Hey everyone!
Well this has just been a busy summer hasn't it! The July meetings for TAfW were canceled but last month I spoke at the Lunch and Learn about this here blog! Things may or may not be calming down but either way an important diabetes subject has come up in my life and I know it's one that most if not ALL diabetics deal with.
What to eat now that you've been diagnosed. The thing is- in order to PREVENT diabetes we should eat healthier anyway. Most of you all that know me know that I myself am not a diabetic. My mother is though, as was my father before he passed away of cancer. They were both type 2. My best friend in college and both of her parents- all diabetic with type 2! In recent months I've gained a few friends that have type 1. They all have that one question in common "What do we eat now?!" In support of my mother (and also because she's an amazing cook) I eat what she eats, I diet the same as her.
In recent months she's gone gluten and sometimes wheat free. Neither of us have felt healthier than we do now. Also for diabetics theres the whole "cut out the carb" thing.
I often hear people say this when they hear someones diabetic: "don't have sweets" I'd like to amend that by saying- "Monitor your sweets in take" Don't over do the sweets, but when you cut something completely out of your diet you crave it more and when you crave it more you may unknowingly eat more of it! Be careful of that! Living with diabetes shouldnt be about cutting foods completely out but it should be about monitoring what you do eat!
My most recent encounter with someone concerning diabetes is when they were complaining about the amount of carbs their family keeps in the house- "Thats all there is they said" So they started to eat a LOT of fruit. I understand the need for lack of carbs but PLEASE be careful about your fruit in take, too much fruit is a danger in itself for a diabetic.
I recently found an amazing hard candy that I love- I use them to tide me over if I'm hungry- but the access sugar in candy can be quite bad for a person...this candy I found is organic! It's sugar-free, gluten-free actually the only thing not free about it is the price! haha Anyway below is the website address. My personal favorite is the Pomegranate puckers! http://www.yummyearth.com/index.html
heres another site of sweets: http://diabeticfriendly.com/
*These are just some options for those who like options. I'm not saying completely switch over to this stuff. I found things that I like and wanted to share it. The food issue is one that has been coming up a lot lately in the lives of many of the diabetics that I know so I figured maybe it might come up in yours or some of the diabetics you know. Not everyone that reads this is diabetic but we all know someone with diabetes so lets share the things we know/are learning!*
