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What to eat when the right food isn't available (Hurricane Irma)?
Diabetes & Endocrine System | Last Active: Sep 30, 2017 | Replies (31)Comment receiving replies
@retiredteacher Sorry to hear you were effected by the hurricane. For some reason, knowing that you live out of town in a rural area, I had envisioned you living in the west, like Idaho, Montana, Colorado or whatever!
You mention not being able to eat numerous things "peanut butter, canned meat, chips, crackers, cheese, and those types of things that are not on the list of the Diabetes Diet are all that is edible". No one ever told me that! I eat peanut butter often, cheese, and canned tuna occasionally. There are very low salt brands of tuna now. I sometimes do add mayo to tuna but I also just put chunks of it on top of a salad.
Someone mentioned the nutritional beverages made for diabetics and I do keep those on hand. They make a good, quick breakfast. I will generally throw a can of it into my blender type of machine and often add some strawberries or blueberries to it. It's not bad, I find the vanilla easier to drink in the morning. I love chocolate but not crazy about it in this type of beverage and as far as the other flavors go, I think most of them have a very artificial taste.
JK
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@dolo It sounds as if you and I are pretty much on the same food trends. I don't do too much cheese, despite loving it, because it does tend to be high in sodium. I have gotten into putting goat cheese crumbles on my salads because it has about half the sodium of regular cheeses. My favorite is blue cheese but that's even higher in sodium.
JK
@contentandwell I like blue cheese crumbles on my salad. I try low sodium when I can, but sometimes I just need flavor so I can stick to other requirements. I do think there are choices we can enjoy and be healthy, just occasionally and in moderation like all things in life. I make it a choice to be stronger than my diabetes and if I can feel that way, most of the time, I am doing fine!
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I also regularly eat peanut butter, canned tuna and cheese. I pretty much eat anything that is low in carbs or sugar. Mostly I eat salads and vegetables, healthy proteins. Once again, it seems we all are different in the food category too.