“Cheating” ???
Hello,
I was reading some posts from 2 weeks back +/- and rediscovered the “cheating” topic?!
Was anything truly forbidden in terms of foods? Even decades ago, it was always a matter of giving up 2 breads or a bread and a fruit, maybe toss in a milk exchange (and always 1 or two fats, just because <wg
It always was, and always will be can you figure out what the quantity of XYZ food is and what’s in it…. what its nutritional contents? 30 grams of carbs, or 2 bread servings, or however you account for it. Long as you understand what the foods “value” is PER serving… and can trade other foods, (or cover with the correct dosage of insulin respectively now) nothing is forbidden.
Never was….
What am I missing here (sic. Was my MD as a child some kind of looney radical of his day… or just flexible & pragmatic) ????
Jeff
November 2nd, 2005 at 12:41 pm
Jeff,
If I remember correctly, it was 2 bread and 1 fat exchange for 1/2 cup of ice cream. Any my mom stuck to that formula like it was law.
It DID stink, and the docs had absolutely NO compassion. Just a pure dictatorship.
Way back when I was a kid, I told them that I could control better by taking insulin based on the CALORIES I consumed, and not necessarily the exchanges. They told me I knew nothing and to follow their orders.
So, what do we diabetics have to say the medical experts should be advising now? You can almost bet it will be standard practice within the next 20 years, and be credited to one of the whitecoated ninkompoops.
ok… THUNK. off the soapbox.
Whatever thy hands find to do, do it with all thy might. Ecc. 9:10
Joan Geohegan