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Diabetic Gourmet Magazine website

My aunt (my mother's last surviving sister) was recently diagnosed with diabetes. In helping her out, I have been using some recipes and information from the "Diabetic Gourmet Magazine" website diabeticgourmet.com/. Since I have never dealt with this disorder until now, I am lacking in the necessary diabetes-related knowledge to judge this website for its diabetes related health information nor its diabetic dining and cooking information. My questions are: Does anyone use this website as one your resources, and if so, have you found the health information, recipes and nutritional data contained there as being safe and accurate? Is this a website that you would recommend? Are there other or better websites that anyone would like to recommend I look at?

Thanks!

Dreamfields Pasta Webinar

Someone sent me this info. I use Dreamfields "Carb Restricted" pasta from time-to-time but otherwise don't have any connection with them or their marketing organization. I'm mjust passing the info along for those who might be interested. Pete Romfh

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Hi all

Hello to you all..iI have been diabetic far longer than when they found it so a lot of damage was done..i now i am shy 3 toes, neuropathy in both hands and feet, and losing muscle strength.

i was given this wonderful desert while i was in the hospital convaleasing from my first toe removal.

1 reg can of pumpkin

1 8oz sugar free cool whip

pumpkin pie spice to your taste

1 small sugar free vanilla instant pudding

mix pudding as on the box. add other 3 ingredients folding them in not stirring.refridgate for i hour to set.

can be doubled for large groups.

hope you like it.

Agave Syrup

1 month diabetic so really appreciate Greg's comments but it was the agave syrup that caught my eye. I've been using it in bread recipe for several months & love it. Found it in 1 gallon size which is less expensive. Whole wheat bread is not as dry, nice taste. Going to try it in pumpkin pie this year.

2 Months Diabetic

Hi, 2 months ago I was diagnosed type 2 diabetic. My doctor wasn't all that great in handling the situation and I was basically too scared to eat anything for the first few weeks. I didn't know what to eat, or what not to eat. My diet up until then was the worst kind for a diabetic. My first few sug tests were all over 350. The first tip I recieved was whole wheat bread. So I ate Subway for the first 2 weeks until I was able to get into a nutritionists office. After that, everything became SO much better! A few tips I recieved, and would like to share for anyone newly diabetic and not sure what to do are as follows:

Quaker Oatmeal(not that instant junk) is a great breakfast. A half a cup of oatmeal, an ounce of raisins, and about 3/4 tbsp of Agave Nectar for a sweetener is delicious. Agave has a low glycemic index so it won't spike your sugar and the whole grain oats take longer to break down into sugar in your system.

Any and all breads should be Whole Wheat. Do not touch anything made from white flour. For lunch, Organic peanut butter with Polaner's fruit spread is pretty good.

Also, I saw someone mention Stevia in an earlir post. I've tried it and I consider it edible. not as good as sugar or some artificial sweeteners, but it is healthier and the taste isn't bad. But to each their own. Try it, worst thing that happens is you wasted 5 dollars on the box. Also look at the panel on the box. There should be just about nothing in it. Its an organic leaf, no sugar, carbs, or anything else.

Another favorite of mine is whole wheat pasta. I love pastas. I can't live without them. Barilla Plus is my personal favorite, but there are plenty of others out there.

And the brown eggs in Stop n Shop with Omega-3's are great also. Tasty and good for you.

My nutritionist said to get ground flax seed and add it to just about every meal. Tasteless, oderless, and textureless when its ground down. And I'm pretty sure it adds fiber to the meal. So don't over do it.

One last thing, if you'll permit me. Cinnamon is great for controlling blood sugar levels. I was told to start taking 2000 mg a day. (I was also told to take 2000 mg of fish oil too) I found it in CVS in store brand at 500 mg a capsule. Before I started taking it, I had gottem my blood sugar to level off around 160 in the morning. After a few days taking the cinnamon, my levels dropped below 120 every morning, and I haven't had any problems.

I know I'm new and I've probably stated things people already knew, but I help just one person take control of their illness, than I feel justified in writing this long, long post. If I have helped, please let me know.

Enjoy!

Greg

P.S. The Agave Nectar is awesome!

Sugar FREE angel food cake recipe

My pre-diabetes was diagnosed a few weeks ago, and I have been looking for a recipe for Sugar FREE angel food cake, but even here ALL of them are loaded with sugar. Does anyone have a recipe for it? And/or other recipes for sugar free cakes? I ll be eternally grateful if anyone can help... THANKSª

Help!!

Can someone help me please? I posted a recipe for diabetic pickled beets www.bigoven.com/171859-Pickled-Beets-for-Diabetics-recipe.html but the ingredients are missing. I have went into edit and there are the ingredients in the little box thingy so I reposted and again no ingredients. Is there tech help on this site or someone I can e-mail?

hello hopping someone can help

im a having trouble my sugers

can any one help me any 60 carb, menues i have to eat 60carb meals for now on please help''

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Stevia/Truvia

Suddenly, Stevia sweetener is available in the grocery store as a sweetener. Has anybody tried it?

