It's Diet Day, So I Am Going to Eat Pizza.

Thursday, April 26, 2012


The Numbers for Today:

• Fasting Blood Glucose Level:  100 mg/dl
• Weight:  188ish lbs.
• Exercise:  45 minute ride in some wonderful, hot, humid morning air.
• Mood:  7.5

The Menu:

• Oatmeal and craisins infused with apple/cinnamon tea, fruit salad.  
• Lunch:  Leftover Split Pea Gruel, as the Charming Mrs. SWMBO calls it, and brown rice from last night.
• Dinner:  It's Thursday, so it's homemade pizza and salad.
• Snack:  Some cole slaw.  I make it and I have to admit, it's tasty. 

What is the Best Diet?
For a diabetic, or anyone else for that matter, the answer is: don't know.  After all of that money, time, data and research, this big answer is there is no answer according to this study released by the American Diabetes Association.  It's long, but reveling for what it does not say, that there is a one size fits all approach. Some maybe better than others, or not.  Low fat, high fat, low carbohydrate, high carbohydrate, high fiber, good fat, bad fat and more, there is no diet that shows itself to be the best or even preferred for a diabetic.  

There was no mention, however, of the Twinkie Diet.  That's a shame.

As has often been said in the past and confirmed in this ADA study, there is no real diabetic diet.  I have settled on a combination of the Mediterranean and DASH diets.  Others have seen their diabetes get worse on these types of diets.  The right answer seems to vary with the person and lately my advice is to find a diet that you like, that works for you, and that you can stick with for the rest of your life.  

And have some fun. Every now and then, a cheeseburger isn't going to hurt anyone, unless you eat here.  Definitely dangerous food. 

Thinning the Herd.
A Swiss woman went on dietetic regimen inspired by an India mystic.  She lost 35 pounds and her life. It was the spiritual diet.  No food, no water, just air and sunshine.  Everything your body needs can be absorbed from the air, she thought. 

Well, these mystics are not called fakirs for nothing.  Seems she was not the only one to try it.




Canned Food is Good Food.
In these times of tight budgets, Dlife says canned foods offer the best nutritional value for those concerned about a healthy diet. All of the needed nutrients at a better price than fresh, frozen or dried.  Read about it here.

I don't care what the this study says, I am not eating canned spinach.