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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Food Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: carb-free food choices low-carb vegetables
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I have been on a low-carb kick that has food centered in the forefront of my mind. I had a certain misrepresenting perception of low-carb or carb-free eating. It taunted me about the extra hassle and drawn-out time needed to plan accordingly. If most of the country is serving carb-full food, it made sense in my head that eating alternatively would be more troublesome. Why hand pick vegetables from the produce section when they would automatically put on top of my salad and tacos from the Mexican restaurant? It turns out though, consciously eating carb-free makes life much simpler from this diabetic's perspective.
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Categories: Type 2 Food Highs & Lows Emotions Real Life
Tags: carbohydrates
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In response to my post about no longer taking insulin, a reader commented: "I don't understand why you are still eating carbs if not eating them keeps your blood sugar down." That's a very good question and one with a complicated answer.
When I was first diagnosed, I went to see a dietitian, who told me I could eat whatever I wanted, in moderation and in the right combination. She gave some examples that sounded great in theory but just didn't work in the real world. Imagine my dismay when my blood sugar clocked in at 250 two hours after eating two slices of white toast with peanut butter and half a banana with a glass of milk. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 2 Food
Tags: Whole Foods Whole grains
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I'm grateful to live in a part of the country where anything and everything I could possibly want is within a 5-mile radius. My husband and I have occasionally talked about moving out to the country, but then we quickly realize we wouldn't do well out there. Personally, I'm not what you'd call hearty folk. Besides, I couldn't imagine having to drive 30 minutes just to get to the supermarket. Let alone not living a stone's throw from a Whole Foods.
I do the majority of my grocery shopping at a regular supermarket, but a few times a month I make a special trip to Whole Foods. I love that they have ready-to-eat meals that don't wreak havoc on my blood sugar. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Children Food Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: high blood sugar
Views: 1019
A few blogs ago, I wrote about feeling like a bad dad when high blood sugar forced me to deny Charlie the ice cream I had promised.
I wanted to address the following question from a reader.
My question to you is (and you'll have to forgive me since I'm fairly new at this) couldn't you just have given your son an option of getting an injection if he wanted ice cream? We have a supplemental dose for such instances.
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Categories: Type 1 Children Food Highs & Lows Real Life
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I mentioned in a prior blog how I dreaded trips to the snack stand during baseball season. When I volunteered to work the snack stand, I was amazed by the level of sugar that was served and the volume at which it was consumed.
I get the fact that baseball snack stands are supposed to serve crap. I'm not expecting to find packets of organic freeze-dried green beans and peas amongst Starburst and Skittles. However, can't we at least serve crap that is slightly less crappy?
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