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BeckyBoo

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Hi there, I'm brand new here and to the world of diabetes. I don't have the condition but have recently met the love of my life who does have it so have stumbled across this website and hope to mug up on some information, particularly when it comes to cooking for him as I LOVE cooking but obviously am going to have to seriously adapt what I put in front of him (don't want to kill him JUST yet :lol: )

So, thought I'd say hi before I go off and have another look round your forum :D

And is there, anywhere on here, an idiots guide to what foods to avoid (sugar obviously) and what is acceptable? Olive oil over vegetable oil? Butter over "spreads"? Flour - is that allowed, sweetners instead of sugar, white carbs? To be honest I'm a bit overwhelmed having had a quick look at your food forums, don't quite know where to start...

BeckyBoo
 
Hi BeckyBoo - welcome. Everyone will chip in if you ask things from time to time. Firstly, though, I think it would be helpful to know whether the love of your life has type 1 or 2 and what medication he has etc. Cos all those comparison questions you ask could have different answers according to what the context is! Anyway, I found for myself over the last 10 months that absorbing one sort of info and putting it into practice before starting on the next bit of info was really helpful. There's only so much the brain can take in at once.
DG
 
Hi Becky and welcome to the forum. :D

It really is important to know which sort of diabetes your guy has in order to be able to give any advice! When you let us have the information there will no doubt be a flood of advice . :) 8)
 
hello again, my guy is type two and is on metformin and gliclazide twice a day. He seems to eat almost anything from what I can gather, but I don't know if he should or if that's just a bloke thing (sorry to all those men who do take care about what they eat :D )

If anyone can advise me what I should try to avoid cooking for him I'd be really grateful

Bex
 
hi BeckyBoo,
well, in short, I think the answer most of us here would give is: no, he probably shouldn't be eating "almost anything". Many of us here, myself included, seem to find that you have to cope with diabetes on a number of fronts - medication might well help (although some diabetics don't take any medication at all), as will exercise (at least moderate exercise), and so will diet modifications, certainly.
Basically medication of the sort your fella is on will make a difference, but probably not THAT MUCH of a difference.
You'll find big arguments on this forum about diet, but I can tell you that DRASTICALLY reducing carbohydrates, especially bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, breakfast cereal, has greatly helped me. I mean, virtually cutting them out entirely.
Does your fella have a blood sugar meter and test his levels ? Because that's the other big thing that has helped me.
 
Not sure, we're still early days but he's been diagnosed for about 10 years so I guess he knows what he's doing. He does quite a lot of exercising, cycling and the like, it's only that he's coming for dinner in a few weeks and I wanted to surprise him without having to interrogate him about his diet! :D
So is protein ok, if I did a main course with meat and salad with very little carbs, pudding might be more of an issue, apart from when I've been on a diet I've never had to pay much attention to ingredients before, big learning curve.

BeckyBoo
 
Hi beckyboo
You can probably learn slot from the food forum. There are some great recipes there. Does he like cheesecake as that can be awesome low carb. All proteins work - is he a steak man? Great with celeriac chips n mushrooms. It's asparagus season - serve with prawns, and garlic butter as a starter. Easy. And bacon and eggs are db friendly. :wink: M
 
Becky
If you want to surprise your Guy with a super meal. you couldn't do better than look at some recipes for fine dining.Those posh restaurants serve meals with little carb on the plate, except in the desserts, which need watcing for the sugar content.
Hana
 
justfoundout said:
Hi beckyboo
Does he like cheesecake as that can be awesome low carb.
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Anybody got an awesome low carb cheesecake recipe? I'm meant to be taking a dessert to lunch at a friends house on Monday, and would like to be able to eat some of it!
 
adm
Here's one I made earlier.
Base
30 g ground brazil nuts
40 g ground almonds
spoonful of unsalted butter - melt in m/wave c 30 secs tnen mix w nuts to form heavy paste. Butter up a springform 7" tin and spread mixtue over it and pat down. If you have sweet tooth you could add carbs by adding around 4 tsp of splenda. 1 tsp = half a carb.

Filling
Mix 325 g full fat cream cheese with a few tsp of splenda until creamy
Add 2 eggs beating w hand mixer all the time along w 1/2 tsp of good vanilla essence and 1/2 tsp of lemon extract
Finally beat in 1/2 cup of double cream. Keep mixing until thickensand poor onto nut mixture. Bake for c 40 mins @ 125 c (fan oven). Will go v light brown. Switch off oven then leave for another hour. Put in fridge

That' about 20 carbs the lot and will serve 6 to 8.
If you have berries boil up add tsp of arrowroot to make a coulis. You could add a sweetner but I like the sharpness. I offer my guests some sugar to sprinkle on. Most refuse.
It really is easy and goes down well.
Hope that helps. M
 
Thank you guys SOOOO much, I've been looking at all the forums on here, it was a bit baffling to start but some of it is starting to make sense and sink in. DEFINITELY going to make the cheesecake,

Thanks again :D

BeckyBoo
 
Excellent! Many thanks for the recipe - I'll definitely give it a go tomorrow.

Is Philly usable for the cream cheese, or should it be proper Mascarpone/Ricotta type?
 
Hello there,

Can't say I know much about type two diabetes, I've been a type one for 16yrs. My experience with food has always been this: Everything in moderation. Obviously maintaining healthier options is better, but that applies to everyone diabetes or not. Keeping carbs and especially simple sugars (like in sweets) is important. Its all amount maintaining good health holistically.

But remember, if you're going to embark on some erm (*ahem*) exercise... then treating him to a little sweet pudding wouldn't do any harm ;)

Have a chat with a dietician about it. Most GP surgery's have one. Or you can talk to your partner and find out more about how he manages his diabetes since everyone is different.
 
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