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Originally Posted by TechKnowBabble Since you mentioned Chinese....what about it's 'close' neighbor Japanese? My boyfriend and I love sushi. Since it wouldn't be a LARGE volume of white rice, should that be ok? Normally we eat California roll (crab, cucumber, avocado) and I was wondering about that. |
I think you'll agree with me that sushi is nothing like General Tso's Chicken, Egg Foo Young or Sweet and Sour Pork--with rice.
I had sushi for dinner tonight, actually. I tolerate it well, but I am also a Type 1 on a pump with MUCH sushi experience
; I can literally eyeball white rice and guess exactly how much carb I am dealing with and take the correct amount of insulin.
It gets a bit trickier for Type 2, but sushi is not forbidden. Hopefully, you'll be able to eat it and deal well with it. You're on the right track inasmuch as getting a meter and testing...AND TESTING A LOT. I am on record here stating that "you" Type 2's are given horrible advice about testing. In my opinion, you need to test aggressively like a Type 1--Blood sugar highs will kill you as fast as it will kill a Type 1, yet doctors are lax about testing regimens for Type 2's.
Having said that, testtesttesttesttesttesttesttesttesttesttesttestte sttesttest and get a feel for how different things affect you. Get your "normal" routine down, and then start adding back in the spices of life. You'll find like I have that some things are just not going to work (I have basically given up on Chinese food, it just makes me feel like poop even if I get my sugars under control after eating it), but as far as I can tell, non-diabetics come to the same conclusions about different foods and food items in their lives as well.
