On May 28, 12:53*pm, "Cheri" > wrote:
> "Robert of St Louis" > wrote in ...
>
> >I was officially diagnosed as diabetic yesterday and will be taking a
> > pill for it soon.
> > But I also have to watch my cholesterol. * So I not only have to watch
> > all starches, which are the one substitute for folks cutting down on
> > cholesterol. *So I feel like any real alternatives are zero. I went to
> > a nutrition class for diabetes and was going to take all kind of notes
> > to find out what I could eat...and right em down. *But they in the
> > class ...all I remembered was all starches turn to sugar and all I
> > could eat was celery.
>
> Welcome Robert, try not to panic, you'll soon know some techniques and foods
> that will help you do both. Post often.
>
> Cheri

I went to the public library this morning and got 4 diabetic food
books. Here are two of my favorite titles.
COMFORT FOOD FOR DIABETICS and the other is DECADENT DESERT FOR
DIABETICS. I intend to make grocery lists of stuff I MIGHT like
instead of cardboard and syrofoam.