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Skriven 2012-08-31 01:01:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: situations 594
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 08-29-12  21:51 <=-

 RH>> Yes, and since the diagnosis, I've been quite creative in putting
 RH>> enough carbs together for a meal. Reading this morning was 59 so I had
 RH>> cereal (24), a tbsp of raisins (7), 8oz of almond mild (2) and half a
 RH>> banana (15). That gave me a carb count of 48, on the low end of my
 RH>> range.
 NB>> Looks to me as though you should have had another tbsp or two of
 NB>> raisins, with that low a reading to start with...  ;)

 RH> Could have, but since it was the first meal of the day, I didn't want
 RH> to go too heavy. 

True, but 59 is pretty much a low blood sugar reading, so your body was
trying to tell you you needed more then...

 RH> We were told meals should be one high (60) carb and 2
 RH> lower end (45-50) per day. I'd hate to blow a lot of carbs on the
 RH> first meal, knowing I might have a larger one later in the day and have
 RH> an overload of carbs.

As you and Michael were mentioning, I think that your dietician was
being rather extreme.  MJ and I just went for her to get some diabetes
counseling for diet, etc, and what we got seemed a little better
balanced.  She was told 3-4 (15g) servings of carbs per meal for 3 meals
per day plus up to 3 snacks per day of 15 g each...
 
 NB>> I'd guess that her winter choices come closer to the amounts she'd
 NB>> be better off with than the usual ones.  And if (but I know that's
 NB>> wishful thinking, too) she had fewer carbs at the other meals, it
 NB>> could balance somewhat over the day...  But a high-sugared cereal
 NB>> is a bad start right from the get-go...

 RH> Lunch can be a sandwich or a macaroni salad or pizza or something else
 RH> starchy with cookies and milk; supper is mashed potatoes with gravy, a
 RH> veggie (usually a starchy one), meat and a dessert (usually not low
 RH> carb). Then later, if Dad has ice cream, she usually has some as well.
 RH> It's a losing battle.

Well, there's room for some tweaking there...  ;)  With someone else
doing the cooking, maybe some progress can be made... :)

ttyl         neb

... I came, I searched, I found .... now I've mislaid it!

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