I cannot eat potato chips

Had some for dinner yesterday. My fasting this morning was 134. After behaving myself all day, it was 94 this evening. Freaky the different ways foods affect us.


Fortunately, I really don't like potato chips that much.

I seem to do okay with carbs in small to moderate amounts, but not chips. I just find it fascinating how differently our bodies react to things. Small servings of potatoes don't seem to bother me; chips yes. And pasta with red sauce will lower my reading every time.

Makes me wonder if it's a multi-gene thing and your responses depend on which genes are involved. Wouldn't it be strange if type II were really a whole group of closely related conditions?

Nope. It's cosmic rays. I've only been wearing my tinfoil hat for 6 months now so it's too early to tell if this works but I do feel better. Sure, I get laughed at ... but they laughed at Freud, they laughed at Einstein, they laughed at Throckmorton ... well, Throckmorton was just funny-looking but you get my point

Hey, I'm funny looking enought without a tin hat! Maybe I could just make myself an umbrella out of aluminum foil?

Jeannie, I just blame everything on my immune system. It hates me. I'm not so fond of it, either. But I will prevail!

 

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There!

Post Edited (LanieG) : 5/7/2010 11:41:27 AM (GMT-6)

Judy: Ignore these metal hatless, femmes fatales; you may be onto something regarding your pasta & red sauce (I assume you mean tomato sauce?). I too have had some successes when adding acidic things to otherwise no-no foods (fries with vinegar, lemonade with an open face-sandwich, etc.). I can tolerate (like) a lot of sour tastes so I experiment in the interests of personal science. There must be something to this. Maybe because we are in the early stages of Type II, acid vs. sweet works?

Interesting, Chris. I've always had a taste for sour - vinegary dressings, dill pickles, lemon and lime. Interestingly, my husband has always responded to tomato-based sauce on pasta the same way I do. I literally can eat spagetti with marinara or meat sauce and a salad for dinner and throw down a 94 two hours later.

Jeannie, with the multiple diagnoses we have, we should be allowed some indulgences!

But yeah, I'm a pasta-loving, hatless brat.

OK, you Mods are having way to much fun! What will people think? (All good, for sure

Sorry... been "away" for a while but, I'm back. Mostly. (Been keeping up with the forum posts though).

BTW... Mmmmm, love chips. Salt & vinegar. Love fries, too. With salt & white vinegar of course. Maybe that's why I seem to tolerate potatoes (that way) more than any other starch. The vinegar mitigates the spike? Hmmmm, maybe we have something there. Now if we can just get you American folks into trying the S&V on your fries (I always have to take my own McD's packages when I travelled there).

Rice, on the other hand....I think I have to count a carb for each grain. If I eat it I usually "sprinkle" it on something main. Rice=Bad, even for a T1 like me.

P.S. MY tinfoil hat is a fedora

Cheers,
Kris

Hiya, Lanie! Glad to be back. Been a rocky road on a few fronts lately but, things are starting to level out now. Just Life being Life and having some fun with us as it is wont to do at times. (Some recent posts from others can attest to that

I actually have some questions/posts about some things...stay tuned.

Kris

Hi, Kris. I'm a Judy, I'm another Type II. Just started meds after about 7 years, so I decided to join in here.

Glad to see you back, Phish! Was kinda wondering where you had gotten yourself off to... Hope things are leveling out a bit in your life. I'm crazy busy with wedding cakes and lots of brides (goofy, dumb and wonderful!) so life is good. Take care and don't be such a stranger. We miss your very solid advice.

Not all carbs contain starch, leo. There are good carbs and bad carbs. I think what you're trying to say is to avoid those carbs that do contain starch, right? We like to refer to that as the "nothing white but cauliflower and cheese" plan. It avoids the starchy potatoes, rice, pastas, breads & things made with flour and sugar.

Give up the leafy greens and veggies I eat every day because they have carbs? Never