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About diabetic friendly supplemental drinks
On 2012-05-01 17:29:22 -0500, Nana.Wilson said:
Thanks Susan! What I need to do is to limit my portions, mostly. I just don't feel like cooking & eating eggs at breakfast all the time. So I have been eating cereal......now tired of that. If you don't want to give up a bowl of something cold and wet in the morning, you could try what I do. Original Fiber One has only 11 net carbs per serving, and is sweetened with aspartame instead of sugar. I will have maybe a half-serving of that, a few tablespoons of chia seed, some crushed walnuts or pecans and maybe a handful of berried. Add almond milk and a splash of heavy cream. Yummy! -- Bill "Wise Fool" -- Gandalf, _The Two Towers_ (The Wise will remove 'se' to reach me. The Foolish will not) |
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On May 2, 8:31*am, Bill O'Meally wrote:
On 2012-05-01 17:29:22 -0500, Nana.Wilson said: Thanks Susan! *What I need to do is to limit my portions, mostly. * I just don't feel like cooking & eating eggs at breakfast all the time. So I have been eating cereal......now tired of that. If you don't want to give up a bowl of something cold and wet in the morning, you could try what I do. Original Fiber One has only 11 net carbs per serving, and is sweetened with aspartame instead of sugar. I will have maybe a half-serving of that, a few tablespoons of chia seed, some crushed walnuts or pecans and maybe a handful of berried. Add almond milk and a splash of heavy cream. Yummy! -- Bill I've been using Honeyville Farms textured vegetable protein as a cold cereal. With some half and half, a dash of vanilla, and splenda it tastes real good to me. Not as good as the Atkins cereals when they were available, but still very good and LC. Has a slighlty nutty flavor. Toss in a couple sliced strawberries and you're good to go. HF is also a source for polydextrose which I use in some desserts |
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"Bill O'Meally" wrote in message news:2012050207312644123-omeallymd@wiserrcom... On 2012-05-01 17:29:22 -0500, Nana.Wilson said: Thanks Susan! What I need to do is to limit my portions, mostly. I just don't feel like cooking & eating eggs at breakfast all the time. So I have been eating cereal......now tired of that. If you don't want to give up a bowl of something cold and wet in the morning, you could try what I do. Original Fiber One has only 11 net carbs per serving, and is sweetened with aspartame instead of sugar. I will have maybe a half-serving of that, a few tablespoons of chia seed, some crushed walnuts or pecans and maybe a handful of berried. Add almond milk and a splash of heavy cream. Yummy! -- Bill "Wise Fool" -- Gandalf, _The Two Towers_ (The Wise will remove 'se' to reach me. The Foolish will not) I like steel cut oat meal (only draw back is that it take over 20 min. to cook) I has a lower glycemic effect for me. Aspartame does not aggree with me so I use stevia or splenda. I use soy milk. Nana |
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Nana.Wilson wrote:
I Googled it & found that the fiber content is high in the smoothies as it does not separate the pulp from the juice, it is ALL contained in the juice. Most juice recipes still start with high carb fruits. You will not get the benefits of low carbing with that strategy. The difference is small with or without the fiber. Fruit juice is still high carb. With shakes/smoothies that really are low carb the berries are used as flavoring not as a base ingredient. Almost spice levels. At that level it doesn't matter nearly as much if the fiber remains or not. I can make peanut butter too with 'nuthing' but peanuts! If you use unsalted peanuts you'll want to add a bit of salt. If you use salted peanuts you'll want to look for unsalted ones to mix in to dilute the salt. Have you been able to make nut butter or bean paste in your big loud commercial blender? Nice. Peanut paste is not the only type of bean paste you can make. I'm not much for red meat (just a personal preference) Plenty of feather, fin and shell meats. I love hummus. What is lower carb that I can dip into it? Celery sticks. Chicharon aka pork rinds. Because hummus is based on a legume and a sed it's already fairly high in carb. I am over weight, diabetic blah, blah. I sure hope this will help me. You will probably do better focusing on one of the popular low carb plans than by playing with a blender that makes food that is lower carb than you have been eating but that is higher carb than would be found on most low carb plans. I happen to be an Atkins plan but any of the popular ones work and each has its fans. |
