sweetlanamarie
Assistant Cook
I myself am a Type 1 diabetic ( juvinille diabetes) I am of the belief that we as humans are not made to consume carbohydrates, our systems cannot handle it.
All foods other than simple sugars and starches, are broken down into a host of nutrients, including fats and protiens. Actually, fats usually end up as triglycerides in the blood.
I myself am a Type 1 diabetic ( juvinille diabetes) I am of the belief that we as humans are not made to consume carbohydrates, our systems cannot handle it.
My point is that carbohydrates, particularly sugars, are metabolized quickly after eating, causing a glycemic spike, where proteins and fats take many longer hours to metabolize, and aren't such a bit threat on your body's ability to control your blood sugar level.
Not so sure about the last part but I strongly believe that "Many years of eating the wrong foods and lack of exercise. It all contributes to developing insulin resistance and Type II Diabetes."It's cumulative, Greg. Many years of eating the wrong foods and lack of exercise. It all contributes to developing insulin resistance and Type II Diabetes. You could eat only sweet things and never get Type II Diabetes, as long as your activity level is adequate.
Not so sure about the last part but I strongly believe that "Many years of eating the wrong foods and lack of exercise. It all contributes to developing insulin resistance and Type II Diabetes."
I'm lucky that I've been eating good and getting lots of exercise, or maybe just lucky with genetics. I don't have insulin resistance yet, and doing everything I can to avoid it.
I get a feeling when I've hit the border on eating too much carbs. I feel yucky. When I feel that way I know what I just ate was the wrong thing, and I change my diet in the future. I suspect too many people ignore that yucky feeling and just keep right on eating what they ate because it tastes so good.
What part of burning off the sugars you do eat that doesn't make sense? There are many people who eat the sweetest things, unbalanced diets and run their hind ends off all day, every day who do not get Type II. It's their activity level that saves them.
I believe some people are genetically more prone to develop Type II Diabetes, but that by eating right and exercising they may be able to avoid it. I am positive I would not have it now if I had eaten right and exercised as I should have.I'm not certain that living right will avoid any chance of acquiring Type II. I'm not an expert. All I know is that I don't have it yet.
If you're certain that Type II is acquired by bad diet and poor exercise then it's a very sad thing that so many people acquire and die from this disease, all because it was caused by their lifestyle alone.
In any case I avoid the worst glycemic foods or eat them in small quantities and get a reasonable amount of exercise. I don't want to join the Type II epidemic.
I believe some people are genetically more prone to develop Type II Diabetes, but that by eating right and exercising they may be able to avoid it. I am positive I would not have it now if I had eaten right and exercised as I should have.
I believe some people are genetically more prone to develop Type II Diabetes, but that by eating right and exercising they may be able to avoid it. I am positive I would not have it now if I had eaten right and exercised as I should have.
I too believe that! I don't have it now but I eat and exercise as if I could develop it. So far it's just good news.
He will celebrate his 83rd birthday tomorrow and Friday he is having his cataract removed. The homecare worker is his driver, so neither my brother nor I have to trek to MN. Thanks for asking, and no, he hasn't changed his eating habits.So CWS, how is Dad doing. Has he changed his eating habits now that he is on his own? Or did he do, like mentioned in previous posts, revert back to his old habits?
I hope he is still healthy and eating well. I have never heard of a technician telling a patient even the results of a test. I can't even get the tech to tell me if there has been in increase of blockage in my neck from the last test. All I ever get is, "You have to ask your doctor." And that is how it should be.
I do hope your dad is doing well.
One of my Slimming World group ladies says as she has lost a lot of weight by eating sensibly (which is the way SW works) she has managed to cut her diabetes meds right down. Obviously she has done it with the co-operation of her Doctor and he's told her she may be able to come off them completely if she keeps up with the programme.He will celebrate his 83rd birthday tomorrow and Friday he is having his cataract removed. The homecare worker is his driver, so neither my brother nor I have to trek to MN. Thanks for asking, and no, he hasn't changed his eating habits.
He will celebrate his 83rd birthday tomorrow and Friday he is having his cataract removed. The homecare worker is his driver, so neither my brother nor I have to trek to MN. Thanks for asking, and no, he hasn't changed his eating habits.
Unfortunately, my dad is doing the best he can coping with (and caring for) my mom (who has dementia and a number of other health problems). He never did learn to cook, so it is all he can do to put a meal together using boxed and canned ingredients and adding a protein. My brother and I have discussed our concerns with him should he become incapacitated, but for now, things are status quo and their home care worker is great. She puts meals in the crock pot, makes mains at home using food from the freezer and brings them over, etc. My dad probably would like to adopt her!One of my Slimming World group ladies says as she has lost a lot of weight by eating sensibly (which is the way SW works) she has managed to cut her diabetes meds right down. Obviously she has done it with the co-operation of her Doctor and he's told her she may be able to come off them completely if she keeps up with the programme.
I am not a doctor or nurse and I am only reporting what I've heard so don't shoot the messenger but if his is the same sort of diabetes he might be persuaded to mend his food habits.