[Diabetes-talk] intuitive eating and texturesRe: ExcellentArticle

Fri Jun 22 11:00:57 UTC 2012

I don't love myself. I think that being blind is something you learn to 
adapt to and accept. I want to be respectable to God, others, and to who I 
am as a person with or without blindness. That's just my two cents.

Chanelle

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From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 11:01 PM
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] intuitive eating and texturesRe:ExcellentArticle> Chanelle:
>
> Not only should you take care of your diabetes for your husband's sake but
> if you truly believe, as we say in the NFB, that it is respectable to be
> blind, then you should take care of the diabetes because you respect and
> love yourself.
>
> See my Monitor article this month.
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Chanelle Allen
> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 1:17 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] intuitive eating and textures Re:
> ExcellentArticle
>
> Hi Colleen,
> Thank you for your perspective on being a caretaker. I have known that was
> true, but your message allowed me to empathize a little. I did not have an
> open and emotionally supportive relationship with my parents, so that made
> things more difficult.
> I will try to be better with diabetes control for my husbands' sake. He 
> has
> already experienced enough worry.
> Congratulations on improving your health.
> The encouragement we receive from one another is a great motivator.
>
> Chanelle
>
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> From: "COLLEEN ROTH" <N8TNV at ATT.NET>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 6:46 PM
> To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] intuitive eating and textures Re:
> ExcellentArticle
>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> 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-advice-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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