While epilepsy is no more common in type 1 diabetics than in the general population, there is an elevated risk of seizures. The most common type of seizure in type 1 diabetes is from an hypoglycemic episode, 75% of which happen at night.

This is another reason why excellent glucose control is so important. Focusing on right carbs, rather than just eating any and every carb can also help in that it lowers the blood sugar spikes, thereby requiring less exogenous insulin to compensate. Less insulin can often translate into reduced risk of hypoglycemic episodes.

Look at the cigarette tax of a few years ago – it more than doubled the costs of a pack of cigarettes. Did it stop anything? Yes, for about 24 hours, until the addiction factor kicks in and people realized “if this is what it’s like doing without, I’ll sacrifice somewhere else. I need my tobacco.”

Sugar addiction is no better than tobacco. People think they eat it for pleasure. But what most do not realize, almost every time you place something in your mouth daily, the food industry itself has placed some type of sweetener in the finished product. So even if you think I only have one or two sodas a day, what about all the other foods you eat daily. So many of them use either a sugar product (white, brown, honey, molasses, maple syrup, agave, etc.) or a chemical-laden concoction such as Splenda, Equal, Aspartame etc. One is no better for you than the other..

What you need is the guidance to learn how to drop sweeteners from your diet safely and effectively. It can be done, I promise. And the best result – you won’t even miss it. Check at http://www.allergyfreeandsugarfreesnacks.com/sugar-addiction.html for some help getting started.