Tag Archives: diabetes diet
Carbs rant
Just found out the hard way that I was overdoing with carbs. I did not check my morning fasting sugar in a while because it’s a chore. But I did feel my neuropathy getting worse so figured it must be carbs. … Continue reading
Today’s Prompt: CRAVING. Craving and Diabetes
When thinking about how to manage Type 2 Diabetes, diet is the first thing that comes to mind. I heard a lot of good things about a vegetarian diet, and actually have friends who swear by it. So I decided … Continue reading
Today’s prompt – Understanding My Diabetes
I think that continuing to understand my diabetes plays right into this Daily Prompt. I will be writing about my morning fasting BG numbers. Lately they were not bad. Steadily around 102, and even once 99 that is super normal … Continue reading
Tootsie Roll celebration
About a week ago I went on my biannual constitutional to see my PCP, mostly for the medication refills. He of course ordered a blood work that produced A1C of 6.2 meaning that my T2D is under control according to … Continue reading
Lunchtime. Zucchini omelet.
Here comes zucchini omelet that I had for a lunch earlier today. It doesn’t require much of the ingredients, just good old plain zucchini and eggs, sprinkled with salt and pepper to taste; I used garlic salt. The key is … Continue reading
A Quarter Cup of an Ice Cream
Earlier today I went to do grocery shopping and somehow have ended up in the frozen food isle. There I was looking for a small size ice cream as I eat it only once in a blue moon, a quarter … Continue reading
Order in which food is eaten may affect postprandial blood sugar
Diabetes Self-Management reports a study done at the Cornell Medical College. The researchers picked 11 overweight people with type 2 diabetes who were on Metformin. On 2 separate days a week apart, the participants were given a meal of vegetables, … Continue reading
CURE FOR DIABETES?
I am a type 2 and am eager to get rid of it. My life has become complicated ever since the diagnosis. I cannot eat high carb foods, I have to exercise and diabetes is always on my mind. My … Continue reading