I'm Diabetic

(Robin) #53

I use to get 10 creams at McD too. They have great coffee. Pretty sure it’s half and half.
I use heavy cream at home, but when eating out I will use half and half.

#54

I have just a few suggestions, all of which may be redundant to what others have said. First, invest in a glucose meter if you can, optimally one like the Keto Mojo that can also measure ketone bodies. I’m glad I used mine, but I was so fat that all I really needed to have confidence that keto was working was a scale and a belt. Someone thin like you can make good use of the feedback, as Bill points out. Second, I would concentrate on cutting the carbs before fine tuning other aspects of my diet. There is a learning curve there. Google is helpful, and so is a close, critical reading of labels. There is no reason to avoid saturated fats, but lots of the details can wait. It is hard to concentrate on more than one thing at a time. Third, metformin is a good medicine, accepted by the keto establishment and not counterproductive like some other medications that work by stimulating insulin production. It can be a good bridge while adapting fully to keto, and not everyone is successful using diet alone. Finally, have you looked at the possibility that you have sleep apnea? Lots of frequent awakenings to pee get blamed on the prostate when the real villain is interrupted breathing. It is a weird chain of causation, but the interruption causes a reduction in oxygen saturation. This causes the arterioles in the lung to contract. That seem counterintuitive, but at night you don’t need much of your lung capacity, and blood mostly follows the path of least resistance through only a part. Constricting the little blood vessels forces blood through more lung tissue, kind of like how putting a finger on the first hole in an old-fashioned multi-spout drinking fountain sends more water down the line. How well I remember soaking my friends’ faces with that old trick. Anyway, the constriction also raises blood pressure on the left side of the heart. This triggers stretch receptors in the left atrium, which produce a natriuretic peptide that tells your kidneys to dump some water from the circulatory system. After about one day of CPAP, I went from up ten times a night to up zero or once. And even thin people are sometimes apneic.

#55

So you recommend 10 creamers in my coffee at Mc’Ds?

#56

Thank you. Being a respiratory therapist and only a few lbs overweight my whole life I dont have sleep apnea I fall back to sleep after the bathroom every two hours. I will continue with the keto plan as I know it’s already helped tremendously with my shoulder pain

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #57

A lot of “creamers” are non-dairy concoctions that are loaded with carbohydrate. A simple Internet search shows that the McDonald’s Web site gives no list of ingredients, for its creamer, but another site (assuming it is accurate) claims the ingredients are milk, cream, sodium phosphate, DATEM, sodium stearoyl lactylate, sodium citrate, and carrageenan. I leave you to decide what you want to do.

#58

This is all great advice thank you so much PST

#59

Paul how would you drink your coffee at McDonald’s assuming you were to? Thank you

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #60

Hot and black. Completely unadulterated, the way God created it.

I should, however, point out that I was a tea drinker until, at one of my college jobs, the workplace provided only coffee. To be able to tolerate it, I loaded it up with sugar and cream. It took years to eliminate first the cream, then the sugar. Now, if the coffee is not plain, I can’t really enjoy it.

(Robin) #61

Nope. I rarely recommend anything specifically. It’s so individual.
I try to stick with heavy cream whenever possible.

#62

Why the cream first? It’s an odd direction to me… But I LOVE cream and find sweetened black coffee quite odd. Even without cream (my SO and me tried a lactose free year or two at some point), I used some milk substitute and diligently reduced my sweetener until it reached zero. I never will really like black coffee but sweetened coffee? That is weird to me now and definitely not appreciated as much as an unsweetened one. Unless it’s lightly sweetened whipped cream with a little coffee in it but I probably am over that state too. Whipped cream is just pure perfection with its natural sugars (and a little vanilla and clove).

#63

What I’m really asking Paul is if you believe one cup of coffee a day with 10 creamers from McDonal’ds is not a good idea on a keto diet.

I thought the fat content in the creamers would make it a good choice.

(Jane) #64

I have seen them pulse powder into their coffee, so that definitely is not “dairy” and should be avoided. Other McD’s they use half & half which is ok. I don’t get coffee at McD’s so I can’t answer that - just order a sausage McMuffin with egg and cheese sans the muffin. I usually am carrying my own coffee from home loaded with heavy cream and maybe even butter.

When I order a Starbucks I ask for whole milk, which isn’t as good as cream but an acceptable sub IMO.

#65

Thank you but I know they use liquid creamers at the McDonald’s I go too but your choice is better to bring your own heavy cream.

(Jane) #66

Yes, and even “olive oil mayo” only has some olive oil in it and also soybean oil.

Occasionally I will buy regular mayo because I get lazy but only rarely. I make my own mayo with olive oil, an egg, salt and a bit of Dijon mustard.

For salad dressings I drizzle olive oil over my salad and add a splash of vinegar… or make my own - lots of recipes out there.

#67

Yes very good choice olive oil and any vinegar

(Jane) #69

I bought this off Amazon (not sure which country you are in)

because it will make mayo from 1 cup of oilive oil with a small hole in the top to drizzle the olive oil in. I use it all the time for other dressings, marinades and anything that needs to be chopped/pulverized/blended in small batches.

Dang - I paid $35 for it 2 years ago… Now it is $54.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #70

I don’t know; that’s just the way it worked. I didn’t think about it.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #71

I listed the ingredients, and you can look up the fat and carbs if you don’t already know. It’s up to you to do the arithmetic, check out the ingredients, and decide for yourself.

One of the reasons I drink my coffee black (apart from the fact that I really prefer it that way) is precisely not to have to worry about such things.

#72

Indeed. Including DATEM. Weird stuff.

#73

Can you explain why some of the cooking oils are not good on a keto diet plan? Sunflower, safflower, corn, vegetable, etc.I know Canola oil is a GMO product and soybean oil is also not a good choice. Thank you