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Pineapple upside down Cake
On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 01:05:36 GMT, wrote:
>Life is too short to make of career of being a little sick diabetic
This is why I, personally, want to be a "healthy" daibetec - or as
healthy as I can be. To me, this means a minmum of compliciations so
that I can enjoy my life to the fullest.
>whose life is centered on one or two extra carbs or cals.
And, in order to have the best chances at being a "healthy" daibetc, I
need to watch how my BG reacts to what eat and adjust my eating to
keep my BG as normal as possible. For me, this means restricting both
carbs and protein.
I don't worry about "one or two" extra grams of carb or protein.
However, the recipes you've shared lately are more like 20 carbs per
small serving - which may work for some people, but not for me.
So, it's precisely because I DON'T want to "make of career of being a
little sick daibetic whose life is centered" on food that I can't eat
the recipes you've been providing lately.
(1) When I eat enough to bring my BG up, I get ravenously,
insatiably, uncontrolably hungry and all I do is eat or try not to
eat. (FOR ME, a piece large enough to spike my BG has too great a
chance of being just the first one.)
(2) With high BG, I run a much higher risk of the complications
that will hinder my ability to see/feel/walk/etc. (Yes, people with
diabetic complications can enjoy life - I don't mean to imply
otherwise. I'd just prefer to avoid the complications, or at least
delay them if they can't be avoided.)
(3) When/if I develop complications because of high BG, those who
love me may feel compelled to some extent to center their lives around
my diabetes. (How can I be so selfish that I wish my husband a
blind/nonambulatory/whatever wife so that I can eat a piece of cake?)
I don't like those options. I prefer to center my life on things
other than my diabetes and that those I love can do the same.
Therefore, I will not be enjoying your recent recipes.
Rose
T2
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