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Saturday, March 8, 2008
It is not what goes into a man that defiles him
But it sure does mess with his blood sugars.
Since my husband was diagnosed with Diabetes, our eating habits have certainly changed. We are more cautious with our what we bring into our home and our bodies. As a result, my husband's insulin shots have decreased dramatically. When we left the hospital, he was to take at least 4 units of Humalog before meals (this was the base on the sliding scale, if his blood sugars were higher, he would have to add more units) and 30 units of Lantus before bed. In the past two weeks, he has only needed the Humalog a few times usually before dinner and he takes no more than 20 units of Lantus at night.
We are still on the learning curve, but I will explain a little of our regular meals. Mind you, I have experimented with Raw Vegan dishes for the last two years. I have only inflicted this on my family for two or three nights a week at the most. Usually I would then reward my patient family for trying "rabbit food" by getting a nice big Papa Murphy's pizza the next night. OK, not always, but it has been a favorite of our family recently. Well, till January anyway.
Our family is not vegetarian. It wouldn't break my heart if that ever happened, but my Rancher Grandfather would roll over in his grave. However, we have reduced the amount of meat we eat to four days a week, maybe five. Most of our meals are Raw Vegan dishes. Here is a typical day:
Breakfast: freshly juiced fruits (Jack LeLanne Juicer from Costco is pretty darn cool), fresh fruits, and various nuts (excluding peanuts).
Lunch: Hard boiled eggs, big salad with all kinds of cool veggies. The kids and I will have peanut butter and jelly sandwiches sometimes.
Dinner: Here I experiment with a Raw Vegan dish. One night, we had (soaked & drained) garbonzo beans with carrots and celery and whatever else I put in it. Sometimes we have chicken, turkey bacon, or a good steak.
Snack: Kids and I will have fruit, yogurt, peanuts (not many of these, these are daddy's new candy), my USANA Shakes & Bars, whatever we find. Daddy has celery, carrots, peanut butter, pumpkin seeds, diet Root Beer, Mejool dates, peanuts, a couple of USANA bars & a shake.
Our meals tend to be low glycemic, so his blood sugars aren't spiked. Willy's first hypoglycemic episode (very low blood sugar) was really odd. He was shakey, sleepy, sweaty, and we were clueless. For being such intelligent people, we over look some obvious signs! He ate some raisins and other sugar things. We over did it and he went high. Yikes!! We have since learned what works to elevate his blood sugars when he is low, but more importantly we have learned to monitor his insulin to not force him into a hypoglycemic state. This is how he has been able to go nearly two weeks without many Humolog shots.
For the most part, his blood sugars remain low through-out the day. Since we have low-glycemic meals, he doesn't need an insulin shot to lower his blood sugars more knowing it isn't going to spike anyway. The evenings aren't as low unless he has some exercise that day. When he exercises, his blood sugars go down significantly. It isn't always possible to get in a good bike ride or a few minutes on the elliptical, but when he does it is amazing how his body responds.
How awesome is this creation of our Lord's? The human body is a wonder beyond many! Even in the face of a disease, the Lord has given small miracles to help the body function the way it should. Praise Him!!
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