[Sca-cooks] diabetes and beets?

[Kirsten Houseknecht]

beets are very high in sugar (yes even mundane beets. sugar beets are a much
worse issue, but a near relative...)
please bear in mind that as far as i can tell, EVERY person i know processes
vegetables differently.

corn is very high on most of the "glucose indexes" worse than carrots! and
carrots and beets are worse than say.. broccoli......
BUT
i know people who can eat carrots without any rise in their blood sugar, but
cannot eat ANY corn, and others who are the reverse.....
it seems to have to do with how your body processes certain veggies.

if they havent been an issue, dont worry about it, but they will raise blood
sugar in most people.....
Kirsten Houseknecht
Fabric Dragon
kirsten at fabricdragon.com
www.fabricdragon.com
Philadelphia, PA     USA
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "caointiarn" <caointiarn1 at juno.com>
To: "Bill Fisher" <liamfisher at gmail.com>; "Cooks within the SCA"
<sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 5:50 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] diabetes and beets?


>
> > Not to mention they are very bad for you in terms of blood insulin
> response.  Anyone
> > who is remotely diabetic should stay clear of any beet root. <
> > Cadoc
>
>     Oh, REALLY?  I have not heard of any such precaution  -- and I eat
beets
> fairly regularly  {once a week}  could you please give me more details?
>
> Caointiarn  {diabetic, type 2 since Feb 2003}
> HGBA1c:  6.3 & holding steady
> and I lost 6 lbs this past quarter
> and I lowered my cholesterol {176}since last year
>
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