"Todd" > wrote in message
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> On 10/01/2014 12:25 PM, Ian Field wrote:
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>> "Todd" > wrote in message
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>>> On 10/01/2014 11:10 AM, Ian Field wrote:
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>>>> "Todd" > wrote in message
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>>>>> On 09/30/2014 08:56 AM, Ian Field wrote:
>>>>>> Are there any recipes about for food that's cheaper than ready meals,
>>>>>> but can still be done in the microwave?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Probably not practical to boil the froth out of red beans in a
>>>>>> microwave, but that general direction of food preparation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The BBC website has a recipe section - but last time I looked
>>>>>> there, no
>>>>>> diabetic recipes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe if enough people asked, they'd do something about it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Ian,
>>>>>
>>>>> The following would help in answering your question
>>>>>
>>>>> What kind of Diabetes do you have?
>>>>>
>>>>> How have you decided to deal with it?
>>>>> --- High carb (red beans) and drugs, or
>>>>> --- low carb and drug free
>>>>
>>>> The cost of food is a big issue while we endure austerity so the Tories
>>>> can line the offshore bank accounts of their fatcat chums.
>>>>
>>>> Its T2 controlled by Metformin, sort of a fine balance with the threat
>>>> of insulin never too far away!
>>>>
>>>> Red beans were just an example of the basics from the local Asian food
>>>> market - the beans would have to be boiled until all the froth had been
>>>> scooped off, not really practical in a microwave.
>>>
>>> Hi Ian,
>>>
>>> Metformin is nasty stuff. Makes your hair fall out, gives you
>>> (sometimes permanent) insomnia, skin spots, and worst of all,
>>> it makes you paranoid delusional. Yep everybody is picking
>>> on you! It also has a rebound effect. When I initially went
>>> drug free, each time I backed off on the dosage of Metformin,
>>> my blood sugar went down. I also had to do A LOT of apologizing
>>> to people I lashed out at. Fortunately, they all forgave me.
>>>
>>>
>>> Consider your Tori remark may be the metformin speaking.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YBumQHPAeU&app=desktop
>>
>> Hopefully; more than half the electorate are on Metformin.
>
> Hi Ian,
>
> We call them "Met Heads". They can be a real challenge
> to be around. I was. If my British, American French
> blue language translator is correct, I do believe you
> would call Met Heads "Arse Holes".

We? We...who? Why are you making nasty remarks about people who use
Metformin? That is really hitting below the belt. This is a diabetic forum
and many diabetics use it. Just because you had issues with it doesn't make
those of us who do use it bad or wrong or even addicts.
>
> Didn't watch the video. I can only guess what is on it.
> Why don't you find a Tory friend, ask him what he really thinks,
> listen to what he says, then repeat it back to him and ask
> him if you have it correct. Don't stop until he agree
> with you as to what he thinks.
>
> You will really be surprised at times. It is also wonderful
> to understand what others think, even when you disagree with
> them. It also helps to know what your are actually disagreeing
> with.
>
> Everyone who likes politics should do this. Quite often one
> side tell us what the other side thinks and we really have
> no clue what they actually think. And it doesn't help if
> you are a Met Head.

How about he starts after you do. All you can do is put people down. You
don't care a fig about their way of thinking.
>
> One out of eleven Americans now have T2. More keep getting
> injured as there seems to be no end to the low nutrition,
> high carbohydrate (not found in nature or our historical past)
> food being pushed on the public, both by industry and
> by government. There is no such thing as a "health carb",
> only more or less. Brown carbs are seen the same way as white
> cards by your body. They are all a bag of sugar.

Injured? Oh come on. Puleeeeeeze!
>
> When I got off of Metformin and the "dark curtain" lifted, I
> could not stop talking to anyone around me about anything
> that come to mind. I had to do a lot of apologizing for
> that too. Eventually I learned to control my mouth and
> start listen to others.

The dark curtain hasn't lifted. You're still being an ass.
>
> -T
>
> In Paris they just simply opened their eyes and stared when
> we spoke to them in French! We never did succeed in making
> those idiots understand their own language.
>
> --Mark Twain - The Innocents Abroad
>