Diabetic Diet & Blood Gluecose

I am looking for some great easy diabetic recipes…. what’s your favorite?

Stuffed Turkey Tenderloin
Yield: 2 tenderloins (4 servings

Ingredients

2 small turkey tenderloins (about 1/2 pound each)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1 cup chopped onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
One 4-ounce can chopped green chilies, or 1/2 cup mild giardiniera pepper-vegetable mixture, drained
1/2 cup coarsely chopped cilantro
1 tablespoon olive oil

Directions

Prepare a charcoal grill or preheat the broiler.
Cut a pocket horizontally along the side of each tenderloin, making sure not to cut all the way through. Season with salt and pepper.
Spray a medium skillet with non-stick pan spray. Saute the onion and garlic until softened, about 3 minutes. Stir in the green chilies and cilantro.
Stuff the onion mixture into the pockets in the tenderloins; secure with small metal skewers or wooden toothpicks. Brush the tenderloins lightly with oil.
Grill, covered, over medium-hot coals, or boil 6 inches from the heat source, about 8 to 10 minutes per side or until the tenderloins are cooked through. Cut on the diagonal into 1/2-inch slices.

Here’s a link for a book you can order that might help. They have a fast food section.

http://www.amazon.com/Diabetics-Brand-Name-Exchange-Handbook/dp/0894715968

Also, here’s a website with info on fast food places and their calorie, fat, carb values for most of the things on their menus.
The download takes a minute or two.

http://www.bddiabetes.com/us/download/13a_fastfoodguide.pdf

Hope these will help.

I have low blood sugar but recently I looked up symptoms of diabetes and I have:
Blurry Vision
Fatigue
Irritation
Increase hunger
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Even if I don’t have diabetes, how does it explain my blurry vision? Can low blood sugar lead to diabetes?

probally when your blood drops too low that can cause blurred vision. the symptoms are similar. this is the opposit fo diabetes. but yes it can turn into diabetes.

I went to an internal medicine doctor, who found out that I am slightly anemic and I have hyperglycemia (borderline). I don’t know what the borderline thing means. My paternal grandfather had type I diabetes, most other women and men in the upper ages 50 and over have type II diabetes. I am always thirsty (even at night when i’m asleep), urination, I get really really really irritated if I haven’t eaten anything and I feel extremely weak and tired if I haven’t eaten.
Now, from what I read, you have to have diabetes to have hyperglycemia. But I don’t. I’ve never been in a diabetic coma or anything. Should I go back to a doctor? No insurance right now, so I’m trying to think about everything b4 I walk in there ya know.
Yeah, it’s interesting, I also have a minor heart murmur that can only be heard lying down, which could be a symptom of HYPOglycemia, but most of my personal symptoms are more like HYPERglyc. It’s strange. I haven’t been to that doctor since 2001 or so, and that was in another state. I used to pass out a lot when I was younger, and blackout, hasn’t much happened lately, but sometimes I feel close to it. I don’t know, something is for sure wrong. It kinda feels like when you drink too many pepsi’s or something, it’s a funny feeling, like I can almost feel sugar but I have nothing to go on so I feel weak. I don’t know. I tried to change my eating habits (vegetarian) but I was getting weaker more often. So I don’t know whats going on.

yes, i was reactive hypo- glycemic, and was told i didn’t have diabetes, but needed to lose weight, because diabetes would be the next step.

(hypo= low blood sugar, hyper= high blood sugar) from your symptoms, are you sure it’s not hypo, instead of hyper??

yes, you should go to a dr. and get on a good diet, avoid carbs, and eat more protien, fruits & veggie, a diabetic diet would suit you very well. that’s what i did.
good luck.