On 07/16/2013 02:19 PM, Alice Faber wrote:
> In article >, Todd >
> wrote:
>
>> On 07/15/2013 07:27 AM, Alice Faber wrote:
>>> In article >, Todd >
>>>>
>>>> How do you guys get away with all the carbs in
>>>> beans?
>>>>
>>>> http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/...roducts/4313/2
>>>>
>>>> 1 cup of pinto beans is 37 grams. I would blow
>>>> my carb count for a meal at 1/3 cup.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Eat less than 1/3 cup.
>>
>> Hi Alice,
>>
>> I could lay all 15 of them out on a plate and eat
>> them really, really, really s-l-o-w. Maybe a Kleenex to
>> wipe up my tears, so I could actually see them.
>> Just teasing! I think I am funny. I only cry when I
>> hurt myself. (Not an admission that I cry.)
>>
>>>
>>> Seriously. I like beans, a lot. I put about 1/2 cup of beans in a big
>>> pot of soup, different kinds of beans for different soup. If I have
>>> extras (I just had to buy a can of black beans for a recipe, because I
>>> didn't have any dried on hand), I'll put a spoonful on salad. I just
>>> don't ever have anything where beans are the dominant ingredient.
>>
>> Now that makes sense. Use them as a seasoning is quantities so
>> small as to not throw off the carb count. Like the way I use turnips
>> in my broccoli cheese soup.
>>
>
> This thread got me going. I made a black bean, corn, & tomato salad,
> with local farmstand corn and tomatoes. The whole recipe used 1/2 can of
> black beans, 1 ear of corn, 1.5 small tomatoes (and a little onion,
> cilantro, garlic, and lemon juice). This made a total of 3.5 or 4 cups,
> and the serving I had for dinner last night was probably 3/4 cup (or
> less, I had it in a little pyrex dessert bowl).
>
> I didn't figure the carb content, but did test my bg. Before dinner, I
> was at 72mg/dl; at both 1 & 2 hours post, I was at 100mg/dl. (The rest
> of dinner was a hamburger with ketchup but no bun.) YMMV but my mileage
> is glad there's a bunch more of this salad in the fridge.
>
Hi Alice,
!Ah caramba! I'd lose a foot! How many years were your
reading this low before you could get away with the above?
I get a stressful, zero carbohydrate call from a customer
and my BG jumps up 20 to 25 points. No food involved!
I want your numbers!
Do you use insulin?
-T
What? No pennies in your salad?