Re: Beans, Pickles and Fat!

[Guest guest]

> Beans are my substitute for meat.

Can you eat chana dal, which is a kind of lentil with a very low GI?

I think in general lentils have less carb than things like kidney beans.

Can you eat soybeans? I think they have more fat than other beans.

Gretchen

[Guest guest]

Hi Marcy,

At one point I had the liver profile of a person with hepatitis. My endo felt

that this was due to taking metformin for a couple of years...it just didn't

agree with me.

Three months after stopping it, and with the help of an herb called milk

thistle, my profile was normal again. I don't know if this herb would turn you

around, but it might make life a little easier in the meantime.

Dianne

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[Guest guest]

I grew milk thistle in the garden one year. A very interesting plant.

Unfortunately, it looks like a spotted bull thistle and I mistakenly weeded

it out early the next spring. ( It is well known for its therapeutic

effect on the liver.

Nora

At 06:21 PM 12/31/05 -0800, Dianne wrote:

>Three months after stopping it, and with the help of an herb called milk

>thistle, my profile was normal again. I don't know if this herb would turn you

>around, but it might make life a little easier in the meantime.

[Guest guest]

Why can you only do your insulin twice a day? What kind of insulin are

you taking? Are you taking a fixed dose? If the answer to the last

question is yes, it's NOT the optimal way to use insulin. But it's all

doctors know. We know better here.

Vicki

Beans, Pickles and Fat!

> Beans are my substitute for meat. Since I have liver disease, I have

> to watch how much meat I eat. (no fat in beans) I have read that

> kidney beans are great for cholesterol problems and I am on a quest to

> get mine down to a good number as well as my glucose.

> I dont have fatty liver disease but I am in 3rd stage of liver

> failure so any precautions I take...hopefully...will preserve my liver

> longer.

> Thanks for the response on the pickles. Makes very good sense! I will

> pass the word on to her. I dont like dill pickles so this one is just

> information that I can give to anyone who needs it. Thank you.

> I have a friend who just received her liver 2 years ago. She has

> fought diabetes ever since the transplant so I have been blessed! If I

> ever need to go thru the transplant..I know what to do to take care of

> the diabetes.

> Any suggestions on what I can eat when I am hungry enough to eat a

> crippled biscuit running across the highway??? Can only do my insulin

> 2xday.

> Happy New Year All!

> Marcy