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Diabetic Foods
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Ellie Apr 2.
Was Dr. Atkins right?
Replied Apr 2
$15 test strip?
Replied Apr 2
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- Hometown (where you come from):
- Denver, at this time. From Chicago originally.
- Do you have diabetes?
- Yes
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Date diagnosed
- March 22, 2009
- What glucose meter do you use?
- Freestyle Freedom Lite
- Type of treatment you use
- Oral, Shots, Diet and Exercise
- What is the address for your MySpace page, if any?
- http://www.myspace.com/spectrewriter
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- Exchange of info, fraternity
- How did you find out about us? What were you searching for?
- I'd visited DD, and was banned within an hour.
They misunderstood my offer to help other forum members as a solicitation, edited the intro post and my profile's sig file, and generally acted like jack-boot Nazis.
Jenny suggested this site. I'm hoping for an open forum where people can discuss and be themselves without fear of being treated like underlings, censored at whim. Hopefully this will be that place.
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If you want to know more, visit my site, spectrewriter.com , or write me here.
"The opposite of War is NOT Peace. It's Creation." -- Jon Larson
- Who referred you? (if anyone)
- Janet "Jenny" Ruhl
- What do you do for a living?
- Writer
Bit of Wisdom for the day:
ALWAYS bring your BG meter with you, even if you only intent to go a short distance to the store. All too often, one thing leads to another, you miss your med time, feel off, and without the meter you won't know which direction your BG is going. (When in doubt, add fast carbs. It's EXTREMELY unlikely that you'll be harmed by adding, but if you're hypo and don't get some sugar going, you're in deep dung. )
Peace & Creation,
JT
Peace & Creation,
JT
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Very Cool John!!!! thanks for the info
Great Info Guys! Keep it coming. this information will help us all!!
Oh heck no!
If I have my meter and my test strips with me ( I usually do as a pumper ) I am going to use those. I'll be D*******d if you are going to charge me .. for something I already have.
That is highway robbery and you definitely need to t...
PLEASE, don't give them any ideas!
This is SO outrageous, JT!
These are some of the kinds of things that are so completely wrong about the health care system in the US.
I think Freestyle has a program to help with the cost of strips. This is the # on the back of my meter 1-888-252-5226. Call and ask if they have a program to help and they should connect you. I got a card from them about a year ago and then found ...
Hi folks, I looked into getting a card and found this:
"After giving up some marketing info about yourself: name, address, email, etc. you start getting the benefits. Which includes: Up to fifty dollars a month off of co payments that are over fi...
That would make me mad too!
Corking fee--that's good! Maybe they could charge for the air we breathe in the waiting room, too.
I like the idea of cauliflower-based tortillas!! And yes, I am working full-time and do not have much time to mess around with recipes, though some sound good. I agree that so-called "diabetic" foods are too high in carbs and follow the ADA high-c...
I was successful with the Atkins diet years ago (BD; before diabetes)... but took a good thing too far. I found I didn't much mind the Induction phase, so I kept on doing it. Extra inches were melting off! After about 5 months of that, though, I n...
OUTSTANDING! And just think: All else being equal, your time is even better than that! Congratulations!
Comment Wall (5 comments)
- At 8:04am on April 2, 2009,
Ericka said…
- Hi JT. I'm doing good, thanks for asking. No problem on the misspell, I'm used to it. :o)
How are you doing? Have you been enjoying our snow or are you cursing it? I love the snow so I'm happy about it.
- At 7:51am on March 27, 2009,
Christina Luis said…
- Hi JT Welcome to TuDiabetes! Thanks for the Friend request!
- At 11:04am on March 26, 2009,
Andreina Davila said… - Hi JT,
Welcome to TuDiabetes!
- At 9:50pm on March 25, 2009,
Hayaa said… - Salam;
thanks for the comment.
Myself am Type 1 diabetic since 27 years now.
Type 1 Diabetic is insulin independent.
You are right saying that you cannot manage type 1 diabetes through diet alone. This is correct.
But diet ; a low carbohydrate diet influences the blood sugar in type 1 diabetics as well as in type 2 diabetics.
If you read my PDF posted in my profile ; you can see the recent studies on this. It is very interesting ; and in case you want to self experiment it ; please read Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. He is a must read for all diabetics. Himself has type 1 diabetes since 65 years and through self experimentation discovered the importance of low carb diets for diabetics.
The less carbs you eat; the less insulin you inject. ( Insulin converts carbohydrates into fat = called fat building hormone ) the less carbs you eat ; the less your blood sugar rises... etc...
Please check out Dr. Bernstein Diabetes Solution ( google it ) it will change your life.
- At 3:17pm on March 25, 2009,
Manny Hernandez said…
- Hi JT,
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