OT, meat and blood sugars

[Guest guest]

This is a bit off topic but I have to share my little experience. I

have been doing really well on the vegan plan but a few days ago...I

had an intense craving for red meat. I tried to ignore it but finally

gave in and had a hamburger, nothing huge and it was homemade (not fast

food). I am guessing that since I am borderline anemic and haven't been

taking my vits (shame on me)...that I just needed some iron

(?)...anyway, my blood sugars had been running absolutely STEADY in the

mid 100's (not perfect but way better than where they were). Since I

ate that hamburger...my sugars jumped back up to 550 !!! They are

slowly coming back down. Could just one serving of meat do that?! I

don't know but no other factors have been different. I will think of

this episode if I ever get the urge to jump off the veg wagon again!

Stephanie

[Guest guest]

Stephanie,

 

My husband is a type II diabetic. When I feed him my bean and veggie stew [he

calls it " glop " ] his blood sugar drops immensely. When I do not feed him that

kind of vegan food, his blood sugar is much higher. He is not a vegetarian,

but I am so I occasionally cook meat for him. Glop seems to be the best food

for him.

 

Kathleen

Eureka CA

 

Stephanie <stargazerlily72 wrote:

This is a bit off topic but I have to share my little experience. I

have been doing really well on the vegan plan but a few days ago...I

had an intense craving for red meat. I tried to ignore it but finally

gave in and had a hamburger, nothing huge and it was homemade (not fast

food). I am guessing that since I am borderline anemic and haven't been

taking my vits (shame on me)...that I just needed some iron

(?)...anyway, my blood sugars had been running absolutely STEADY in the

mid 100's (not perfect but way better than where they were). Since I

ate that hamburger...my sugars jumped back up to 550 !!! They are

slowly coming back down. Could just one serving of meat do that?! I

don't know but no other factors have been different. I will think of

this episode if I ever get the urge to jump off the veg wagon again!

Stephanie

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Wow what a good example of a healthy diet versus unhealthy. Wow.

 

I don't ever get the urge to eat meat, but this is a good warning to

keep me away from dairy. :-) I also find my numbers to be steady at

around 100. But when I have a day of more fruit than I should, it tends

to climb up to 140 or so and takes awhile to come back down.

 

I like your description of glop, Kathleen. I eat a _lot_ of that! LOL

 

Just talking about this is making me hungry for a nice big salad...

 

Sharon

 

Stephanie wrote:

> This is a bit off topic but I have to share my little experience. I

> have been doing really well on the vegan plan but a few days ago...I

> had an intense craving for red meat. I tried to ignore it but finally

> gave in and had a hamburger, nothing huge and it was homemade (not fast

> food). I am guessing that since I am borderline anemic and haven't been

> taking my vits (shame on me)...that I just needed some iron

> (?)...anyway, my blood sugars had been running absolutely STEADY in the

> mid 100's (not perfect but way better than where they were). Since I

> ate that hamburger...my sugars jumped back up to 550 !!! They are

> slowly coming back down. Could just one serving of meat do that?! I

> don't know but no other factors have been different. I will think of

> this episode if I ever get the urge to jump off the veg wagon again!

> Stephanie

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Stephanie

I found that cheese does this to me. My blood sugar stays in a good

range until I have a cheese attack. Then up it goes, I read that fat-

whatever the kind will raise your blood sugar and keep it up for a

while. I really need to stop the cheese.

 

 

 

Donna

41' 21 " N

72' 09 " W

USDA zone 6

AHS heat zone 4

 

" If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would

only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination,

no more plants, no more animals, no more man. " - Albert Einstein

 

On 18 May 2007, at 12:16 pm, Stephanie wrote:

 

This is a bit off topic but I have to share my little experience. I

have been doing really well on the vegan plan but a few days ago...I

had an intense craving for red meat. I tried to ignore it but finally

gave in and had a hamburger, nothing huge and it was homemade (not fast

food). I am guessing that since I am borderline anemic and haven't been

taking my vits (shame on me)...that I just needed some iron

(?)...anyway, my blood sugars had been running absolutely STEADY in the

mid 100's (not perfect but way better than where they were). Since I

ate that hamburger...my sugars jumped back up to 550 !!! They are

slowly coming back down. Could just one serving of meat do that?! I

don't know but no other factors have been different. I will think of

this episode if I ever get the urge to jump off the veg wagon again!

Stephanie