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Post by angieh1996 on May 8, 2021 15:45:48 GMT
My DH is a diabetic and is the most picky eater ever (ugh). I’m trying to find good websites with some easy simple meals. Can you help a fellow pea out. I’ve been scouring Pinterest. He’s very much a meat and potato guy with very limited veggies he likes.
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Post by scrapmaven on May 8, 2021 15:48:12 GMT
Will he work w/a dietician? That's the best way to find food he'll eat. The dietician can tailor a diet to fit dh's tastes.
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Post by lizacreates on May 8, 2021 15:55:17 GMT
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Post by angieh1996 on May 8, 2021 16:05:32 GMT
Will he work w/a dietician? That's the best way to find food he'll eat. The dietician can tailor a diet to fit dh's tastes. Great idea. I’ll ask around to find one. |
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Post by ~summer~ on May 8, 2021 16:11:49 GMT
Do you make his food for him?
Can you buy a diabetic cookbook and have him pick out things he likes?
I also agree with working with a diabetic educator/dietician
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on May 8, 2021 16:13:53 GMT
I too, am an extremely picky eater.
I would have him write down all the foods(main entree, sides, appetizers, snacks, etc..) that he will eat. Then elimate the food that is high in sugar.
Then both of you can cook from that list.
If you prefer more variety, you can always cook something you like(that he won't eat) and freeze individual portions for yourself.
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Post by angieh1996 on May 8, 2021 16:38:07 GMT
Do you make his food for him? Can you buy a diabetic cookbook and have him pick out things he likes? I also agree with working with a diabetic educator/dietician Not always. But he’s having some health issues diabetes being one. But also a stroke/tumor. Drs aren’t sure yet what’s going on. He has a follow up MRI in a few weeks and I’m a hot mess. He’d do well making his own food for awhile then he’d get lazy and now his memory is is suffering a little so I’m taking over for now. We think he had a silent stroke. No typical symptoms. But he fell a few times and I noticed he was more forgetful. So with that he wasn’t taking his meds and forgetting what he ate. Which threw his diabetes all out of control. |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on May 8, 2021 17:19:40 GMT
He’d do well making his own food for awhile then he’d You tooget lazy and now his memory is is suffering a little so I’m taking over for now. We think he had a silent stroke. No typical symptoms. But he fell a few times and I noticed he was more forgetful. So with that he wasn’t taking his meds and forgetting what he ate. Which threw his diabetes all out of control. Can/will he follow written directions or at least a list for taking his meds, maybe even portion his food with a date and time to eat it, if you are not home to do it for those meals? |
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Post by angieh1996 on May 8, 2021 20:39:02 GMT
He’d do well making his own food for awhile then he’d You tooget lazy and now his memory is is suffering a little so I’m taking over for now. We think he had a silent stroke. No typical symptoms. But he fell a few times and I noticed he was more forgetful. So with that he wasn’t taking his meds and forgetting what he ate. Which threw his diabetes all out of control. Can/will he follow written directions or at least a list for taking his meds, maybe even portion his food with a date and time to eat it, if you are not home to do it for those meals? We have alarms on his phone to tell him to take his meds and check his sugars. I've been portioning meals for him to have for lunch and a list of things he can have for breakfasts. My 2 kids still live at home so they always make sure someone around to make sure doesn't turn the alarm off and forget. Once we got his sugars down and under control his memory issues subsided a little, but he'll still forget. |
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Post by Really Red on May 8, 2021 20:48:39 GMT
I love the idea of giving him a diabetic cookbook with pictures/recipes. You can get one from the library. Give him sticky notes to mark his favorites. It would be helpful for you so you don't have to think about things.
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Post by nlwilkins on May 8, 2021 20:54:52 GMT
I believe it is not so much about what he can and cannot eat but about eliminating spikes in sugar levels. Not eating for hours and hours can cause problems almost as bad as eating a bunch of sugar at one sitting.
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on May 8, 2021 21:24:13 GMT
I believe it is not so much about what he can and cannot eat but about eliminating spikes in sugar levels. Not eating for hours and hours can cause problems almost as bad as eating a bunch of sugar at one sitting. I agree. I had a boyfriend once who had unstable blood sugar. He wouldn't go to the doctor so I never found out whether he was an undiagnosed diabetic or not, but if he went too long without food he would turn into the Hulk - couldn't phrase proper sentences, and found fault with any food I prepared. It was 30 years ago but I vividly remember him screaming at me and stomping off in a tantrum when I cooked him perfect eggs and by the time he got himself to the table they were 'wrong'. If he had eaten the same meal at the right time, he would have been fine. |
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Post by gramasue on May 9, 2021 13:07:45 GMT
My youngest DD would not eat vegetables when she was young. So, I made soup. With vegetables. For some reason, she didn't object to this and actually would eat it. They weren't disguised or anything, but just presented differently.
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