Re: What I ate today 7/29

Essentially. T1 and T2 are two entirely different illnesses that have common
symptoms. That is what I've come to believe.

--
Colleen

"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things
over and over and over again for the truth to sink in,
to kind of catapult the propaganda."

G.W. Bush
Greece, N.Y., May 24, 2005


"Vicki Beausoleil" <VBeausoleil@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:42EBF483.7DACD607@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> "Chris J." wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 07:05:49 -0500, "Colleen" <colleen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >It might be interesting to see the difference in the diets.
>> >
>> >I orginated this post so newbies could get an idea of the variety of
>> >foods
>> >all us oldbies have to choose from. It's quite amazing how varied and
>> >healthy the diets are.
>>
>> It's totally astounded me how varied and healthy the diets are!!! (I'd
>> be curious to see what a T-1 eats, too, in case that's what I turn out
>> to be)
>>
>
> Because we cover everything we eat with insulin, we can basically eat
> what we please. Within reason.
>
> Yesterday after golf we hit the restaurant. I had bruschetta as
> appetizer and Chicken Parmigiana. Two bites of hub's pecan pie for
> dessert (I *do* have my limits).
>
> Three units of insulin off the top and an added extended bolus for 4
> hours and I never went over 8.0. I never would have been able to stay so
> tightly in control without the aid of a pump or a couple of correction
> shots. Pasta takes longer for me to digest than the NovoRapid lasts in
> my body, and all the fat made it take even longer.
>
> Vicki
>
>
>> Prior to this thread, I seriously thought most diabetic meals were
>> vastly different (boiled veg, no seasoning, plus a few tofu bits, for
>> example). I'd picked up a few clues in the day prior, but this thread
>> was astounding. I've the posts plan on trying to organize some meal
>> guides from them in my word processor.


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