by Meegan Follock
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If you eat large amounts of food in a short period of time without feeling you are able to control your eating, this is a sign of binge eating.
Source: The Big Diabetes Lie
This usually presents problems for people with diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, the body doesnt respond as well as it should to insulin and so it takes longer for the body to produce sufficient insulin to cope with the rise in blood sugar.
People with type 1 diabetes will inject insulin to help the body cope with the increase in blood sugar levels but when we eat fast acting carbohydrate, it can take more than 2 hours for enough insulin to be absorbed to adequately cope with the increase in blood glucose levels.
When our blood sugar levels rise to high levels and we dont have sufficient insulin in our blood to cope, it can often cause us to feel both tired and hungry and can therefore make us crave more food which can lead to vicious circle forming.
Swings in high and low blood glucose and having additional negative associations with food can provide additional difficulty in coping with binge eating for people with diabetes.
Cognitive behavioural therapy for binge eating disorder (CBT-BED) is an alternative form of therapy and involves looking for ways and methods of thinking about your eating which can help you to better control the urge to binge eat.
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