RE: Really isn't one bit fair, is it?

April 7, 2012

That is really interesting how people react to different foods in so many

ways.

Really isn't one bit fair, is it?

> some folks can eat more of one food then I can. some times and not more

> then one day a week I will have a table spoon only of regular strawberry

> preserves with my half slice of toast and it doesn't raise my sugar 2

> hours later. some one else may eat 2 or 3 table spoons on a whole piece of

> toast and there sugar didn't rise like mine would have. our bodies are all

> different. I can drink a glass of milk with breakfast a my sugar will go

> way high. then I know a fellow who can drink the same amount I did and it

> only causes his reading to go up less then one fourth of what mine did. he

> could also eat a whole doughnut and be ok, if he only had one. I on the

> other hand have tried this long ago and the one doughnut caused my sugar

> to go to high 2 hours later. I don't like pasta at all, so I'm so lucky

> there. this is why you get real friendly with your meter and live to trust

> in what it tells you. write down how much of each food made your sugar

> rise 2 hours after you ate it. if you don't write it down you will for get

> over time. different foods do different things to each of us. some can and

> some can't and fair or not, it is what it is!

>

April 7, 2012

so to make a long story short u are saying that all diabetics are

different as to what foods affect them and how?

Original message:

> some folks can eat more of one food then I can. some times and not more

> then one day a week I will have a table spoon only of regular

> strawberry preserves with my half slice of toast and it doesn't raise

> my sugar 2 hours later. some one else may eat 2 or 3 table spoons on a

> whole piece of toast and there sugar didn't rise like mine would have.

> our bodies are all different. I can drink a glass of milk with

> breakfast a my sugar will go way high. then I know a fellow who can

> drink the same amount I did and it only causes his reading to go up

> less then one fourth of what mine did. he could also eat a whole

> doughnut and be ok, if he only had one. I on the other hand have tried

> this long ago and the one doughnut caused my sugar to go to high 2

> hours later. I don't like pasta at all, so I'm so lucky there. this is

> why you get real friendly with your meter and live to trust in what it

> tells you. write down how much of each food made your sugar rise 2

> hours after you ate i t. if you don't write it down you will for get

> over time. different foods do different things to each of us. some can

> and some can't and fair or not, it is what it is!

>

April 7, 2012

Hi I believe so, everyone is different, every diabetic is different, and

requires different things

this is why I say do what works for you and your doctor;even though we are all

connected, we all handle diabetes differently, and some the same;however

diabetes affects us all very differently, so you need to pay attention to your

body, bg's and always stay in communication with your doctor's and nutritionist.

it's so good that we are all here to chat and share about our differences, and

I, personally have learned many different things on how to handle some