Diabetes

[daugen]

I've tried black coffee, can't do it. And I drink a 12 cup pot of coffee each day, each mug is 2-3 cups, so I'm dumping four teaspoons of sugar/substitute in me every day.
Will buy some Stevia next time I'm in the store. Thanks

 

[daugen]

If I were to eat three life sustaining foods that were
low carb but not from animals or fish
and were satisfying...
what should I eat?

And I'm not a cow....I don't consider a salad life sustaining...though I like them. Of course it's what you put on top
that can make it a real meal.

As I'm thinking about going down and boiling a dozen chicken eggs for future use...
might make an exception for eggs. Not a critter yet.
And a great source of protein.

but what else if I want to cut down on the large amount of meat I eat?

 

[MinnesotaEric]

I've tried black coffee, can't do it. And I drink a 12 cup pot of coffee each day, each mug is 2-3 cups, so I'm dumping four teaspoons of sugar/substitute in me every day.
Will buy some Stevia next time I'm in the store. Thanks

Try using butter instead.

 

[daugen]

Try using butter instead.

Now I'd ask if you were kidding, but I don't think you are...
Add an oil to calm the waters. Different way of disguising the bite of coffee.
Wow, that would be a stretch to try butter.

Do you like it? Thanks

 

[Clay45]

As a diabetic since 1987 I find this one of the most informative threads on the subject I've seen. And thanks for the link to the excellent video Eric.

Regards,

Clay

 

[JamesHW]

At 62 I have managed to not develop diabetes, though it plagued my father for 60 years until his death at 81. The theory was he developed it after he flipped a Model T while learning to drive and injured his pancreas. The disease prevented him from enlisting in any service after Pearl Harbor (including the Merchant Marine) despite being a sergeant in the NG in the years running up to the war. My younger sister developed very difficult to control diabetes after the birth of her son and was the cause of a bad car accident that left her in a coma for a year to which she eventually succumbed.

I admittedly have a sweet tooth, but have managed to lower consumption a lot by cutting out sweet drinks and have taken my coffee black since working as a PI in the 70's. I drink at least 6 cups a day. Gave up smoking when I married 25 years ago (she threatened to take it up if I did not).

Mainly wanted to contribute my experience on exercise. A few years before my recent retirement I decided to try to lose weight and started walking the seven flights up to my office every day instead of the elevator. At first I would be winded and had to pause to rest. After a few months I could walk up at a steady pace and was working on running up the stairs when they moved my office to a secure building where you could not access stairs except to walk down. Gyms have never worked well for me, although I do like weight training. Never liked jogging, bicycles or treadmills, then I discovered rowing machines and invested in a Water Rower. Not inexpensive, we found it worked well for our lifestyle, is quiet and does not take up much space in our small house and has been a great investment in our health. Easy on the knees, it really works the muscles (something like 80%) and I do some push-ups to round out the workout. It has been such a boon to weight loss and allowing me to go from having a substantial gut to developing the start of a six-pack. Worth every penny.

 

[PhysAssist]

At 62 I have managed to not develop diabetes, though it plagued my father for 60 years until his death at 81. The theory was he developed it after he flipped a Model T while learning to drive and injured his pancreas. The disease prevented him from enlisting in any service after Pearl Harbor (including the Merchant Marine) despite being a sergeant in the NG in the years running up to the war. My younger sister developed very difficult to control diabetes after the birth of her son and was the cause of a bad car accident that left her in a coma for a year to which she eventually succumbed.

I admittedly have a sweet tooth, but have managed to lower consumption a lot by cutting out sweet drinks and have taken my coffee black since working as a PI in the 70's. I drink at least 6 cups a day. Gave up smoking when I married 25 years ago (she threatened to take it up if I did not).

Mainly wanted to contribute my experience on exercise. A few years before my recent retirement I decided to try to lose weight and started walking the seven flights up to my office every day instead of the elevator. At first I would be winded and had to pause to rest. After a few months I could walk up at a steady pace and was working on running up the stairs when they moved my office to a secure building where you could not access stairs except to walk down. Gyms have never worked well for me, although I do like weight training. Never liked jogging, bicycles or treadmills, then I discovered rowing machines and invested in a Water Rower. Not inexpensive, we found it worked well for our lifestyle, is quiet and does not take up much space in our small house and has been a great investment in our health. Easy on the knees, it really works the muscles (something like 80%) and I do some push-ups to round out the workout. It has been such a boon to weight loss and allowing me to go from having a substantial gut to developing the start of a six-pack. Worth every penny.

Sorry about your family, but it sounds like you really have it all together- don't fret the coffee unles it gives you palpitations or headaches, because all the GOOD evidence from well done studies supports the antioxident profile of coffee for preventing many cancers and slowing dementia, if not outright preventing it.

 

[dmccarty]

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The one thing you said that makes no kind of sense to me, is a blood test that somehow can show your intake of "refined carbs", I have been a physician assistant, nationally board certified in family practice and also a certified Diabetes Educator for the past 23 years, so if there was such a test, I would know about it.

On the lab results, my ALT(SGPT) was high and the doctor said that suggests too much refined carbs. :confused3:

Later,
Dan

 

[PhysAssist]

On the lab results, my ALT(SGPT) was high and the doctor said that suggests too much refined carbs. :confused3:

Later,
Dan

Hi Dan,

Well, now at least I understand to what you are referring, but ALT, like AST is a liver enzyme level, and while it can be released in many circumstances, elevated refined carbohydrate intake isn't one of them.

Elevated liver enzymes - Mayo Clinic

Many diseases and conditions can contribute to elevated liver enzymes.

Your doctor determines the specific cause of your elevated liver enzymes by reviewing your medications, your signs and symptoms and, in some cases, other tests and procedures.

More common causes of elevated liver enzymes include:

Certain prescription medications, including statin drugs used to control cholesterol
Drinking alcohol
Heart failure
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Obesity
Over-the-counter pain medications, particularly acetaminophen (Tylenol, others)

Other causes of elevated liver enzymes may include:
Alcoholic hepatitis*(severe liver inflammation caused by excessive alcohol consumption)
Autoimmune hepatitis*(liver inflammation caused by an autoimmune disorder)
Celiac disease*(small intestine damage caused by gluten)
Cirrhosis*(early stages of liver scarring)
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection
Dermatomyositis*(inflammatory disease that causes muscle weakness and skin rash)
Epstein-Barr virus
Gallbladder inflammation (cholecystitis)
Heart attack
Hemochromatosis*(too much iron stored in your body)
Hypothyroidism
Liver cancer
Mononucleosis
Pancreatitis*(pancreas inflammation)
Polymyositis*(inflammatory disease that causes muscle weakness)
Toxic hepatitis*(liver inflammation caused by drugs or toxins)
Wilson's disease*(too much copper stored in your body)

I recently had an elevated ALT level, and although it was minor, it remained elevated when a non-fasting level was taken (my PCP felt that because I was fasting for the first labs, I might have been a little dehydrated, and that had caused the elevation), now I am getting scheduled for an abdominal ultrasound and more labs.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Now I'd ask if you were kidding, but I don't think you are...
Add an oil to calm the waters. Different way of disguising the bite of coffee.
Wow, that would be a stretch to try butter.

Do you like it? Thanks

Hot coffee, slab of butter and a whisk and it isn't bad at all.