How do you control your Carbs and get your Fiber?

I am so happy that the mainstream is picking up on the health benefits of dietary fiber - I'm finding it in everything from pudding snacks to packets of Splenda!

I try to get at least 35 grams of fiber per day but more often than not I'm over 60 and 70 grams.

I try to get the most fiber in at breakfast which is easy to do with cereals like Fiber One, Bran Buds and Kashi Go Lean.

I don't eat low fat, but I eat good quality fats. I eat a variety of meats and cook about 90% of my meals from scratch.

How are you all getting on?

Meat raises insulin more than whole grains?

I was just reading a couple of interesting posts over at fanaticcook. She's a nutritionist who continues her education by reading the scientific literature. And she's pre-diabetic. She's had much better success controlling after-meal glucose spikes with a diet high in whole grains, fruits, and vegetables and lower in proteins and fats than she had with an Atkins-like low-carb diet, and is now studying the evidence that this is true for many other people. The studies she has presented (in her postings and in the comments) seem to mostly apply to PREVENTING diabetes. Still, the studies have interesting conclusions.

If these findings also apply to people who already have diabetes, this could make a big change in the criteria for "diabetic friendly" recipes.

New Diabetic Website

I have 2300+ Diabetic recipes available in BigOven format at www.grandpasrecipeworld.comI've made recipes available for downloading into BigOven.

Bob

[edited March-7-2008]

Interesting discussion at FanaticCook.blogspot.com

There is an interesting discussion on Glucose Loading, Net Carbs, resistant starch, and how to eat going on in the comments at the Fanatic Cook blog. I'm new to thinking about these topics, but it's an eye opener for me.

Special Diet Group?

Hello! I am new to BigOven, but am loving it so far. My question is if there is any way to categorize a food as an allergy diet, or Chrones friendly, or something along those lines. This is the only special diet category I can find. My son is on a special allergy diet to determine which foods he is allergic to. A friend of mine has a son with Chrones disease and his diet is similar. I've been going through my recipes and re-creating them using allergy/chrones friendly alternatives with great results! I'd like to post them for anyone else who could use them. They are wheat, gluten, dairy, egg, citrus, peanut, chocolate, and pork free.

Thanks!

Chelli

new members in the community.

I see we have gained several new folks in the group. Welcome to all of you. I hope you are able to benefit from ideas here and share some of your own thoughts in the near future.

Pete Romfh,

Houston, TX, USA.

Experimenting with sugar-free syrup

I've been experimenting with sugar-free syrup and have written up some of the results.
http://www.bigoven.com/recipe164356 has the details.

I'll be posting the Ginger-Lime Spritzer recipe as soon as I get it written up and take some pictures.

Maple-Roasted Chicken and Vegetables

Please criticize this recipe for

http://www.bigoven.com/recipe164281

This one-pot meal (meat and 3 vegetables) weighs in at only 390 calories and 36 grams of net carbs. 21g of those carbs are from sugar (12g from the maple syrup)

In developing this recipe, I have already cut the maple syrub by 50%, bringing the total grams of sugar down to 21. If I eliminated the maple syrup entirely, That would be 22 grams of net carbs, only 9 of them from sugar. But there really isn't any substitute for maple syrup. Do I need to start looking for a new flavor profile?

[edited December-20-2007]

Please tell me if these recipes deserve a diabetic tag

I now have a couple of diabetic relatives. When they come over, I'd like to serve them food that is good for them. Of the few recipes I have submitted here, I think two of them might deserve the diabetic tag. Can anyone give me their opinion of the following:

http://www.bigoven.com/160451-Blackened-Beef-With-Greens-And-Red-Potatoes-recipe.html -- or are there too many potatoes?

And how about http://www.bigoven.com/163250-Green-and-Orange-Ribbons-with-Fettucini-recipe.html

Thanks!

Nutrition info with recipes.

Because many diabetics need to carefully plan their diet, it might be a good idea if recipes we refer to here have the nutrition data clearly stated in the instructions. While we can certainly do the calculation ourselves when the recipe is imported to the BigOven application it can save folks some time if we share the info up front.

We have to keep in mind that any info is based on estimates and your version might vary. But posting the info will let folks know what's hi, or low, in a particular dish.

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A Bundle of Brie0	Low Fat Chicken Nuggets8	Cajun-style Corn Soup1	Mexican-style Grilled Chicken3
Italian Sausage Soup1	No-soak Black Bean Soup2	Dijon-lime Shrimp1	Big Daddy's Creamed Horseradis...2
Chipotle Squash Soup7	Blackened Beef with Greens, Re...9	Maple-roasted Chicken and Vege...1	Crispy Zucchini Coins14