Diabetes

[arkydog]

you are suppose to eat at each meal 5mg of fat with your carbs to slow the absorption of the carbs into your system. helps your blood sugars from peaking as high. you have to have carbs with your meals because your body (brain) burns carbs (sugar), not fat, not protein, and not fiber.

 

[joefromga]

you are suppose to eat at each meal 5mg of fat with your carbs to slow the absorption of the carbs into your system. helps your blood sugars from peaking as high. you have to have carbs with your meals because your body (brain) burns carbs (sugar), not fat, not protein, and not fiber.

Your brain needs glucose-not carbs- to have energy. The body easily turns dietary protein into glucose through the liver, releasing keytones which in turn fuel other tissues throughout the body and doesn't need to be fed carbs to function.

 

[daugen]

at the local meat market yesterday there was the most marbled Delmonico steak I'd ever seen, just drew me into the case like a magnet. And "before" I would have said oh no look at all that fat and gotten something leaner. But that super tender looking steak is going on my grill this week and I am going to enjoy it without guilt.
No fat guilt.
ha
means something both ways

I've been experimenting with Agave in my coffee, and yes 16 grams out of the total 21 grams per serving is labeled sugar. But it's also labeled as low glycemic, with a slower absorption into the body. It's ok, looks like a simple syrup no matter where it's coming from.
Is it just the lesser of evils?

I can't drink coffee black. Any other ideas for sweetening it a bit? Just solving that problem would probably take several teaspoons of sugar a day out of me
which would be great.

 

[daugen]

Your brain needs glucose-not carbs- to have energy. The body easily turns dietary protein into glucose through the liver, releasing keytones which in turn fuel other tissues throughout the body and doesn't need to be fed carbs to function.

really helpful Joe and Arky, thanks.
What struck me the most is that that liver is
our little energy refinery.
It turns protein into our version of ketone gasoline
which we burn in our tissue motors for all kinds
of purposes, most of which keep us alive.

And yet we dump all that alcohol into the poor liver while it's trying to do its job.
No wonder that creates problems...
Luckily our livers seem to be amazingly strong to put up with what we put in our bodies.

I feel surrounded by sugar now that I have become more aware.
And feel that I've been like the little kid when faced with the candy house in the
woods, well yeah, get a bite. Oh that's good. More....
Addicted to sweet.

Thank you Domino Sugar.

But there's only one person who put it in my mouth
and only one person responsible for my current health.
And only one person who can change it.

 

[brown40]

We are prewired to crave sugars, and the simpler they are the stronger the effect. Prior to large scale agriculture, sugary foods came as part of annual tree and plant harvesting... now they are available 24/7 from whatever part of the globe is in season.
Diabetes is an epidemic in the country largely because consumers were sold a bill of goods for decades that placed fat at the heart of cardiovascular problems, where the main culprits are inflammation and overconsumption, and were unnaturally formed trans fatty acid chains prior to the public becoming more educated about them.
Get more natural antioxidants in your body (pills are the last option), stop using hydrogenated oils and fats, and get white, refined, processed simple chain carbohydrates out of your diet and your HgbA1C will drop.
Exercise on top of dietary restriction and oxidation planning, and you'll drop weight as well as give your pancreas a break.
As a species we evolved having scarcity of resources multiple times through history, and are still predisposed to try a sock away as many calories as we can get our hands on in a sitting. That overabundance of raw, simple materials that are ready to use or store with minimal processing from our bodies are at the heart of the obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular insult epidemics in our country.
The fastest, tastiest calories also happen to be the cheapest and least nutritious, which is where the socioeconomic disease link to poverty plays in. Your odds of diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease are inversely proportional to average income, with regional dietary variance.
Getting educated about food labels--recognizing the carbohydrates hidden in the ingredients--is the best start to managing diabetes. The less refined the foods, the more processing is left to your body.
We are surrounded by sugar, and the tendency toward addiction to it is perfectly natural and evolutionarily favorable for a species that had a life expectancy of 27 years globally at the time of the American Revolution: run fast & hot, and die young.
The healthiest and longest-lived people tend to take in the fewest calories that still meet their needs.

 

[Chuckk]

Liquid Sweet leaf Stevia many flavors available No sugar no carbs

 

[dmccarty]

at the local meat market yesterday there was the most marbled Delmonico steak I'd ever seen, just drew me into the case like a magnet. And "before" I would have said oh no look at all that fat and gotten something leaner. But that super tender looking steak is going on my grill this week and I am going to enjoy it without guilt.
No fat guilt.
ha
means something both ways
...

I can't drink coffee black. Any other ideas for sweetening it a bit? Just solving that problem would probably take several teaspoons of sugar a day out of me
which would be great.

Years ago, I bought a steak from a woman who raises beef cattle. It was NOT a cheap steak but it was very well marbled and I cooked it on the grill by burning hardwood chips and small pieces of hardwood. The steak was cooked and smoked. :licking::licking::licking: Best tasting steak ever. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

I put heavy cream and two table spoons of sugar in one quart of coffee. I used to use three table spoons but with two it still tastes good. Agave tastes good to me but the fake sugars taste awful.

Later,
Dan

 

[rickyb01]

I have pre-diabetes at 47 and nobody on my mom's side or dad's have ever had diabetes. I found out at my 45 year check up at doctors office. I lost 50 pounds and started working out and walking sometimes twice a day. I'm telling you I went to whole grains and brown rice and starting eating fruits and veggies. At my last A1c I had I was at 5.9 and I couldn't figure out why it was going down. I then ran across diet doctors.com and really found the LCHF diet interesting. I have studied Dr. Jay Wortman who has been on a LCHF diet for about 10 years with good results for Type 2. I wish I could tell you who is right and who is wrong but I can't. There were 30 million people in world with diabetes in 1985, 350 million in 2011 and 550 million projected in 2030 so something is causing it. My goal is to do whatever I can to keep my A1c as low as I can and hope to stay off meds as long as I can. Maybe there will be a breakthrough in the future. Get a plan and work toward your goals and good luck to ya. Remember your not alone but remember it also is a very SERIOUS disease.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

I have pre-diabetes at 47 and nobody on my mom's side or dad's have ever had diabetes. I found out at my 45 year check up at doctors office. I lost 50 pounds and started working out and walking sometimes twice a day. I'm telling you I went to whole grains and brown rice and starting eating fruits and veggies. At my last A1c I had I was at 5.9 and I couldn't figure out why it was going down. I then ran across diet doctors.com and really found the LCHF diet interesting. I have studied Dr. Jay Wortman who has been on a LCHF diet for about 10 years with good results for Type 2. I wish I could tell you who is right and who is wrong but I can't. There were 30 million people in world with diabetes in 1985, 350 million in 2011 and 550 million projected in 2030 so something is causing it. My goal is to do whatever I can to keep my A1c as low as I can and hope to stay off meds as long as I can. Maybe there will be a breakthrough in the future. Get a plan and work toward your goals and good luck to ya. Remember your not alone but remember it also is a very SERIOUS disease.

I took my A1C from 9.0 to 5.2 in nine months doing the LCHF diet. My A1C is likely lower now but my next blood test isn't until next June.

 

[rickyb01]

Eric that is great man. I have been on the LCHF diet for about a month. I have my lab work done ever year around August and I'm shooting for 5.2. That something to be proud of man and thanks for the inspiration