blueberry pie

[WTM]

i eat a lot of fresh blueberries. good diabetic food and helps with weightloss but sometimes my wife wants pie. i reduce the sugar to 1/2 cup or use allulose sub though. i use the equate pie dough. pretty easy desert. inise frozen wild blueberries keep frozen, do not thaw. jncrease bake time to about 70-75 min at 375 deg.

 

[Gunpowder]

My wife and daughter are both bakers... I LOVE blueberry pie! That looks amazing! Thanks for the recipe going to pass it on to them!

 

[Lt.Dan]

i eat a lot of fresh blueberries. good diabetic food and helps with weightloss but sometimes my wife wants pie.

I think the wives have it in for us diabetics. Mine is the same way. Thanks for that recipe. It looks good.

 

[WTM]

I think the wives have it in for us diabetics. Mine is the same way. Thanks for that recipe. It looks good.

ive done a lot of blood testing after i eat stuff like this and certain foods isnt as bad as you think, at least for me.

i pretty much eat the mediterranean style of eating now but i can eat certain things at a certain time of the day and still have a good reaction with my glucose levels.

for instance fried rice. if i dont make it a certain way it will sky rocket. add 2 heaping teaspoons of coconut oil to the water and boil the rice in it. refrigerate overnight. it does something to the starches that doesnt cause that long glucose spike. eat stir fry meat and vegetables before eating the rice and it almost flat lines. those pan pizzas i was posting, now i cold rise and ferment the dough in the fridge for at least 24 hours. here lately ive moved toward fermented thin crust but i still dont eat it as much.

all this blood testing has dropped my A1c from double digits when they hospitalized me to now at prediabetic at 6.2. i dont crave sugar anymore but its nice to occasionaly have a slice of pie.

 

[Lt.Dan]

ive done a lot of blood testing after i eat stuff like this and certain foods isnt as bad as you think, at least for me.

i pretty much eat the mediterranean style of eating now but i can eat certain things at a certain time of the day and still have a good reaction with my glucose levels.

for instance fried rice. if i dont make it a certain way it will sky rocket. add 2 heaping teaspoons of coconut oil to the water and boil the rice in it. refrigerate overnight. it does something to the starches that doesnt cause that long glucose spike. eat stir fry meat and vegetables before eating the rice and it almost flat lines. those pan pizzas i was posting, now i cold rise and ferment the dough in the fridge for at least 24 hours. here lately ive moved toward fermented thin crust but i still dont eat it as much.

all this blood testing has dropped my A1c from double digits when they hospitalized me to now at prediabetic at 6.2. i dont crave sugar anymore but its nice to occasionaly have a slice of pie.

I quit eating junk food, and cut back carbs to around 100g a day. Less sometimes a little more occasionally. I'm not following any diet plan, but I eat mostly protein and veggies. I took my a1c down to 4.6 - 4.9 from 9.6. I just started wearing one of those monitors for a couple weeks because we took away one of my medications and I wanted to monitor it closely. So far I have stayed within range and only gone low twice. Which, since I changed my diet, that happens. And one of the reasons I'm getting off one of my meds. When your sugar drops into the 40's it really sucks. I have dropped over 20lbs. I am only 7lbs overweight for my age. I'm hoping to get back to 5lbs under my max weight. So 12 more pounds to go. I still crave sugar, but I use fruit to fix that instead of junk food. I have found a great snack for diabetics - pork skins. I eat a bag every night while I watch my baseball game. And the other treat is those Outshine No Sugar Added Popsicles.

