"GysdeJongh" > wrote in message
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> Ellen K. wrote:
>
>> As for managing my diabetes over the holiday, it was ok although not
>> ideal, but considering this was my first holiday since diagnosis I
>> think I shouldn't expect more than a learning experience. I
>> completely skipped dinner the second night, I just wasn't up for it.
>> I'm starting to understand a little more about what adjustments I
>> have to make, one of which is that I think I have to eat less overall
>> at each holiday meal to keep the meals around the same size as
>> non-holiday ones, which means smaller portions if I want to eat all
>> the dishes.
>
> Big success than, congratulations.
> Very nice that you found a few tweaks that makes living with your
> condition more acceptable
>

Well, I'm way not there yet. I'm trying to keep my perfectionistic
tendencies in check though.

> I do remember that I got scared a lot after my dx. I had never been
> seriously ill in my life uptill then. But, after a while I found ways to
> continue my life with very little unacceptable restrictions.
>

I'm ok with how it currently goes during the week, but would like to have
better control on the sabbath and holidays. Also I have no idea what things
are going to be like with the next change in my work situation.

>> One interesting point was that while I happily did *not*
>> get any giant spike after the half-matzo-containing meals (this time
>> I slathered them with margarine and after the first meal I also
>> included a hardboiled egg with the first [fish] course) I did have
>> higher FBGs.
>
> Imo the FBG can only be used as a diagnostic tool under the ideal
> conditions of fasting from about 23:00, a good night sleep of about 8h and
> taking a value right after getting up. If I don't sleep well or very short
> because I'm exited about what I'm going to do that day then my FBG might
> be a bit off.
>

My FBG is lower the shorter the sleep time, however with the overall
improvement I am now sleeping so soundly that I rarely have a short night
any more. Plusses and minuses!

> A lot of saturated fat like margarine does not cause a spike in post
> prandial blood glucose but it does cause a spike in : 1) the post prandial
> serum fatty acids, 2) the postprandial metabolic load and 3) in the
> endothelial function 4) the oxidant status. These things will cause
> Insulin resistance to rise. This is my view which (as you know by now, I
> guess) is not shared by a lot of people in Asd.
>

The margarine I eat is supposedly designed to improve the lipids profile, 1
tbsp has 1.5 gm saturated fat, 0 trans fat, 0 hydrogenated or
partially-hydrogenated fat, 2 gm polyunsaturated fat, and 1.5 gm
monounsaturated fat, and contains 320 mg Omega-3 ALA. The oil blend base
is palm fruit oil, soybean oil, flaxseed oil, canola oil and olive oil.

I do get I guess a lot of saturated fat from my morning cheese and from the
eggs I also eat, but I also eat fish pretty much every day, nuts ditto,
avocado several times a week, and the only oil I use is olive oil. I almost
never eat red meat, I'm pretty sure the grassfed roast I made for Rosh
Hashana is the first red meat I bought in over a year.

Lipids as of July we
total cholesterol 157
triglycerides 149
HDL 43
LDL 84
HDL/LDL 51.2%
total chol / HDL 3.7
triglycerides to HDL 3.5


What do you mean above by "metabolic load", "the endothelial function" and
"the oxidant status"?

>> The change of schedule as I mentioned elsewhere may be
>> a complicating etiological factor, also I seem to have some contact
>> dermatitis on my right hand, possibly from all the food preparation,
>> which may have been driving up my overall levels.
>
> I hope you get it under control. If you go to the docter tell him that you
> want to control your bg. He might prescribe a corticosteriod for the
> dermatitis which might drive your bg up a bit
>

I would NEVER take an *oral* steroid for something like dermatitis. Do you
happen to know whether *topical* steroids (such as the OTC creams available
for such conditions) affect BG?

> Gys
>