Sally's GF3 thread

[saysfaa]

...Trying to help hubby with his A1c. Every little bit helps.

Dh lowered his A1c out of the pre-diabeties range through diet changes.

The main things we did were spacing his meals out and applying glycemic index considerations.

He used to rarely ate breakfast, had a small lunch, and got most calories at dinner. The Dr said that put a lot of stress on the pancreas.

Lowering glycemic index is things like eating the orange or apple rather than drinking the juice of it, eating old fashioned oats instead of quick oats - steel cut oats are even better. Whole wheat bread instead of white bread. Honey or maple syrup is better than molasses is better than sugar is better than high fructose corn syrup.

Sugar Solutions cookbook was helpful. And every recipe I've tried has been considered delicious by everyone I've shared it with.

 

[Sally PB]

eating old fashioned oats instead of quick oats - steel cut oats are even better.

What makes the steel cut oats better?

 

[Iluveggers]

There’s a book a coworker read called The Blood Sugar Solution by Dr Hyman…great book for those with pre or diabetes…

 

[NanaK]

Dh lowered his A1c out of the pre-diabeties range through diet changes.

The main things we did were spacing his meals out and applying glycemic index considerations.

He used to rarely ate breakfast, had a small lunch, and got most calories at dinner. The Dr said that put a lot of stress on the pancreas.

Lowering glycemic index is things like eating the orange or apple rather than drinking the juice of it, eating old fashioned oats instead of quick oats - steel cut oats are even better. Whole wheat bread instead of white bread. Honey or maple syrup is better than molasses is better than sugar is better than high fructose corn syrup.

Sugar Solutions cookbook was helpful. And every recipe I've tried has been considered delicious by everyone I've shared it with.

Thanks for the suggestions!

He has been diabetic for years. Many in his family are. The Dr recently increased his meds. He also needs to drop some weight.
His main issue I think is he likes fast food. Big problem for diabetics. He mainly ate this at work. He was under way too much stress at work during the pandemic. Essential worker, supervisor of 160 people, long drive, had to enforce too many new rules. He finally left that #@%* job and took one only 5 miles from home and a handful of people to supervise. Way less office work. Less money too. I don't care about the money. What good is it if the job kills you.
Anyway, he comes home most days to eat now and has been taking fruit for snacks. I think this will help tremendously.
I'm always looking for goodies for him.

It took a bit to explain to him the difference between good complex carbs like beans vs carbs in white bread like a fast food bun. He is now limiting breads in general and only eats whole grain when he does eat bread.

@Sally PB had mentioned almond flour. That raised my question.

 

[saysfaa]

Larger pieces. That slows the digestion and absorption of the carbs which means the rise in blood sugar is slower and lower. So is the drop in blood sugar.

The other advantages of oatmeal over other breakfast choices have to do with the type of fiber it has and are similar for rolled oats (old fashioned oatmeal) and steel cut oats.

Instant oatmeal is usually way too much sugar as well as the pieces being really fine. Quick oats are much better than instant.

We find it easier to not add sugar to steel cut oats than to quick or old fashioned oats even with similar goodies in it. Goodies are like dried fruit (or some kinds of fresh fruit), nuts, spices, and such.

 

[NanaK]

There’s a book a coworker read called The Blood Sugar Solution by Dr Hyman…great book for those with pre or diabetes…

Thanks!

 

[Sally PB]

type of fiber it has and are similar for rolled oats (old fashioned oatmeal) and steel cut oats.

Goodies are like dried fruit (or some kinds of fresh fruit), nuts, spices, and such.

I have "loaded oatmeal" for dinner, usually once a week, if not more. It's old fashioned oats, a lot (LOT) of cinnamon, some raisins, and a ripe banana. I cook it probably 15-20 minutes, but I like it thick and gluey. Sometimes I add chia seeds.

 

[cavemanrich]

NanaK​

I LUV my scale. I do a good amount of baking. weighing makes things easier to follow recipes. Takes the guess work out.
Just recently I used ,,,,,,to determine how many Bantam eggs I needed to fulfill the eggs quantity in recipe. Recipes always consider egg size from real chickens

 

[NanaK]

real chickens

That gave me a "real" chuckle!

 

[Sally PB]

A week ago yesterday, I felt like I had a brick in my gut. I felt a lot better the next day (Monday), but the brick has come back every now and again since then. It felt like a gas pain, but was in a particular spot, dead center, a couple inches under the sternum. Came and went, no real pattern I could discern. It's mostly gone now; but as we used to say, problems that go away by themselves, come back by themselves. (And sometimes they bring friends.)

So of course I had to ask Dr. Google. Symptoms weren't lining up with listeria (thought it might be some spinach I ate), or a gall bladder problem (suggestions from hubby). Hmmm... how about an ulcer? Well... maybe that.

Knowing it would require a trip to my regular doctor (not sure how long that would take), and then getting referred to a specialist (weeks? months?), I thought I'd look up other remedies for what might or might not be an ulcer, or anything at all.

Seems that cabbage juice has been used to treat ulcers, with good effect, in a surprisingly short time -- 9 days. So I got a red cabbage at the store today, along with some apples, and made myself some cabbage/apple juice. Next time, I'll add some ginger too.

Wow, is it a pretty color! So far, that's all I can say about it. The taste... um... not as nice as the color. I'll keep making this pretty concoction until I run out of cabbage, and see if my tummy feels any different.