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Originally Posted by poshgirl
She's eating breakfast cereal for evening meal. Has toast or cereal for breakfast. A strange mix for lunch; plain biscuits with cold meat, raisins or chopped apple. She's diabetic so should eat properly. Poor diet could be affecting her mental functions.
When we do her shopping list, often asks for things like chops or chicken portions to cook herself. Probably won't entertain having someone come in to prepare meals as very suspicious of people she doesn't know well.
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If she is on insulin then perhaps she needs some carbs? (not sure, I am not a doctor). However, a member of my family was able to bring down his blood sugar (so that he didn't have to go on insulin) by cutting out carbs. What does he eat? Eggs for breakfast (with vegetables and sometimes meat) and salads with vinegar and oil, meats, and vegetable stir fries. Absolutely no breads, cereals, or potatoes but most nuts are really good for diabetics (but not peanuts which really is not a nut). He even found that using whipping cream instead of half & half in his coffee made a huge positive difference in keeping his blood sugar low. Meats and fats are satisfying and don't spike your glucose. (
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An easy evening meal might be one of those organic salad mixes with some sliced rotisserie chicken on top. I find broiling a piece of salmon to be easy to do as well (though I like it with coleslaw which has sugar but I would steam or saute cabbage on the side for a diabetic). Anyways, since you are shopping for her, her requests for chops and chicken seem quite sound and also consider some of the items I mentioned above. Perhaps a low sugar, high fat yogurt (low fat yogurt will spike your blood sugar) like these would be good:
siggi’s Icelandic yogurt - Coupons