Diabetes recipe

Jim Lahey said:

Hi and welcome. You’d be better off speaking with her about this. It’s a very personal thing, and not every diabetic eats the same foods or has the same strategy. In my opinion your MIL will appreciate an open discussion about it, and will probably feel awkward if you’ve pre-bought “diabetic food” or pre-armed yourself with knowledge from elsewhere.

Have a chat with her about how best you can all get along under the same roof. That is most certainly what I would appreciate if I were her.

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Mr_Pot said:

I am a diabetic in a family that isn't. I have pretty much the same as everyone else, I just leave things out or substitute a few things. So for a roast dinner, I avoid potatoes, maybe have butternut squash instead or load up with more meat and veg. If we have a curry, I have cauliflower instead of rice. If we have lasagne, I have slices of aubergine in my portion instead of the pasta. I think you will get the general idea. Apart from the convenience of not having to prepare two completely different meals, it seems more sociable to be having basically the same thing.

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Fndwheelie said:

It depends what type she is, and what she normally eats. If she’s type 1 she may eat exactly the same as you, she just want to know carb content for calculating her medication needs from each meal. (Keeping packaging handy for her to look at may help with this)

If she’s type 2 it depends on what she normally eats. If you prepare carb free meals and tell her she can’t eat this and that when she normally eats everything she lays her eyes on. Your going to fall out with your mother in law very quickly. Ask her to give you some suggestions of what she has for breakfast, lunch and dinner, meals she likes and anything she avoids. Then you can think it over and maybe run a few of your regular meals past her see if it’s something she would try, or how she would adapt it.

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