lemon juice to lower sugar levels

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lemon juice to lower sugar levels
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Fri, 01-23-2009 - 9:07am
My mom is border line diabetic and so far has been able to control it with her diet a friend of hers is diabetic told her that if she ate something and her sugar level got to high she could take a little lemon juice to lower her level. We are wondering if this is really ok to do. does anyone know and has anyone ever heard of this. She tried it one day when they had to eat out and it did bring her sugar level down to a normal level. but we are worried about if its really ok to do on occoasion. since she is still learning what things raise her levels. thanks for th help
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Sat, 01-24-2009 - 6:32pm
my mom would like to know about how much fiber she should be getting at each meal. someone mentioned good carbs and bad carbs is that something she should be worring about and how do you tell if they are good or bad thanks a bunch for the help
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Sat, 01-24-2009 - 10:27pm

My DH and I eat the old fashioned kind of oatmeal, sweetened with Splenda, and about 1/4 cup of dried Craisins and 1/2 teaspoon of Vanilla extract for breakfast.

twosweet02

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Sun, 01-25-2009 - 12:25am

Julie,


The clue is that she needs protein with the carbs to slow the absorption of the carbs down. I was going to suggest that she see a dietitian for meal planning help. She really needs this because there isn't any reason for her to feel hungry after she eats. We diabetics can eat a very interesting menu.


In diabetes we have a saying, which is "if its white don't bite." This mean no white flur, rice, sugar or potatoes. These are simple carbs and they elevate the blood sugar very quickly because they don't have enough fiber in them.


I suggest that you go to the American Diabetes Association website and look at their recipes and cookbooks. She needs a good diabetic cookbook to help her understand what she is supposed to be doing. I also like the Joslin Diabetes site which is part of Harvard University. Both of these web sites have sections for the newly diagnosed.


Have you looked at the Diabetes information here at iVillage? They have an article posted entitled "Eating to Beat Diabetes." Read it and Print it out for your mom. There are whole bunch of articles that will help both of you there.


Diabetes education is so important and it is often neglected which is a shame. Check with the local hospital where your parents live because they may have some community education classes which are free.


One other nurticuitical which doesn't help some diabetics, especially early in the disease, is cinnamon. There are some studies which indicated that cinnamon will help lower blood sugars. Dosage is 1 tsp. She might try that with her cereal.


One of the things that you will find out is that not all diabetics react to the same thing the same way. So it is hard to tell what will help one and not help another. But we do have many diabetic recipes on this board and feel free to look at them and

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Sun, 01-25-2009 - 8:01am
thanks for the info we did check with there local hospital butthey dont have any programs its a very small hospital. i have been to the Joslin Diabetes site and the national diabetic sit and a few others for ideas i guess its just going to be a trial and error kinda thing tell we get it figured out.
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Sun, 01-25-2009 - 8:57pm

Trust me!! We all learn something about this disease every day. Here is the link that I suggested to you: http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/diabetes-endocrine


There is a lot of stuff there and it is very readable.

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Sun, 01-25-2009 - 9:16pm
Ok i cant seem to find this i figured yall could probably answer better any way. when she eats a meal and then test 2 hours later what should her levels be about and what should they not get above? For some reasion im thinking she is not eating things because she thinks its raising it too much. Ill read thought some more information and try to understand some of this a little better. She said she thought she was going to increase her excercise routeen to 5 days a week instea of just 3. and soon as it warms up where they are shee will start walking out doors again. so that will help get her weight down a little more. ok thanks for the help
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Sun, 01-25-2009 - 10:35pm

My Dr. gives me these numbers:

twosweet02

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Mon, 01-26-2009 - 12:00am

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Tue, 01-27-2009 - 3:06pm

Sounds like she needs to make sure she gets protein and fiber along with the fruit/veggies. For instance, an apple sliced up with some good (no sugar or HFCS added) peanut butter makes a great snack. Portions are a big thing too - one portion is one MEDIUM apple, not the huge red delicious things that are 2 or 3 per pound. My general rule of thumb (to make shopping simple) is that anything that I cannot easily get my hand around like a ball is too big. If I can comfortably hold it, that's good.

--Deb

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Tue, 01-27-2009 - 7:18pm
thanks for all the information. Hopefully we will get this figured out
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