Text 27296, 49 rader
Skriven 2012-07-18 11:04:36 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 27245 av Stephen Haffly (1:396/45.27)
Ärende: Ruth Haffly
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Hi Stephen,

>> > Yes. The doctor said it has to do also with auto-immune problems,
>> and > was probably building for about 10 years.

>> Yes, indeed.. Interestingly (or whatever).. MS and Diabetes are just
>> two chromosomes apart from what I've read.

> Interesting. I'll have to look that up.

Auto-immune diseases are a weird bunch, no doubt.  With so much diabetes on
both sides of the family here (our parents, not Ron and I), we tell our kids to
watch "food" in general and sugar in particular. It's too bad you can't do the
same with MS, but since at least my daughter isn't eating gluten that may make
a difference for her. She at least is well past the age when I got it (24)
though of course it can hit at any age.. and then she's got to watch
subesequent generations.  It's that darned "predisposition" if you know what I
mean.

>> > Now there are some better alternatives to artificial sweeteners such
>> as > Stevia. I am sure the results of such experimentation will find
>> their > way to the echo.

>> You'd be surpised perhaps also if you just cut out all sweeteners ..
>> for us at least we hardly notice their abscence in things like coffee.
>> To each his own though... for instance Ron laughs at the literal
>> 'drop' of milk that I put in my coffee (grin).

> We use much less than the American average, but we still find that some
> things need a little bit. Ruth likes her tea sweet. I drink my coffee
> black. However, if I make espresso, I do like a little sweetening
> sometimes. In cases like that the stevia (currently, Stevia In The Raw)
> helps to take the edge off and avoid adding other sweeteners that would
> be bad for us. Unfortunately, we had gotten a gallon of maple syrup, and
> are now wondering how we will use it in ways that won't put Ruth in the
> hospital.


Have you done any research on pure maple syrup and type II Diabetes?   If not,
you should, though I have a feeling you have :)  I was happy to see that it's
not as bad as one might think for diabetics.  I'm sure a bit of that is in how
much you use (like anything), but there are some benefits in pure maple syrup
that you won't find elsewhere.

Take care,
Janis

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