No wonder Philippines has a diabetes problem

[jimeve]

2 hours ago, Jack Peterson said:

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Potatoes for health and nutrition

They're rich in vitamin C, which is an antioxidant. Potatoes were a life-saving food source in early times because the vitamin C prevented scurvy. Another major nutrient in potatoes is potassium, an electrolyte which aids in the workings of our heart, muscles, and nervous system. 

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s it OK to eat a potato everyday?

A. Yes, it is safe to consume potatoes every day as long as you cook them without much salt or saturated fats. One medium-size potato can be part of a healthy diet. It doesn't increase cardiometabolic risk and the chances of having diabetes and heart disease.Oct 12, 2022 

Depends if one is on a low carb diet, No harm in saturated fat or salt in fact without salt in your diet you could not survive.

It all depends on your macro-nutrients. I'm on a high fat low carb diet so potatoes are off the menu so are the other high carb food,s.

As for vitamin C.

• Citrus (oranges, kiwi, lemon, grapefruit)
• Bell peppers.
• Strawberries.
• Tomatoes.
• vegetables (broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower and more.

[OnMyWay]

12 minutes ago, jimeve said:

Depends if one is on a low carb diet, No harm in saturated fat or salt in fact without salt in your diet you could not survive.

It all depends on your macro-nutrients. I'm on a high fat low carb diet so potatoes are off the menu so are the other high carb food,s.

As for vitamin C.

• Citrus (oranges, kiwi, lemon, grapefruit)
• Bell peppers.
• Strawberries.
• Tomatoes.
• vegetables (broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower and more.

Same here.  I cut out most of those good veggies but I will add them back later after I hit my weight goal.  I'm going to hit 100 kg this week and my goal mid-term goal is 90.  That would be in the August timeframe.  I will see if I look like a skeleton at that time.

[OnMyWay]

One thing most miss, including "experts", is that nutrition and metabolism are highly individualized.  As some said, Genetics plays role, but with or without genetics, diet is a huge factor.  Also age is a big factor.  Most of us, when young, can eat anything and survive.  However, bad foods do play a role in the mental health of youngsters.  As we age, metabolism changes, and often that is related to food choices.  Insulin is a big factor, and insulin resistance may take years to build up.  Many diseases are the result.

Highly recommend these two videos.  As I have mentioned, the world has been sold a lie about nutrition, propagated by big pharma and big food companies.

https://youtu.be/iVJM_0XEiBI

https://youtu.be/3u8jzKkMA98

 

[OnMyWay]

"No wonder Philippines has a diabetes problem"

I have looked at global lists before, and again just now, and I am surprised that the Philippines only shows a 7% diabetes rate.  I won't post the sources as I'm not confident that they are correct, but they all say the same.

U.S., 11%, Pakistan 30%!

Most likely, poorer countries have a higher incidence of "uncontrolled" diabetes and / or "undetected".

[Kingpin]

9 hours ago, Tommy T. said:

don't forget to add the banana ketchup to it!

Water Sugar "ketchup"

[OnMyWay]

1 hour ago, Kingpin said:

Water Sugar "ketchup"

Heinz has a sugar free ketchup that they stock at Royal Duty free.  I forget which artificial sweetener they use, but this will be my last bottle  Tastes ok, but my next dietary change is going to eliminate the artificial sweeteners.

[Kingpin]

57 minutes ago, OnMyWay said:

my next dietary change is going to eliminate the artificial sweeteners.

Been there too, whatever they use here is the worst.

HFCS is even worse than sugar and is also in nearly everything here, the only ketchup that doesn't have it is glass bottle Heinz, and 'Extra Rich' Del Monte.

[OnMyWay]

2 hours ago, Kingpin said:

Been there too, whatever they use here is the worst.

HFCS is even worse than sugar and is also in nearly everything here, the only ketchup that doesn't have it is glass bottle Heinz, and 'Extra Rich' Del Monte.

Here is the Heinz I was talking about.  It uses Stevia which is not as bad as other artificial sweeteners.

[Joe LP]

Hello.  I am new to the forum.  But I wanted to start with this post.  

I am a diabetic.  I have zero relatives who have it.  I got it from a severe car accident I was in that left me in the hospital for a month, then 2 months's more of rehab hospital.  Long story short, the rice is as much a culprit of diabetes here as the sugar.  All carbs minus dietary sugars turn to blood glucose.  As soon as I was labeled a diabetic, I took a class that I then repeated twice since then(due to advancements in the diabetes industry).  

In the US it's potatoes, here in the Phils it's rice.  Both very much high in carbs with little nutrients to counter them.  Then you add all the sugar candy and treats then all the pastries loaded with icing and fillings and other high carbs it just keeps piling on.  Then you throw in their spaghetti with pasta(another high carb, low nutrients dish) and their supper sugar filled sauce....it's only the stem on the cherry on the top. 

My ex became a type 2 diabetic.  She fixed her problem in 3 months and was taken off the pills by changing her white rice daily needs to basmati brown rice.  It fills the eater up faster, with a lower glycemic index and her sugar levels dropped and her next A1C test was so good the doctor took her off the meds.  Not saying this will work for every Pinoy/Pinay, but it sure did for her.  

Diabetes education here sucks horribly also.  No classes, the doctors/nurses and pharmacy workers are so ignorant of how to treat/work with diabetics.  Son was not feeling well, wife was worried he had diabetes.  Took him to the hospital while I was out of town for the day, and then got hysterical because he tested positive for diabetes.  Sat her down, and had her tell me what happened.  A sugar test was asked for by the doctor.  My son was literally in the middle of eating hospital made spaghetti full of their sugar and then lanced his finger and tested.  DID NOT clean the finger(full of carbs) or do the proper 30 minute wait AFTER finishing a meal.  It came back high.  I told the wife to clean his fingers and demand another test.  It came back normal level.  They kept him an extra 2 days for watch and testing(aka, making money/padding their accounts) and she watched them like a hawk and the levels, each time checked, were normal.  

On top of that I have seen, in multiple experiences the local pharmacist shaking in one had the bottle of insulin I am buying while typing things into their register/computer as I sit there shaking my head as they continue to kill the insulin inside the bottle they are shaking.  Stopped buying my insulin from that pharmacy.  Never been back.  Heard doctors making statements while I am in their office that have been disproven as legit over 2 decades ago.  

I love living here and am staying, but things I've seen have me feeling for those who are diabetics in the Phils who do not have a proper education about what is real and what isn't.

[Old55]

Welcome to the forum Joe. 

Great info thank you for sharing your experiences with us here.