Welcome to our forum, nygeorge457! Sorry you have to be dealing with this, especially during holiday season, but better now than later. Really.
First of all, here is a great website to look through. It has a lot of information about
blood sugar.
www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/Also, there are two sticky threads at the top of the Diabetes Forum with a testimonial and more information.
The broccoli is great! The sweet potato and carrots - well, plenty of carbs, so not the best choices. If you bought the French dressing, check out the carb content on the bottle. Is there sugar or HFCS or honey in it? I hope not. I eat spinach and either broccoli or cauliflower with a pat of butter for breakfast. I buy these vegetables frozen so they are always on hand. It takes very little time to have them hot in a pan with a little bit of water. Sometimes I also throw some pine nuts or have almonds or walnuts on the side to much along with this.
Other times, I'll eat a couple of eggs with some cheese. Or, I make pancakes with flax seed meal and wheat bran and use Log Cabin Sugar-Free syrup.
The list of good food is longer than the list of food that will drive your blood sugar up, so it's easier to tell you the food to be very very careful about
(and this is related to their carb content: potatoes, winter squash, sweet potatoes, rice, any pasta and of course any food made with flour and sugar.
Salads or mixed veggies for lunch or dinner can have: all leafy greens, bell peppers, mushrooms, zucchini, artichoke hearts, broccoli, cauliflower, eggplant, small amount of tomatoes, slivers of carrots but go easy on eating a whole lot of them. These are fine: eggs, meats, chicken, fish, nuts. Cheese: careful of the salt content and also the faux cheese. For example, some shredded cheeses sold in plastic bags have added starch powder that adds carbs, whereas the natural cheese does not. So be sure you check the labels of any food you buy.
I myself rarely eat deli meats anymore but not for the carb content; it's more about
the salt and other added ingredients. A slice of regular roast beef if healthier, I feel.
It takes some learning and adjustment and just saying, 'no', sometimes on a regular basis but then when you have a special occasion like a holiday or birthday, then you won't feel guilty about
having a small piece of cake.
Also, you need to know that some kind of regular and sustained exercise will benefit you. Walking, biking, swimming, dancing will use up blood sugar and help your circulation, heart function and blood pressure. These may be problems for diabetics at some point.
Please ask any questions or make any comments (that are printable
) and we will help you as much as we can.
You're from NY? So am I! Queens.
