George Shirley wrote:
> Janet Wilder wrote:
>> George Shirley wrote:
>>> Janet Wilder wrote:
>>>> George Shirley wrote:
>>>>> Phred wrote:
>>>>>> In article >, "Jean B."
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Jun 26, 2:45 pm, "Dan Goodman" > wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Organic products tend to be made with "dessicated cane syrup" or
>>>>>>>>> "dehydrated cane syrup" rather than HFCS.
>>>>>>>> Why the hell can't they just call it "sugar". That's what it is.
>>>>>>> To me, it seems like a blatant attempt to trick folks into
>>>>>>> thinking it is somehow better than sugar.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There's a small sugar mill near the Oz tourist ghetto of Cairns
>>>>>> that is producing (or about to produce) some new product called
>>>>>> "Low GI sugar". I'm told it's the result of some recent research
>>>>>> (presumably now patented that was supported by the mill.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers, Phred.
>>>>>>
>>>>> From what I've seen this is supposed to be Low Glycemic Index
>>>>> sugar. Supposedly that makes it better for diabetics.
>>>>
>>>> Not necessarily. To many diabetics, the GI is just a fiction. There
>>>> is no scientific proof that the GI means anything and there is no
>>>> science behind how the index numbers are allocated to foods. IMHO,
>>>> it's just another gimmick made up by some diet guru.
>>>>
>>> Maybe so, but I've been diagnosed as a diabetic for over fourteen
>>> years now. I can't eat white rice, drives my blood sugar straight up,
>>> can eat brown rice, only affects me mildly. No pasta made with white
>>> flour for same reason, so I eat whole wheat pasta. I can eat a small
>>> amount of sugar sweetened desserts without a big problem. The
>>> glycemic index does help some of us to determine what we can eat and
>>> what we probably shouldn't. Basically it all boils down to the amount
>>> of carbs we eat in a day and what types.
>>
>> It's the carbs. DH's been diabetic for 27 years. whole wheat and white
>> wheat, white rice and brown rice do exactly the same thing. We
>> practice portion control --- a lot.
>>
>> You can get away with the number of carbs in a day? Wow! You are
>> lucky. Most people I know with diabetes have to watch the number of
>> carbs in each meal.
>>
> Most of them I know do the same thing I do, learn what you can and can't
> eat. I'm what is typically known as a Type II with an apple shape (read
> pot belly) and over fifty yo, way over fifty if the truth is known.
>
> I shoot Lantus once a day and Novalog three times a day, about ten
> minutes before a meal for Novalog, early morning for Lantus. Seems to
> control me in the normal mode if I don't get crazy with the sweets. I
> can even eat chocolate bars in moderation without a rise in BG's. Docs
> tell me there's probably a couple of hundred types of diabetes versus
> just I and II.

He's probably right. They told my late mom that she was type II but she
never did well on pills and they put her on insulin where she managed
well. She had had a bad bout of pancreatitis when she was younger and it
probably killed a lot of cells so she was more than likely a type I, but
in those days anyone over 50 had to be a II.

DH got himself a pump about two years ago and it has been absolutely
wonderful in helping him to control his BGs. His A1Cs are 6.0 and
sometimes lower. His Endo doesn't like them under 6.0 so she adjusts his
pump numbers. Medicare pays for the pump, BTW. DH thinks it's much
easier than having to carry syringes. He did the basal and bolus
injections for a while, too.

Have you considered a pump, George? If you have any questions, we'll be
happy to answer them.

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Janet Wilder
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