COUNTING CARBS IN A SALAD?

March 23, 2011

I DO BETTER WITH HEALTH AND OVER ALL FEELING WELL WHEN EATING A SALAD A DAY.

BUT IF YOU HAD LOTS OF FINE VEGGIES TO A SALAD LIKE LETIS, CUCUMBER, ONION,

PEPPERS, MUSHROOMS, TOMATOES, CABBAGE, SPINACH, SUN FLOUR SEEDS AND THE SUCH. DO

YOU HAVE TO COUNT THE CARBS IN EACH VEGGIE AS YOU MAKE THE SALAD? SINCE MY WIFE

IS AS WELL A TYPE 2 DIABETIC WE MAKE A BIG SALAD FOR DINNER AND BOTH EAT MAYBE 2

BOWLS BEFORE IT IS DONE. I KNOW MOST VEGGIES ARE LOW IN CARBS, BUT IS IT OK TO

NOT WORRY WITH THE CARBS IN THE WHOLE SALAD OR DO I NEED TO KNOW FOR CERTAIN?

ALSO NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BREAD FROM THE HEALTH FOOD STORE THAT IS MADE FROM WHOLE

GRAIN. I DID READ SOME WHERE THAT OUR BODY CAN'T BREAK DOWN A WHOLE GRAIN AND

THERE FOR IT CAN'T RAISE THE SUGAR LEVEL BECAUSE IT IS A WHOLE GRAIN. IS THIS

TRUE OR SHOULD I EVEN STAY AWAY FROM EVEN WHOLE GRAIN BREADS? I NEVER EAT MORE

THEN ONE SLICE A DAY AND THAT IS AT BREAKFAST. USE OLIVE OIL TO COOK MY EGG AND

NOT BUTTER. DON'T USE DRESSING ON A SALAD, BUT DO MAKE MY OWN MIXTURE OF GARLIC,

SALT AND JUST A LITTLE, OLIVE OIL AND LIMÓN JUICE ALL MIXED UP TOGETHER. I LOVE

SALADS AND ALWAYS HAVE. THE PROBLEM WITH ME IS I ALSO LIKE JUNK AND HAMBURGERS

AND THE SUCH. HARD TO GO OUT TO EAT ANY MEAL AND NOT SLIP AND EAT A THING YOU

SHOULDN'T. MOSTLY I STAY OUT OF RESTAURANTS BECAUSE IT IS TO EASY TO SLIP AND BE

BAD. BEING A TYPE 2 AS I AM MEANS MY SUGAR GOES UP AND I CAN'T BRING IT DOWN

WITH OUT A SHOT. SO I GOT TO LIVE WITH IT UNTIL IT DROPS ON IT'S OWN MANY HOURS

LATER.

I GOT THE CARB COUNTER THAT WAS PUT OUT ON THE LIST MANY YEARS AGO BY DEAN

MASTER'S AND I USE IT A LOT TO HELP ME COUNT MY CARBS PER DAY. I LOVE PINTO

BEANS, BUT EVER TOOK A LOOK AT HOW MANY CARBS ARE IN ONLY ONE HALF OF A CUP OF

PINTO BEANS? I'VE BEEN EATING BEANS ALL MY LIFE. WE WHO LIVE IN THE SOUTH WERE

RAISED ON BEANS, CORN BREAD AND FRIED POTATOES. WELL GAVE UP POTATOES AND CORN

BREAD, BUT BEANS? I KNOW WHAT TO EAT AND WHAT TO STAY CLEAR OF. THE BIGGEST

PROBLEM I GOT IS STAYING AWAY FROM THOSE THINGS THAT I'M AROUND THAT EVERY ONE

ELSE IS HAVING AND I WON'T MY SHARE. WHY IS IT THAT FOLKS WHO JUST FOUND OUT

THEY ARE DIABETIC AND FOR THE FIRST 3 YEARS TO 6 YEARS CAN EAT ANYTHING THEY

WISH AND THERE A1C NEVER GOES ABOVE 7? THIS JUST DOESN'T SEEM FAIR. SOME

DIABETICS I KNOW CAN EAT TWICE THE CARBS IN A DAY THAT I CAN AND THEY GOT GRATE

CONTROL. I WORRY OVER MY IN TAKE PER DAY OF CARBS AND STILL I GOT TO FIGHT DAILY

TO STAY IN A SAFE RANGE. THEY COUNT NOTHING AND DO FINE WHEN IT IS TIME FOR

THERE 90 DAY CHECK UP. I'M HAPPY FOR THEM AND PISSED OFF AT THEM AT THE SAME

TIME.

BUT I KNOW HOW TO DO IT RIGHT AND I WILL GET BACK ON TRACK. I SUPPOSE I'M NOT

THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS FELL IN TO BAD HABITS OF THE PAST AND LOST CONTROL FOR A

WHILE. THE DIFFERENCE IS THOSE WHO FIGURE OUT THERE MISTAKE AND DO SOME THING

ABOUT IT. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP AND THE KICKS IN THE BACK SIDE.

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