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by noblehead » September 1st, 2011, 10:35 am
Difficult to narrow down my top 5 Superfoods but these are the ones I eat most days to keep me healthy:
Oats
Bananas
Blueberries
Broccoli
Oily fish (Mackerel)
Please feel free to include your own in this thread!
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by Snodger » September 1st, 2011, 10:44 am
now you see all I want to do now is write: bacon.
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by noblehead » September 1st, 2011, 10:53 am
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by Patch » September 1st, 2011, 12:02 pm
Eggs
Cheese
Tuna
Pistachio Nuts
Spinach
My name is Patch, and I am a (recovering) Carboholic.
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If you don't start somewhere, you're gonna go nowhere. — Bob Marley
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by noblehead » September 1st, 2011, 12:06 pm
Patch wrote:Eggs
Cheese
Tuna
Pistachio Nuts
Spinach
Good choice Patch!
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by didie » September 1st, 2011, 12:22 pm
Salad
Butter beans
Porridge
Quorn
Tuna
Post-stroke diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes July 2011.
HbA1c July 2011 - 8.0.
HbA1c September 2011 - 6.5.
HbA1c November 2011 - 5.9
HbA1c April 2012 - 40 (5.8 )
HbA1c June 2012 - 37 (5.5 )
No diabetic medication.
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by catherinecherub » September 1st, 2011, 12:51 pm
All green veggies.
Beans (all varieties).
Oily fish.
Berries.
Walnuts.
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A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. Winston Churchill.
Type 2 Diet controlled. Last HBA1c 5.2. Following low GI diet.
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by bedshaped2000 » September 1st, 2011, 3:29 pm
green vegtables
cheese
turkey
chicken
fish
Hba1c= 8.9>7.9>6.6>6.0>5.6>5.3>5.3>5.4>5.6>5.5>5.6>5.6
col= 4.2>4.1>4.0>4.0>4.6>4.2>4.4>4.2>4.8
type 2
diet & exercise
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by wiflib » September 1st, 2011, 4:16 pm
Cream
Butter
Garlic mayo (home made)
MEAT!
Green Veggies.
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by borofergie » September 1st, 2011, 4:30 pm
1. Chicken
2. Chicken
3. Chicken
4. Eggs
5. Chicken
(I also like Chicken).
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by slimtony » September 1st, 2011, 6:31 pm
Avocados (an über-superfood)
Mushrooms
Pecan nuts
Purple sprouting broccoli
Eggs
"The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple" ~Oscar Wilde
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by reidpj » September 1st, 2011, 10:21 pm
Beef
Chicken
Lamb
Pork
Scotch Eggs
T2
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by wiflib » September 1st, 2011, 10:36 pm
I forgot the thing that's always in my fridge.
Red and white cabbage, and onion all finely shredded on my trusty mandolin. A handful of that goes a long way.
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by noblehead » September 2nd, 2011, 12:14 pm
catherinecherub wrote:All green veggies.
Beans (all varieties).
Oily fish.
Berries.
Walnuts.
Good choice Catherine, beans are great in a stir-fry and low-gi too!
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by candyfloss » September 2nd, 2011, 11:56 pm
nuts such as walnuts, almonds and brazil
unsweetened plain yoghurt
all green leafy veg
other veg such as onions, celery, tomato
olive oil
there are others but the question is limited to 5 otherwise I may have added fish, eggs, red wine etc
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