[Diabetes-talk] intuitive eating and textures Re: Excellent Article

[Chanelle Allen]

I too enjoyed listening to the presenter at the DAN seminar last year (I 
listened to the recording online). It would be wonderful if diabetes could 
be reduced to a mere nuisance. The problem is that the vigilance, care, and 
consistency required is overwhelming and takes up too much effort. I am not 
strong-willed or self-disciplined. The book Diabetes Burnout suggests that 
we are motivated to continue repeating destructive habits and that we don't 
change if the costs outweigh the benefits. Just because we know we shouldn't 
do something to avoid unpleasant consequences, that doesn't hinder people 
from choosing the same thing again.
I started reading Health At Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your 
Weight by Linda Bacon, which discusses the intuitive eating approach.
Later in the book, Dr. Bacon recommends eating a variety of foods. I have a 
problem where I gag on foods of certain textures--especially fruit. Even 
mashed potatoes, which I like gives me that feeling if I eat too much. Has 
anyone experienced a similar problem not liking certain textures and what 
have you done to overcome it? I also don't have a sense of smell, so the 
food I don't like does not have much appeal even if it is supposed to taste 
good. Even eating the fruit that I like (sweet, crisp apples) doesn't take 
away my sweet craving. I try to eat lots of vegetables, so maybe that makes 
up for the lack of fruit. Is eating fruit still recommended on a low 
carbohydrate diet? I use an insulin pump, so I can't make the excuse that 
fruit will raise my blood sugar too high (smile).
I hope that I haven't gone off topic.

Chanelle


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From: "Bernadette Jacobs" <bernienfb75 at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 9:02 AM
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Excellent Article

> On 6/16/12, Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:
>> Diabetics are often bombarded with advice on what's the "best" diet for
>> them
>> (as if diabetes is just one disease). The American diabetes Association
>> tells us not to eliminate carbs from our diet (ignoring the fact that the
>> Inuit did and are doing quite well, thank you, without much carbohydrate 
>> in
>> the diet). The Atkins people hit us with just the opposite advice but
>> arouse
>> suspicion in some because of their association with certain types of
>> alternative medical therapies.
>>
>>
>>
>> It seems as though the advice is driven as much by the current
>> politically-correct, medical and scientific fads as it is by solid 
>> research
>> (which is damnably difficult to do when dealing with diets and 
>> nutrition).
>> And seldom is the *real* science behind all these assertions carefully 
>> and
>> rigorously examined. It's high time this changed. It's why I had a
>> different
>> sourt of dietitian at last year's DAN Seminar and why I often come across
>> as
>> a terminal skeptic.
>>
>>
>>
>> Check out the blog post at the link shown below and get what seems to be
>> more the straight scoop on all this. Many of our most cherished and
>> unquestioned assumptions turn out to have little scientific basis.
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.drbriffa.com/2012/03/05/whats-wrong-with-the-dietary-advice-diabe
>> tes-uk-dishes-out-to-diabetics/
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike Freeman
>>
>>
>>
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> Ya know gang, I was at that DAN Seminar and I really appreciated what
> that lady had to say.  I think that the way she mapped things out
> makes one's diabetes far more manageable.  Blindness, (at least to
> most of us here), is a mere nuisance; a characteristic.  We should be
> able to make diabetes the same; a mere characteristic or condition
> which we ourselves are all able to manage and control without being
> forced by myth, misconception, and society in general to regard our
> diabetes as a curse!!  Can't have this; can't have that; gotta eat
> this; gotta eat that; can only eat one cup of this; and whatever you
> do, don't forget your daily allowance of cardboard packaging; so help
> you God!!!  After all, ya gotta eat that because if ya eat something
> that actually tastes good, it's gonna be bad for ya.  I thought the
> bottom line of what that lady said was very simple: If you eat two
> pieces of chocolate fudge cake at the end of your meal and two hours
> later, you peak at 360, you know better than to ever do that again.
> especially if only you've eaten one piece of that cake and your sugar
> peaks at 165ish, then you know to allow yourself just one piece.  The
> object here is to set and know your peak so that if you rise above it,
> you know to cut yourself off.  Like Lynn said previously, the key is
> "MODERATION!"  It's not that you can't have what pleasures of life you
> wish.  You simply need to use discretion, disciplin and self control.
> If you can't control it, don't go there.  Simple as that. My other
> advice is test, test, test so you know where you are at all times.
> And, if you don't like your numbers, take heed and don't be afraid to
> seek counsel if you need.
>
> Bern
>
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