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Nopales and pennies?
On 07/17/2013 04:31 PM, Alice Faber wrote:
> In article >, Todd >
> wrote:
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>> On 07/17/2013 03:49 PM, Alice Faber wrote:
>>> In article >, Todd >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 07/17/2013 02:34 PM, Alice Faber wrote:
>>>>> 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/...products/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.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi ALice,
>>>>
>>>> Fantastic!
>>>>
>>>> That is my goal too. How many years did it take you
>>>> to get to the steady numbers?
>>>
>>> I wouldn't say they're steady, but my fasting is generally in the 70-95
>>> range (but not always). Strangely, reducing bg also reduces insulin
>>> resistance.
>>>>
>>>> Got my Met down to 500 mg twice a day (the smallest
>>>> dosage). And bought a pill cutter to go down further.
>>>> probably will start that next month. Right now
>>>> I am sitting at about 115 rolling out of bed. Go
>>>> up to about 125-130, then down to 100 during the day.
>>>> It has more to do with the time of day and not what I eat
>>>> as I am very, very strict on my carb count.
>>>>
>>>> I lost all my weight before I got diagnosed (October).
>>>> Now I am steady since then.
>>>>
>>>> Laughing seems to make my numbers go down; stress seems
>>>> to make them go up.
>>>>
>>>> -T
>>>
>>
>> Hi Alice,
>>
>> You are killing me here! How many years did it take you to
>> get there?
>>
>
> Honestly, I have no idea.
>
Rats! :-)
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