Sugar? soy?

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Welcome Mira. And thank you all for your feedback. I appreciate any information , opinions or comments. All are welcome to me. I have been reading so much in the last few months, with 2 different health issues . I knew nothing about a few months ago. So , yes, all info, comments , or opinions are certainly welcome.
Sheldon AKA Sleepless. Thank you for your post. . It was just told to my husband about being pre-diabetic. Did some reading on that one and I guess this can turn to type 2 diabeties. Nothing to joke with. We will be meeting with his endo dr this week, perhaps she be of some help with diet, and supplements. And stress the importance. I am trying to do my part by , getting the "right " foods in the house. We usually eat well, just could be better.Sometime we have sweets and when that happens it's like the cake was on the counter , and 4 hours later, " gone"
I need to learn some recipes.

Klains,
Your husband sounds much like myself. Cake ------ I'd have a slice, Mmmm, that was nice, better have some more. Biscuits were the same and I did like sweet pastries. I was forced to abandon them though when I developed gluten intolerance at a mature age. Quite a few years ago I was diagnosed with pre-diabetes so in a way I guess the gluten intolerance forced me into a relatively low carb diet. about the only way to constrain glucose levels in pre-diabetes or diabetes is to adopt a low glycemic index diet ------ eating foods that when being digested increase the blood glucose levels very slowly. Problem is they are usually not sweet and if that is your taste then only artificial sweeteners are the answer. They are much decried and can indeed be harmful but the amounts that have to be consumed to cause such harm are truly huge.
Bill


Mira,
Do stay with us ------ we actually are very nice people . I think you may be missing the central theme of some of the comments. If there is one thing we come to learn on Healingwell it is to question, question, question. Question your diagnosis, question the results and what it means and question the treatment options offered. There is big money in health and its associated products so there is much vested interest in perpetuating a lot of myths as facts. Now I don't for a minute think it's O.K. to consume more than a little refined sugars (unless your are dealing with diabetes when of course it's a no no) but that "sugar feeds cancer " has run its course. As far as the peanuts are concerned you are right. They can indeed have a fungus that produces an Aflatoxin (Sp?) that is very dangerous and peanut crops have maximum allowable permitted level.
Now, colonic irrigation anyone??

Post Edited (BillyMac) : 2/13/2011 4:12:03 PM (GMT-7)

Sorry Mira,
The only reason I knew about the peanuts and the fungus (incidentally it's not confined to peanuts) relates to one of our Premiers (equivalent to your Governors) who was a member of Parliament for a district in the State of Queensland------ Kingaroy, an electorate which had many peanut farms (he himself was a peanut farmer). The permitted Aflatoxin levels are set at a maximum 15 parts per billion. One particular year in the 70's the level in nuts exceeded this by quite a bit --------- his solution to the problem was to alter legislation to raise the permitted amount. Problem solved or so he thought. As you can imagine it caused quite a furore at the time. It is actually very dangerous and is a cause of liver cancer in humans. I don't have any info on the soy.
Bill

No David, it is a worldwide problem. It affects a lot of crops including corn and other nuts. Warm, damp conditions and/or stress on the growing crop are usually the culprit. The US limit is the same as that in Australia i.e. 15 ppb
A bit more info here:


www.ehso.com/ehshome/aflatoxin.php


www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002429.htm


Bill

Post Edited (BillyMac) : 2/13/2011 11:04:21 PM (GMT-7)

Interesting thought, Ed:

" ...... my rule of thumb is if a post exceeds two normal paragraphs in length there is unsolicited pontification within. there are exceptions (like when i do it) but they are rare"

My experience here is exactly the opposite. Aside from my own over long posts I find the longer ones the most thoughtful, thought provoking, and useful. Witness questionaboutit's post one up on this thread.

And, Mira, glad to see you're still with us and posting. All of us can identify with 'a rough couple of months.' For some it's been a rough couple of years. One of the tough things to deal with here is not just the volume of information, but also conflicting information, which leads to the understanding that when it comes to PCa there are no easy, pat answers that are true in every case --- well, there are some, but this disease often has a mind of its own.

While each of us may have an agenda, one thing you can count on is that the agenda is always the same: Helping others cope and get a lifetime of PSA zeros. We may have different roads we believe are the right ones, but generally we listen to each other with respect, we learn, and in my case even change my mind --- which for an old stuck in the mud fart like me isn't an easy thing to do.

I have a dear friend with the name Mira so I am especially glad to have you with us.

Sheldon AKA Sleepless

Dear Sleepless,

Thank you so much for that last post. I normally don't have a problem with stuck in the mud old farts unless they are the "crotchety" type! (Lol) I hope, when you said that bit about changing your mind, you were referring to giving me a second chance, before dismissing me as a totally frivolous, idiot.

I know the whole diet, supplement thing, is no cure all. It's just my small contribution in support of my husband, to keep him in peak form and strength for what lies ahead. Other than getting as educated as I can in this war on PCa, and loving him, I don't know what else to do. If I could trade places with him, I would, without hesitation.

Which brings me here, for the support, and the wisdom, and the fortitude, for whatever lies ahead.

Mira