Re: Newbie here. How do I get enough calories?

"Peabody" <waybackKILLSPAM44@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Here's my situation. I am male, 5'10", 170 lbs, 33" waist, bodyfat
> 12%, 53 years old, family history of early heart attacks, but not
> diabetes. I get A LOT of exercise, and eat about 3200 calories per
> day just to maintain my weight. I rarely eat read meat. I would
> guess maybe 75% of my diet is carbohydrates. I drink one glass of
> red wine, and a quart of skim milk, per day.
>
> Cholesterol values:
>
> TOT 222
> HDL 71
> LDL 136
> TRI 71
> TOT/HDL 3.1
>
> So basically, I need to work on both BG and LDL. But since I'm not
> in the typical position of needing to lose weight, I don't
> understand how I deal with the two problems and still get enough
> calories. I mean, you don't really get any calories from veggies.
>
> I don't want to go overboard on protein, and need to keep the fat
> down because of the LDL, so what kind of carbs do I eat that are low
> glycemic index - I assume that's what I need to eat because of the
> BG.
>
> Are there not-so-bad carbs in the nature of fruits, bread, ice
> cream, graham crackers, tortilla chips, chocolate, breakfast
> cereals, starches, and in general carbs that provide lots of low-fat
> calories without spiking BG?
>
> Oh, and I forgot to mention - I really hate beans. Just detest
> them.
>
> So how do I do this and still get enough calories?


What you need to do is test everything you like at different times of the
day to see what it does to your BG.
http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/Newly%20Diagnosed.htm

Don't think because something is low fat that it automatically means it's
good for you. Transfats are one thing you want to avoid as much as possible,
the ingredient list will say hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils,
they are bad for cholesterol. Of the polyunsaturated fats, people usually
get too much omega 6 and not enough omega 3, find omega 3 in oily fish,
walnuts, flaxseed, and now some eggs and margarines. Vegetable oils have a
lot of omega 6. Monounsaturated fats (omega 9) are also good for
cholesterol and can be substituted for some of your carbs, olives, avocados,
macadamias, almonds, etc. are good sources.
Just like the unsaturated fats, there are different saturated fats, free
range fed meat has a better fatty acid profile than feed lot fed meat.

There are lower sugar versions of a lot of things and lower carb versions of
some things. Berries are lower carb than bananas and Lindt makes 70% and
85% cocoa dark chocolate, for ex. Whole grain is better than white flour but
it may or may not make a lot of difference to your BG. Oat bran and
psyllium are good for your cholesterol. If you eat cereal at breakfast and
it spikes your BG, though, it could be taxing your pancreas even if it
lowers your cholesterol. You seem to have a good HDL/cholesterol ratio but
lowering your LDL could make it better. Your triglyceride/HDL ratio
suggests your insulin resistance is not too bad and you aren't overweight,
so metformin may not be much help. Developing diabetes seems to raise
triglycerides and lower HDL, worsening that ratio, so that is the one you
want to keep from getting worse by cutting back on fast carb.

When you say your diet is 75% carbs, do you mean by percentage of calories?
If so, you aren't getting enough protein or fat. Joslin recommends 20-30%
of calories from protein and 30-35% from fat. They are mainly talking about
people who need to lose weight.
http://joslin.org/Files/Nutrition_ClinGuide.pdf

With something like Fitday.com you can plug in what you eat and see where
you stand on vitamins, minerals, fiber, plus fat, protein, and carbs.

Sometimes the first symptom of diabetes is a fatal heart attack. Some
doctors don't want to diagnose it until you go blind or have numb feet. You
may have it in your family and not know it because they were never
diagnosed. My husband was diagnosed with diabetes with FBG <110 because his
A1c was >6, he can spike over 200 if he eats the wrong things, which fits
the definition of diabetes. He doesn't know anyone among his blood
relatives that have ever had diabetes, either. Have you had an A1c yet?

--
No Husband Has Ever Been Shot While Doing The Dishes


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