It seems my advice is annoying you, Daggar. My intention was to help. I feel like hell and don't wish to expend the energy if it isn't welcome.
It seems my advice is annoying you, Daggar. My intention was to help. I feel like hell and don't wish to expend the energy if it isn't welcome.
She works out and eats real fruit shakes???? I bet she takes in less sugar than any other non diabetic teen we would ever meet.
lightning crashesleigh
annoyed? no, just a little confused that's all.... my apologies for invading your thread.
That's good. I know it's confusing. Our culture has drifted so far from real foods and balancing nutrients in ways that benefited humans for millenia. Add to that the ever-changing dietary recommendations from the medical profession and we have a very confused and misinformed population.
This is so very true.
I know my own diet needs a lot of cleaning up but when I look at what my parents and family and friends eat I am eating way healthy compared to them.
I used to eat a lot of chips and pop and candies and pastries and cookies and such, and coffee and if I have one of these items a month that is very rare. I barely eat any sugary stuff any more and am cutting back on the refined carbs and most processed foods. It is hard when I have only partial control over what I eat. Because of my low income my parents mostly provide for me.
I used to take a good quality whey protein powder in the mornings when I was really sick last fall and winter. I found it helped quite a bit energy wise but was not a cure by any means considering what I have been going through. My energy is much better now but because of some slight tracheal and bronchial stenosis and only 66% lung capacity and doing pred for 4 years straight I am surprised I am not worse.
Phil Berggren, dx 2003
Those are excellent changes, Phil. Good for you for doing it even though your environment makes it difficult!
My endo is watching my glucose very closely. She's afraid that I might become diabetic eventually due to the steroids. I sure hate to think of that happening. My son is a juvenile diabetic and it's not a pleasant way to live. He is used to it, tho. He essentially grew up with it and it's simply a part of his life and he deals with it real well.....High dose pred predisposes us to developing blood sugar problems while on pred or even after pred is stopped.
I made this chickpea curry last night: BBC - Food - Recipes : Chickpea curry served with brown rice.
It was super quick and easy to do with canned chickpeas, but obviously you could use dried and soaked ones too.
oh, and this isn't really for you Sangye, but since this is a recipe thread, thought I'd post this:
Cheap Family Recipes | Low Cost Meals | Reduce Food Bills | Eat For Less Money
A cool little site about feeding a family of four for 100 pounds a month ($160 for you US peeps) with a monthly meal planner, recipes and shopping list so very easy.
All nutritionally balanced and healthy too! (I know it's not all perfect tho (not enough salads or veg etc) but a good start for people on a budget looking to eat better) ...yummy sounding dinners like risottos, curries, calzone, veggie burgers etc.
There is a meat version too if you won't eat vegetarian.
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