Guest guest Posted May 1, 2002 Report Share Posted May 1, 2002 I don't know for sure if it has anything to with your headache but I'll venture a guess and say you've overloaded on salt. And if you're not used to adding salt to your diet, the olives are probably high in salt content, as well as chocolate and ice cream. > > As for on-topic content, I have a terrible headache today, and I bet it's > because I lost control yesterday ..... get this, not one but TWO cans of > black olives, four squares of dark chocolate, several black licorice whips > and a half pint of choc. ice cream. Thank heavens this wasn't all at one > sitting, and was spread out through the day, and past midnight. I don't > know where my willpower went, I again think it's the stress . . . sigh > > - Dave Gates > > P.S. Just how bad are the olives ? I know there is only a trace of any > sugars/starches. There is a little fat, although at least it isn't animal > fat, and not accompanied by cholesterol. The salt doesn't help any, but > most of it is in the packing juice, which I drain off. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2002 Report Share Posted May 1, 2002 At 02:03 PM 5/1/2002, Yuen wrote: >I don't know for sure if it has anything to with your headache but I'll >venture a guess and say you've overloaded on salt. And if you're not used to >adding salt to your diet, the olives are probably high in salt content, as >well as chocolate and ice cream. Hi, Steve ! Thanks for the post. Well, I never seem to watch my salt like I should, and I don't get headaches like this a lot -- it was quite severe, although perhaps not migraine level. I have a hunch it was too much sugar, together with the caffeine in the chocolate and going to bed at 3 AM .... LOL. (I know, all of this together isn't exactly funny). Also, I get very severe sinus headaches from allergies, so it could have been a sugar/caffiene/wee-hour bedtime/sinus combo. But seeing how I use salt freely without frequent bad headaches, I just don't see salt as the culprit. Nonetheless, thanks again for your reply :-) - Dave Gates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2002 Report Share Posted May 1, 2002 Hi Dave, According to my book on Calories and Carbohydrates (by Barbara Kraus), there are ..2g of carbs in a medium ripe olive. Double that if the olives were large. I completely understand the olive marathon as I crave salty things more than I do sweet ones. Lynne Just how bad are the olives ? I know there is only a trace of any sugars/starches. There is a little fat, although at least it isn't animal fat, and not accompanied by cholesterol. The salt doesn't help any, but most of it is in the packing juice, which I drain off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2002 Report Share Posted May 1, 2002 In a message dated 5/1/02 1:11:35 PM Central Daylight Time, steven.yuen@... writes: > the olives are probably high in salt content, as > well as chocolate and ice cream. > Yipes! Everything has so much sodium in it. ARGH! The most we can have is 2400mg a day anyway. Sheila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2002 Report Share Posted May 1, 2002 > I'm not sure if I should say when mine is, but here goes . .. . it's on > Halloween . . .. Halloween, eh? I got MARRIED on Halloween! We then spent the evening at a church in Baltimore where Edgar Allan Poe is buried....and celebrated there....there was music, poetry reading, tours of the catacombs.....oh, how romantic! *swoon* As for the cheating part yesterday....the only thing I know about olives (and I don't eat the black ones) is that they contain fats. But, you really DID pig out yesterday, Dave.... I'm with you, tho...I'm going thru that " time of the month " thing and fighting off the cravings with every ounce of willpower I have. Most of my numbers yesterday were above 150....ALL day. You could have done worse, I suppose. You could have had 2 pints of ice cream instead of the 2 cans of olives....right? Lynn > > < bracing for the fun-poking .... heheh > > > As for on-topic content, I have a terrible headache today, and I bet it's > because I lost control yesterday ..... get this, not one but TWO cans of > black olives, four squares of dark chocolate, several black licorice whips > and a half pint of choc. ice cream. Thank heavens this wasn't all at one > sitting, and was spread out through the day, and past midnight. I don't > know where my willpower went, I again think it's the stress . . . sigh > > - Dave Gates > > P.S. Just how bad are the olives ? I know there is only a trace of any > sugars/starches. There is a little fat, although at least it isn't animal > fat, and not accompanied by cholesterol. The salt doesn't help any, but > most of it is in the packing juice, which I drain off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2002 Report Share Posted May 1, 2002 At 03:55 PM 5/1/2002, Lynn wrote: >As for the cheating part yesterday....the only thing I know about >olives (and I don't eat the black ones) is that they contain fats. >But, you really DID pig out yesterday, Dave.... I'm with you, >tho...I'm going thru that " time of the month " thing and fighting off >the cravings with every ounce of willpower I have. Most of my >numbers yesterday were above 150....ALL day. You could have done >worse, I suppose. You could have had 2 pints of ice cream instead of >the 2 cans of olives....right? Lynn, that's right ! :-) As for olives .... I have my moments with the black ones ,,, I really like them but they arent quite at the top of the list. I love pimento-stuffed manzanitas, kalamatas, and jumbo cracked greens a LOT, too ! ~~~ I think I was sorta OK with the olives ... the fat is still pretty minimal. Two cans is a bit much, but at least not as bad as the overkill I did with the chocolate. I think I will do better when the stress is gone from the end of the semester, finals, finishing research papers, etc., and when my car gets its new engine put in (after being dead for 4 months). - Dave Gates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2002 Report Share Posted May 1, 2002 > > Lynn, that's right ! :-) As for olives .... I have my moments with the > black ones ,,, I really like them but they arent quite at the top of the > list. I love pimento-stuffed manzanitas, kalamatas, and jumbo cracked > greens a LOT, too ! ~~~ Dave....you don't know what you're doing to me! LOL...I LOVE those kinds, too. Can't get enough of them. And, maybe you should " treat " yourself to a massage or something....those are nice once in a while. Lynn > I think I will do better when the stress is gone > from the end of the semester, finals, finishing research papers, etc., and > when my car gets its new engine put in (after being dead for 4 months). > > - Dave Gates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2002 Report Share Posted May 2, 2002 In a message dated 5/1/02 6:33:31 PM Central Daylight Time, TangenaFlare42@... writes: > ANd 2400 mg of salt a day... you said we...meaning us diabetics or us humans > in general?... That was the amount our diet instuctor said in the diabetes workshop that I just finished a little over a week ago. She was referring to diabetics but I think it's a good rule for everyone. Sheila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2002 Report Share Posted May 2, 2002 Hi :-) I agree with you about the nausea, I just the other day, had some juice...the real...or should I say the FAKE stuff... I did feel awful. Last month the girl guides were selling their cookies...I couldn't resist, seeing as how my husband and my son were only eating the chocolate ones...I had 3 vanilla... I felt awful for the next couple of hours. Im not sure why the excess sugar makes me feel like that now. I, like you, do it very rarely... Maybe we are just two weirdos? Am I any help? lol ANd 2400 mg of salt a day... you said we...meaning us diabetics or us humans in general?...I try not to use it, but I never knew how much to have or not have a day. Sheri Re: Ages, olives, etc. In a message dated 5/1/02 1:11:35 PM Central Daylight Time, steven.yuen@... writes: > the olives are probably high in salt content, as > well as chocolate and ice cream. > Yipes! Everything has so much sodium in it. ARGH! The most we can have is 2400mg a day anyway. Sheila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2002 Report Share Posted May 2, 2002 Thanks Sheila! I learn something new everyday!! I love that. Sheri Re: Ages, olives, etc. In a message dated 5/1/02 6:33:31 PM Central Daylight Time, TangenaFlare42@... writes: > ANd 2400 mg of salt a day... you said we...meaning us diabetics or us humans > in general?... That was the amount our diet instuctor said in the diabetes workshop that I just finished a little over a week ago. She was referring to diabetics but I think it's a good rule for everyone. Sheila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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