The woman tempted me and I did eat??? If your wife hasn't yet grasped the seriousness of your situation, get her to watch the famous Panorama programme (but not just before or during a meal). It might help motivate you too.
If my husband offers me food I shouldn’t eat I just give him that look! You know the one, the one that says did you really do that? And the answer to the ‘surely a little bit won’t hurt?’, well yes it may well do I’d quite like to keep my feet, eye sight and kidneys!
Does your wife realise that impotence is a diabetic complication, on top of those mentioned by Rachox? Plus frozen shoulder, carpal tunnel syndrome, gastroparesis (impaired digestion), deafness, Alzheimer's.... But if one is really lucky, one may die of heart failure or stroke before the other complications have time to become obvious, as cardio vascular disease is one of the earliest complications to manifest. Personally, I find the sacrifice of no longer eating fruit (by far my favourite food) trivial compared to the hope of avoiding these threats by keeping my bg low and level.
. Good luck. Oh and also i am with Rachox on having berries with full fat, it doesn't raise my levels at all.
The blueberries are not so low as the other berries especially the domestic ones as opposed to the wild, especially I believe in America, where fruits tend to be engineered to be extra sweet. With fruit, I think it is not just the problem of spiking, but the fact that fructose goes directly to the liver and can contribute to increased insulin resistance, something none of us wants.It just so happens that blueberries, raspberries and strawberries are among the lowest sugar fruits
There does seem to be a very strong inbuilt desire in many, though not all, people to derail anyone who is trying to follow any regime to benefit their health. I have had significant others praise me for eating junk food and encourage me to skip going to the gym. Much worse, alcoholics often encounter pressure to drink alcohol, even to the point of sneaking it into their glass when they thought they were getting a soft drink. People trying to lose weight also have to fight against this kind of sabotage. IMO this is not "meaning well". Human beings have very dark aspects to our characters as well as positive ones. When we encounter this behaviour we should resist without holding back and really show the person how very badly we think they are behaving. After all, they are trying to kill or maim us! And it needs to be scotched once and for all, for the peace and happiness of all concerned.
