In article >, Todd >
wrote:

> 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?

Nope, no meds at all. I was diagnosed in 1998, reduced my carbs, lost
some weight.

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