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Nana.Wilson wrote:
"Susan" wrote... A Vitamix is kind of an odd purchase for a diabetic, Nana, sorry to say! Even chosing carefully its applications are rather limited. What I need to do is to limit my portions, mostly. Once you start low carbing the carb cravings go away. Because low carbing is medium protein and high fat or vice versa any cravings for fat go away as well. The result is decreased appetite. That makes portion control easier. For some it makes portion control possible for the first time. So I repeat what Susan and I have already posted - You will be better off going with a low carb plan than playing with this fun new fancy machine. I just don't feel like cooking & eating eggs at breakfast all the time. So I have been eating cereal......now tired of that. I am going to try these green drinks I keep hearing about. Green veggies with fruit thrown in to make it tastier. I plan to add some protein powder. I like the idea of all natural peanut butter without sugar & salt. Jes trin' ta make it from one day ta the next...... I have a breakfast suggestion that only applies to afternoon and evening people that is nonsense for morning people. If you're a morning person be sure to ignore it - Go with the eggs anyways. Morning food for us is a matter of habit not variety. Variety at breakfast is for the morning people. For us variety is for dinner or perhaps lunch. What happens is there are old habits that are comfortable so you will want to modify them as little as possible. This is why people look for low carb milk (which is a pretty good product when you can find it by the way) and lower carb cereal (which even at its best isn't low carb enough for the first 6+ months of many low carb plans). Instead go with the eggs. There will be a phase when they are boring because they don't match the old habit. Stay with them anyways. In time the eggs will form a new morning habit. In time they will become your new morning comfort food. Eggs are definately better food than anything based on grain for low carbers. Patience is the key. You're going to need to low carb until you are cured of diabetes. Think about how many people are ever cured of diabetes by any treatment other than reincarnation. Very few are ever cured in their current lives. Right. It will be a very long time. Mor ethan long enough for eggs to be your new morning comfort food ritual. |
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On May 2, 12:37*pm, Doug Freyburger wrote:
Nana.Wilson wrote: I Googled it & found that the fiber content is high in the smoothies as it does not separate the pulp from the juice, *it is ALL contained in the juice. Most juice recipes still start with high carb fruits. *You will not get the benefits of low carbing with that strategy. *The difference is small with or without the fiber. *Fruit juice is still high carb. With shakes/smoothies that really are low carb the berries are used as flavoring not as a base ingredient. *Almost spice levels. *At that level it doesn't matter nearly as much if the fiber remains or not. I used to make shakes using silken tofu, LC milk and DaVinci or similar syrup. I use either the Hood LC milk or one of the unsweetned almond milk products. As you point out, you could also use some real LC fruit, eg blueberries, strawberries, etc. I agree with you and the others on the problems of trying to use a juice machine approach. If you put in typical fruits it's going to have significant carbs. And if you use vegs that are LC, like celery and spinach I don't think it's going to taste so great. Maybe with some careful blending there could be some middle ground. I would think googling LC blender shakes or similar might be productive. I can make peanut butter too with 'nuthing' but peanuts! If you use unsalted peanuts you'll want to add a bit of salt. *If you use salted peanuts you'll want to look for unsalted ones to mix in to dilute the salt. Have you been able to make nut butter or bean paste in your big loud commercial blender? *Nice. *Peanut paste is not the only type of bean paste you can make. I'm not much for red meat (just a personal preference) Plenty of feather, fin and shell meats. I love hummus. *What is lower carb that I can dip into it? Celery sticks. *Chicharon aka pork rinds. *Because hummus is based on a legume and a sed it's already fairly high in carb. Instead of hummus, she should be looking at baba ganoush. Similar, but since it uses eggplant it's low carb. |
