[Diabetes-Talk] Food exchange site?

[sjryan2 at gmail.com]

Right. And MyFitnessPal may be a good long-run tool, but to learn about
exchanges, you need to get the booklet from, I think, the American Diabetes
Association to find out what the exchanges are. Reading the nutrients in
foods can be pretty daunting when you first start, and sometimes one is
better with an idea of what's in a food rather than the exact amount of a
nutrient down to the nearest half-gram or whatever. Also, for learning, my
objection to MyFitnessPal and other apps (there are quite a few!) is that
many of the foods listed are entered by individual users, who may or may not
have carefully calculated the serving sizes and the nutrients in those
servings. As I said, they can be good tools, but I think it's better to
learn about the options first. I do not in any way recommend counting
calories! Energy is the least important thing to know about your food! For
people with diabetes, who don't have kidney disease anyway, the most
important nutrient is the carbohydrate count in the serving of whatever you
ate. And over time I recommend learning approximate carb counts for the
foods you eat most frequently, establishing an eating pattern, and not
counting anything because you've learned the usual foods. Then you can just
look up new foods as needed, rather than counting things carefully. This is
advice for Type 2's. If you're a Type 1, you need tighter control.

Sandi


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From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jude
DaShiell via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 6:25 PM
To: Doula Jarboe via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Food exchange site?

Calories have been found to be a red herring although a factor leveled with
other nutritional factors.  To explain this, empty calories are empty
calories.  If those calories fail to bring other nutritional benefits those
consuming them really do get cheated.

This is reflected in the U.S.D.A. 2019 revised food Guideance.

Diabetes-Talk wrote:

> Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 13:10:11
> From: Doula Jarboe via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Doula Jarboe <doula.jarboe at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Food exchange site?
>
> Hello,
>
>  This is the first time I've heard anything about something like food 
> exchanges. When I started going to my health and wellness center, I 
> was given an app recommendation for being able to find foods and their 
> nutritional make-up. The clinic is more concerned about tracking 
> calories, but I found that it had other nutritional information as 
> well. I also have kidney disease, and so have to watch potassium and 
> sodium as well. And not all foods will show potassium levels, so that 
> can get tricky for me. Anyways, the app is called my fitness pal. I'm 
> an Android user, and I was skeptical about if it would be accessible 
> or not. I found it fairly easy to use. I'd imagine there's probably an 
> app for the Iphone as well. Hope this helps.
> Doula
>
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