Guest guest Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 In a message dated 5/13/2004 10:37:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time, steven.yuen@... writes: Anybody heard of try this brand of pasta? Hi Steve, Someone posted about this pasta and her reaction to it last week. You may want to check the archives to read her comments. Eunice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 << Anybody heard of try this brand of pasta? >> Steve, If you check back in the archives and read message number 51299 (from Friday, May 7, 2004), you'll be able to see the results I had from trying this pasta. It was an unqualified failure *for me* -- I don't know whether anyone else here would have a different result, as the results I've read thus far have been very favorable. It just didn't work for me *at all.* The taste, and the texture, however, were virtually identical to regular pasta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 Hi Everyone, What I miss the most is pasta,which I ate alot of!! Has anyone tried Dreamfields pasta? Their web says 42 carbs but only 5 grams of digestible carbs. I'm fairly new at this, so is it 5 grams? Thanks for any help!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 Try some and find out. Eat a half a cup and test... that is the only way that you will for sure know if you can eat it or not. I find that good pasta is whole wheat, or other whole grain. Just don't eat piles and piles of it! Moderation is the key to everything! Angelia in OR who spent most of the day outside working!! off to yoga soon... ----- Original Message ----- > Hi Everyone, > What I miss the most is pasta,which I ate alot of!! Has anyone tried > Dreamfields pasta? > Their web says 42 carbs but only 5 grams of digestible carbs. I'm > fairly new at this, so is it 5 grams? > Thanks for any help!! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 ..... > fairly new at this, so is it 5 grams? > Thanks for any help!! > Carbs are carbs - IIRC. One should see the total carbs and not just the 'digestable' carbs. There is also a lower carb past from Muellers (31 as opposed to 41 carbs). It tastes pretty good. I have also tried whole wheat pasta but it is not the same as regular pasta. There is also 'low carb' pasta that I will be trying (not cheap). As always, moderation is the key. TomLeeM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 > .... > > fairly new at this, so is it 5 grams? > > Thanks for any help!! > > Different people have had different results with dreamfields, so the best thing to do is try it and test. It seems that if you're very insulin resistant, it sends BG up higher, less so if you're less insulin resistant, but it's definitely individual. I've tried dreamfields a couple of times - I can't get it near me and have to have a friend send it. In all cases, my BG went from the low 100s to about 140 at two hours. And that was for double the serving size on the box, though I didn't finish the larger serving, but almost did. I figure I wasn't going to eat that small a portion that they recommend, so I should test for the larger amount. I can live with a PP number in the 140s every now and then so that I can have my beloved pasta. I really missed it, and the low carb pastas were, to me, absolutely inedible. Delia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 I don't know Dreamfields, but I have a pasta machine www.ronco.com, which I use a lot. I make noodles from a mixture of buckwheat, whole wheat, and bean or nut flours. Pasta Hi Everyone, What I miss the most is pasta,which I ate alot of!! Has anyone tried Dreamfields pasta? Their web says 42 carbs but only 5 grams of digestible carbs. I'm fairly new at this, so is it 5 grams? Thanks for any help!! Diabetes homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/diabetes/ To unsubscribe to this group, send an email to: diabetes-unsubscribe Hope you come back soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 And then what do you do with the rest if you can't eat it? Throw it out? What a waste! Re: Pasta Try some and find out. Eat a half a cup and test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 That wasn't what my doctor and my diabetes educator told me. They told me to subtract the fiber and the sugar alcohols, as these do not impact on the blood sugar in most people. They also told me to get as much fiber as possible, as if the digestible carbs were taken with lots of fiber, it would slow the absorption of the digestible carbs and therefore not 'spike' my BG. (Fiber also keeps one 'regular.') Re: Pasta ..... > fairly new at this, so is it 5 grams? > Thanks for any help!! > Carbs are carbs - IIRC. One should see the total carbs and not just the 'digestable' carbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 > And then what do you do with the rest if you can't eat it? Throw it out? What a waste! >>>>>>>. You do with it what I do with all kinds of things I either can't eat or don't want to - you offer them to others, or you throw them out. I don't feel bad about trying a food and not finishing it if it doesn't work. That's life. More of a waste to not try things, in my view. I don't save much food these days. I take a good look at what might be left over from a meal and give it a good look to decide if I'm ever going to eat it again before it goes bad. If the answer is no, as it always is with salads that already have dressing, for example, I no longer save it because I think I should. If I open something new, like the atkins barbecue sauce, and find it disgusting, I toss it. Yes, I've spent the money, but now I know I don't like it, and the only way to find that out is to try it. As for the pasta, which costs around $2.00 for the box, it tastes just like regular pasta, so if it doesn't work for you, someone without carb issues would probably like it. Life is too short to eat bad food or to keep bad food around... LOL Delia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FIND OUT IF YOU CAN HAVE SOMETHING IF YOU CANT TRY IT?????????? I REFUSE to live by what someone else says I can and cant eat, so, I will eat some and if it spikes me too high, I either wont eat much of it, or will feed it to my family. I then wont buy it any more. I NEVER waste food. I cook enough to feed my family, with leftovers for lunch or sometimes dinner the next night too. there is a very rare occasion that the food doesn't get eaten, then the livestock gets it, and they appreciate it. or the compost bin gets it. NEVER WASTE. HOW DARE YOU. That is all I have to say. Angelia in OR who is about sick and tired of peoples crap. ----- Original Message ----- > And then what do you do with the rest if you can't eat it? Throw it out? What a waste! