Comments on: Words of travelling wisdom: http://justtheplanet.com/sweet-life/2009/11/16/words-of-travelling-wisdom/ Travelling with diabetes Tue, 03 May 2011 09:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Bridget McNulty http://justtheplanet.com/sweet-life/2009/11/16/words-of-travelling-wisdom/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Bridget McNulty Tue, 03 May 2011 09:27:00 +0000 http://justtheplanet.com/sweet-life/?p=346#comment-233 Hi Leigh-Ann! Thanks for getting in touch, and good work on taking on China! What helped me while we were travelling in Asian countries with weird food and more deep-frying than I'd ever had, was to try and create some sense of order to my meals. For breakfast, we bought yoghurt and oats and made Bircher's Muesli (chopped up apples, raw oats, lemon and yoghurt left in the fridge overnight to soften) - very stable for blood sugar if the yoghurt isn't too sweet). For lunch we tried to find bread, but that wasn't always possible, so we ate a simple rice and veg meal. If you're living there, though, do you have access to an oven? If so, I have a simple wholewheat bread recipe that you could make. And then for supper we tried to eat at a normal hour and something that vaguely resembled dinner food. It might not be particularly adventurous, but I think it's important to ease your body into the shock of a new culture, and try to find an approximation of recognisable food. Let me know how it goes! Hi Leigh-Ann!
Thanks for getting in touch, and good work on taking on China! What helped me while we were travelling in Asian countries with weird food and more deep-frying than I’d ever had, was to try and create some sense of order to my meals. For breakfast, we bought yoghurt and oats and made Bircher’s Muesli (chopped up apples, raw oats, lemon and yoghurt left in the fridge overnight to soften) – very stable for blood sugar if the yoghurt isn’t too sweet).
For lunch we tried to find bread, but that wasn’t always possible, so we ate a simple rice and veg meal. If you’re living there, though, do you have access to an oven? If so, I have a simple wholewheat bread recipe that you could make.
And then for supper we tried to eat at a normal hour and something that vaguely resembled dinner food. It might not be particularly adventurous, but I think it’s important to ease your body into the shock of a new culture, and try to find an approximation of recognisable food.
Let me know how it goes!

]]> By: Leigh-Ann Coghlan http://justtheplanet.com/sweet-life/2009/11/16/words-of-travelling-wisdom/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Leigh-Ann Coghlan Tue, 03 May 2011 09:01:27 +0000 http://justtheplanet.com/sweet-life/?p=346#comment-232 I am a 29 year old type 1 diabetic and I have just moved to China to teach English. I find your blogs so inspiring and they have really helped me to travel without too many diabetic incidents. I am struggling with the food here though. I find myself eating at such awkward times and when I do eat most food is fried in oil. Any tips on what I can eat between meals to stabilise my sugar so that I don't have to rely on eating such unhelathy meals all the time? I am a 29 year old type 1 diabetic and I have just moved to China to teach English. I find your blogs so inspiring and they have really helped me to travel without too many diabetic incidents. I am struggling with the food here though. I find myself eating at such awkward times and when I do eat most food is fried in oil. Any tips on what I can eat between meals to stabilise my sugar so that I don’t have to rely on eating such unhelathy meals all the time?

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]]> By: Bridget McNulty http://justtheplanet.com/sweet-life/2009/11/16/words-of-travelling-wisdom/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Bridget McNulty Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:56:26 +0000 http://justtheplanet.com/sweet-life/?p=346#comment-158 I'm so glad the interview has the same effect on you as it does on me! I think anything to do with blood sugar can seem completely overwhelming, but it really is worth getting it under control - otherwise it just takes over more and more of your life, don't you think? Good luck with getting things back on track - please let me know how it goes... I’m so glad the interview has the same effect on you as it does on me! I think anything to do with blood sugar can seem completely overwhelming, but it really is worth getting it under control – otherwise it just takes over more and more of your life, don’t you think?
Good luck with getting things back on track – please let me know how it goes…

]]> By: 52 Faces http://justtheplanet.com/sweet-life/2009/11/16/words-of-travelling-wisdom/comment-page-1/#comment-157 52 Faces Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:51:29 +0000 http://justtheplanet.com/sweet-life/?p=346#comment-157 Hey Bridget! Hope you're doing and traveling well since our blog swap :) This interview is so inspiring. I just left graduate school partially because my hyperinsulinism was beyond control and it's been a bit demoralizing. This helps me recommit to taking care of my sugar levels and just accepting this is how my life is. Hey Bridget!

Hope you’re doing and traveling well since our blog swap :)

This interview is so inspiring. I just left graduate school partially because my hyperinsulinism was beyond control and it’s been a bit demoralizing. This helps me recommit to taking care of my sugar levels and just accepting this is how my life is.

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