Blood Glucose / Food ideas

[mountaintom]

If I eat soil will it affect my BG’s?
What about recycled paper?

 

[Tophat1900]

I can remember eating mud pies as a kid.... very grainy.

 

[Fairygodmother]

Choose your soil and paper carefully. Clay will take longer to digest than a light loam so split bolus for clay. Ditto recycled cardboard, which needs a split bolus, and tissue, which might get clogged (only go for recycled clean tissue).

 

[mountaintom]

Thanks for the advice folks. I’d be lost without this forum.

 

[Fairygodmother]

I thought this was just a light-hearted question, but as I have an early morning cup of tea, and time, I consulted the net. Amazingly, there are one or two analyses that find soil can have 10% carb. Plants make use of it for growth. Paper and card 0%. Well I never!

 

[mountaintom]

*spits out mouthful of soil*

 

[Fairygodmother]

Ha ha time to plant hardy blooms

 

[Deleted Account]

Not sure about the soil but take care with the paper - when I was first diagnosed, I was told to make sure I washed my hands before taking a finger prick reading because the carbs in newspaper print would affect my reading.
Ignoring the thought about reading physical newspapers, I guess there could be carbs in any print.

 

[Fairygodmother]

I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes
Carbs are all around me, and so the feeling grows
. . .
La la la

 

[SueJB]

If I eat soil will it affect my BG’s?
What about recycled paper?

You've set the tone brilliantly

 

[SueJB]

If you are craving stuff like that, you might have a nutritional deficiency.

I agree, I had a dog who liked to eat coal.

 

[SueJB]

I can remember eating mud pies as a kid.... very grainy.

worms for me

 

[SueJB]

I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes
Carbs are all around me, and so the feeling grows
. . .
La la la

Afraid this will be in my head all day now. The theme tune for peripheral neuropathy

 

[Fairygodmother]

I agree, I had a dog who liked to eat coal.

I had a cat that liked dried fruit - very high carb, and another that needed a small finger-lick of Sherry before she went mousing.

 

[McLoui]

worms for me

I dont remember eating worms but I have licked the odd one or two- didnt bolus though as before diagnosis

If you are craving stuff like that, you might have a nutritional deficiency.

 

[SueJB]

I had a cat that liked dried fruit - very high carb, and another that needed a small finger-lick of Sherry before she went mousing.

perhaps she was Dutch

 

[Fairygodmother]

Afraid this will be in my head all day now. The theme tune for peripheral neuropathy

Oh dear, sorry. The neuropathy connection’s unfortunate. I’ve got it in my head now too. I think I’ll blame @mountaintom so it’s lucky it’s really a happy song.

 

[SueJB]

Oh dear, sorry. The neuropathy connection’s unfortunate. I’ve got it in my head now too. I think I’ll blame @mountaintom so it’s lucky it’s really a happy song.

Love the new words and so the feeling grows!!! reaching the bendy bits recently

 

[Fairygodmother]

Hope that’s as far as any neuropathy will go!

 

[Robbity]

Choose your soil and paper carefully. Clay will take longer to digest than a light loam so split bolus for clay. Ditto recycled cardboard, which needs a split bolus, and tissue, which might get clogged (only go for recycled clean tissue).

Tissues actually consist mainly of non-digestible carbs, as proved by my tissue eating dog (his most favourite snack in the world) - they go right through him and out the other end virtully intact...

Robbity