While we usually assume that a child with diabetes needs a special diabetic diet to tackle type 1 diabetes doctors say that their dietary demand is not much different from that of a child not suffering from juvenile diabetes. All a parent or a caregiver must be aware of are certain considerations especially the carbohydrate intake of your diabetic child as that is what mostly impacts the blood sugar counting. Here are some nutritional basics that you need to know for your diabetic child that he or she will need to fight the situation. Fibre consumption and that of sugar