Green Peppercorn and Dill Gremolata - 2g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber

Serving Size : 10 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Condiment LowCal (Less than 300 cals) LowerCarbs LowFat (Less than 10%) Veggie
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
2 teaspoons green peppercorns -- (from a can or jar, packed in brine or water), drained and either crushed in a mortar or finely chopped
1 lime -- finely grated zest only
1/2 teaspoon lime juice
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh dill weed

Mix everything together. Can be refrigerated in a tightly covered jar for 1 to 2 days. Makes 1/3 cup. This peppery, intensely herbed gremolatas add vibrancy to simple stews and other winter dishes. Serve gently sprinkled in winter stews or with grilled [favorites]. The dill makes this gremolata an excellent choice for rich and full-flavored [favorites].

Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 5 Calories; trace Fat (6.6% calories from fat); trace Protein; 2g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 1mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch) ; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 0 Fat.
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0

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Hot and Wet Thai-Style Uncooked Relish - 4g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber

Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Condiment LowCal (Less than 300 cals) LowerCarbs LowFat (Less than 30%)
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
2 celery ribs -- washed and cut into 1-inch pieces
1 large cucumber -- peeled, seeded, & cut into 1-inch pieces
1/2 cup parsley leaves
1 piece fresh ginger root -- 1-inch long, peeled, cut into 4 slices
1 large garlic clove
1/4 small hot chili pepper
juice of 1 lime
2 tablespoons Thai fish sauce -- nam pla, available at Asian grocers
1 pinch fresh ground black pepper -- big pinch

Combine all the ingredients in the bowl of a food processor and pulse until they are finely chopped. Serve refrigerator cold. Makes about 1 1/2 cups (6 one-quarter cup servings). This relish is wet and cool while also a little hot and spicy. It goes well with grilled, baked, or broiled light-flavored [favorites]. .. .

Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 26 Calories; 1g Fat (28.1% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 4g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 1mg Cholesterol; 16mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch) ; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Many Vegetable Chutney - 8g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber

Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Condiment LowCal (Less than 300 cals) LowerCarbs Veggie
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
1 medium tart green apple -- cut into 1/4-inch dice
1/2 lemon -- juice only
1 medium carrot -- cut into 1/4-inch dice
1/2 medium yellow onion -- cut into small dice
2 garlic clove -- finely chopped
1 medium red bell pepper -- cut into 1/4-inch dice
2 tablespoons canola oil -- or olive oil
1 medium zucchini -- cut into 1/4-inch dice
1 medium yellow squash -- (crookneck) cut into 1/4-inch dice
2 tablespoons mango chutney -- (Major Grey chutney)
1/2 teaspoon curry powder
1/8 teaspoon ground coriander
1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/8 teaspoon white pepper
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
3 tablespoons currants
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt -- or sea salt

Toss the apple and lemon juice together and set aside. In a large saucepan, mix the carrot, onion, garlic, and red pepper with the oil. Cover and cook over low heat until carrots are just tender, about 8 to 10 minutes. Stir in the zucchini and yellow squash, cover, and cook until squashes are tender, about 2 minutes. Stir in the spices, walnuts, and currants and cook for 1 minute longer. Add the apple, drained of any juice, and season with salt to taste. Serve warm or at room temperature. Makes 3 cups (12 one-quarter cup servings). Here is a richly textured, brightly colored chutney with a hint of curry. The secret to this sauce, created by a former student, Charles Kirsch, is to cut all the vegetables into neat quarter-inch dice so they can meld in the cooking process to form a new single taste that is both subtle and complex. Serve with grilled [favorite] or seared [favorite]. Spoon... or spread on sandwiches.

Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 67 Calories; 4g Fat (48.4% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 8g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 44mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch) ; 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 Vegetable; 1/2 Fruit; 1/2 Fat.
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Parsley, Tarragon, Red Onion, and Lemon Gremolata - 1g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber

Serving Size : 10 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Condiment LowCal (Less than 300 cals) LowerCarbs LowFat (Less than 10%) Veggie
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
2 tablespoons parsley -- finely chopped
1 tablespoon fresh tarragon -- finely chopped
2 tablespoons red onion -- finely chopped
1/2 lemon -- finely grated zest only
1 piece freshly ground black pepper -- big pinch

Mix everything together. Can be refrigerated in a tightly covered jar for 1 to 2 days. Makes 1/3 cup (10 one-tablespoon servings) This gremolata has a bright parsley flavor with hints of tarragon and a lot of lemon. Sprinkle over [favorites] or ...stews, or stir about 1/2 teaspoon into a bowl of soup. Use as a garnish atop polenta or stir a small amount into a risotto.

Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 3 Calories; trace Fat (7.5% calories from fat); trace Protein; 1g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 1mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch) ; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 0 Fat.
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0

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Blood Sugar "Morning-After Pill"? - Nothing mysterious

Nothing mysterious. 120 is just an arbitrary value selected for a maximum. You could use 100, but that is about as low as I like to go due to heart concerns (But I was 84 this morning and that is just fine). My endo uses 120 in his version of the "add" formula for pre-meal adjustment to background BG. My reason for asking about PP numbers is that since I am new to insulin, I just did not have a feel for what could be expected of insulin in the way of PP compliance.

