Diabetic Diet Zone

Archive for August, 2009

Join our co-hosts in each 30 minute episode as they show you how to prepare delicious dishes from breakfast to dinner. Not only are these dishes delicious, they are also part of a group of recipes that can fit into your diabetes eating plan.

Each episode includes recipes and actual time in the kitchen with our co-hosts and chefs, Lola ad Kelley. You will also hear expert advice from a prominent physician and psychologist, and you’ll get to know two people with diabetes who are successfully living their every day lives.

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Jacquie is pregnant with her first child and has been diagnosed with gestational diabetes. In this interview she shares her experiences being diagnosed, testing her blood each day and injecting herself with insulin.

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http://www.Diabetes-Weblog.com Diabetes Home Treatment Diabets Glucose Meter Kit from the American Diabetic ociation Diet Organisation

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Abbott Diabetes Care is warning about problems with some of the company’s blood glucose meters. These meters could accidentally be switched from one measurement unit to another, possibly causing the patient to misinterpret the glucose test results. The affected glucose meters include the FreeStyle®, FreeStyle Flash™, FreeStyle Tracker™, Precision Xtra™, MediSense® Sof-Tact™, and MediSense® Optium™. Abbott meters are also sold under private label brands such as ReliOn® Ultima, Rite Aid® and Kroger®.

These meters were originally designed to allow patients to see their test results in the units customarily used in their own country. To do that, the patient could switch between showing the results in two different measurement units: mg/dL, the standard used in the U.S., and mmol/L, which is used in many other countries.

The problem can occur if the measurement units switch without the patient realizing it. This can happen when the patient resets the date and time or changes the battery, or even if the meter is dropped or bumped. Then, if the patient just looked at the numbers without noticing the different units or the decimal point, he could incorrectly ume that his blood glucose level is too high or too low.

To help resolve the problem, all new Abbott meters now have the correct unit of measurement locked in place. Patients can continue to use the older units, but they should make sure that their meter displays the glucose test result in mg/dL. If patients don’t know how to change the measurement units, or if the units can’t be changed, they can contact Abbott Diabetes Care at 1-800-553-4105.

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I’m guessing he is type two. He can have oatmeal (not instant), eggs, bacon, (low fat and low sodium) Fiber one dry cereal. He will have to learn how certain foods affect his blood sugar. No orange or other juices, too much carbs and sugar. Get a dietitian or nutritionist to help.

I need a menu for a diabetic person. It must include breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks.

I would go to a bookstore and see what they have to offer as far as cookbooks.

Stay away from too many starches; potatoes, breads, pastas, cauliflower (any white veggie isn’t good) It contains more starch in it.

If the diabetic has at least one tablespoon of Cinnamon it helps with the blood sugar levels as well as keeping high cholesterol down.

I am starting a diabetic diet because my sugars are slightly elevated and I would like to get them under control

anyways I have some extra lean ground beef and would like some good recipe ideas!
I have a fajita kit.. am I allowed to have any of that?

Fajita’s are fine , except the tortilla’s.

Here’s the perfect recipe for diabetics. Good ole’ american chili. All ingredients are low to very low glycemic.

Fry ground beef, add chopped green pepper and 1 onion.
1 quart tomato juice
2 small cans of pink kidney beans, or 1 large:Drained
3 tbs. chilli powder
salt and pepper to taste
Optional: garlic powder. oregano
Simmer for a half hour
You can’t get it any better than that!

I am going out for a preplanned dinner date with my husband. he works 70 hours a week so we planned this quite a while ago. he told me to pick a restaurant I can eat at and he would find something but I don’t really know what to eat. I got a diabetic diet from the doctor but it isn’t for pregnant women. I am only allowed 6 oz of meat a day on this plan. It i just a guideline. I don’t have to follow it word for word but I don’t see a nutritionist till tomorrow morning. any suggestions would help.
meat is protein so you have to eat protein to counteract the carbs. you need to cut carbs not meat. I am asking for people who have gone out to dinner with it.

I currently have gestational diabetes and have been able to manage it with diet and exercise. I have eaten at Applebees and had the oriental chicken roll up and about half the fries that come with it. I have also gone to Red Lobster and had the king or snow crab, the mashed potatoes, one biscuit, and a caesar salad. I have eaten at Chipotle and had the burrito with chicken, black beans, rice, cheese, mild salsa, and sour cream or the burrito bowl with the same stuff and half a bag of the tortilla chips. I’ve gone to Noodles and Company and had the Med Salad and a three piece pot sticker. I can have a taco salad from anywhere…There’s lots of choices. My diet says 4 carb choices (up to 60 grams of carbs) 3 oz of protein and one fat choice (sour cream, salad dressing, etc) for lunch or dinner type meal. This is a guideline and your body may tolerate some stuff better than others. Get a portion of meat that is about the size of your palm, a carb like potatoes or rice that’s about 1/2-1 cup, veggies, a salad with dressing on the side, drink water or diet soda or tea with artificial sweetener, avoid fruit. If you want a desert, share it…NO HONEY!!

Try to walk around for about 15 minutes about one hour after you eat. I’ve done this and been fine with my sugars (they stay between 60-120 two hours after a meal). Have fun!!!

My husband had his blood drawn and they found his fasting blood glucose to be 180. Does this mean he has Type 1 diabetes or can this happen sometimes at random? Please help
The odd thing is that he is far from overweight, and he doesn’t like carbs. He’ll take meat over potatoes any day. The one thing that he doesn’t do is eat meals on a regular basis, sometimes he’ll go till 3 or 4 pm without eating, or he’ll just drink an ensure.

90-95% of all diabetics are Type 2, which means that your husband is producing an adequate amount of insulin but his cells are resistant to the insulin. The insulin is having a difficult time entering the cells to release glucose for energy throughout his body, thus the buildup of glucose in his blood is causing his elevated blood sugars.

The good news is that his reading of 180 mg/dl converts to an A1c of about 7.2% of glucose in his blood……Normal or non-diabetic A1c’s should be less than 6%, so that should be his ultimate goal.

The way to achieve that goal is to lose excess pounds if he’s overweight.

Increase his level of exercise….exercise burns excess glucose rather quickly.

He should be eating healthy well balanced meals in smaller portions with a target of lowering his carbohydrate intake. The foods that adversely effect most Type 2 diabetics are the white starchy foods as in pasta’s, potatoes, rice and breads, they are loaded with carbohydrates which turns into glucose which in turn will cause his blood sugars to elevate and remain elevated for longer periods of time.

Don’t worry about your husband being a Type 1 diabetic, if he was he would have known that well before this.

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