diabetes should never eat sweets. That is NOT true.

Fact: Limiting sweets will help people with T1D keep their blood sugar under control, but, with advice from their doctor or nutritionist, sweets can fit into their meal plan, just as they would for people without diabetes. And there are times when sweets are a must: If the blood sugar level drops too low, sweets (or juice, or soda) can be the surest to raise it, and prevent the onset of hypoglycemia.

Learn more about JDRF and Type I Diabetes at: www.jdrf.org