Tomato juice and diabetes

They aren't that high in carbs, only verboten on induction. An 8 oz glass
of tomato juice has 9 net carbs, a medium whole tomato 5. That fits in many
low carb plans very nicely and they are full of things that are good for
you. They are acidic which makes them good candidates for home canning.
I'm sorry you had a bad experience but tomatoes are really a wonderful
fruit.

In ,
BJPruett stated
| You don't make tomatoes palatable. You stay away from them. Not only
| does a tomato have a lot of carbs, in my mind a tomato is a dangerous
| thing.
|
| I worked in a canning factory back when I was just out of high school.
| It only took a short time period of time working with steaming
| tomatoes on the assembly line before the acid from the tomatoes
| started taking the skin off of my hands, arms, and leg spots. It did
| that to everyone, no matter how much you tried to protect yourself.
| It was the only vegetable I worked with that actually caused body
| damage. Even after 40 years, tomatoes still bring back bad memories.
| The situation would make a good horror movie.
|
| One of the blessings of the low-carb diet is that it considers
| tomatoes to high-carb to include them in the basic diet. Thank God! A
| great excuse not to eat tomatoes!
|
| Barbara
|
| Chakolate wrote:
|
|| Hi, all,
||
|| I recently read an article that said that 8 oz daily of tomato juice
|| resulted in decreased platelet aggregation in diabetics. (I'm
|| diabetic.) It *might* be the lycopene, but they tested the whole
|| juice, so that's what I'm drinking.
||
|| The trouble is that I *hate* tomato juice. I also hate tomato soup
|| and raw tomatoes. I like ketchup and pizza sauce well enough, but
|| as you can imagine, it's a little hard to get the whole 8 oz that
|| way.
||
|| So my question is this: how do you make tomato juice palatable?
|| I've been adding a little toasted sesame oil, which goes well, but
|| does anybody have a suggestion as to how to make it better?
||
|| So far, I've been just holding my nose and chugging it, then
|| brushing my teeth.
||
|| Chakolate

They aren't that high in carbs, only verboten on induction. An 8 oz glass
of tomato juice has 9 net carbs, a medium whole tomato 5. That fits in many
low carb plans very nicely and they are full of things that are good for
you. They are acidic which makes them good candidates for home canning.
I'm sorry you had a bad experience but tomatoes are really a wonderful
fruit.

In ,
BJPruett stated
| You don't make tomatoes palatable. You stay away from them. Not only
| does a tomato have a lot of carbs, in my mind a tomato is a dangerous
| thing.
|
| I worked in a canning factory back when I was just out of high school.
| It only took a short time period of time working with steaming
| tomatoes on the assembly line before the acid from the tomatoes
| started taking the skin off of my hands, arms, and leg spots. It did
| that to everyone, no matter how much you tried to protect yourself.
| It was the only vegetable I worked with that actually caused body
| damage. Even after 40 years, tomatoes still bring back bad memories.
| The situation would make a good horror movie.
|
| One of the blessings of the low-carb diet is that it considers
| tomatoes to high-carb to include them in the basic diet. Thank God! A
| great excuse not to eat tomatoes!
|
| Barbara
|
| Chakolate wrote:
|
|| Hi, all,
||
|| I recently read an article that said that 8 oz daily of tomato juice
|| resulted in decreased platelet aggregation in diabetics. (I'm
|| diabetic.) It *might* be the lycopene, but they tested the whole
|| juice, so that's what I'm drinking.
||
|| The trouble is that I *hate* tomato juice. I also hate tomato soup
|| and raw tomatoes. I like ketchup and pizza sauce well enough, but
|| as you can imagine, it's a little hard to get the whole 8 oz that
|| way.
||
|| So my question is this: how do you make tomato juice palatable?
|| I've been adding a little toasted sesame oil, which goes well, but
|| does anybody have a suggestion as to how to make it better?
||
|| So far, I've been just holding my nose and chugging it, then
|| brushing my teeth.
||
|| Chakolate

They aren't that high in carbs, only verboten on induction. An 8 oz glass
of tomato juice has 9 net carbs, a medium whole tomato 5. That fits in many
low carb plans very nicely and they are full of things that are good for
you. They are acidic which makes them good candidates for home canning.
I'm sorry you had a bad experience but tomatoes are really a wonderful
fruit.

