On 08/02/2013 11:57 AM, W. Baker wrote:
> Todd > wrote:
> : On 08/01/2013 01:03 PM, W. Baker wrote:
> : > Todd > wrote:
> : > : Hi All,
> : >
> : > : Clabber Girl just got back to me with the carbs in their
> : > : Aluminum free baking powder:
> : >
> : > : .148 g. per serving (1/8 t.), or
> : > : 1.184 g. per teaspoon
> : >
> : > : Ingredients:
> : > : http://www.clabbergirl.com/pdf/R-114RumfordBPFS.pdf
> : >
> : > : Rumford Baking Powder contains monocalcium phosphate,
> : > : sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and food grade
> : > : cornstarch made from non-genetically modified corn
> : >
> : > : -T
> : >
> : > Ignore htat kind of amount. We don't look for perfection or zero carbs.
> : > Don't get obscessed, just live with it.
> : >
> : > Wendx
> : >
>
> : Hi Wendy,
>
> : I had originally thought they were 5 g per teaspoon. The bad labeling
> : laws means that under 1 carb, means they can say zero. That is what
> : I thought was behind the extra tiny 1/8 teaspoon. I had presumed that
> : it was 0.9 g per 1/8 tsp. I was planning on using 1 full tsp in
> : one of my concoctions. Those extra four carbs will be replaced with
> : blueberries.
>
> : I am getting close to drug free. As of last week I jumped down
> : from 500 mg Met twice a day, to 250 mg (pill cutter) twice a
> : day. Originally I was on 1000 mg twice a day. Each time I have
> : dropped, my morning fasting BG is slightly lower. My A1c,
> : which is a sloppy test, dropped too. Yipee!
>
> : By drug free (I hate drugs), I do not mean medicine free. I use
> : traditional medicine. I am 15 carbs max per meal, 60 max per day.
> : Maybe when I hit drug free for half a year or so, I will get
> : brave, bump up to 20 carbs per meal, test a lot, and see how I do.
>
> : Thank you for the pep talk!
>
> : -T
>
> Glad you are getting good control, but why rush to get off the Metformin
> unless it bothers your stomach,

The trips down the hall are annoying to say the least. The 250's I
am on now, have cut way back on that problem.

> in which case the extended release works
> for many of us. I have beenon it now for over 17 years with no problems
> adn a little more ability to have variety in my food, particulrly in fruit
> which i do love. You arae on the least problematic drug for
> diabetes and they keep finding good things about this drug whihc, as you
> know is a generic for a along time, so new good things bout it are not
> beign pursued my big Pharma so I feel they can be trusted more.

Met is probably the only Diabetes drug that will not end its life cycle
in a class action suit. And, at $10.00 for three months supply, no one
is trying to pull something over on us. This is reassuring. The
Traditional Medicine I am taking is more expensive.

Also, bear in mind, even if I eventually become drug free, I will
not be medicine free.

> Don't let some macho feeling make yo thin it is somehow more virtuous or
> healthier to be totally off this particular drug. It does not make yo
> better than thoses who use it or other drugs.

Macho and virtue have nothing to do with it. I just hate drugs.
I do use a lot of Traditional Medicine.

If I have given any impression that I am better than anyone else
because I am trying to go drug free, please forgive me. Drugs are
sometimes necessary. I am only talking about myself and my personal
preferences.

-T