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

Tue Jun 19 16:50:58 UTC 2012

I have already stopped being vigilant starting 8 years ago. Fortunately, 
having type 1 diabetes and using an insulin pump allows for a little more 
flexibility but not as much as I allow myself sometimes. It is wonderful to 
have a caring support system and not an overly controlling one such as in my 
child and teen years.

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From: "COLLEEN ROTH" <N8TNV at ATT.NET>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 11:00 AM
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] intuitive eating and textures Re: 
ExcellentArticle

> Hi,
> Some people have problems with different textures. I can't eat peanut 
> butter and jelly sandwiches. I just can't get them down.
> I you can't eat certain fruits I think you just eat the ones you can. You 
> can probably consume vegetables like uncooked carrots, broccoli, 
> cauliflower, and other vegetables which require chewing. You might try 
> fresh pears, they are hard and may work.
> I think it's five servings of fruit and vegetables. I don't recall reading 
> anything about a certain number of each.
> You can cause more stress for yourself if you dwell on things. Do your 
> best to eat healthy. If you think about everything you put in your mouth 
> to the point of panic that won't help.
> Be reasonable. A small dish of ice cream isn't going to make the world 
> come to an end.
> Obviously you shouldn't do that every day. Maybe once a week.
> You can become scrupulous to a fault. I you never allow yourself to have 
> something you enjoy you will overeat when you have that treat. You will 
> feel deprived and may stop trying to be vigilant.
> No food is bad, it's the amount you eat and how often you eat it.
> If I have offended any dietician, I am sorry. I know you all work hard to 
> help us. I have seen too many Diabetics in my family and friends who gorge 
> on foods because they weren't allowed to have a little of something. I 
> also know some people just give up when they get this diagnosis.
> I LOVE bread. I have reduced the amount of bread I eat. I am also eating 
> pultigrain bread. This meets my need for bread and is a healthy option.
> I guess I'm doing all right because I have lost 42 pounds since last June.
> I had been the same dress size since 1985 so I am happy for the change.
> It took a lot of willpower to start my new mealplan.
> I think of you think of your new plan as a Mealplan rather than a Diet you 
> will feel better about it.
> It is the way you ñeed to eat for life so you might as well do your best 
> to keep yourself as healthy as you can.
> Things that work well for some people don't work the same for others.
> Colleen Roth
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chanelle Allen <chanellem.allen at gmail.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Monday, Jun 18, 2012 12:24:27 PM
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] intuitive eating and textures Re: Excellent 
> Article
>
>>
>>
>> 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-comespecially 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:
>> >ar Diabetics are often bombarded with advice on what's the "best" diet 
>> >for
>> >ar them
>> >ar (as if diabetes is just one disease). The American diabetes 
>> >Association
>> >ar tells us not to eliminate carbs from our diet (ignoring the fact that 
>> >the
>> >ar Inuit did and are doing quite well, thank you, without much 
>> >carbohydrate
>> >ar in
>> >ar the diet). The Atkins people hit us with just the opposite advice but
>> >ar arouse
>> >ar suspicion in some because of their association with certain types of
>> >ar alternative medical therapies.
>> >ar
>> >ar
>> >ar
>> >ar It seems as though the advice is driven as much by the current
>> >ar politically-correct, medical and scientific fads as it is by solid
>> >ar research
>> >ar (which is damnably difficult to do when dealing with diets and
>> >ar nutrition).
>> >ar And seldom is the ininreal* science behind all these assertions 
>> >carefully
>> >ar and
>> >ar rigorously examined. It's high time this changed. It's why I had a
>> >ar different
>> >ar sourt of dietitian at last year's DAN Seminar and why I often come 
>> >across
>> >ar as
>> >ar a terminal skeptic.
>> >ar
>> >ar
>> >ar
>> >ar Check out the blog post at the link shown below and get what seems to 
>> >be
>> >ar more the straight scoop on all this. Many of our most cherished and
>> >ar unquestioned assumptions turn out to have little scientific basis.
>> >ar
>> >ar
>> >ar
>> >ar 
>> >http://www.drbriffa.com/2012/03/05/whats-wrong-with-the-dietary-advice-diabe
>> >ar tes-uk-dishes-out-to-diabetics/
>> >ar
>> >ar
>> >ar
>> >ar Mike Freeman
>> >ar
>> >ar
>> >ar
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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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