On Nov 24, 7:23*pm, Janet Wilder > wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
> > Janet: I've been a diabetic for about 17 years and on insulin for most
> > of that period. I watch my carbs pretty carefully and try to eat
> > healthy. We eat multi-grain bread, whole wheat pasta, brown rice, etc.
> > and I seem to do better on it. The advantages of whole grains, in
> > addition to all the minerals and vitamins that refining takes out of
> > grain, is that it has a little more fiber and, more importantly in my
> > case, it takes longer to digest. Thus slowing the immediate impact of
> > eating the carbs. If I eat white rice, my blood glucose levels go
> > straight up almost immediately, brown rice the BG levels rise slowly and
> > my insulin can take care of it.
>
> > Here's a URL that may help:
>
> >http://www.cspinet.org/nah/wwheat.html
>
> > This is only my experience and I can't speak for others.
>
> George,
>
> I appreciate your suggestions. DH has been diabetic for over 20 years.
> We *eat to his meter. Rice, be it brown, white or wild, will send that
> meter reading way up. We avoid all forms of rice and if we must have
> some, it's never more than 1/4 cup of cooked rice and he gives himself
> an adequate bolus from his pump.
>
> I went to a diabetes fair this weekend and spoke with a dietitian. It
> appears that some people will benefit from the bit of fiber in brown
> rice and whole wheat and others (like my DH won't) *He does pretty well
> with controlled portions of potato because of the longer "chain" of
> carbohydrates. Some others don't do as well.
>
> I think it is incumbent upon every diabetic to be aware of each
> different food they eat. This can be accomplished by using their
> glucometer one, two and even three hours post-prandial (after meals).
> It's unfortunate that many doctors don't send their patients to diabetes
> educators to learn how to control their disease. They hand them a
> one-size-fits-all piece of paper from the ADA and give them a scrip for
> pills and the admonition to "watch their intake of sweets"
>
> It's a shameful part of our health care system, but it seems to be the
> prevalent way the disease is treated.
>
> --
> Janet Wilder
> Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
> Good Friends. Good Life
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Janet,
Peer Support Groups.
I think every person with diabetes needs a F2F group, CDE monitored or
peer facilitated, with a mix of experienced successful diabetics.
People like your husband are sooooooooooooooooooo helpful to beginners
(like me).
I use a community health clinic (gets fed & local support + grants).
We are trying to foster a sort of "Buddy System" (like AA Sponsors) so
folks have somebody to call that's NOT their doctor's nurse.
I'm a voracious reader but I gotta have somebody to talk/whine/laugh/
celebrate with. Email me and we can talk.
Lynn in Fargo Type 2
WARNING: I am NOT an expert on diabetes ( and I don't even play one
on TV!)
Happy turkey day and good meter/scale readings to all!