"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 7 May 2013 10:03:09 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> > On Tue, 7 May 2013 00:04:48 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > > wrote:
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>> >> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> >> > On Mon, 6 May 2013 21:48:43 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> >> > > wrote:
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>> >> >> There are plenty of diabetics on the diabetes newsgroup who are
>> >> >> thin to normal weight and they still have diabetes.
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > That's my husband. Not insulin dependent yet and not taking pills
>> >> > but
>> >> > the BG is up there.
>> >>
>> >> How high is "up there"? If it is too high then he needs to change his
>> >> diet
>> >> and/or take pills or maybe insulin.
>> >>
>> > He's going lower carb, but it makes cooking hard because he's also
>> > limiting fats. He should take pills or something, but he won't and
>> > it's not a subject that's up for discussion.
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>> No need to limit fats and...good luck with that! Have something like
>> that
>> in my own family.
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> You know how diabetes leads to heart disease? He has stents and the
> Dr. told him to limit fats. He has never seen a nutritionist (which
> is a free service for us), but I'd like to talk to one because I'm the
> one who cooks. As it is, I take what I glean from here about slower
> releasing carbs (like brown rice and beans) and use them in my
> cooking. If I had to make the same staid thing over and over, he
> might as well do the cooking because I get bored if I can't try
> something new.

Diabetes doesn't "lead to" heart disease. He may have heart problems. I
don't. Never have. Many diabetics don't. It might be said that there is a
higher percentage of diabetics with heart problems than the general
population but I don't know that to be true. Nor do I know it not to be
true. My friend's dad had heart problems. No diabetes. Same with my
friend. Same with my grandpa. But I have a friend of a friend who has
both. Started with the heart problems. The diabetes was discovered about
2-3 years later.

I never limit my fat but... The diet that I would naturally choose to eat
has little to no fat in it and that's not healthy. Most of my fat comes
from my supplements and the popcorn that I pop. Also nuts and olives. I
did add margarine into my diet. Would prefer not to but can't have butter
and although some people like coconut oil on toast, I didn't care for it. I
do eat French fries once every week or two. When I do them at home they are
oven baked. The only worry about the fat in my diet is that I sometimes
don't eat enough of it.