Wed, May-26-04, 06:36
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Plan: Bernstein Diabetes Soluti
Stats: 260/-/145
BF:
Progress: 63%
Location: Michigan
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Which makes the American Diabetes Association's advice seem all the more insane;
"The message today: Eat more starches! It is healthiest for everyone to eat more whole grains, beans, and starchy vegetables such as peas, corn, potatoes and winter squash. Starches are good for you because they have very little fat, saturated fat, or cholesterol. They are packed with vitamins, minerals, and fiber. Yes, foods with carbohydrate -- starches, vegetables, fruits, and dairy products -- will raise your blood glucose more quickly than meats and fats, but they are the healthiest foods for you. Your doctor may need to adjust your medications when you eat more carbohydrates. You may need to increase your activity level or try spacing carbohydrates throughout the day."
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When you consider that by nature of their disease, diabetics are carbohydrate intolerant, I agree that it's insane advice to tell those people to eat more carbohydrates "because they're good for you" while freely admitting that it will spike your blood sugar and likely require you to need more medication. What are these people thinking?????
The assumption that fat, saturated fat and cholesterol are bad for you and getting vitamins, minerals and fiber will somehow mitigate the damage caused by constantly spiking blood sugars is negligent at best.
Which is better for a diabetic; getting adequate nutrition while maintaining normal blood glucose ranges (often without the aid of medications) or getting adequate nutrition while in the process sending your blood sugars all over the board and requiring an ever-increasing amount of medication to achieve even a modicum of control and going on to probably require additional medications due the the complications that will inevitably develop?
Good for the drug companines...bad for the diabetic. 
Sorry for the rant, folks...this just happens to be huge peeve of mine. |