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<blockquote data-quote="sally and james" data-source="post: 639607" data-attributes="member: 93504"><p>Firstly, well done for trying to help her and for making such a good start. Let's hope she appreciates it.</p><p></p><p>A few thoughts:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px">The reason (probably) why she gets very weak is that she is used to very high blood sugar levels and when they drop to a mere "high", her body feels low. As her sugar levels begin to drop (with your excellent diet), this should cease to happen.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px">She says she can't live without fruit, bread etc. I'm very sorry to say, she won't live with it either, not in the long run. BUT, she doesn't need or want to cut out everything at once. If such things are tapered out slowly, she will adjust.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px">What to put in home made salads: As well as the usuals (lettuce, other leaves, spinach, cucumber, tomatoes, celery etc), I tend to reserve a few vegetables whenever I cook them, e.g. broccoli, green beans, chunks of butternut squash. I also top salads with crumbled up nuts and seeds such as sunflower and pumpkin. In soups, anything except potato goes as far as I'm concerned. I substitute celeriac for spuds, when I want a thicker soup.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px">How to keep cooking time down: Prepare soups, casseroles, bakes in bulk and freeze your own "ready meals". Keep a collection of chopped things in </span>the<span style="font-size: 12px"> fridge, so that you can throw together an interesting salad quickly.</span></li> </ul><p></p><p>Now something really important. If blood sugars are brought down very quickly from high to normal levels, there can be some eye damage. Sight will blur, because of changes in the sugars in eye fluids, this will right itself, but some damage can be permanent. For this reason, reduce carbs slowly. She will find this easier to cope with anyway.</p><p></p><p>The diet sounds pretty good to me. In the longer term, perhaps forget wholegrain cereal and make sure the yoghurt is sugar free. </p><p></p><p>Keep up the good work and keep asking all the questions you need to.</p><p></p><p>Sally</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sally and james, post: 639607, member: 93504"] Firstly, well done for trying to help her and for making such a good start. Let's hope she appreciates it. A few thoughts: [LIST] [*][SIZE=3]The reason (probably) why she gets very weak is that she is used to very high blood sugar levels and when they drop to a mere "high", her body feels low. As her sugar levels begin to drop (with your excellent diet), this should cease to happen.[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3]She says she can't live without fruit, bread etc. I'm very sorry to say, she won't live with it either, not in the long run. BUT, she doesn't need or want to cut out everything at once. If such things are tapered out slowly, she will adjust.[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3]What to put in home made salads: As well as the usuals (lettuce, other leaves, spinach, cucumber, tomatoes, celery etc), I tend to reserve a few vegetables whenever I cook them, e.g. broccoli, green beans, chunks of butternut squash. I also top salads with crumbled up nuts and seeds such as sunflower and pumpkin. In soups, anything except potato goes as far as I'm concerned. I substitute celeriac for spuds, when I want a thicker soup.[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3]How to keep cooking time down: Prepare soups, casseroles, bakes in bulk and freeze your own "ready meals". Keep a collection of chopped things in [/SIZE]the[SIZE=3] fridge, so that you can throw together an interesting salad quickly.[/SIZE] [/LIST] Now something really important. If blood sugars are brought down very quickly from high to normal levels, there can be some eye damage. Sight will blur, because of changes in the sugars in eye fluids, this will right itself, but some damage can be permanent. For this reason, reduce carbs slowly. She will find this easier to cope with anyway. The diet sounds pretty good to me. In the longer term, perhaps forget wholegrain cereal and make sure the yoghurt is sugar free. Keep up the good work and keep asking all the questions you need to. Sally [/QUOTE]
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