# Do you have a gimmick that helps?
**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-have-a-gimmick-that-helps/9428
**Category:** Type 1 & LADA
**Created:** [March 10, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-have-a-gimmick-that-helps/9428 "2020-03-10T19:48:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Richard157](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Richard157)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-have-a-gimmick-that-helps/9428/1 "2020-03-10T19:48:52Z")
A T1 friend has asked if any of us follow a gimmick, like using cinnamon, that helps with our diabetes.
I don’t follow any gimmicks, unless I have a gimmick that I don’t realize is a gimmick.
For instance, I have an afternoon sandwich with one slice of bread, a light spread of mayonnaise, one slice of baloney, two slices of hard salami, one slice of cheese, and one slice of tomato. I have that everyday, and I have lived with type 1 for 74 years, without any serious complications. 😁
Does that mean my sandwich is a gimmick that has helped me prevent complications? 😳
I don’t think so!!
If you try this, and you find that you have better control or you are cured, PLEASE DON’t LET ME KNOW ABOUT IT! 😠
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### Author:  [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-have-a-gimmick-that-helps/9428/2 "2020-03-10T19:52:34Z")
> [@Richard157](#):
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> For instance, I have an afternoon sandwich with one slice of bread, a light spread of mayonnaise, one slice of baloney, two slices of hard salami, one slice of cheese, and one slice of tomato. I have that everyday, and I have lived with type 1 for 74 years, without any serious complications.
Adding this to Liam’s daily rituals immediately. 😃
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### Author:  [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-have-a-gimmick-that-helps/9428/3 "2020-03-10T20:03:51Z")
I think you should let your friend know that you have a gimmick, but it is going to cost $1,000 to be told the secret to diabetes. Then make a big deal about it and give him a sealed envelope with the words self-control written on the inside. Will be kind of like the time my dad paid for a horse racing system and they sent him a letter that says bet on the chestnut horse with white spots.
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### Author:  [@Boerenkool](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Boerenkool)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-have-a-gimmick-that-helps/9428/4 "2020-03-10T21:02:21Z")
> [@Richard157](#):
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> one slice of baloney
This made me laugh. I knew only one definition of baloney, so I thought you put nonsense on your sandwich. 😁 I had to google baloney to find out that is a kind of sausage.
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### Author:  [@lh378](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/lh378)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2020, 3:57am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-have-a-gimmick-that-helps/9428/5 "2020-03-11T03:57:41Z")
This made me smile too.