Weight Watcher Recipes

SteveRuff wrote:
Dog Trainer if you take the time to go through all these recipes I am sure you will find many that are low or no carbs. Educate me ... is Splenda okay on a diabetic diet? I know you have to watch sugars.

Hi Steve,
As stated I am sure that many of these are low carb. WW has kept my Blood sugar levels in great shape. Splenda is in fact a great product for diabetic diets and the products out today like Stevia are also great.
When considering sugars they are no worse for a diabetic than most carbs. It is the effects of the fast acting carbs that raise Blood sugar levels. Things such as potatoes, raisins, grapefruit and Oatmeal raise those levels much more quickly than sugar. The problem with sugar is there is really no value in it other than the empty carbs. I can have a small dish of ice cream and it has the same effect as a baked potato. Complex carbs break down in your body differently than simple carbs. Your body has more time to deal with them and the blood sugar spikes are less even though they are still carbs and need to be dealt with as such.
On WW I use the point system and then choose foods in combination that equal 45 carbs per meal or less. good news is that the high carb choices seem to also be high point values so it is not too hard to manage.
For me there is also a third part of my diet that I need to deal with at each meal. The need to provide insulin enough to deal with the Blood sugar spikes. This comes from knowing how your body deals with insulin for each it is different. I through experience have learned how much insulin my body needs to deal with the amount of carbs it gets at a meal based on the carbohydrate content. The trick is to keep readjusting this ratio as my body loses weight. It takes less insulin (in general) for a person who is closer to an ideal body weight. I use a long acting Insulin 1 time per day and then a fast acting Bolus amount at each meal this keeps my body closer to how a person that has a normal pancreas and insulin resistance would be. This regiment also minimises the diabetic complications such as blindness, foot and leg amputations.
Some days I have a little pity party and wonder why me but most I just thank God that he allows me to live at a time where Diabetes can be managed. It was only a short 50-75 years ago when Diabetes was an early death sentence.
I guess this is more than you asked about but I hope that anyone living with or close to a Diabetic will get a little education as it is not as simple as just eliminating sugary foods.
Again thanks for all the great recipies I will try to reciprocate with some of my own.