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What to eat when the right food isn't available (Hurricane Irma)?

Posted by Retired Teacher @retiredteacher, Sep 12, 2017

I have eaten wrong foods and spiked my blood with one meal on some occasions, but when there is a disaster and electricity is out, the only food that keeps is canned. Several days of 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.
We've had to eat "wrong" for two days and my blood is up, up. If I don't eat, it spikes, and if I eat the wrong foods it spikes. A disaster causes problems for diabetics and others who are supposed to avoid canned foods. No way to get to a grocery; no electricity, just all the wrong things.
Any suggestions?

retiredteacher

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JK | @contentandwell | Sep 30, 2017
In reply to @lisalucier "@retiredteacher and @contentandwell -- that really does sound hard having to pass over all those special..." + (show)
@lisalucier

@retiredteacher and @contentandwell -- that really does sound hard having to pass over all those special foods and the food part of certain celebrations and traditions. Seems like it would actually feel like you were grieving all of that.

Do you substitute for other foods or give yourself another kind of treat that is not food, or how do you deal with that?

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@retiredteacher I love finding a restaurant that works for me. We ate out tonight at a regional chain, the 99, and I can always find dinners there that are good and healthy. Tonight I had turkey skewers on mesclun with a tiny amount of quinoa. Just the right size and very good.
JK

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