In ,
BJPruett stated
| You don't make tomatoes palatable. You stay away from them. Not only
| does a tomato have a lot of carbs, in my mind a tomato is a dangerous
| thing.
|
| I worked in a canning factory back when I was just out of high school.
| It only took a short time period of time working with steaming
| tomatoes on the assembly line before the acid from the tomatoes
| started taking the skin off of my hands, arms, and leg spots. It did
| that to everyone, no matter how much you tried to protect yourself.
| It was the only vegetable I worked with that actually caused body
| damage. Even after 40 years, tomatoes still bring back bad memories.
| The situation would make a good horror movie.
|
| One of the blessings of the low-carb diet is that it considers
| tomatoes to high-carb to include them in the basic diet. Thank God! A
| great excuse not to eat tomatoes!
|
| Barbara
|
| Chakolate wrote:
|
|| Hi, all,
||
|| I recently read an article that said that 8 oz daily of tomato juice
|| resulted in decreased platelet aggregation in diabetics. (I'm
|| diabetic.) It *might* be the lycopene, but they tested the whole
|| juice, so that's what I'm drinking.
||
|| The trouble is that I *hate* tomato juice. I also hate tomato soup
|| and raw tomatoes. I like ketchup and pizza sauce well enough, but
|| as you can imagine, it's a little hard to get the whole 8 oz that
|| way.
||
|| So my question is this: how do you make tomato juice palatable?
|| I've been adding a little toasted sesame oil, which goes well, but
|| does anybody have a suggestion as to how to make it better?
||
|| So far, I've been just holding my nose and chugging it, then
|| brushing my teeth.
||
|| Chakolate

Chakolate wrote:

So my question is this: how do you make tomato juice palatable?

a squirt of lemon or lime juice; failing that a dash of salt


--
Dragon Mom
started at size 28W, today wearing 18W, goal 16W
started low carb Sept. 2000.
5'6" Female, age 53

Chakolate wrote:

So my question is this: how do you make tomato juice palatable?

a squirt of lemon or lime juice; failing that a dash of salt


--
Dragon Mom
started at size 28W, today wearing 18W, goal 16W
started low carb Sept. 2000.
5'6" Female, age 53

Chakolate wrote:

So my question is this: how do you make tomato juice palatable?

a squirt of lemon or lime juice; failing that a dash of salt


--
Dragon Mom
started at size 28W, today wearing 18W, goal 16W
started low carb Sept. 2000.
5'6" Female, age 53

"BJPruett" wrote in message
...
You don't make tomatoes palatable. You stay away from them. Not only
does a tomato have a lot of carbs, in my mind a tomato is a dangerous
thing.

I worked in a canning factory back when I was just out of high school.

I worked in a pea factory just out of high school. Didn't eat peas for a
couple of years. I suspect that after seeing how any food is bulk
processed, many people lose their appetite for them. I could tell you some
awful stuff I learned about peas, but I won't.

My point is, you probably saw more about tomatoes and how they are processed
than any of us would like to. That doesn't negate the fact that they have
healthful benefits. They also fit into the low-carb lifestyle (just not at
the beginning).


--
Spring
LC since 1/1/04
260/208/170
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/spr...=/55b8&.src=ph
Size: 24W / 14 / 10

"BJPruett" wrote in message
...
You don't make tomatoes palatable. You stay away from them. Not only
does a tomato have a lot of carbs, in my mind a tomato is a dangerous
thing.

I worked in a canning factory back when I was just out of high school.

I worked in a pea factory just out of high school. Didn't eat peas for a
couple of years. I suspect that after seeing how any food is bulk
processed, many people lose their appetite for them. I could tell you some
awful stuff I learned about peas, but I won't.

My point is, you probably saw more about tomatoes and how they are processed
than any of us would like to. That doesn't negate the fact that they have
healthful benefits. They also fit into the low-carb lifestyle (just not at
the beginning).


--
Spring
LC since 1/1/04
260/208/170
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/spr...=/55b8&.src=ph
Size: 24W / 14 / 10

Sprgtime wrote:
||
|| I worked in a pea factory just out of high school. Didn't eat peas
|| for a
|| couple of years. I suspect that after seeing how any food is bulk
|| processed, many people lose their appetite for them. I could tell
|| you some
|| awful stuff I learned about peas, but I won't.

I'd like to know....

Sprgtime wrote:
||
|| I worked in a pea factory just out of high school. Didn't eat peas
|| for a
|| couple of years. I suspect that after seeing how any food is bulk
|| processed, many people lose their appetite for them. I could tell
|| you some
|| awful stuff I learned about peas, but I won't.

I'd like to know....