I'm a newbie

[KayC]

Hi Vic,
I've got reduced salt soy sauce in the cupboard but have never used Balti spice mix. I'll have a look at Morrison's!

 

[Vicsetter]

I was going to suggest my favorite which is chopped up cold chicken, some curry powder (balti is my favorite, but there are lots of different ones and you can make your own - no carbs) and salad cream(light) on toast. The salad cream is the naughty bit, but it's not too much sugar. The idea is to make the food interesting and satisfy you that way.

 

[KayC]

Hi Vicsetter,
Stupidly enough, I had to google what you said:My question was 'What is the cold chicken??' Now I know that you cook (grill/boil) the chicken first and cool it down. So you can use it for salad or sandwiches !!
I've been almost vegetarian all my life, that was because I don't really like meat and fish. (excluding prawn and salmon) When my hub was eating his steak, I was having carb, carb and more carbohidrate! (It's obvious how I got DM) Since the diagnosis on April, I've been trying to have more balanced diet and cooking meat, porlty and fish for myself. So I'm still a beginner......

 

[Vicsetter]

I have a very nice Panasonic microwave (oven, grill, microwave in one) It auto cooks a 1.5kg chicken in about 27 minutes. Cook about 1 a week and that does my lunches. No reason why you should eat meat though, there are other sources of protein.

 

[KayC]

So you can cook ahead in bulk. It's a great idea! I started eating meat reluctantly, but I found meat and fish very very filling. Now I don't have to eat so much carb. So it's sort of working for me.

 

[Copepod]

When my hub was eating his steak, I was having carb, carb and more carbohidrate! (It's obvious how I got DM) Since the diagnosis on April, I've been trying to have more balanced diet and cooking meat, porlty and fish for myself. So I'm still a beginner......

Don't blame yourself, KayC - eating carbohydrate or sugars doesn't give you diabetes (of any type), although there is an association with being overweight and developing type 2 diabetes. Association means some specific in epidemiology (study of patterns of health & ill-health) - factors that are found together, without knowing which caused which. As an example, there is a relationship between numbers of churches and pubs in towns within a country / region, but neither churches nor pubs "cause" each other; both are a result of the population size. There is some evidence that small amounts of fat, as in fish and meat, help you to feel full up, which means you eat less overall. Veggies are also good for filling up eg we're currently getting lots of garden produce eg broad beans, runner beans, peas, tomatoes, beetroots, sweetcorn (soon!) We had home made potato salad with low calorie mayonnaise and garden chives last night, with burger. As well as controlling slugs & snails in veg patch, our ducks also lay eggs, which make lovely omelettes, with whatever veg, plus sometimes cheese and / or bacon or ham for low carbohydrate meals.

 

[KayC]

Don't blame yourself, KayC - eating carbohydrate or sugars doesn't give you diabetes (of any type), although there is an association with being overweight and developing type 2 diabetes.

Hi Copepod🙂
Thanks for saying so. As I put above, I keep blaming myself for having DM. I wasn't even so big at the time of diagnosis, my BMI was within OK range. I guess (not an educational guess but wild one) that my body had a tendency not to manage my sugar level very well. About 5-6 years before diagnosis, I often had hypo which I now guess it was. After carb rich lunch, I often had symptoms of hypo (shaky hands, cold sweat etc) at 4.00pm. Having a piece of choc always helped. I switched to low carb lunch, such as green salad, then they symptoms stopped appearing. Could've seen my doctor at that time, but I didn't think it was serious.
My doctor says I'm unlucky because DM is in my gene. So I will stop blaming myself and think about future, which is dependant on how I control myself from now.
Moaning apart😱, you seem to live in the excellent environment🙂....I do a little gardening myself, but it's not always successful....This year, I've done several pots of herbs and that's it. They are (so far) growing OK.

All the best to you🙂

 

[Andy HB]

After carb rich lunch, I often had symptoms of hypo (shaky hands, cold sweat etc) at 4.00pm. Having a piece of choc always helped.

That's quite interesting because it runs counter to what one would normally expect. That is, excess carbs in a diabetic = hyper rather than hypo.

However, I wonder whether it was because your body was starting to not regulate itself very well and the pancreas over compensating for the high blood glucose levels by dumping a larger amount of insulin than was required (or something like that!).

