RE: I'm new here

[Guest guest]

Two books I'd suggest: DIABETES FOR DUMMIES and DR. BERNSTEIN'S DIABETES

SOLUTION. Sign up for a diabetic nutrition class (call your nearest

large hospital or the county department of health) and ask your doctor

for a referral to a dietician.

Try to minimize the starches in your diet. White bread, white pasta,

and white rice should be banished. Minimize root vegetables, especially

beets and potatoes. Carrots, turnips, parsnips, rutabagas, and sweet

potatoes are iffy; some diabetics can eat them safely, some cannot. You

should avoid corn, but you don't need to eschew it. Of course, sodas

with sugar are out; if you must have pop, get the sugar-free kind.

If you drink alcohol (and if you don't certainly don't start), avoid

sweet cocktails; the ideal cocktail for a diabetic would be a dry

martini. es, sours, highballs, Manhattans, Pina Coladas,

Daquiris, and the like are out. An occasional beer is OK. If you drink

wine, get as dry a wine as you can. And always eat something when you

drink alcohol. (Some people say that diabetics shouldn't drink, period;

however, many get along just fine with moderate social drinking.)

I'm new here

Hi, my name is Mellanie and I've just been diagnosed as diabetic. I'm

so new to this that I haven't even got an eating plan or anything, just

a bag full of medicine for various ailments (high blood pressure,

hypothyroid, high cholesterol). I haven't begun blood tests yet because

the hospital was out of the kits, so I'm waiting for one to come in for

me. I asked my doctor what I should be eating, and she said not to

worry too much until after the holidays. In the meantime, I'm trying to

wean myself off Mountain Dew and Coke and stay away from the saltshaker.

I was diabetic during my pregnancy with my daughter 14 years ago. The

fact that I had to take mixed insulin twice a day then was a bad omen,

but I had hope because my next pregnancy, I wasn't diabetic. My son

just turned 10 in August, so I thought I was in the safe zone, but just

like a warranty on a refrigerator, he turned 10 and I was diagnosed in

October. Sigh.

I was kind of freaked out about this last week when I saw my test

results and heard the numbers. I feel okay now, except for worrying

about my elevated liver enzymes. I've lost about 40 pounds since last

summer without really trying to, and I started a job in August that is

pretty physical and involves a lot of walking and bending and

stretching.

Anyway, I'm here to listen and learn.

Mellanie

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[Guest guest]

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I can eat white bread fine, as long as its part of a sandwhich, with protein -

even peanut butter evens it out just fine. I can eat white pasta fine - with or

without an added protein, white pasta has never raised me more than a few

points. Ever. I can eat small amounts of white rice fine. Potatoes also have

never effected me adversely.

I think the entire idea that as a diabetic, you have to competely eliminate any

food is absurd. Yes, if I eat an entire chocolate bar, my sugar will go up. If

I drink an entire can of Pepsi, my sugar will go up. But, I have a Hershey bar

on my coffee table right now, and if I eat only one or two sections a day,

everything is perfectly ok. I keep a 20oz bottle of my favorite soda in the

fridge and will occaisonally take a drink when I really want that particular

taste.

If you have a very very hard time controlling your numbers, then eliminating

the things you love are probably necessary. But largely, a person will be much

more successful with this disease if they try not to completely deprive

themselves of those things they love. Because if you never get... if you just

sopt eating it... Many people will just break and gorge themselves on it.

Its basic diet science. Its why many diet plans have " free days " built it. I

don't recommend a free day, but I do recommend a tiny treat when you really get

that craving. Like I said, unless your blood sugar is very very difficult to

control, depriving yourself completely will likely do more harm than good a few

weeks down the road.

" , Bruce " wrote:

Try to minimize the starches in your diet. White bread, white pasta,

and white rice should be banished. Minimize root vegetables, especially

beets and potatoes. Carrots, turnips, parsnips, rutabagas, and sweet

potatoes are iffy; some diabetics can eat them safely, some cannot. You

should avoid corn, but you don't need to eschew it. Of course, sodas

with sugar are out; if you must have pop, get the sugar-free kind.

[Guest guest]

It's called Diet Coke and has been out for ages. It's 0 carbs like

most diet sodas. I don't see how switching from Aspartame to Splenda

in their recipe will change carbs. It should still be 0.

" The good news is that the

Coca Cola company is supposed to be coming out with Splenda sweetened

Coke in December, but I don't know what the carb count will be. "

[Guest guest]

It's called C2 it's half the carbs.

> No, they do have a new one that has Splenda. I've seen it in

stores like Wal-Mart, but I don't remember what it's called. Pepsi

has one like that, too. There's is Pepsi Edge.

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> It's called Diet Coke and has been out for ages. It's 0 carbs

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> most diet sodas. I don't see how switching from Aspartame to

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> in their recipe will change carbs. It should still be 0.

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[Guest guest]

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I had thought perhaps Coke had intended to bring out yet another product -

perhaps a revamped Diet Coke. But search as I might, I could find no

information. Likely, you are getting the C2 that has been out in many stores

for a little while already, though I can't imagine why Austin would just now be

getting it.

C2 is sweetened half with Splenda and half with corn syrup. Its actually very

good, but tastes little like Coke. It has little to no after taste and half

the suger as regular Coke.

kittynicekitty wrote:

We are getting Splenda-sweetened Coke in Austin, Texas in DECEMBER.