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Diabetes & Thyroid
Replied Jul 16
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If you are trying to loose weight, it is best to look at an energy balance, i.e. calorie intake and calorie burn.
if calorie burn is greater tan calorie intake, you will loose weight. this is your energy balance.
It really is that simple an idea...
How about a Street team?
If Tu had a list of events where Diabetes awareness/research and things related, were on display, Tu members could show up in their local town, possibly wearing shirts, and hand out fliers and just do basic promotion.
Fo...
Jessica,
You can gain weight on both sides of the spectrum, but with 2 different underlying causes and mechanisims.
On the Hypo side- You can gain weight because your body will not burn enough fat. This is due to a mess-up in the cholesterol bal...
Hi Heather,
Your best bet to getting back on your routine, is to find your current work out limits.
This means, knowing your body and how it reacts to stimulus.
Check things like, heart rate- optimize yours
Energy levels- Know how you operate whi...
For all you athletes with diabetes (or wannabe athletes!) - a place to exchange workout tips and encouragement.
:)
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- At 7:43pm on July 29, 2009,
heather turek said…
- reallyyyyy????? :) i want to know about this target!!! and what will the speed be like as i approach it??
- At 7:52pm on July 17, 2009,
heather turek said…
- hey guess what i finished the "stop the thyroid madness" book and am skimming through it a 2nd time to gain better understanding... havent thrown it since that 3 hour phone conversation :)
- At 6:10pm on July 14, 2009,
heather turek said…
- hey go check out the thryoid discussion i was on called "thyroid and diabetes/ diabetes and thyroid" - time to pick up the book again - you have some good insight that might be helpful :)
- At 9:02pm on July 7, 2009,
heather turek said…
- hey bud!
i'm quitting myspace and beefing up TU... Looks like Obama is on TU now
- At 1:55am on June 19, 2009,
heather turek said…
- man i had to wipe the cobwebs off your wall to write on it. where have you been? has some stupid friend been wasting your time on the phone?
- At 9:00am on May 27, 2009,
Jenny said…
- In theory maltitol is supposed to metabolize to less than 100% glucose, but in practice, when I have eaten ice cream made with maltitol I have seen blood sugars almost as high as regular ice cream. The same was true comparing the Russell Stover candies with maltitol vs the real thing. Very similar blood sugars, the main difference was that the peak occurred later.
As I understand it, people vary in the extent to which they have the enzymes needed to digest the sugar alcohols, leading to different results on an individual basis. This has been discussed online for years and I have read reports from people who saw no rise, who got the runs, who got a major rise, who found maltitol worked for them, etc. Usually maltitol seems to work for Type 2s with a strong but slow 2nd phase insulin response.
My experience with xylitol is that though it doesn't raise my blood sugar it causes intense hunger cravings after I eat it--just a few breath mints with xylitol and I go into "snack" mode for a while. So I avoid it.
I personally would rather eat occasional small doses of real ice cream than the fake kinds. They all have a lot of calories but ice cream is not all that hard on blood sugar compared to most sweet treats. There is so little difference in impact of the fake stuff opposed to the real stuff that I'd rather just have the real stuff. But very infrequently. And with insulin.
For people not using insulin my guess is that the metabolic effects of both kinds are similar, too.
The real problem with ALL ice cream, BTW, is that the portion size on the label is unrealistically small. By the time you have a portion equivalent to what a real person eats you have 2 -3 "servings" with huge calorie counts.
- At 7:47am on May 26, 2009,
heather turek said…
- hey arielle i know byron personally and i just wanted to assure you that his intention was not to use the site for advertising/market research. :)
I didnt see whatever post you are talking about but i did want to say that as T1 i disagree with your last comment. 15g of white sugar affects my BG differently than 15g of pasta for example. the white sugar kicks in WAY faster. ive especially noticed that when i've eaten 30g with either type of food. maybe you havent experienced the same thing ever???
I agree with you that artificial sweeteners should be avoided whenever possible! they are horrible for you! then again no one likes carb hangovers! so i guess we each gotta choose our poison! right?!?
- At 3:03pm on May 25, 2009,
Arielle said… - Byron: I'm sorry but it really feels like you're using this site for advertising and/or market research, and it looks like your original post has been deleted, which makes me think an admin saw it in the same light as I did. In answer to your question, you are absolutely wrong, a carb is a carb. 15g of carbs have the same impact on blood sugar whether they are in the form of a piece of bread or a few tablespoons of white sugar. Personally, I try to avoid artificial sweeteners whenever possible, as I think they are horrible for anyone, diabetic or not. I would much rather have the real thing and eat less of it or bolus more for it.
- At 10:07pm on May 24, 2009,
heather turek said…
- check your inbox!
- At 4:55pm on May 24, 2009,
heather turek said…
- hey did you get hit by that hail today?
yeah the blog is on there but i guess it doesnt show up on my profile so you gotta hit "see all" maybe it's cuz it doesnt have a pic??
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