Andy

 

[KayC]

That's quite interesting because it runs counter to what one would normally expect. That is, excess carbs in a diabetic = hyper rather than hypo.

I vaguely remember of reading something like this in an American book years ago: Insulin is not a very CLEVER hormone so if there is a sugar surge in the blood, it might mop up the sugar too much too quickly and cause low blood sugar level.
But I can be totally wrong!

 

[Northerner]

I vaguely remember of reading something like this in an American book years ago: Insulin is not a very CLEVER hormone so if there is a sugar surge in the blood, it might mop up the sugar too much too quickly and cause low blood sugar level.
But I can be totally wrong!

There is something called reactive hypoglycaemia, which occurs for the reason you have suggested KayC. 🙂

 

[Copepod]

gardening tips

KayC - thanks, life is good, apart from lack of nearby mountains or sea, but spent last night combining punting, running and map reading, cycling to & from start, which is my idea of a good night out!
But, I have great difficulty keeping plants in pots alive. Currently, though have 4 pepper plants that I grew from seed on the windowsill with cut plastic bottles as mini greenhouses, plus a ginger lily my mum gave me, explaining that with its fleshy root, even I was unlikely to kill it - it's in the garden, to get any rain it can. With herbs, our problem is stopping ducks eating / sitting on them - they don't like the taste of chives, but sitting on them isn't very helpful! Perhaps they're objecting to us taking their eggs for omelettes involving chives! Good health to you and your herbs! If you have any soil, and like garlic, then that's very easy to grow - just stick a few cloves, from bulb from supermarket, pointed end upwards, into soil, either November or March, for harvest the following summer.
You're right that genetics play a part in getting diabetes, but you have a lot of control about what happens next. At least, that's my philosophy. I think that my type 1 diabetes might have appeared quicker and / or younger (30 at diagnosis) if I hadn't been active, normal weight, with a decent diet etc. No idea if that's true, but it helps me.

 

[KayC]

There is something called reactive hypoglycaemia, which occurs for the reason you have suggested KayC. 🙂

Ah, I got this one right ! Thanks, Northerner!🙂

 

[KayC]

KayC - thanks, life is good, apart from lack of nearby mountains or sea, but spent last night combining punting, running and map reading, cycling to & from start, which is my idea of a good night out!
But, I have great difficulty keeping plants in pots alive. Currently, though have 4 pepper plants that I grew from seed on the windowsill with cut plastic bottles as mini greenhouses, plus a ginger lily my mum gave me, explaining that with its fleshy root, even I was unlikely to kill it - it's in the garden, to get any rain it can. With herbs, our problem is stopping ducks eating / sitting on them - they don't like the taste of chives, but sitting on them isn't very helpful! Perhaps they're objecting to us taking their eggs for omelettes involving chives! Good health to you and your herbs! If you have any soil, and like garlic, then that's very easy to grow - just stick a few cloves, from bulb from supermarket, pointed end upwards, into soil, either November or March, for harvest the following summer.
You're right that genetics play a part in getting diabetes, but you have a lot of control about what happens next. At least, that's my philosophy. I think that my type 1 diabetes might have appeared quicker and / or younger (30 at diagnosis) if I hadn't been active, normal weight, with a decent diet etc. No idea if that's true, but it helps me.

Duck's protest: YOU MIGHT GET MY EGGS FOR OMELETTES BUT YOU WON'T GET CHIVES FOR THEM!
How cute!!!
I've been a couchpotato (my normal self) due to long lasting lightheadedness, it's about time I should get out and do something...🙂

 

[Copepod]

Hope you're enjoying less lightheadness now and getting out and doing more. Exercise and vitamin D from sunlight (but not getting sunburned) is a good combination for anyone, especially people with diabetes.

We've had to surround our chives with a wire mesh colllar to prevent the ducks sitting on them. The male has no excuse for his attacks on chives (or me), though, but he's an Aylesbury, a breed known for an aggressive streak. The females are Muscovies, and also live up to their breed stereotype of being adventurous, searching for food, climbing etc, despite clipped wings.

 

[Andy HB]

Moderators and Admins had gone seriously off-topic! I've moved the posts about ducks to the Off Subject forum.

Now back to you KayC

Andy