Cauliflower as a potato substitute. - Page 8

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

@sidsmom You & I seldom agree about much in regard to diet but it is correct that FAT is what causes TYPE 2 diabetes, not sugar. Type 2 make enough insulin but fats get in the way of them being able to use that insulin. So by limiting fats they can use their own insulin much better.

However, you & I both know you can't convince the know it alls (who actually don't know anything) that this is true. I've given up trying a long time ago.

akaburtonfan · ‎12-08-2013

@151949 -- I've been a type 2 diabetic for almost 14 yrs so I know all about carbs and their reltaionship to blood sugar. I was just asking sidsmom to explain how she thinks someone like me can eat a potato without it making my blood sugar rise. I agree that eating a diet that's more concentrated on veggies -except for root veggies -- is better for everyone.

Edited to add -- Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you and sismom are saying. Are you saying that it was a diet high in fat that caused the diabetes and the carbs are just affecting the blood sugar because of the diabetes?

I realize that my past diet has played a role in my becoming a diabetic but I believe genetics has played an even bigger role. I can go back three generations and count numerous relatives on both sides of my family tree with this disease.

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

@akaburtonfan the short answer is if you MUST eat potatos then you have to look up the amount of carbs in a potato and adjust the amount of potato you can eat. I never eat more than a quarter cup , and honestly, that's a lot for potatoes. The only way to successfully manage your type 2 is to limit your carbs to 60gm a day and your fats to 40 gm a day.

sidsmom · ‎11-25-2011

@akaburtonfan wrote:
@sidsmom -- Why as a type 2 diabetic does my blood sugar spike if I eat a plain potato or plain white rice? As far as I know they are both plants but when I eat them my blood sugar rises -- a lot!

Why? Because it's suppose to. That's Human Body 101.

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

@sidsmom wrote:
@akaburtonfan wrote:
@sidsmom -- Why as a type 2 diabetic does my blood sugar spike if I eat a plain potato or plain white rice? As far as I know they are both plants but when I eat them my blood sugar rises -- a lot!
Why? Because it's suppose to. That's Human Body 101.

@akaburtonfan, the science this poster follows and espouses believes that sustained BGs of 300+ are healthy, and great for all.

Life without Mexican food is no life at all

sidsmom · ‎11-25-2011

@akaburtonfan wrote:
@sidsmom -- Why as a type 2 diabetic does my blood sugar spike if I eat a plain potato or plain white rice? As far as I know they are both plants but when I eat them my blood sugar rises -- a lot!

@akaburtonfan

If your insulin receptors are blocked by fat in the bloodstream

(fatty foods) or already in the muscle of the cell (intramyocellular lipids),

any type of carbohydrate eaten (glucose) will run rampant in the

blood stream.

That's insulin resistance.

More & more insulin will need to be used.

Goal is to reduce this fat to open all insulin receptors.

That's insulin sensitive.

Reduce the amount of dietary fat to 10-15% of total calories,

eliminate all animal products, dairy, eggs & oils, insulin receptors

open and any carbohydrate you eat will be welcomed into the

cell, with minimal insulin from the pancreas.

Anyone with yrs & yrs of Metformin, insulin shots,continual blood sugar readings, sugar highs, sugar lows...they adopt a low fat, plant based diet, full of starches, fruits & veggies, and their blood sugars drop immediately...to the point testing is no longer needed.

If you don't like 'cured', call it 'permanent remission.'

Every. Single. Time. that happens.

Just Google any plant-based doctor....they will all say the same.

Dr. Neal Barnard is the best one to research.

I've been trying to find a picture that r.e.a.l.l.y. explains it.

Think of the yellow color at fat...see how it's blocking the receptors?

Remove the fat from the diet & burn off the fat already stored,

and T2 will be a thing of the past.

HTH! 🌼

devalen · ‎03-13-2010

Trader Joe's has a new cauliflower pizza crust.

cody2 · ‎03-19-2010

@devalen wrote:
Trader Joe's has a new cauliflower pizza crust.

Have you tried it? Because if it is any good...I am going for it!

x Hedge · ‎08-18-2016

Lov 'em both, but they don't substitute for one another in my diet.
Sounds like a scheme by cauliflower growers to sell more cauliflower. Attach the word 'diet' to any food, and sales go up!