 

[WTM]

I quit eating junk food, and cut back carbs to around 100g a day. Less sometimes a little more occasionally. I'm not following any diet plan, but I eat mostly protein and veggies. I took my a1c down to 4.6 - 4.9 from 9.6. I just started wearing one of those monitors for a couple weeks because we took away one of my medications and I wanted to monitor it closely. So far I have stayed within range and only gone low twice. Which, since I changed my diet, that happens. And one of the reasons I'm getting off one of my meds. When your sugar drops into the 40's it really sucks. I have dropped over 20lbs. I am only 7lbs overweight for my age. I'm hoping to get back to 5lbs under my max weight. So 12 more pounds to go. I still crave sugar, but I use fruit to fix that instead of junk food. I have found a great snack for diabetics - pork skins. I eat a bag every night while I watch my baseball game. And the other treat is those Outshine No Sugar Added Popsicles.

yep same for me. gotta watch those pork skins though if you have heart/cholesterol as well. dates are awesome, sweet but they dont hardly raise it at all. they have a lot of carbs though. i stay away from the pit fruits and melons and eat a lot of berries, pears, mangos and apples with skin on.

 

[vr1967]

I got plenty of blueberries to pick, but the rain won't hold off long enough in SW MS to pick them. We got close to 4" between last night, and when I left for work a while ago.

 

[Boll Weevil]

Blueberry, blackberry, mulberry…love'em all!

 

[DoubleRidge]

Those pies look delicious.....cobbler is also fantastic with blueberries or blackberries....I need to pick some blackberries but the deer and other critters are beating me to them!

 

[Lt.Dan]

yep same for me. gotta watch those pork skins though if you have heart/cholesterol as well. dates are awesome, sweet but they dont hardly raise it at all. they have a lot of carbs though. i stay away from the pit fruits and melons and eat a lot of berries, pears, mangos and apples with skin on.

I've been eating a bag a day for a year and my cholesterol has hardly changed. I thought it would, but I'm still within range. I warned my doctor and she is amazed it's staying down. Maybe because I eat lean meat and stay away from other high cholesterol foods. Although my good cholesterol was low on my last lab result.

 

[chris1976]

I've been eating a bag a day for a year and my cholesterol has hardly changed. I thought it would, but I'm still within range. I warned my doctor and she is amazed it's staying down. Maybe because I eat lean meat and stay away from other high cholesterol foods. Although my good cholesterol was low on my last lab result.

I'm convinced after being on a high fat/ high protein diet for years and still keeping good cholesterol levels that high cholesterol is mainly genetic instead of food related.

 

[chris1976]

I'm also convinced refined white sugar is the absolute worst thing humans can put into their bodies.

 

[Lt.Dan]

I'm convinced after being on a high fat/ high protein diet for years and still keeping good cholesterol levels that high cholesterol is mainly genetic instead of food related.

I read a study that said those low cholesterol numbers are not good for people who are genetically prone to Alzheimers. But if you look hard enough, you can always find some study or something to go along with whatever you want to believe in. Me, I will take that study and say high cholesterol is just a number.

 

[Gunpowder]

I'm also convinced refined white sugar is the absolute worst thing humans can put into their bodies.

I agree, but that's a pretty hard substance to avoid. While I don't shovel it in, I do my best to avoid it. Over the last 10 years or so I've almost completely replaced sugar with stevia. I like it.

I read a study that said those low cholesterol numbers are not good for people who are genetically prone to Alzheimers. But if you look hard enough, you can always find some study or something to go along with whatever you want to believe in. Me, I will take that study and say high cholesterol is just a number.

Also agreed. Loved through about 8 "studies" where eggs are bad for you, no wait, they're great for you, no just kidding, they're bad for you, etc.

Pretty sure we could find a study supporting everything is bad for us. Even saw one once that said "Are we drinking TOO much water?"

I think studies are bad for us. Not kidding about that either, my wife (psychologist) says things like that can have an extremely adverse impact on mental health. If you believe it, it can impact you in the form of stress or worse.

"Mind over matter" is real.

I also believe in moderation.. The devil lives in extremes.

 

[DaveB]

I'm convinced after being on a high fat/ high protein diet for years and still keeping good cholesterol levels that high cholesterol is mainly genetic instead of food related.

I do not disagree but the problem is the bad stuff still accumulates, just slower. My Mom had cholesterol levels in the high 300's but died at 93 from the Flu.

 

[Popcorn]

Compliance with my wife's alpha gal diet where refined sugar (bleached with bovine bone char) is out of the question has helped me dramatically to avoid many bad things!