On Wed, 3 Jun 2015 10:11:49 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
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>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 2 Jun 2015 15:26:16 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
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>>>On Tuesday, 2 June 2015 02:11:55 UTC+1, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>>>> > On Mon, 01 Jun 2015 12:26:45 -0400, Nancy Young <replyto@inemail>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> My brother's birthday is tomorrow and I'd like to bring
>>>> >> him something. He can't have dairy. Any ideas? He loves
>>>> >> oranges, so I'll pick up some nice ones for him but I'd like
>>>> >> to make him something to cheer him up.
>>>> >
>>>> > He loves oranges and whole fruit is best for a diabetic, so I'd peel
>>>> > the orange, cut it into "wheels" and lightly sprinkle with cinnamon.
>>>> > Think: low carb.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Oranges are bad. They are very high in sugar. As they tell all
>>>> diabetics,
>>>> sugar is sugar, does not matter if it fructose, sucrose or lactose -
>>>> it's
>>>> all sugar.
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>>>No, fruit juice is bad and is very high in sugar. An average sized orange
>>>or apple contains approx. 50 calories plus you also get the fibre etc.
>>>So,
>>>whole fresh fruit is OK providing you don't overdo it. The one caveat is
>>>grapes which are absolutely loaded with sugar.
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>> Of course, what is missing from this discussion is the word
>> *exercise*. I believe the lack of any accounts for a good part of the
>> problems many people have with carbs and diabetes in general.
>> I'll wager that vulnerable people would find their bodies are far more
>> tolerant of sugars and carbs if they got a decent workout regularly.
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>The Type II epidemic is now even affecting people of normal weight who do
>get regular exercise.

I didn't mean to imply exercise is a panacea, but there's no doubt in
my mind that it would help many diabetics. People as you describe
must be eating very poor diets, not all people put on weight eating
that way as well of course.

Although not the same thing, I have a wheat intolerance but of course
still eat some wheat... usually I get away with it but sometimes it
will make me feel like crap. Through experience I have found that I
can either ride it out (which takes about a day) or go out and do some
hard physical work, which gets rid of the crap feeling within an hour
or two. The hard part is pushing through the 'crap' feeling to begin
with, but after that it does go away quickly.