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On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:20:00 -0400, Andy
<AndyTypeTwoN0SpamPlease@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <rq96h31grotjhr524ht6upv25c6og0nifd@xxxxxxx>,
Quentin Grady <quentin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'd have to ferret around to find out whether peanut skins would have
a similar effect. Peanuts are legumes and not nuts obviously so we're
in guesswork territory here. As a matter of interest do you have your
peanuts with or without skins?

Without the skins. The peanuts were on the advice of the nutritionist I
first saw when I was dx'd. She said they were a good snack (but almonds
are better but I prefer peanuts) to keep me feeling full and to not
raise BP, etc. I know I eat more than I should though so I'm trying to
watch that.

G'day G'day Andy,

I'm enjoying this conversation.

It is what asd could and perhaps should be about, sharing experiences
allowing us to use our own judgment over what really works and what
doesn't. Peanuts being a legume provide vegetable protein. Sedentary
people need more protein in their diet than highly active people
according to Joslin University research, say 20% instead of 15%. One
strategy for doing that safely is the get half one's protein from
vegetable sources and half from animal sources.

Something that impresses me is that you are accepting responsibility
for controlling how many peanuts you eat. Ad-libitum trials regularly
show that when people eat nuts they don't put on weight. HOWEVER,
feedback on asd suggests this self regulation isn't always functional
with diabetics. Whether it is a contributing factor to them becoming
diabetic in the first place or whether the progression of malfunctions
that leads to T2 diabetes damages the control-type feedback (negative
feedback) mechanism I don't know though I strongly suspect the latter.

In unrelated news, I think I figured out why my BP has been high the
last few days. I just looked in my bottle of metformin and realized that
I have 5 left when I should have 1 left. Clearly I miffed taking my
pills last week.

That's a rapid response. Metformin reduces insulin resistance and
rather directly reduces blood glucose. Its a hop skip and a jump to
reducing blood pressure.

AND the pizza didn't help either... :)

-A

Thank you and best wishes,
--
Quentin Grady ^ ^ /
New Zealand, >#,#< [
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"... and the blind dog was leading."

http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/quentin
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