<Ross@home> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:51:33 -0400, Evelyn >
> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:13:15 +0000, SammzOatmeal
> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Hi everyone,
>>>
>>>I am brand new and first wanted to ask if it is permissible to promote
>>>my product in the appropriate category?
>>>
>>>Samm
>>
>>Not appreciated at all. First of all we hate advertising, especially
>>here. Secondly, oat meal of ANY kind is not good for diabetics. It
>>raises our blood glucose numbers. Please don't.
>>
>>Evelyn
>
> You gotta cut some slack. First, SammzOats asked, didn't just post a
> full blown ad.
> I don't believe oatmeal is bad for every diabetic. I love oatmeal and
> when I switched to steel cut oats my numbers improved. As a matter of
> fact, I had a nice big bowl of steel cut oatmeal for breakfast this
> morning, along with 1/2 slice of light toasted rye bread and 2 hours
> later my reading was 6.3 mmo/l (115 mg/dL for you behind the times
> types). Granted, I use no sugar but, that's the way I've always eaten
> it, I've never cared for sugar on my oatmeal.

No we don't have to cut any slack! This is Usenet and there is a charter.
Commercial posts are against the charter.

If I ate a big bowl of oatmeal my BG would be over 400. That's what it does
to the vast majority of us.