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Artisticforge

Artisticforge

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?BabyBel cheese. Small, soft and individually wrapped.
 
Cheese ham (you could process that too ) peanut butter smooth pate like Brussels
 
A piece of dark 70% or more dark chocolate can melt in the mouth. Almonds come ready ground and you can make these into mini cookies which if you don't cook them too long are fairly "gummable". Almonds, cashew and peanuts come as ready made smooth spreads, and a spoonful of these (being full of good oils) are good for filling you between meals; coconut butter is another non-chewy fill-you-up option. There are various nut flours that can be baked as muffins.

However if you end up choosing to eat a sensible low carb (higher fat) diet this should help keep you full so that you won't always needs snacks, and so solve some of your between meals hunger issues.

@Brunneria is Queen of green smoothies so maybe she can give you some pointers as to suitable options there.

Robbity
 
Artisticforge said:
Hello

The start of the 2nd week of this nightmare.
I normally would nibble on licorice, caramel popcorn, sweets between meals.
I have no teeth and dentures are not an option.
With the chronic pain even being on Morphine, I ground me teeth to the gums.
Dentures are not the answer. I have broken several from clinching down.
So the suggestions of having dishes of nuts, almonds specifically, handy does not work.

TO just eat an apple from the tree in the yard, I have to cut out the core and chop it up in the mini-food-processor.
The same with caramel apples.
I seriously miss Nutella.

So what do others use for those nibbles & small snacks throughout the day?
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I found Googling "low carb ........" useful when first diagnosed. I just tried googling "low carb nutella" and came up with various links, including this one: http://www.ditchthecarbs.com/2015/07/24/sugar-free-nutella/ <<<< Could it be worth a go making some?

The ditchthecarbs website is great, with lots of straightforward recipes to try.

By using Google, as I mentioned, I have found lots of alternatives for the things I liked beforehand.
 
How about home made nutella?

Hazelnut butter
Melted 70% cocoa choc,
Double cream
Xylitol or erythritol for sweetness

I am salivating at the thought.

How about a couple of strawberries or a few blueberries, with double cream.

Cheese, cream cheese, blue cheese :wacky:

Low Carb Hot Choc
Boil kettle.
Add a heaped teasp of good quality cocoa powder to a big mug
Add 1.5 ish heaped teasp of sugar substitute to mug
Make the powders into a paste with a dribble of water (get rid of the lumps)
Add boiling water and stir until smooth
Top up with double cream.
Add caramel, lemon, orange or mint essences, if desired
Enjoy
All quantities adjustable

Have a google for 'fat bombs'. There are 1000s of recipes out there. Some are amazing!

And if you have a look in my signature, you will find a link to a website giving green smoothie recipes. Some of them might need tweaking if the carbs are too high, but they are all adjustable.

Good luck. It does get easier.
 
One of the most useful things to do, when adjusting to this condition, is to look for solutions, not problems.

There are other sweeteners, just look at the ingredients and take your pick.
 
Artisticforge said:
Hello

Thank you for the reply, one of the few i do not find "preachy"

I do not even want to know what green smoothies are.

I am a snacker. May not eat much at meals just graze all day.

I am coming to the opinion that i am on my own with this. Going to have to figure it out on my own or literally die trying.

I have learned not to create anymore more new topics, since i can not delete them. That is not what i signed up for. If i wrote it i want to delete it myself.
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That's easily done press tools, option delete, green box comes up asking reason for deleteing press delete message gone hope this helps
 
Artisticforge said:
i was told by a moderator that I could not delete a thread I created . that I would have to ask a moderator to delete it.
Concerning the "Tools" button, I do not see one on the Web nor when using IOS app on iPad.

Right now the solution is just do not create any new threads.
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Apologies I thought you meant your messages, maybe it doesn't work the same if you use an app, I am using Kindle
 
Artisticforge said:
Hello

Thank you for the reply, one of the few i do not find "preachy"

I do not even want to know what green smoothies are.

I am a snacker. May not eat much at meals just graze all day.

I am coming to the opinion that i am on my own with this. Going to have to figure it out on my own or literally die trying.

