Diabetes Talking

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Spam Crock Quack Fakir Snake Oil Shall i list a few more for you to help you out?

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I could care less about the $$$$ signs and the float, it means nothing to me. I don’t [...]

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Hi friends, Well, I went for my first annual diabetic checkup today at 3pm. The nurse saw me at 3.30pm. She checked my feet for neuropathy, they passed. She checked my blood pressure. A little high, but acceptable (153 over 81). That’s it, until [...]

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I had too many tomatoes in my garden last year. So I got a dehydrator and made sun dried tomatoes.  Yummy! And yes the last for ages!
If it was done inside in a food dehydrator then they aren’t sun-dried anything. But it is a great way to store plenty of tomatoes. [...]

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Vinegar with a Splash of Cherry Extract for Diabetes? Written by: Christine Haran – Published on: January 26, 2005           The next time you’re choosing between the vinaigrette and the blue cheese dressing, go with the vinaigrette. Not only is the vinaigrette better for your [...]

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| Light meals but for the bread at least, almost all carbs. | |Wholemeal bread (the only type I’ve eaten for over 20 years) is |(according to the nutritional advice I’ve received) only medium-GI, not |high. | |And I don’t see how an item which has been a [...]

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Ok – you kids got wayyyyy off topic in my slow cooker thread! I went and bought one today – a Rival 5.5 Quart with no fancy bells or whistles. I have a beef roast in there with garlic [...]

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I love pot roast in the slow cooker.  I put brussel sprouts and celery (I dont mind them mushy). Season and brown ~2lbs boneless chuck on both sides, place in slow cooker.  Put veggies on top,pour 1/2-1C beef broth in. Set at low for 6-8hr or high 4-5. Mmmmmm.  I [...]

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Su…… looks like you have a good dawn phenomena it would appear that you were up for 2 hours and ????? didn’t have food during that time?? if so, then for sure it’s the dawn phenomena…… the liver detected no food and dumped glucagon for you……. this is slightly different from [...]

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi, Could anyone comment on what GP’s would see as excessive use of test strips (per day) by a brittle diabetic. Also could anyone point me in the direction of any web sites that may [...]

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Thanks Dan.  I think I’ll manage, I just have to be strong enough to say no and stick to it.  So far I’m managing okay.  My grandmother doesn’t like to waste anything, so she’s still cleaning up leftovers from the holidays.  I on the other hand have been making meals for DH, [...]