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

Thu Jun 21 15:16:18 UTC 2012

It would be a pleasure to send you a box of oat meal grin.

Original message:
> Oatmeal (of whatever kind) is about enough to gag a maggott! <grin>

> Mike

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> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of COLLEEN ROTH
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 4:47 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] intuitive eating and textures Re: Excellent
> Article

> Hi,
> You know quick cooking or old fashioned oatmeal are much better for us than
> the Instant kind. I know there are varieties of Instant oatmeal which are
> lower in so-gar, etc. but we get more fiber in the old fashioned oatmeal.
> BTW you can do regular oatmeal in your microwave.
> Thanks for the praise, I really overdid it today at Lunch. I went to a
> restaurant I have been wanting to try for years. It is a Menonite Restaurant
> and everything is homemade. Nothing is Instant.
> The Ice Cream is made nearby and is delicious.
> The Macaroni and Chesffe is also very good.
> I did have some cooked carrots and some applesauce, too.
> I had a very light Supper.
> Just hang in there.
> I think your family really watched your Food Intake because they felt that
> was something they were supposed to do. My girls had disabilities and
> Medical Issues. I was very careful about managing their meds and what they
> ate and drank.
> Remember, it's not easy being the person who is saying no when you want
> something.
> Sometimes it hurts to say no more than you can imagine.
> Colleen Roth

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> From: d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net>
> To:  diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Date: Tuesday, Jun 19, 2012 09:04:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] intuitive eating and textures Re: Excellent
> Article

>> I am so proud of you, losing that much weight.
>> I also eat 12 grain or molty grain breads.
>> i have a slice of toast with serial.
>> Oat meal or a grain serial.
>> And yes once a week I have ice cream.
>> One of my down falls in the summer.
>> A small everything, drives folks silly giggle.
>> Now that is my favorite part, driving folks silly giggle.
>> Keep up the swell work.

>> Original message:
>>> 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 thx^^;..eed 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

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

>>> ar Chanelle

>>> ar --------------------------------------------------
>>> ar From: "Bernadette Jacobs" <bernienfb75 at gmail.com> ar Sent: Monday,
>>> June 18, 2012 9:02 AM ar To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind"
>>> <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> ar 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-ad
>>>>> vice-diabe ar tes-uk-dishes-out-to-diabetics/ ar ar ar ar Mike
>>>>> Freeman ar 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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