Mylegsbig
Head Chef
Agree. Good job college cook.
Corey123 said:Yes, the body is supposed to burn off fat first, then sugar, then protein last, I think. Which is why diabetics, obese children and adults should not be couch potatoes all the time.
Corey123 said:I've also been told that diabetics must eat food in small amounts because they have to eat something at least every 2 hours to avoid getting sick (hypoglysemic or hyperglysemic attacks).
Andy M. said:JMediger, 'consult your physician' is very good advice.
Andy M. said:The good folks here at DC always offer advice because they sincerely want to help their fellow members. I do it all the time.
JMediger said:Hi Corey, I read this last night and "bite my fingers", thinking I had said enough on another post where you asked a similar question but after sleeping on it, I feel I should say something.
If you are a diabetic, you MUST get proper information from a doctor or nutritiontist. I'm not saying we here aren't smart and there aren't doctors or nutritionists among us but we don't know you. My dad is a diabetic (juvenile) so I know the importance of proper care and management of this disease. If your insurance will not cover the cost of a nurtitional advisor, make an appointment with your gp and demand a referal to a diabetic counselor. They will help you develop a diet and regime that will help you control your diabetes. If you are not on insuline and trying to control this with diet alone, it is even more important. If the diabetic counselor does not assist you in regulating this disease, demand a new person.
The short answer to your question regarding eating every 2 hours is "kind of". You need to eat at regulated intervals that are appropriate for your diabetes and your lifestyle. Only your doctor or nutritionist can help you with this information. To begin, they may probly ask you to keep a log of when and what you are eating, when you are feeling low, and when you may feel high. From this, they can help you develop a plan.
I'm sorry if I am offending you or am coming across as a nag but diabetes, at any stage in life, is nothing to play around with. With any type of diabetes, the risks run the same from minor moments of being out of it to full blown diabetic comas and amputations.
Good luck to you ...
Caine said:High fructose corn syrup is so dangerous, the U.S. Government will not set a Reference Daily Intake (RDI) for it. You can assume this means the maximum recommended allowance is ZERO!
HFCS is not recognized by your body as a sugar, therefore your pancreas does not release any insulin to metabolize it, as it would with sucrose, lactose, glucose, etc. Without the insulin to metabolize it, the HFCS is simply converted to fat and stored, usually in the most embarassing place it can find.
Michael in FtW said:Not true, and you being a nutritionist should know that!
Mylegsbig said:At what point does your body start using it's own muscle for food?
Corey123 said:I've looked at the ingredients on just about everything that I bought, and so far, I've yet to find ANYTHING that has sugar in it. Even cold cereal!
Have manufactures of things like yogurt, cereal, ketchup, even candy gone to cheaper & poorer quality by using HFCS? What a shame!!
Are we suposed to give up the foods that we were so used to because HFCS is more fattening than regular sugar? I imagine that chilvary IS dead!