Re: Interesting Results - Taco Bell


"Frisbee®" <billLASTNAME@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Shortly after being diagnosed as Type II, I began reading the nutrition
| guides at various fast food restaurants that we as a family frequent,
| including Taco Bell.
|
| I was frustrated because there was only one or two items on their menu
that
| I could eat to keep my total carb count around 45, and at least under
60. I
| could eat two hard-shell tacos, for example. Not much for a big, hungry
guy
| like me, so generally we'd go there for my wife and kids and I'd get
| something else somewhere else.
|
| Tonight, however, my transportation home was late, and it was running
late,
| and we were all hungry and tired, so I told my wife I'd go ahead and
| experiment with their salad, even though I remembered their listed carb
| count as rather high (I've since checked the web site and it's 77 grams
of
| carbs).
|
| Pre-meal, I was 83. One hour later, 108, and two hours later (now) I am
| 118.
|
| I wasn't sure why my levels were so low, considering the high carb
content -
| I ate everything, including the bowl. Then it occurred to me, I
remember
| reading somewhere, and probably in here, that fat content tends to slow
your
| body's absorption of carbs. The bowl was a bit greasy, probably pretty
high
| fat content. Re-checking the nutrition info again, I see it is: 38
grams!
| Dang. No wonder I'm not losing any weight, heh. 790 calories total.
Not
| so bad, I guess, and I now realize that perhaps I can occaisionally eat
| higher-carb foods, as long as the fat content is also "relatively" high?
| Not that I plan on pigging out, but if this assumption is true (and I
plan
| to test, test, test - including more tests tonight) then that greatly
widens
| my options and makes life easier for my whole family.
|
| Anyone else have similar experiences? Am I on the right track on this?
|
|

You must be forgetting you're a T2, which means you have some if not
more then enough of your own insulin left to cover what foods you eat.
When a Diabetic decreases their glucose levels back down to a normal
range and takes off the fat, most times they are able to eat more like a
non-diabetic because their IR is dramatically decreased. Good for you
for getting to this point. Keep up the good work.

rk, t1


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