What is the craziest diabetes advice you've ever heard?

I was told once that diabetes is really an allergy to sugar and should be taking benedryl for it :-)





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BTW, urine tasting was how diabetes was diagnosed for hundreds of years and is still rather common among folk healers, especially in third world countries (where urinalysis strips are not readily available).What is the craziest diabetes advice you've ever heard?
My sister's friend was diagnosed with gestational diabetes and told by her quack of a doctor that she wasn't allowed to eat any fruit. The only carbs she was allowed to eat was 2 pieces of toast per day. I don't suppose it was the doctor's fault that the friend listened to his stupid advice and ignored all the info from the dietician. Still, how can you feed a baby if you aren't eating? It's not like it can jump out of the womb and raid the fridge!What is the craziest diabetes advice you've ever heard?
';OH, NO don't do that, sit here and rest a while!'; HUH?? we are told to do more exercising to help control the glucose, not sit on the chair and watch others do what we should be doing.





';Here, Orange Juice is good for everyone, drink it up'; told to me by a NURSE!!





';Do NOT drink that Coke!!! It has sugar in it!'; I was low and beginning to get the nasties and needed an instant recharge, but got the coke slapped to the ground.





';Only testing at the HOSPITAL can tell if you are diabetic or not'; As if the other blood labs aren't properly trained in blood draw and analysis.





';Use a urine stick to see what your glucose level is'; that is yesterday's results and does not tell you how high you are, just that you were high yesterday over 300!





';You cannot eat any protein or fatty foods'; Then what shall I eat? All plant derived foods are Carbohydrate foods which translates into Sugary foods in the digestive process.
My boyfriend's diabetic, and when he offered a bite of cake to someone they said ';no thanks, cant I get diabetes from you?';





Also, one time this girl asked me if we could have sex. And i said, ';why the hell not?'; and she goes ';well, you know, the calories from the sex could mess him up right? Make him pass out from his diabetes?';
The craziest advice i've ever heard is to mix raw white granulated sugar, pancake syrup, glucose syrup,and baklava in a pint of whiskey and guzzle it down. That's a suicide solution if i've ever heard one.
A woman I used to work with, whose mother and husband are both type 1, told me that I could eat as much angel food and rice crispie bars as I wanted. AND-I had a gp who told me my diabetes was cured because my A1c was under 7%. Cured? I wish!
I've had people say that I cannot have ANY sugar. Yeah, ok! When my sugar is 51 and I'm shaky, you need to get the HELL out of my way and let me eat!
that cinnamon can cure diabetes and or stabiles blood sugars
people saying you should take your insulin.....when you're low.
Yikes! That's downright scary advice. Supposed ';Know-It-Alls'; tell diabetics to eat some hard candy when their sugar is low %26amp; they get a bad spell. That is very bad advice. When a diabetic is in the situation, they should eat protein, which will level out their sugar. (ex: Baked chicken, turkey, lean beef, in between two pieces of bread, depending on the number of calories they're on)