Reply #98: glycemic value of foods

[pitohui]

my husband's and his mom's doctors were both too impatient to explain about why blood sugar is tested, how to do it, or what to do w. the information

his mom is already full-blown diabetic on medication, she gets the test strips from from medicare but was told by the doc "don't worry about that"

we're on our own

:-(

it turns out that people are quite variable in how their blood sugar responds to diet, my husband can't even eat brown sugar w.out spiking the meter

it is most frustrating, because i don't think most people can afford to pay for the test strips ($1 each!) every time they eat until they figure out what is going wrong and what foods are hurting them

it has been a huge burden on us financially although as a result my husband has indeed lost a lot of weight and greatly lowered his blood pressure, improved his blood sugar readings, and so on

i don't see how a poor person could do this, it is a struggle for us as barely hanging on middle class