I have learned not to create anymore more new topics, since i can not delete them. That is not what i signed up for. If i wrote it i want to delete it myself.
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I am sorry you feel you are getting 'preachy' replies but you were asking for help with your diabetes and people are trying to help in the same way they help all newcomers to the forum. One important thing with diabetes is to eat regularly, three meals a day with snacks if needed, we need to eat the right foods in order to get it under control, once you get control it becomes easier and you start to feel better. I realise you have other medical issues but just controlling diabetes will make you feel better and it soon becomes the norm. I too shop at Aldi and can find everything I need for my diet, look at some of the stuff on the recipe pages and I'm sure you will find something tasty
 
Artisticforge said:
Forgive me, but this condition is just one big problem.
Increased expense in groceries
Increased expense in medical

I see no "up side" to this at all.

What i do see are doctors & people telling me all about how i should live my life.
Stiff upper lip rubbish.
I have had so many surgeries i have lost count.
My legs are full of titanium rods, screws & wires.
Morphine, everyday.
Then deal with all the side effects of the morphine.
If the accident does not kill you the airbag may by breaking nearly all your ribs and collapsing the one lung.
Throw in having no sense of touch at all from the waste down because of the head-on-collision. Nerve damage.

No i am not in the mood for more problem solving.
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You're free to buy and eat whatever you want of course. If you are open to ideas for improving your health there is an endless supply of help and information here. If you are not open to ideas then all the best and good luck.
 
Artisticforge said:
On the face of it, your statement is not true.
"You are free to buy and eat whatever you wanted of course" makes the assumption that the person has the necessary financial means to do so.

I cannot write to the factual nature of the second part of your reply. It is the nature of an opinion and opinions are amoral, they are neither true nor false, rig nor wrong, correct nor incorrect.

To do not believe that its in fact "endless".

I can state as a fact, that you & i will never agree on anything, other than we will never agree on anything.
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What I meant in my first sentence was that if you don't want to spend extra money on food that will help your health, that's fine, that's your choice. If you prefer to save money and buy food that will harm you, you have that freedom.

When a poster at this forum is open to ideas about improving their health, then in my experience (3 years) there are dozens of people willing to donate some of their time to sharing ideas. There was a recent thread by a young woman struggling with managing T1 diabetes. Something like 20 pages of posts ensued within about a week, including many from people who joined the forum specifically to offer their support and goodwill. People here are very generous with their time, they are very patient with newcomers, and they are very caring and empathetic (almost everyone... the few that aren't, I just ignore or laugh at their posts).

I have a huge reservoir of care and energy for people who come here open to ideas about improving their health. It is limited only by the amount of time available in a day and by the person's willingness and interest in hearing my ideas.
 
You can get lowish carb Popcorn - Tesco make a variety bag of Sweet, sweet & salty or salty and Tyrells make a sweet and salty one; they are all about 6g per bag. How about Greek yogurt with some pureed apple or berries?
 
Artisticforge said:
Hello

Right now i am avoiding the alcohol sugars.
xylitol is not an option, because of my three dogs. My two Shih Tzu girls, are my pain relief service dogs. harley, is my large service dog.
Erythritol, is too expensive.

I mainly stick to items i am able to purchase at Aldi.
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If you could give us some examples of the foods and snacks you liked to eat before diagnosis, we may be able to make some potentially helpful suggestions.

The unfortunate fact is that post-diagnosis, life is different, until different becomes the new normal. Secondly, unfortunately, in order to find the new normal acceptable, most of us have had to open our minds to doing some things differently and trying alternatives to our previously sometimes favourite things. That acceptance can take a little while.
 
Artisticforge said:
well i was going to post a reply, but the web site just hiccuped and deleted what I had written.

basically, i find the cheer leading on the forum to be wearing thin.
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Why? What do you want? Sympathy? Got that in buckets. Encouragement? Same

Your choice.
 
My uncle, 84 has been diabetic 30+ years as a T1.5 and has never had teeth all that time.
He eats well, never moans and has only ever ate 'proper meat and veg etc, scrambled eggs from his chickens etc..

Having no teeth and refusing to wear dentures hasn't stopped him.

I do know of someone I met that has spent £15,000 on having falsies screwed by a different method into the top 6 teeth of his mouth and now saving for his bottom set to be done.. Just the front ones...
I've hated my teeth all my life but no way would I go through that.

Please do not bring us persons that passionately care for others well being down... We all have varying complexities of problems... But the vast, vast majority of us still remain positive and wanting to help others.
 
Exactly what do you want from the members of this forum? I don't get it. Seems like everything anyone says to you is the wrong thing, so why should anyone bother?
 
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