Really, 120 should be your max target. Excursions higher after meals may not be avoidable, but 120 is sort of considered the magic number. I'm not sure that I understand this, Syd. You've mentioned in several messages regarding your insulin use that 120 is your 'target bg' that you correct DOWN to -- are you saying that you not only correct 'down' to 120, but also don't want to go any HIGHER than 120? I'm wondering if that plays into what you were asking the other day about how high you would expect to see a person be elevated PP? Because there is NO way that insulin is able to stop ANY rise in BG from occurring, even if the insulin to carb ratio is set correctly. Personally my correction target is 100, and if I'm higher than 100 I correct down to 100 and add that into my pre-meal dose. If you're starting a meal either AT 120, or higher than 120 and adding insulin to that meal dose to bring your BG DOWN to 120, you're already playing with variables that will result in your being higher than 120 1 and 2 hours post-meal.

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Chromium Picolinate & Liver (or kidney?) tests with Metformin or Glipizide

I believe the instruction from the manufacturer or either Metformin or Glipizide (both of which I take) say your doctor should test your liver or kidneys (I forget which) every 6 months, or yearly. Anyone have thoughts or experience on that? Liver. Lactic acidosis can be a problem with metformin. From what I understand, it's rather rare, but it does happen, and it can be life-threatening. This is only one reason why all diabetics need ongoing check ups with their docs at least every six months, with accompanying bloodwork...read more

Has anyone had experience taking chromium picolinate to help lower blood sugar? What kind of results, with what dosage, and what brand? (The latter two can make all the difference in the first, of course. And there is a dose level, as with many helpful supplements, where it gets toxic.) I took Nature's Way - Blood Sugar with Gymnema when first diagnosed. I was on Metformin then so I was not worried about hypoglycemia. I know that many people are skeptical of these supplements. From my experience, I can say that this did help keep my sugars in good control. I took 6 capsules daily, 2 with breakfast, lunch and supper. If you are taking any hypoglycemic drugs you should talk to your doctor before taking such as the probability of going low is likely. Now I am on Prandin and as part of a test I took the supplement once along with the medicine and went really low. So my experience tells me that it does work.

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Does Metformin Cause Weight Gain for Diabetic?

My mom said the first week or two she had stomach issues, after that her body got used to it. If you have been on it for longer than that, maybe you could ask for a lower dose? My experience has been weight loss. But I also have a question about metformin... has anyone experienced continued upset stomach and diarhrrea when taking it? I am on mg a day and my poor stomach is always upset. I'm on vacation now, but can't imagine what it will be like to feel this way all of the time when school is back in session...I just can't go running out of the classroom to the potty all the time!

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Does Metformin Cause Weight Gain?

My mom said the first week or two she had stomach issues, after that her body got used to it. If you have been on it for longer than that, maybe you could ask for a lower dose? My experience has been weight loss. But I also have a question about metformin... has anyone experienced continued upset stomach and diarhrrea when taking it? I am on mg a day and my poor stomach is always upset. I'm on vacation now, but can't imagine what it will be like to feel this way all of the time when school is back in session...I just can't go running out of the classroom to the potty all the time!

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Metformin Side Effects for Diabetic

My mom said the first week or two she had stomach issues, after that her body got used to it. If you have been on it for longer than that, maybe you could ask for a lower dose?

I can't take more than 1000 mg a day. When I got bumped up to 1500, well, just forget it;I'm not willing to spend half the day in the bathroom. So some people can't take it at all, some can take the maximum dose very comfortably, some people have to make do on a lesser dose, but almost everyone seems to have at least some queasiness and diarrhea in the beginning and at any time the dosage is increased. Usually, if you're going to get used to it at all, a week or ten days later things start to ease. Usually. Definitely a YMMV thing.

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Diabetics urged to stay on popular insulin Lantus

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Dr. Louis Philipson has already started fielding calls from worried diabetics after new studies of 300,000 patients released on Friday suggested the Sanofi-Aventis insulin drug Lantus might raise the risk of cancer. "I think the deluge is about to hit," Philipson, of the University of Chicago Medical Center, said in a telephone interview. Diabetes experts are cautioning patients to keep taking Lantus, an artificial form of insulin called an insulin analog that is used by millions of people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes to control their blood sugar. The drug, known generically as glargine insulin, had sales of $3.43 billion last year.

Four studies released in the journal Diabetologia raised concerns about the drug, but the results were conflicting. "This not an emergency. This is just a question we have to answer now," said Dr. R. Paul Robertson, president of the American Diabetes Association and a diabetes researcher at the University of Washington in Seattle.
"The major thing is people should continue taking their insulin," Robertson said in a telephone interview. Lantus is typically taken just once a day. It has been widely used since 2000. Unlike human insulin, a hormone normally produced by the pancreas that helps the body use glucose for energy, Lantus has a slightly altered molecular structure that allows it to last longer in the body. "It's frequently prescribed in the United States. When I have patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, I give that drug. It's been very effective," Robertson said. All people with type 1 diabetes need to take insulin to survive; many patients with type 2 diabetes also need to take insulin to control their blood glucose. Robertson said it is not clear if the same problems would be seen in Levemir, another long-acting insulin analog made by Denmark's Novo Nordisk. "Lantus has been out there longer. Other drugs haven't had time to show they have the same kind of effects," he said.

The American Diabetes Association has recommended that patients continue on the treatment, and consult their doctor before making any changes. Philipson said insulin is a type of compound called a growth factor and prior studies have shown that when insulin is added to cells in a cell culture, it makes them grow. "That would also include tumor cells," he said. Philipson said it may be that patients taking Lantus are simply exposed to insulin longer, and if they have any underlying tumors, the drug may accelerate tumor growth. "Even though this information is early and the results are conflicting, it's still the case th at using less of this drug is a good idea," he said. He said patients with type 2 diabetes should use diet and exercise to improve their body's ability to use insulin, which may allow them to use less artificial insulin...read more

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