Re: OT: any advice regarding my husband's diabetes?

[Guest guest]

,

http://community.compuserve.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?webtag=ws-diabetes

is an excellent community for diabetes. A lot of people read there; there

are only a few active posters, but the ones who are there are very

knowledgeable. You'll need to register, but it's no biggie.

Can I come thump your husband over the head and ears? One thing you can

tell him -- and that is that anything with high fructose corn syrup

should be absolutely off-limits to any diabetic. (Well, anyone,

actually!) Damn stuff increases cravings, screws up blood glucose, and

increases your weight, no matter WHAT the HFCS pushers say!

Point out to him that diabetes is a disease of the carbohydrate

metabolism. Does it make sense, therefore, to eat what you can't

metabolize? The original Banting and Best diet for diabetics (they

discovered insulin) was proteins, fats, and very little carbs -- it was

bordering on ketogenic. (The endo I spoke with, who told me I had to get

off SCD and eat lots of complex carbs couldn't answer that question! And

I'm sure that if I'd followed his ideas, I, too, would be diabetic, in

addition to being miserable with IBS.)

SCD is a good diet for diabetics -- but you have to treat it as a sort-of

candida-SCD: low honey, reduced fruits and high carb vegetables.

Watch out for even the organic boxed broths: they often have sugar or

" raw cane juice " in them, which might be OK from your testing

standpoint, but might not be OK is you are reducing carbs for

Dh.

Look into pure tomato paste which can be turned into a variety of things.

Unico brand, from Canada, is probably the best one I've found, but it's

NOT recommended for beginners. Of course, you and aren't

beginners!

My niece and my sister have been OK with Trader Joe's mayo, if that's any

help. Again, NOT for beginners.

The folks in the diabetes forum I'm pointing you to are at least familiar

with SCD -- I talk about it all the time. <g>

a, Dot, Arlene, Marte, Conrad... all know about diabetes and can be a

HUGE help.

See you over at the Diabetes Forum....

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

Thank you, Marilyn. I told dh the had received a virtual thump over the head.

LOL I will check out the Diabetes Forum. And thanks for the tips about the

tomato paste and mayo. I will be careful with the chicken broth as I have seen

lots of yucky stuff in organic ingredient lists.

, mom to

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>

> ,

>

> http://community.compuserve.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?webtag=ws-diabetes

>

> is an excellent community for diabetes. A lot of

> people read there; there are only a few active

> posters, but the ones who are there are very

> knowledgeable. You'll need to register, but it's no biggie.

>

> Can I come thump your husband over the head and

> ears? One thing you can tell him -- and that is

> that anything with high fructose corn syrup

> should be absolutely off-limits to any diabetic.

> (Well, anyone, actually!) Damn stuff increases

> cravings, screws up blood glucose, and increases

> your weight, no matter WHAT the HFCS pushers say!

>

> Point out to him that diabetes is a disease of

> the carbohydrate metabolism. Does it make sense,

> therefore, to eat what you can't metabolize? The

> original Banting and Best diet for diabetics

> (they discovered insulin) was proteins, fats, and

> very little carbs -- it was bordering on

> ketogenic. (The endo I spoke with, who told me I

> had to get off SCD and eat lots of complex carbs

> couldn't answer that question! And I'm sure that

> if I'd followed his ideas, I, too, would be

> diabetic, in addition to being miserable with IBS.)

>

> SCD is a good diet for diabetics -- but you have

> to treat it as a sort-of candida-SCD: low honey,

> reduced fruits and high carb vegetables.

>

> Watch out for even the organic boxed broths: they

> often have sugar or " raw cane juice " in them,

> which might be OK from your testing

> standpoint, but might not be OK is you are reducing carbs for Dh.

>

> Look into pure tomato paste which can be turned

> into a variety of things. Unico brand, from

> Canada, is probably the best one I've found, but

> it's NOT recommended for beginners. Of course, you and aren't beginners!

>

> My niece and my sister have been OK with Trader

> Joe's mayo, if that's any help. Again, NOT for beginners.

>

> The folks in the diabetes forum I'm pointing you

> to are at least familiar with SCD -- I talk about it all the time. <g>

>

> a, Dot, Arlene, Marte, Conrad... all know

> about diabetes and can be a HUGE help.

>

> See you over at the Diabetes Forum....

>

>

>

> � Marilyn

> New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

> Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

> Darn Good SCD Cook

> No Human Children

> Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

>