Has Your Filipina Gf Or Wife Changed Your Diet Or.....

[MikeB]

Regarding your health, consult a doctor(s) and nutritionist. My wife died of diabetes. It's a silent and relentless killer.

Very sorry for your loss, I lost my Mother to it and those were the exact words her doctors used. Also, "It attacks every organ". I don't have it and I test semi-regularly. The doctor who said mangoes are bad was a diabetic specialist so I'm skeptical of the medical advice I get here. Maybe that was conventional wisdom when she went through med school but there's been lots of new research on this. It's a real shame if they don't keep up with it.

Edited September 14, 2012 by MikeB

[Call me bubba]

Ah but you forget! Brown rice is also more filling so you won't eat as much! And thus the cost per serving goes down!

here is an article on BROWN RICE

[Adventurer]

Okra is not a Filipino only vegetable, I seen them using it on US masterchef and a quick search shows it's a universal veggie, I will have to learn how to cook with it but from my memory it was slimy?

[Adventurer]

Ah but you forget! Brown rice is also more filling so you won't eat as much! And thus the cost per serving goes down!

here is an article on BROWN RICE

http://www.philippin...n-news-article/

what a great article, I just read it with my fiancee along side me and she will be eating more brown rice now too ;)

[Call me bubba]

This answers a big question I had, My blood sugar has rocketed up to 122 from 84, I had no Idea why, Now this makes sense.(Rice, 3 times a day) a

here is article on White Rice being linked to TYPE 2 Diabetes thanks to OLD 55 for the topic

[GregZ]

Okra is not a Filipino only vegetable, I seen them using it on US masterchef and a quick search shows it's a universal veggie, I will have to learn how to cook with it but from my memory it was slimy?

It isn't slimy if cooked properly. Being a Yankee myself, I have no clue and the couple times I tried (even with guidance) it came out slimy and gross. Now I just leave it to the folks with the proper skill set and stick to making omelets. :dance:

[GregZ]

On the brown rice subject: The article is very informative and accurate from my reading I did yesterday... Just one note that it didn't mention. The people that I've been around here in the Philippines tend to leave the rice sit out after cooking. The brown rice, because of all those healthy things, deteriorates at a quicker rate. This is because of the higher moisture content after cooking. So I would suggest that those used to leaving the rice sit out for more than a few hours be mindful of this.....

[Mike S]

Okra has been used and grown in the southern part of the US for as long as there has been a south US ... it can be boiled as with stewed tomatoes or sliced up and deep fried with corn meal or other breading of you choice ..... normally it does have a bit of a slimy texture but as noted above it all depends on how and with what you cook it .... we have it at least once a week mostly stewed with other veggies (I haven't shown my asawa how to fry it yet) ...

Watching your carbs has another benefit .... it can and does reduce your blood pressure .... years ago I went for my yearly medical check up sponsored by my employer as I was a member of the hazardous waste team and was told I would need to take blood pressure medicine as my blood pressure was to high .... the doctor who was .... thank god ... very knowledgeable with diet suggested I could quite eating carbs or start taking medicine ..... so I chose the carbs .... I had to go back to see him in 30 days .... and was amazed when he said I was now with in an acceptable range as long as I continued to watch my carbs ..... that was 15 years ago .... even now I take my blood pressure once a week and it is normal for someone my age and weight ..... yea I know I need to loose weight ..... and now when I occasionally load up on carbs I can tell almost with in 2 hours that it was a no no as I feel listless and light headed .... or just plain don't feel good ..... this is just MY experiences and may not be for you .... IMHO

I was particularly happy when I moved here and found all the low-carb foods but now 5 years later it is all most impossible to find anything low or sugar free and with all the diabetes here in the Philippines that is just a shame ..... I have found one store called Sugerfree Heaven and Rustans will care some sugar free or low-carb stuff but that is about all .... :angry: ...... :cheersty:

[Fred & Mimi]

I have mentioned it before in a post elswhere at this forum but just eating pasta instead of rice as often as you can will help on the carbs. The best rating rice seems to get a medium on the GI scale where as pasta is low GI. I made up a diet of a bowl of pasta with tinned fish for brunch and then avoided carbs altogether for the evening meal. Where ever I could, I'd eat a big bowl of home made soup for the evening meal and fruit for lunch. This diet with moderate exercise helped me to lose weight.

Strangely I even lost weight whilst not exercising too. I had to go in for a hernia operation and for 3 weeks after, I was stuck in front of the TV. I followed my diet to the letter and ate soup often. I finally was able to go to the gym again and found that I had lost a further 2 kg's on their scales from doing nothing . Go figure?

Here is a very interesting documentary that is a must see for those wanting to lose weight but don't want to run the minute mile. The Truth About Exercising.

Edited September 14, 2012 by Kuya Fred

[Beachboy]

lots of new research

Thank you for your kind words, Mike. I am sorry to learn of your mother's ordeal. Regarding research about which foods are good and bad for diabetics, the real revolution in resent years is the availability of inexpensive home testing equipment. The preferred way of controlling the disease is to test your blood after each meal and to keep a diary of what you eat. You and your nutritionist can then determine if a particular food or combination of foods are good for you individually. So if a diabetic is worried about mangoes ( or any other food), then eat a few and see how they affect your blood sugar. Exercise has a lot to do with whether some one's blood sugar is elevated or not. I'm sure a diabetic marathoner could eat all the mangoes he or she wanted. :cheersty: