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Skriven 2014-08-22 20:09:45 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 16072 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
Ärende: Sugars                                                   [1]
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Hi Dave,

 DD> I know - getting everyday useful information from some gummint
 DD> documents is about as satisfying as dipping soup with a fork.

 RH> Some soups are thick enough to eat with a fork. Steve puts enough
 RH> crackers into most of his that the spoon stands upright. But, he still
 RH> eats it with the spoon, not a fork.

 DD> I submit that you knew where I was going with that. OTOH, the only
 DD> "soup" I put crackers (oyster crackers, never, ever saltines) in is
 DD> very oily chilli. And that only to soak up all that wonderful oil. In
 DD> my lexicon any soup thick enough (as served) to be eaten with a fork
 DD> is a stew.   Bv)=

Semantics! (or is it some antics?)


 DD> Or a chowder ..................

 DD> But, seriously, agencies like USDA, NIH, etc. tend to over-analyse
 DD> things so that they can look busy without doing any actual work.

 RH> They aren't the only ones that do. Truth be told, I think all of us
 RH> have done the same thing at least once in our lives.

 DD> When I worked for the Illinois Department of Agriculture I didn't do
 DD> "busy work" nor require my workers to do so. The regular bureaucraps
 DD> couldn't seem to get a grip on that attitude. I once told the director
 DD> of the department that when the work was all caught up we were going
 DD> to do a Beetle Bailey.   Bv)=

 RH> You're one of the exceptions to the above rule then. You didn't even
 RH> take a break to stretch your legs, relax your eyes, etc?

 DD> But, of course. We took breaks - steady working is less productive
 DD> than work punctuated by the occasional and necessary break. Even if it
 DD> is just to re-group mentally.

Or walk over to the vending machine for your mid afternoon sugar hit?


 DD> Lots of stuff that causes problem for uncontrolled diabetics. One of
 DD> the guys I visit with at the truck stop is trying his best to get his
 DD> diabetes under control before the Secretary of State yanks his driving
 DD> licence.

 RH> Good reason to work at it. My brother said not only is his blood sugar
 RH> out of control but his platelet level is low, no matter how they've
 RH> tried to bring it up. He looked jaundiced in May--something was going
 RH> on then that probably contributed to what happened last month. As of
 RH> last night, he'd not yet met with a dietitcian either.

 DD> OUCH!

I am surprised too, thought that would have been one of the first people
other than doctors and nurses that he would have met. Steve and I are a
bit surprised that we didn't get a call on the order of "..........was
found dead in the home, believed to have been dead several days......".


 RH> Looks good--and zingy! (G)

 DD> Just a little zippy. The peaches (or apricots) really set things off.

 RH> But being preserved peaches or apricots, the carb factor goes up also.
 RH> My number have been bouncing around the past couple of months; I want
 RH> to get them consistant within a certain range so will be watching carbs
 RH> (dense vs light, ratin to protein, etc) a bit closer.

 DD> I strive for a steady average fasting figure of between 80 and 110. I
 DD> used to go nuts if something spiked the sugar numbers. Then I figured
 DD> out that it all smooths out pretty well. My primary care doctor tells
 DD> me that as long as I pin-cushion a finger twice a week, fasting,
 DD> (first thing in the morning) and the figures remain within range ...
 DD> there is no need to obsess over it. As he said, "You know what to do
 DD> by now."

My doctor has been happy with my numbers. I still check every day, just
as a way to keep myself in line. I could probably go with less often but
I'd rather keep up the daily routine for a bit longer--helps keep me on
the straight and narrow. (G)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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