Text 1575, 56 rader
Skriven 2010-09-13 21:22:48 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
   Kommentar till text 1521 av Mike Roberts (1:261/1381)
Ärende: Re: aspartame  was: Bugs
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-=> Quoting Mike Roberts to Nancy Backus on 12 Sep 10  22:11:40 <=-

 MR> That is wise, I get a kick out of a lot of products that say NSA and
 MR> then  when You check the carb count, the carbs are way up there! I mean
 MR> weather it  is actual sugar or a substitute or is natural, if it is
 MR> carbs, it is sugar. A  lot of people say why don't you eat a lot of

Well, mostly... a few carbs (like dietary fiber) apparently don't count
against you... :)  But yes, I have to watch the total carbs for her, and
the naturally occurring sugars, etc...  

 MR> fruit, or drink the juices that  are NSA, I always have to explain that
 MR> Natural is the same as regular. It may  not be can sugar, but it can
 MR> pack a punch. My Mother was diabetic and she did  not understand that.
 MR> A lot of new diabetics don't. If it's says no sugar, it  is ok? Well I
 MR> always say, check the label. If it's got carbs, especially a  lot of
 MR> them..There may not be added sugar, but there is stuff ready to be 
 MR> broken down by the body into sugar. 

It pretty much all counts into how many carbs one can afford to ingest
for the day.  I do try for certain tricks to keep her intake down, and
try to choose healthier alternatives when she does get carbs... ;)  I'm
not the one cooking for her, though... and the aides don't always "get"
it, and sometimes bring her treats from home that are loaded.  As long
as her sugars aren't too bad, I don't worry about it too much... there's
not much I can do, in reality, except for try to have on hand things
that are better for her.  She's on a couple of oral meds for diabetes
(glipizide and acarbose) and gets a routine (not sliding) shot of Lantus
daily... plus extra cinnamon and a few other helpful herbs and such in a
supplement that the doctor okayed for her...  :)

 MR> I like those new Candies though. You can have 2 or three, and though
 MR> they  have carbs, only about half of them can be broken down into
 MR> sugar, So thought  they may have 12 carbs for 5 pieces, or whatever,
 MR> You only have about 6 carbs  that affect Blood sugars. It's nice to
 MR> have a peanut butter cup or a hersheys  dark chocolate once in a while
 MR> 8-) 

Yeah... She likes the Yorks and the Reeses SF, along with the Russell
Stover chocolate caramels.  She used to eat the Werther's all the time,
but the only SF they have is the hard candy and she'd choke on that one.
I get her maybe one package of each a week, there's only like half a
dozen pieces in a package, so she can't overdo all that much on those.

 MR> I think You mentioned that before, I just hate to shell out the money
 MR> to find  it is like the other two varieties I have tried. I have not
 MR> tried truvia,  maybe I will..

I could snag you a couple of packets from MJ to try (we can set things
up locally)...

ttyl    neb

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