"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove > wrote:
>
>>But that is exactly what I *have* to eat. I also have gastroparesis. A
>>low
>>carb diet does not work for me. It pushes my blood sugar up to over 300
>>and
>>it stays there. Aside from my almost 500 number a couple of weeks ago due
>>to the stress (I think) of my screwed up insulin prescription, the saga of
>>which still continues... Most of my numbers have been in the normal
>>range.
>>I am getting one hypo about every other day. It is extremely difficult to
>>control blood sugar when you have gastroparesis because you do not digest
>>your food the way that you should.
>>
>>Mostly I have to eat easy to digest foods. And potatoes are in there. I
>>do
>>not watch the fat content of my food because what I naturally prefer is
>>low
>>to no fat. Because of this the dieticians I have seen have urged me to
>>add
>>fat to my diet. So eating hash browns or French fries once in a while is
>>not a problem.
>
> So basically the gastroparesis protects you against high GI foods
> and blood sugar spikes/crashes?

Well, no. Not really. But if I eat something like a big salad, I usually
wind up throwing it up. Then I have no food in my system and for me I will
then either go too low or too high. I also find if I don't eat enough carbs
I go too high. Too many carbs? I go too high. If I eat something like
say...roast beef which may or may not come back up...the food stays in my
system too long. And when it does that, I get high BG. So I have to eat
easy to digest things which at least will go through me and my BG seems more
stable.

Since daughter has gone on the South beach diet I have switched from eating
white rice and white bread on a regular basis to brown rice and whole wheat
bread. So far, so good. Those foods used to spike me. I do still eat
white rice and maybe just some applesauce when my stomach is acting up.

> I have enough gastroparesis (evidenced by other symptoms) that I cannot

Sorry to hear that. It is just no fun. One thing that is weird about me is
that my HbA1c seems to be abnormally high. My daily blood sugar readings
get better and better but the HbA1c gets much higher and shows a higher
average. I have had additional tests to rule out a rare blood disorder that
runs in the family. And I did have anemia which can affect the HbA1c. Will
be interesting to see how the next one comes out.