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Angelia R > > Try some and find out. Eat a half a cup and test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 No need to shout. " Give it to the family " won't work with me because we're all diabetic. Re: Pasta HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FIND OUT IF YOU CAN HAVE SOMETHING IF YOU CANT TRY IT?????????? I REFUSE to live by what someone else says I can and cant eat, so, I will eat some and if it spikes me too high, I either wont eat much of it, or will feed it to my family. I then wont buy it any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 > No need to shout. > > " Give it to the family " won't work with me because we're all diabetic. > >and most of us don't have compost heaps or livestock in the backyard either, so you have to do whatever works, too true, gail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 For me its totally in the amount of food. I can eat almost everything in small doses. And some are REAL small. Even if I eat too much pure protein I can spike. I am made for little amounts. Sussie Who use to eat like a big foot ball player when she is size 6 shoes and ring size and small boned. I have to eat like a little small girl...but that is hard!! -----Original Message----- From: Angelia R HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FIND OUT IF YOU CAN HAVE SOMETHING IF YOU CANT TRY IT?????????? I REFUSE to live by what someone else says I can and cant eat, so, I will eat some and if it spikes me too high, I either wont eat much of it, or will feed it to my family. I then wont buy it any more. I NEVER waste food. I cook enough to feed my family, with leftovers for lunch or sometimes dinner the next night too. there is a very rare occasion that the food doesn't get eaten, then the livestock gets it, and they appreciate it. or the compost bin gets it. NEVER WASTE. HOW DARE YOU. That is all I have to say. Angelia in OR who is about sick and tired of peoples crap. ----- Original Message ----- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 > HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FIND OUT IF YOU CAN HAVE SOMETHING IF YOU CANT TRY > IT?????????? NEVER WASTE. > HOW DARE YOU. That is all I have to say. > Angelia in OR who is about sick and tired of peoples crap. >>>>>>. I " m not entirely sure to whom this is directed, but it sure hit me as overly rude. I think everyone, including me, said to try it and see if it works, and if not, give it away if that works for you. For me, if I feel like buying a pound of ground beef, using half of it, and throwing out the rest because they don't sell it in smaller amounts, I'm free to do so. I tend to not want to freeze meat as the flavor deteriorates very quickly. This is my choice and works for me in my life. I don't consider it wasteful. I bought the product, used what I wanted of it, and got rid of it. Once I own it, I don't owe anyone an explanation for how much, if any, I use of it. I understand that to throw food away is to throw money away, but that is my choice, isn't it? Time sensitive food that needs to be refrigerated or boxes that have been opened are not accepted at the food pantry, so that's not an option, and I'm certainly not going to keep something I have no use for just because. Diabetes forces me to try things quite often. And quite often, these foods don't work for me. That's the nature of the beast. Delia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 This was directed at Bruce, and yes, it should have been sent offlist... the posts went as this- ----- Original Message ----- From: " , Bruce " < > And then what do you do with the rest if you can't eat it? Throw it out? What a waste! > -----Original Message----- > From: Angelia R> > Try some and find out. Eat a half a cup and test I do not like being told what I can and cannot eat. I will not be told that I am wasteful because I cannot use or eat something. Yes it was rude, and I meant it to be rude. It was not directed at you. If you would have read the " sniped " part of the message that I had in there, saying what and who the post was directed to, there wouldn't have been an issue there. If you only use half a pound of your meat, that is your choice. I agree with you. I refuse to keep or eat food that I cannot eat, or is just gross tasting. Trying and seeing if it works was exactly my point. Bruce accused me of being wasteful. So I threw back my response, as in what I do with foods to not be wasteful. If it doesn't work for you, then get rid of it, so that you aren't tempted to eat it later. I do what I do with my foods, and others do what they do with their food. I prefer to keep it that way, and will not stand for someone telling me I am wasteful. So, I gave my options. Angelia in OR who is done with this subject, and will not post on it further. > I " m not entirely sure to whom this is directed, but it sure hit me as > overly rude. > > I think everyone, including me, said to try it and see if it works, > and if not, give it away if that works for you. > > I understand that to throw food away is to throw money away, but that > is my choice, isn't it? Time sensitive food that needs to be > refrigerated or boxes that have been opened are not accepted at the > food pantry, so that's not an option, and I'm certainly not going to > keep something I have no use for just because. > > Diabetes forces me to try things quite often. And quite often, these > foods don't work for me. That's the nature of the beast. > > Delia > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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