Onions and BG

On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:21:29 +0000 (UTC), "W. Baker"
<wbaker@panix.com> wrote:

>dumb_fishie99@yahoo.com wrote:
>: On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 02:48:01 -0600, "Davybear" <Davybear@adelphia.net>
>: wrote:
>
>
>: >You may be right about the food sensitivity.
>: >I tried to do a little net research and found symptoms that I had but just
>: >linked to having a high BG.
>: >http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/ate/asthm...gy/202518.html
>: >
>: >I can not find anything that says it can cause a high BG but some of the
>: >symptoms suggest it.
>: >I only know that it seems to cause a high BG in me.
>: >
>
>
>: http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-C00001-01c20eM.html
>
>: 100 grams of cooked onions have 5 grams of sugar. For me, that's too
>: much.
>
>That's also quite a few onions and for most of us 5 grams of carb is nott
>too much. You, if I recal correctly, are having a dickens of a time
>dealing with just about any carbs at all. How is it coming?

Not much change since I was able to start having lemon juice again,
and cucumber! But that's pretty nice in itself.

"GrandpaChuck" <GrandpaChuck@B4ME.org> wrote in message
news:8n25r2lmpitkurpjjda2tq7t8511pd646f@4ax.com...

> No food value? Who the hell said that? They are loaded with vitamin C
> and other nutrients. Also, they are darned good and will really open
> up your sinuses if your head is stopped up.

I love onions! They're also said to be very cleansing so they are good to
eat when you are sick.

On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:32:45 -0600, "Davybear" <Davybear@adelphia.net>
wrote:
>Hello
>I am a new T2.
>I found out Nov. 28, 2006
>I had a BG of 518.
>Metformin 2x 1000mg
>
>I am slowly learning what I can eat and what I can not.
>I seem to tolerate bread ok on the rare occasion when I eat it.
>But if I even eat a small amount of red onion my BG will go high and stay
>high.
>Is this common or just a personal allergy?
>Is there a conflict between metformin and onion?
>My skin will smell like onion even hours after eating it.


Howdy Davy,

Just depends on the diabetic and the type of red onions. Some varities
of red onions will tend to have more sugar in them than others. That's
what some tastes sweeter then others.

If the onion slices are like the ones I use (with the rings whole,
rather than seperated), then a couple of slices on a burger can move
some people's glucose levels up, ( again just depends on the varity of
red onion).

Each of us is going to be different in the amounts of any one food
item we can eat, and have it not effect our glucose levels.

Davy, you might want to try some other types of onions, to see if you
can fond one that doens't have a much of an effect on you.

On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:32:45 -0600, "Davybear" <Davybear@adelphia.net>
wrote:
>I am a new T2.
>I found out Nov. 28, 2006
>I had a BG of 518.
>Metformin 2x 1000mg
>
>I am slowly learning what I can eat and what I can not.
>I seem to tolerate bread ok on the rare occasion when I eat it.
>But if I even eat a small amount of red onion my BG will go high and stay
>high.
>Is this common or just a personal allergy?
>Is there a conflict between metformin and onion?
>My skin will smell like onion even hours after eating it.

Just thought of something Davy...

Are you washing your hands before you test, after eating that bunless
burger?

dumb_fishie99@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 02:48:01 -0600, "Davybear" <Davybear@adelphia.net>
> wrote:


>>You may be right about the food sensitivity.
>>I tried to do a little net research and found symptoms that I had but just
>>linked to having a high BG.
>>http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/ate/asthm...gy/202518.html
>>
>>I can not find anything that says it can cause a high BG but some of the
>>symptoms suggest it.
>>I only know that it seems to cause a high BG in me.

> http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-C00001-01c20eM.html

> 100 grams of cooked onions have 5 grams of sugar. For me, that's too
> much.

How much sugar there is onions depends a *lot* on what kind of onions
they are and how they're cooked. Onions aren't the only vegetable of
which that is true. That's one of the reasons you need to test rather
than rely on books if you're trying to keep your BG down.

--
Chris Malcolm cam@infirmatics.ed.ac.uk DoD #205
IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
[http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]

On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 06:14:56 GMT, "Julie Bove" <juliebove@verizon.net>
wrote:

>
>"GrandpaChuck" <GrandpaChuck@B4ME.org> wrote in message
>news:8n25r2lmpitkurpjjda2tq7t8511pd646f@4ax.com.. .
>
>> No food value? Who the hell said that? They are loaded with vitamin C
>> and other nutrients. Also, they are darned good and will really open
>> up your sinuses if your head is stopped up.
>
>I love onions! They're also said to be very cleansing so they are good to
>eat when you are sick.
>

My ex-wife's mom used to feed the kids onion sandwiches whenever they
got a cold. Judy said she loved them and used to ask her mom for one
when she didn't have a cold, but her mom said not unless you have a
cold.

--

Grandpa Chuck
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