You can't get to the hospital cafeteria?
I can usually get a hot roast meal there, along with cheese and other low carb options.
Good luck getting home today.
If it is only a day or two would it really do any harm to have some carbs?I suppose it won't do me much harm having an extended fast but not ideal when under the weather.
Can't get there myself but I suppose could send my OH during visiting hours. Will do that if not home today.
I agree with you but if you said to a vegan just a few days eating meat would not do you any harm they would most definitely disagree but then their dietary choices are catered for.If it is only a day or two would it really do any harm to have some carbs?
I don't think that is really the same. Not eating vegan, Kosher or Halal is an ethical thing and even a small digression is serious to the believers. Having to eat a bit more carbs for a short time is a temporary inconvenience. There is also the fact that low carb is very vague, whereas the above diets have simple rules. Some would be happy if they can keep below 130g a day, some would expect steak or raw liver on the menu every day. Labelling items with their carb content seems more practical and would be very useful for those on Insulin.I agree with you but if you said to a vegan just a few days eating meat would not do you any harm they would most definitely disagree but then their dietary choices are catered for.
The same with Kosher and Halal.
It's about choice and being denied it.
I don't think that is really the same. Not eating vegan, Kosher or Halal is an ethical thing and even a small digression is serious to the believers. Having to eat a bit more carbs for a short time is a temporary inconvenience. There is also the fact that low carb is very vague, whereas the above diets have simple rules. Some would be happy if they can keep below 130g a day, some would expect steak or raw liver on the menu every day. Labelling items with their carb content seems more practical and would be very useful for those on Insulin.
Except both with kosher and halal exceptions are allowed for health needs or requirements and in times of necessity.I don't think that is really the same. Not eating vegan, Kosher or Halal is an ethical thing and even a small digression is serious to the believers. Having to eat a bit more carbs for a short time is a temporary inconvenience. There is also the fact that low carb is very vague, whereas the above diets have simple rules. Some would be happy if they can keep below 130g a day, some would expect steak or raw liver on the menu every day. Labelling items with their carb content seems more practical and would be very useful for those on Insulin.
I agree if you're in for a long haul but I also say no to cake/carbs on a regular basis and make other arrangements or regard a deviation as a mini experiment that won't be fatal.I think saying to a T2 diabetic in a hospital go on you can eat carbs for a few days it won't hurt is as wrong as when my non diabetic friends when offering me a cake or something similar say go on just one won't hurt you I know it will and say no in the hospital you don't get that choice and I have spent at odd times weeks and even months in hospital not just a couple of days.
Eating a sandwich or two in hospital is not going to make the slightest difference to your health.So their "beliefs" and ethics about what they should be eating are catered for yet people eating a specific way to improve their health should not be catered for ...... in a hospital.
Hmmm interesting perspective...
And if you’re in for a month?Eating a sandwich or two in hospital is not going to make the slightest difference to your health.
I beg to differ my health is my concern and I will decide what I consider as good or bad for it bye the way my last long stint in hospital was about 8 weeksEating a sandwich or two in hospital is not going to make the slightest difference to your health.
Patients should get a choice from a varied menu - including meals suitable for religious needs according to the health minister.
So it might work if you state you can not eat carbohydrates due to them being prohibited by your religious beliefs.
State your religion as the church of the low carbers or some such.
Deuteronomy 12:20
“When the Lord your God enlarges your territory, as he has promised you, and you say, ‘I will eat meat,’ because you crave meat, you may eat meat whenever you desire.”
Back home now, had quite a decent cheese salad for lunch, just left the potato salad. After low carbing for three and half years it goes against the grain to eat something carby. Might have done if particularly tempting. Lunch and dinner were ok, just breakfast when I couldn’t eat anything.
Now I have to rely on hubby’s ‘cooking’ for a few days, which could be worse than hospital!
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