"W. Baker" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove > wrote:
>
> : "W. Baker" > wrote in message
> : ...
> : > bigwheel > wrote:
> : >
> : > : Todd;1848910 Wrote:
> : >
> : > : Not sure about the physics on the carbs. Have heard folks say beans
> have
> : > : a bunch. Everybody from Texas was raised on em and eat them at least
> : > : once a day and sometimes twice on Sunday. They claim if a person
> eats
> : > : them along with corn it makes a combo complex protein which neither
> : > : offers alone..and which is only slightly inferior to animal sources.
> Try
> : > : eating them with cornbread..pepper sauce and raw onions. That prob
> knock
> : > : them mean old carbs right in the head.
> : >
> : > rice an beans also make a compete protein, but they are just not
> indicated
> : > for diabetics as the carb content is very high, too high to be used as
> a
> : > major part of a meal. As has been mentioned, a few sprinkled on a
> salad
> : > or in a soup are Ok, but as a full portion beans are a problem for
> : > diabetics. For non-diabetics like you, they are a good food, just not
> for
> : > us diabetics here.
>
> : You really can't paint with a broad brush. I eat not one portion of
> beans
> : but sometimes three. But I rarely eat beans and rice. I did have some
> last
> : night but it was Spanish rice that I made by adding lots of ground beef
> and
> : vegetables. I did not have a full portion leftover so I added some red
> : beans to it. But to eat just plain beans and rice? Not likely.
> MOST diabetic have difficulty with beans. I use small amounts of black
> soybeans which are so fibrous that the actual carb content is very low,
> but it can easily cause gastric distress in a big way! You , with your
> intoerances and , as you , yurself, termed it, picky eating tendencies are
> much more limited in what you can or desire to eat and your diabetes also
> seems to respond quite differently than that of most of the type 2s here.
>
> i woud hate to see a ston of bean recipes presented here as beign "good
> for diabetics." there are a few, like you, who both have few other foods
> you like or can eat and who really love beans. Most of us have to severly
> limit our bean intake or we run the risk of high bgs, which we try to
> avoid, as do you, even if you don't have a handle on it for whatever
> reason, certainly not for want of trying.

From everything I have heard and read, beans are recommended for diabetics
because they are high in fiber. My BG was in normal range for all of
yesterday. Was high but not super high at breakfast but most likely because
I was up for 4 hours prior to eating. I just didn't want to eat when I got
up because I got up earlier than usual and if I eat three meals that's just
too much for my stomach to handle.