[Diabetes-talk] Sugar drinks

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

I love ice tea, grin. Especially on a hot summer day.

Bridgit

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Mike Freeman
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 10:16 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Sugar drinks


bridgit: 
I agree with you completely. Believe it or not, though, some people just
have to have their sugar fix! Although I occasionally drink diet sodas
because my wife likes them, I never buy them for myself. I would just as
soon drink ice tea. 

Mike Freeman
sent from my iPhone

On Mar 25, 2013, at 23:09, Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> You mention not drinking sugar drinks, and this makes me think of 
> something. Is this really a problem for diabetics? Of course this is 
> rhetorical, but what's the problem with diet drinks? Maybe it's 
> because I've been diabetic since the age of four, but I always opt for

> diet drinks or water. I know so many diabetics who don't do this, and 
> I guess I don't understand why it's such a big deal. I always assumed 
> it was a given a diabetic  would avoid the sugary drinks but guess 
> not... And it's kind of like alcohol, it's empty calories, and I'd 
> rather spend calories on actual food than a drink, grin.
> 
> Bridgit
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Sandi Ryan
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 10:00 AM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] victoza
> 
> 
> Last year my husband and I drove to convention.  We brought along a 
> big
> cooler full of eggs, some bacon, salad veggies, little pouches of
> chicken, 
> ham, etc., and we brought along our Keurig single-cup coffeemaker and
a
> tiny 
> electric frying pan.  We replenished food as needed at local grocery
> stores 
> and ate breakfast and lunch in our room.  At dinner we went out to a
> local 
> restaurant and enjoyed reasonable food.
> 
> If you didn't drive, you could probably ship the cooler, pan, and any 
> canned goods ahead, then buy food when you get there.  The fridge is 
> an even better
> idea.
> 
> If you want to eat breakfast and lunch out and not have the hassle of 
> making your own food, you can usually get eggs or cereal or an English

> muffin,

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