Diabetes recipe would make my husband ill

[jetaway]

Having read the Bernstein book recommended by forum members, and taken note and changed our diets, and noticed what makes my husband ill, I am now totally confused. On the diabetes web site, I have seen in the recipe section that there is a recipe for bread and butter pudding, which I have copied below. From our observation and studying, my husband should avoid the following ingredients, sultanas, raisons, bread, icing SUGAR, castor SUGAR to name just some. He never eats anything with sugar or OSE in the name as the food tells him very quickly, and he has to retire to bed feeling exhausted.

Some months ago before we read Bernstein, we bought a whole cook book by Worrall Thompson and again were very surprised to find that many of the recipes had SUGAR in them.

I have come to this forum as the doctor has been of no help in making suggestions on what to eat or what not to eat, and he has not suggested how I can get hold of a diabetes specialist who might be able to help on food and general queries.

Bread and Butter Pudding with Raspberry Sauce

Comfort food that we all need from time to time, this is a much-beloved recipe that is worth the effort. Serves 8.
Ingredients

* 50g (2oz) sultanas
* 50g (2oz) raisins
* 4 tablespoons strong tea
* 1 tablespoon brandy extract or flavouring
* 14 slices medium-cut wholegrain bread
* 75g (3oz) unsalted margarine, softened
* 4 eggs, plus 2 egg yolks
* 50g (2oz) icing sugar
* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 700ml (11/4 pints) skimmed milk
* Pinch of grated nutmeg
* 2 tablespoons caster sugar
* For the raspberry sauce
* 125g (41/2oz) fresh raspberries
* 1 teaspoon icing sugar
* Juice of 2 limes

To Cook

 

[sugarless sue]

I believe that the Diabetes community pages are all under review at the moment.Thank you for bringing this to our attention.Have a look in the recipes section on the forum ,there are a lot of ideas there.

 

[Patch]

You've hit the nail on the head, there. You know from EXPERIENCE that the recipe above would send your husband to sleep (it would knock me out, too!).

Unfortunately, the best way (by a country mile) of controlling your diabetes is through trial and error. Find out what foods effect your husband, and learn to steer clear of them. Bread for me is an absolute no-no. So is pasta and potatoes.

Peace, Love and Home-Made Chilli Sauce.

 

[Administrator]

Hi Jetaway,

This was part of a series of recipes we were provided with by a publishing company, from a diabetes book by a popular chef. Thanks for bringing this to our attention as it highlights how badly we need a comments facility on every page for patient-experts to give their measured views. Watch this space...

Dan

 

[hanadr]

Possibly some diabetics and probably those on high doses of medicines, could handle that food. Worral Thompson is diabetic I think, but I have no idea about his treatment. He probably follows thw party line on carbs. I T2 wouldn't be able to cope with that and wouldn't let my husband T1 have it

 

[chocoholic]

Hana, I think AWT has Syndrome X (pre-diabetes thing) if I recall. I was thumbing through one of his books recently and was surprised at the ingredients. Needless to say that book still sits on the shelf in the bookshop. I remember seeing Wozza at the Good Food Show one year and had to laugh because in his cookery demonstration he burnt the food! :lol:
Raymond Blanc on the other hand has my total respect. I remember hearing him say that he uses no sugar at all in his dessert cooking. Nice one, Raymondo!

 

[phoenix]

49 g carbs, 14 g fat and 360 calories per portion.
Even though I could dose for it and am not a 'low carber' I wouldn't normally eat it for a dessert :wink:
Unless the first course was very light it would be overindulgent for many people, diabetic or not. A handful of rasberries and some wholegrain bread does not make it the healthiest dessert choice!