Re: [gardeners] Getting ready already

George Shirley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sun, 24 Nov 2002 08:26:20 -0600 

I shoot for 30 grams but days like today will eat much more. I do use
insulin and glucophage tablets both, 1500 mg glucophage daily in three
doses plus anywhere from 60 to 100 units of 70/30 insulin. Splenda is
one to one with sugar and, as I understand it, is actually made from
sugar. I have substituted it with great success in a number of simple
recipes. Just started using Splenda three months ago when it became
available locally. Prior to that I used saccharin.

George

Rosemary Carlson wrote:
> 
> George: Yes, I knew you were diabetic and I think I knew you weren't
> brittle. I'm not on insulin - so I'm probably more brittle than
> insulin-dependent diabetics (Type 2). Trying to use
> medications/diet/exercise in place of insulin. Don't know how long I'll be
> successful. It's gotta worse in the last few months - or really the last
> year. My A1C isn't looking so good. My weight has gone up as well - not
> badly but bad enough to make me unhappy!
> 
> 30 grams of carbs is LOW!! Wow! Congrats - no wonder you can keep a rein on
> your blood sugar. That's barely enough to stay out of ketosis, isn't it? I
> shoot for about 45....but probably should lower it. How does Splenda lower
> the carb count in recipes? It's not one to one with sugar, is it?
> 
> I, too, will eat things I shouldn't at Thanksgiving -- and then exercise and
> probably feel badly for a day or two! BTW, I have a chocolate cake recipe
> with 11 grams of carbs if anyone is interested - and it's delicious!
> 
> Rosemary
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Shirley" <gshirl@bellsouth.net>
> To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
> Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 7:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [gardeners] Getting ready already
> 
> > I'm diabetic too Rosemary but not brittle. I eat whatever I want but try
> > to stay below 30 grams of carbs a day. At that rate I keep a fairly
> > normal blood glucose and lose weight to boot. Mostly I eat protein but
> > occasionally, like tomorrow, I will eat some pie, lots of dressing, etc
> > and then go walk around the block a couple of times.
> >
> > George
> >
> > Rosemary Carlson wrote:
> > >
> > > George: Like Margaret said, I have to watch carbs so I look for cake/pie
> > > recipes with little flour. Not an easy thing to find!
> > >
> > > Rosemary
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "George Shirley" <gshirl@bellsouth.net>
> > > To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
> > > Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 5:13 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [gardeners] Getting ready already
> > >
> > > > Blue Bunny sugar free no fat ice cream is also pretty good, usually
> > > > found at Walmart Superstores.
> > > >
> > > > George
> > > >
> > > > Margaret Lauterbach wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Rosemary, there are sugar substitutes available. you need to watch
> carbs
> > > > > very closely.  DH is diabetic, and found Healthy Choice's fat-free,
> > > > > sugar-free, mint chocolate chip ice cream is very, very good.  He's
> > > having
> > > > > trouble finding it, though.  I think you can google for sugar-free
> > > > > recipes.  Someone else may be better informed about that than I.
> > > Margaret L
> > > > >
> > > > > >Hi all: As a diabetic, with lots of diabetic family, Thanksgiving
> > > dinner can
> > > > > >be a challenge! Anyone out there with a sugar-free (or almost!)
> pumpkin
> > > pie
> > > > > >recipe? I'm always looking for sugar-free recipes for everything!
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Garden content: We've finally had a hard, HARD freeze. The
> perennials
> > > have
> > > > > >been shocked into submission. I'm hoping some (supposedly hardy)
> mums I
> > > > > >planted in the fall with make it through the winter. It's iffy here
> for
> > > > > >mums. I seemingly lost 2 pussywillows and 1 witch hazel during our
> long
> > > > > >summer drought. Wonder if they are dormant and will return?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Rosemary - on top of a mountain in Eastern KY where it's cold and
> > > blustery
> > > >
> >