sto_vo_kor_2000 wrote:...to tell the truth ,sugars arent that big of a deal to me.I can eat a candy bar and my blood sugar wont rise all that much.Starch is a real problem, rice,bread,pasta,fried foods and soda's are what's killing me.For me eating no rice is murder.........I'm a P Rican,I have to eat my rice & beans every day!!!!!!!!!But your right they have a large amount of foods with artificial sugar in them but their way to expensive....and the sugar free Root Beer sucks!!!!!!!!!!!
Agreed on the root beer. And they've yet to come up with a good diet ginger ale as well.
It's interesting to hear your reaction to sugar versus complex carbs. I have exactly the opposite reaction. I've had to cut out pretty much anything dessert-like. Regular ol' sugar sends my BG through the roof (along with a horrific headache and feeling really, really angry), but I can still eat white bread (and most anything else with enriched flour, pasta, etc).
(By the way, Barilla's Plus brand of pasta might be worth looking into... there's something about the way they treat the flour for it that makes it not so bad. We've switched over from regular pasta to that and spinach pasta (yum).)
Just out of curiosity, what insulin(s) are you on? When I was diagnosed, they started aggressive treatment, and put me on Novolog after every meal, plus Lantus before bed. There was some talk of stepping down to an oral medication like glucophage because I was having a problem timing the Novolog doses with meals and having frequent hypo moments. I've gotten better about it, so they're happy.
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