I need some help please. My husband is diabetic and is extremely, extremely overweight. I have been trying to help - I won't go into it because I'm sure there are so many out there who are trying to help the people they love. Can't do it for them, but try to be supportive.
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Hi Smoochie! What a Sweetie you are! You're so right, you can't do it for them but just be encouraging and supportive. Let me tell you how I handle all pasta recipes. I replace the pasta with green beans and sliced mushrooms!! I usually drain the liquid and stir fry them for a bit to a slightly brown stage, or at least a drier stage.
there is a GREAT brand of low carb pasta that is sold at Kroger, Food City and here:
www.netrition.com
It's called Dreamfields. You can't tell the difference and it has a low impact on your sugar. I love it.. and have fed it to my company on several occasions and they didn't know the difference. At netritition, they also have low carb pasta sauce that is great ! Cindy
Have you heard about spaghetti squash? It makes a decent pasta substitute. The shape and texture are very similar to angel hair pasta. The taste is quite a bit different, but not strong.
I like Barilla PLus. I think Ronzoni has a low carb pasta too. Check out places like Whole Foods, Jimbos, Trader Joes-not sure what is in your locale.
I will try to give you a couple. I hope he likes them.
Take skinless boneless chicken breasts, a little salt and pepper, put them in a baking dish, put bell peppers, onions, and mushrooms, and a low-fat or not fat brown gravy mix on it,cover this with foil, bake 30 -40 min. or until done. Bake on 350 degrees.
Tofu Shiratake noodles are a great substitute for spaghetti. Do not laugh try them. My husband also has diabetes and these are a favorite at my house. I find them at Kroger in the refrigerated section of the organic foods. They look just like cooked spaghetti in a package. Rinse well, heat, then add your favorite sauce. Nearly no calories or carbs and taste great too.
I know there is one lady who was doing the low carb and she said she uses the wheat pasta. Well I tried that, yuck. So I just gave up on pasta. Doc told me i had to go on low or no.
http:www.Miraclenoodle.Com/miraclenoodlediet.Html Check this out! Awesome products. Lowcarb noodles of all kinds. Love the stuff. Try it yourself. And no, i don't sell it. Just buy it. I am diabetic.
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One word: Dreamfields, Dreamfields, Dreamfields!!
Kroger's carries this product, which has only 5 carbs per serving. You CANNOT tell the difference at all between this and the high-carb pasta.
Hi I to am diabetic they are making pasta that is low carb and please check your sugars I know breyers light is the only one that is low in sugar content. Also Ragu has the lowest sugar content too. Also try getting you two out for a stroll after supper just start little by little it is starting to nice out. Also just don't tell him and just rearrange how you cook and bake if he likes cupcakes too much buy sugar free stuff they are starting to make the stuff you just have to look for it. Also he can have some but not the whole thing so don't leave it in the house my slogan is out of sight out of mind. Good luck
Sometimes what's required is a change in the way we think about the portions on the plate, and a solid approach is to make this change over time.
I am not wild about sugar substitutes. They are not safe, they mess with the digestive tract, and that means they mess with every other bodily system. If you can figure out how to use stevia, that's a different story, but artificial sweeteners are terrible and chemical.
Sometimes I actually "image" what a food looks like in my bloodstream. Over time, this has made it easy for me to steer away from fried foods (think of fatty globules clogging up the arteries!)and sugary stuff, which is so full of chemical and trans-garbage that it's easy to think of it latching onto the cells in my biody and chewing away at them. Whether this is precisely what happens is beside the point. I have managed to sufficiently gross myself out by reading research on what various "foods" do to my body and then practicing an image of it that I buy almost nothing from the middle aisles (processed foods) of the grocery store.
One last thing: No matter how good a deal it is, steer clear of all-you-can-eats deals. We love Friday fish fries here in Wisconsin, but I have seen my dear man wolf down a basket of white rolls and three plates of fried garbage because he is a thrifty person and is going to get his money's worth. For him, we're still working on the imaging thing! Old messages about clean plates, which served our parents and grandparents well during the Depression, have turned us into a nation of diabetics and pre-diabetics. I make it a practice of taking a somewhat smaller portion of everything than I think I want -- and leaving at least a bite of everything on my plate. While my sweetie wants his appetite absolutely sated, I have learned (and he is learning) to notice when the EDGE of the hunger has gone, and if we stop right there, we notice 15 mi9nutes later that we are not hungry. "Not hungry" is the goal -- not "full."
I do tend to go on and on. But I have seen small changes in my life add up to big results, and I hope you find some of this helpful.
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