{"id":7601,"date":"2010-05-15T07:44:11","date_gmt":"2010-05-15T11:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=7601"},"modified":"2015-12-29T06:44:13","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T11:44:13","slug":"eat-what-you-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=7601","title":{"rendered":"Eat What You Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t hate me for saying this, but eating the same thing over and over again has its benefits for diabetics.\u00a0 If you know the carbohydrate content of your food, how your body responds to it and how much insulin you need to cover it, chances are you won&#8217;t have a postprandial surprise.<\/p>\n<p>This doesn&#8217;t mean that eating has to be boring.\u00a0 You can mix and match your meals, just like you do your shirts and pants.\u00a0 Have <a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/a-sweet-life-staff\/recipes\/meal-type\/breakfast\/rivas-oatmeal\/6694\/\" target=\"_blank\">oatmeal<\/a> for breakfast sometimes, other times have it for dinner. \u00a0 The idea here is finding things that work for you, and sticking with them.\u00a0 Routine, for me, has become a synonym for healthy, rather than for dull.<\/p>\n<p>All that said, diabetes being diabetes, can be totally unpredictable.\u00a0 Catherine Price documented this for us in her <a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/catherine\/blogs\/type-1-blogs\/the-insulin-experiment-day-11\/6938\/\" target=\"_blank\">day-by-day account<\/a> of a banana with peanut butter breakfast.\u00a0 My safest meal is an omelet with a <a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/a-sweet-life-staff\/recipes\/meal-type\/breakfast\/refreshing-cucumber-salad\/1311\/\" target=\"_blank\">cucumber salad<\/a>, and a slice of low-carb bread.\u00a0 No matter what time of the day I eat it, or how much activity (or lack of activity) I&#8217;ve had, my post meal blood sugar will be under 120.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have safe foods that you rely on to keep your blood sugar level stable?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t hate me for saying this, but eating the same thing over and over again has its benefits for diabetics.  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