Re: Re: peas, muffins, and insulin

[Guest guest]

Re your last question, Sky...yes, when I eat out I pretty much eat what

I want and cover with additional insulin. Bearing in mind that I'm not

overweight, so at least I don't have to worry about that, smile. And

when I eat at home I pretty much follow the straight-and-narrow -- no

more than about 100 carbs per day, keeping my insulin dose low.

Vicki, LADA type 1 diagnosed 1997, UL and Humalog insulin and lotsa

testing, no complications.

Re: peas, muffins, and insulin

>

> At 10:08 AM 11/2/04, staceypmartin@... wrote:

>

>>In the spring and the fall until very recently, I've been adding raw

>>shelling

>>peas to my lunch salads - probably about a quarter of a cup - with no

>>problem

>>BG wise. I love love love raw shelling peas (as does my dog, he comes

>>running when he hears me open a pead pod) and am happy I can eat

>>them. I'm sure the

>>glycemic index of raw peas is lower than for cooked.

>

> I grew 4 twenty-foot rows of peas once, back in the days when I had an

> organic garden. First I paid my two young daughters to pick them for

> me

> (it's hard to straighten up after bending over that many rows of peas)

> but

> finally they didn't think the pay was high enough so I went back to

> doing

> it again. I'll have to give them a try but it's hard to find peas in

> the

> shell hereabouts. You dog sounds wonderful. He reminds me of a cat I

> once

> had who loved cantelope.

>

>>I haven't tried winter squash yet, but I bough a small one to try -

>>probably

>>tonight - and I " ll report back in.

>

> I'll be waiting to hear, unless you've already reported. Lots of mail

> for

> me to catch up on.

>

>>We're all so different in this frustrating disease.

>

> I want to be like the person who said they could eat high-quality

> vanilla

> ice cream and not spike. 8-)

>

>>I actually had a bran muffin from starbucks last week. I decided to

>>see what

>>would happen BG wise. Well the results were awful, BG up to 200 from

>>100,

>>but the thing that really got me was that it wasn't very good.

>

> I'm not that crazy about bran muffins, anyway, so that's an experiment

> I

> will pass on. I'm pretty much like you with grains though I want to

> try

> wild rice.

>

>>I use insulin, but the spike was beyond my capability to shoot for -

>>large

>>than the carb count would indicate.

>

> Is it easier to go out for the occasional meal with friends and not

> worry

> too much if you shoot insulin and can just up the amount for expected

> high-carb hits?

>

> sky

[Guest guest]

At 08:57 PM 11/3/04, whimsy2 wrote:

>Re your last question, Sky...yes, when I eat out I pretty much eat what

>I want and cover with additional insulin. Bearing in mind that I'm not

>overweight, so at least I don't have to worry about that, smile. And

>when I eat at home I pretty much follow the straight-and-narrow -- no

>more than about 100 carbs per day, keeping my insulin dose low.

>Vicki, LADA type 1 diagnosed 1997, UL and Humalog insulin and lotsa

>testing, no complications.

Sighhh. I don't want to be using insulin, really, but it almost sounds

desireable. Heck, I'm not even taking drugs, just working on the

diet/exercise thing. I sure would like to be able to go out and eat with

friends from time to time and not have to order the meat with brocolli and

mashed cauliflower and no margarita and not a hint of a desert. On low-carb

I could cheat. With diabetes I can't.

sky

[Guest guest]

Well, Sky...IMHO, insulin is preferable to pills, definitely. You can

get much better control with insulin, and it does allow for the

occasional splurge. However, I wouldn't say insulin is better than D & E

if you can keep good control with it. Although D & E certainly does

require more discipline.

I wish for you that your diabetes doesn't progress. But since it

probably will, when you get to the point where your doc suggests pills,

you might mention insulin. (He/she will probably die of shock though).

Really, it doesn't hurt at all. No nerve endings in your abdomen where

you shoot, and the needles are so superfine you can't feel 'em go in.

Vicki, LADA type 1 diagnosed 1997, UL and Humalog insulin and lotsa

testing, no complications.

Re: Re: peas, muffins, and insulin

>

> At 08:57 PM 11/3/04, whimsy2 wrote:

>

>>Re your last question, Sky...yes, when I eat out I pretty much eat

>>what

>>I want and cover with additional insulin. Bearing in mind that I'm

>>not

>>overweight, so at least I don't have to worry about that, smile. And

>>when I eat at home I pretty much follow the straight-and-narrow -- no

>>more than about 100 carbs per day, keeping my insulin dose low.

>>Vicki, LADA type 1 diagnosed 1997, UL and Humalog insulin and lotsa

>>testing, no complications.

>

> Sighhh. I don't want to be using insulin, really, but it almost sounds

> desireable. Heck, I'm not even taking drugs, just working on the

> diet/exercise thing. I sure would like to be able to go out and eat

> with

> friends from time to time and not have to order the meat with brocolli

> and

> mashed cauliflower and no margarita and not a hint of a desert. On

> low-carb

> I could cheat. With diabetes I can't.

>

> sky

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/5/04 12:33:03 PM Central Standard Time,

didgyreandgimble@... writes:

> there is an oral med that works much like

> short-acting insulin. You take it just before a meal and you can adjust how

> much you

> take to cover your meal.

What med is that, please?

[Guest guest]

I'm not a user of this, but from reading lots of posts, I believe

Prandin is what is being referred to. And if I'm not right, I'm sure

someone will correct me, smile.

Vicki

Re: Re: peas, muffins, and insulin

>

> In a message dated 11/5/04 12:33:03 PM Central Standard Time,

> didgyreandgimble@... writes:

>

>

>> there is an oral med that works much like

>> short-acting insulin. You take it just before a meal and you can

>> adjust how

>> much you

>> take to cover your meal.

>

> What med is that, please?

>

>

>

>