View Full Version : A diabetic cookbook!! Thanks MIL!!! :/
Becky Stevens mom
11-28-2010, 03:37 PM
What do you say besides thanks when MIL gets you a diabetic cookbook and starts pointing out all the low fat recipes in it? She was telling me about something she herself likes to eat, then asked if it would contain too much fat for Steven:confused:
Steven has had type 1 for 6 years 4 months. And I have tried to educate her, honest I have! So when she handed me this cookbook that will probably be sold at my next tag sale, I smiled and said thank you even though what I would love more then anything is for her to tell me that she had looked up info on her own on the internet about type 1. One can dream, right?
StillMamamia
11-28-2010, 03:48 PM
Does it have carb counts?:p
Yeah...saying thanks is the ony way to go sometimes.
Becky Stevens mom
11-28-2010, 03:55 PM
Does it have carb counts?:p
Yeah...saying thanks is the ony way to go sometimes.
It actually does have carb counts! Most foods are low fat and made with sugar substitutes which give Steven a headache and diarhea:rolleyes:
MReinhardt
11-28-2010, 05:24 PM
Regift it, and give it to her for Christmas. Just tell her, you know she like it so much, that you decided to buy her one!! :)
I'm sure there are a few good recipes in the book. Just exchange the substitute sugar for sugar, and change the carb counts.
chbarnes
11-28-2010, 05:49 PM
You know, I can see how this rubs you the wrong way, but we own at least one diabetic cookbook and sometimes go online to find low carb recipes. Of course, we know that diet didn't cause his disease and we know he can eat regular food, but sometimes a low carb choice just makes life easier. We do use Splenda, but avoid sugar alcohols. You can usually modify the recipes, sometimes adding real sugar, but still getting a healthier option. The truth is, all of us would probably be better off if we ate the way that type 2s are advised to eat - even if we don't have diabetes at all.
sarahspins
11-28-2010, 06:05 PM
The truth is, all of us would probably be better off if we ate the way that type 2s are advised to eat - even if we don't have diabetes at all.
:eek::rolleyes:
Have you actually looked at what the ADA describes as it's diabetic diet? I don't know a single T2 that uses it, or would even do very well on it. It's surprisingly high-carb, even considering the average american's diet. I went on their exchange system when I was first diagnosed and I was eating at least 1/3 to 1/2 MORE carbs than I had been consuming prior. It didn't take me long to figure out that how I had been eating was not the source of my problems, but trying to stick to the ADA diet was only adding more.
The ADA diet also assumes that fat is the end-all evil and it's not - a diet rich in healthy fats is waaaay better than eating low fat for for the sake of being afraid of fat.
chbarnes
11-28-2010, 06:47 PM
:eek::rolleyes:
Have you actually looked at what the ADA describes as it's diabetic diet? I don't know a single T2 that uses it, or would even do very well on it. It's surprisingly high-carb, even considering the average american's diet. I went on their exchange system when I was first diagnosed and I was eating at least 1/3 to 1/2 MORE carbs than I had been consuming prior. It didn't take me long to figure out that how I had been eating was not the source of my problems, but trying to stick to the ADA diet was only adding more.
The ADA diet also assumes that fat is the end-all evil and it's not - a diet rich in healthy fats is waaaay better than eating low fat for for the sake of being afraid of fat.
Good point. I wasn't referring to the official diet. We too have noted a lot of recipes in the diabetic magazines that are remarkably high carb.
When my son was first diagnosed I brought home a diabetic cook book and my older son said " I'm not eating that diabetic food it sounds disgusting" Never again did I ever bring home recipes designated specifically for diabetes.
LantusFiend
11-28-2010, 08:52 PM
My parents and I were given a number of diabetic cookbooks in the month or two after my diagnosis. We haven't found them more useful than other cookbooks we have (we're big on Laurel's Kitchen, which has carb info for a lot of things) but it's never bad to have cookbooks.
When people are still asking if I can have specific things after years of explaining, I just answer yes to each. They mean well, and hopefully, one by one, there will eventually be a lot of foods they realize are on my "diet".