NJ Quilter

I suspect this is much like what I (try to) follow....no refined flour; no refined sugar. Natural starches and sugars are fine. This plan was developed by Dr. Peter Gott (since deceased). He was a gereontologist (sp) and developed this for his senior patients - many of whom were on countless meds including differing forms of insulin. Many of them, after following this plan, were able to greatly reduce or eliminate their meds including diabetic meds.

When I strictly followed this, I lost about 65 lbs in just over a year. We all need to remember that we didn't put on the weight overnight and it won't come off overnight. But within a couple of months I had lost probably close to 20 lbs. The balance came off more slowly - which is the way you want to lose weight! We also need to remember we need to change our eating habits in general - not just go on a diet. Long term is the answer.

I've been a bit lax over the last couple of years and have put back about 20 lbs. I'm also less active than I was when I first started (no longer working full time). I'm trying to get back into the strict habit.

cannyquilter

My husband followed the blood sugar diet and reversed his diabetes. There has been a lot of research done in our local university hospital and great results have been achieved by reducing calorie intake to 800 a day, no carbs, for 8 weeks. It's a very good plan for pre diabetics also .

Onebyone

I talked to my cousin. She has lost 23 lbs and her blood sugar is great. She said it isn't a diet. It is portion control. For breakfast she has two piece of bacon, 1/2 of one egg, scrambled, and 1/2 piece of butter toast. Morning snack of 1/4 cup of anything not sweet. She eats almonds. Lunch is a salad with raw veggies, all she wants. Afternoon snack of anything not sweet and not over 1/4 cup. Dinner is a normal balanced meal but only 1/4 cup of each food. No sweetened/artificial sweetened drinks. She said it was rough at first but she said the benefits are worth it. She is now feeling good enough to get out and walk or ride her bike every day. She is 64. If she over eats now she feel bad and her numbers are all messed up.

RedGarnet222

I know you are looking for recipes but, may I suggest one thing? Two really... The first is read on line about the natural vinegar and how it can do wondrous things for type two diabetics and the other is exercise. When my hubby walks each day his a1c comes down to almost normal.

Well okay one more .. www.glucomenu.com It is a yearly diet planner that gives you each meal to eat for a year. It is made up by specialists and geared for diabetics. There is a print out menu and shopping list with some recipes to make them. It really takes the strain off to cook for a diabetic.

Boston1954

Thanks everyone. As much as I appreciate the comments. I really do need recipes.

JustAbitCrazy

I think you could cook with general recipes if you substitute Stevia for the sugar in the recipe. You can buy bags of it for baking. It's natural, zero calories, and doesn't raise blood sugar at all.

Onebyone

I like Monk fruit sweetener better then Stevia for drinks. It has no after taste at all to me. If you want to cut your sugar intake try this, equal amount of cane sugar and artificial sweetener will double the sweetness. So 1 teaspoon of sugar and 1 teaspoon of any other substitute sweetener will equal 4 teaspoons of sweetness. This is good when you want the sugar taste and not so much of the artificial taste.

elnan

I suggest contacting your local hospital and asking if they have a Diabetes Educator or Coordinator. Our little "back of nowhere" hospital has a Diabetes Coordinator ( an RN) in an office with a dietician, and they have classes that include cooking.
I came home from a Quilting Retreat to be met at the door by my 66 year old husband with the news that he had been diagnosed with Diabetes, an ailment I knew nothing about, just always thought it meant a person ate too many sweets. I went to the online public library catalog for our area, and checked out and watched every video. He now eats a lot of raw vegetables, has cut out all bread except half a slice per day, no white rice and has small portions of red and brown rice. Avoid sweets, forget about artificial sweeteners, it's often the processing that is most harmful. Husband has done so well that the doctor and the Diabetes Educator are talking about him being able to cut out the meds. He has lost so much weight that he is now down to his 17 year old high school weight and keeps telling me "I feel so good!"
When we shop, we avoid putting anything in the shopping cart that has sugar added and his mantra is "No bread, potatoes, or rice." Denny's is one of his favorite places to eat, now even more-so because they will accomodate his requests . He loves the fruit-cup they will substitute for the hash-browns. No fruit juice, just think of it as concentrated sugar. Snacks are usually raw fruit or raw pumpkin seeds.

Best of luck to you and your husband.

As for recipes, the library has plenty of cookbooks for diabetics.