Re: Newly diagnosed, seeking advice especially on testing methods.



"Jennifer" <jenniferNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Thomas Muffaletto wrote:
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>>>>True, but I was also referring to my own case, which was Friday and
>>>>Saturday. BG's over 635, and my first meal after diagnosis was
>>>>Spaghetti, white bread rolls, mandarin oranges in syrup (not even lite
>>>>syrup) saltine crackers, salad with russian dressing (loads of sugar)
>>>>and some sweet-tasting purple mystery juice. The snack a few hours
>>>>later was honey-graham crackers and milk.
>>>
>>>See the trouble is... this doesn't follow ANYONE'S idea of a healthy
>>>meal.
>>>
>>>Regular spaghetti... not whole wheat.
>>>
>>>White bread rolls... not whole grain.
>>>
>>>Canned fruit in syrup... not fresh fruit with fiber
>>>
>>>Saltine crackers... fast acting white flour
>>>
>>>Salad... finally a vegetable... but likely iceberg lettuce.
>>>
>>>Russian dressing.... sugar and fat
>>>
>>>So how does this work for any food plan... diabetic or not?
>>>
>>>It goes against the pryamid... it goes against low carb... it goes
>>>against almost all the guidelines on every side.
>>>
>>>Tom... what would you have wanted to eat from this meal? Would this have
>>>fit with your chosen eating program?
>>>
>>>Jennifer
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>>
>> lol hell no. there is so much about treating patients that I do not
>> know.
>> I think they shoot for a combination of healthy body and mind and most
>> take
>> away from each to get a good combination. however I was like Chris ready
>> to jump in head first.
>> and started with the diet and information I felt was the healthiest.
>> went from 330 lbs to 265 in 6 months got off the medications.
>
> How would you create a healthy combination from the choices on that tray?
>
> I'm not asking what you would suggest Chris eat... or what you would
> suggest the doctors prescribe for him to eat.
>
> I'm asking what you would have eaten on that plate.
>
> You said in another post that early in diagnosis you ate a poached egg...
> some whole wheat toast... and a half a fresh grapefruit.
>
> Sounds quite reasonable and healthy to me.
>
> But what on that plate of spaghetti, white bread roll, canned fruit in
> syrup, white crackers and russian dressing .... would you have eaten?
>
> Jennifer

I have had worse since dx'd.
in the past I never had bread with pasta unless there is some meat.
now a days its only pasta and meat. I would have just ate that 1 meal
or part of it. save the bread for maybe 2 1/2 hours after the pasta and got
on with my life.
--
Tom
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