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TVP makes a good cooked cereal, too. My SO was told by his doctor to eat
oatmeal for his cholesterol since I screamed so loud about her trying to put him on statins. His cholesterol isn't really very high but he likes to do what his doctor tells him. He doesn't like it with milk and sugar. When I mentioned this elsewhere a fellow said he liked oatmeal made with bouillion. So what I make is half oatmeal, half TVP with Minor's soup base. They make a bacon base that he likes. No extra liquid like milk required. I am really conflicted about the TVP though, some say soy is good, others say it is bad. It's all so complicated. wrote: | | | I've been using Honeyville Farms textured vegetable | protein as a cold cereal. With some half and half, | a dash of vanilla, and splenda it tastes real good to | me. Not as good as the Atkins cereals when they | were available, but still very good and LC. Has a slighlty | nutty flavor. Toss in a couple sliced strawberries | and you're good to go. | | HF is also a source for polydextrose which I use in some | desserts |
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About diabetic friendly supplemental drinks
On 2012-05-02 11:10:49 -0500, Nana.Wilson said:
"Bill O'Meally" wrote in message news:2012050207312644123-omeallymd@wiserrcom... On 2012-05-01 17:29:22 -0500, Nana.Wilson said: Thanks Susan! What I need to do is to limit my portions, mostly. I just don't feel like cooking & eating eggs at breakfast all the time. So I have been eating cereal......now tired of that. If you don't want to give up a bowl of something cold and wet in the morning, you could try what I do. Original Fiber One has only 11 net carbs per serving, and is sweetened with aspartame instead of sugar. I will have maybe a half-serving of that, a few tablespoons of chia seed, some crushed walnuts or pecans and maybe a handful of berried. Add almond milk and a splash of heavy cream. Yummy! -- Bill "Wise Fool" -- Gandalf, _The Two Towers_ (The Wise will remove 'se' to reach me. The Foolish will not) I like steel cut oat meal (only draw back is that it take over 20 min. to cook) I has a lower glycemic effect for me. Aspartame does not aggree with me so I use stevia or splenda. I use soy milk. I'm not a fan of aspartame either. I wish the folks at General Mills would switch to Splenda, but you take what you can get. Fiber One is the best kept secret as far as low-carb, mass-produced cereals are concerned. Steel cut oats are still pretty high carb. Soy milk is fine (as far as carb counting is concerned), though some folks like to avoid soy products. -- Bill "Wise Fool" -- Gandalf, _The Two Towers_ (The Wise will remove 'se' to reach me. The Foolish will not) |
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About diabetic friendly supplemental drinks
On Wed, 2 May 2012 18:50:56 -0500, Bill O'Meally
wrote: On 2012-05-02 11:10:49 -0500, Nana.Wilson said: I like steel cut oat meal (only draw back is that it take over 20 min. to cook) I has a lower glycemic effect for me. Aspartame does not aggree with me so I use stevia or splenda. I use soy milk. I'm not a fan of aspartame either. I wish the folks at General Mills would switch to Splenda, but you take what you can get. Fiber One is the best kept secret as far as low-carb, mass-produced cereals are concerned. ASPARTAME IS EVIL. Just do a search. I haven't touched the stuff in years. |
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On May 3, 7:35*am, Patricia Martin Steward
wrote: On Wed, 2 May 2012 18:50:56 -0500, Bill O'Meally wrote: On 2012-05-02 11:10:49 -0500, Nana.Wilson said: I like steel cut oat meal (only draw back is that it take over 20 min. to cook) *I has a lower glycemic effect for me. *Aspartame does not aggree with me so I use stevia or splenda. *I use soy milk. I'm not a fan of aspartame either. I wish the folks at General Mills would switch to Splenda, but you take what you can get. Fiber One is the best kept secret as far as low-carb, mass-produced cereals are concerned. ASPARTAME IS EVIL. *Just do a search. I haven't touched the stuff in years. I could just as easily do a "search" that shows that LC is evil. |
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