Thai food

Barking dog · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

A Thai food place opened near me about a month ago and I was wondering
what choices might be diabetic friendly. I was diagnosed pre-diabetic
last October and I'm still trying to learn what I can safely eat.

Barking Dog

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Pete Romfh · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 31

On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:53:36 -0400, Barking dog
wrote:

>A Thai food place opened near me about a month ago and I was wondering
>what choices might be diabetic friendly. I was diagnosed pre-diabetic
>last October and I'm still trying to learn what I can safely eat.
>
>Barking Dog

One of the best ways to find out would be to try some and test to see
how it effects you. Noodles are probably not a good option but a
Green Mango or Green Papaya (Som Tam) salad with some Hot & Sour
Shrimp soup (Tom Yam Goong) might not be too bad.

Thai's also make a wonderful Chicken Coconut soup (Tom Kha Gai) that
might be OK depending on how your body handles coconut milk.

My advice is to try small portions and test at 1 and 2 hours after to
see how you do. If you talk with the restaurant staff they may be
willing to serve you smaller portions to try out.

I eat Thai fairly frequently at home and have learned what works for
me. If your an adventurous cook I've also got some pretty good Thai
recipes.

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Pete Romfh, telecom geek and amateur gourmet.
Houston, TX, USA

Julie Bove · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 494

"Barking dog" wrote in message $jO3.1611@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com...
>A Thai food place opened near me about a month ago and I was wondering what
>choices might be diabetic friendly. I was diagnosed pre-diabetic last
>October and I'm still trying to learn what I can safely eat.

I don't think there's too much. The sauces often contain sugar. Even a
beef salad is loaded with carbs. I used to have a Thai neighbor and I'd
taste a few bites of her food but could never eat a whole meal.

Barking Dog · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

Susan wrote:
> x-no-archive: yes
>
> Barking dog wrote:
>> A Thai food place opened near me about a month ago and I was wondering
>> what choices might be diabetic friendly. I was diagnosed pre-diabetic
>> last October and I'm still trying to learn what I can safely eat.
>>
>> Barking Dog
>
> Thai restaurants are very risky; they tend to sweeten everything, IME.
> If you can order the curries without added sugar or rice or tom gom ka
> without added sugar, those would be good choices.
>
> There are a number of lower carb dishes on the menu if you can have them
> prepared without added sugar.
>
> Susan

Thanks for all your replies. I may try take out first, that way I can
control my portion size and, if it contains too much sugar or whatever I
can chuck it without feeling guilty. I tend to put all oriental food in
the same classification "once every ten years is just fine with me"

Peace
Barking Dog

christiankaser · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

On Aug 7, 2:54 am, "Julie Bove" wrote:
> "Barking dog" wrote in message
>
> $jO3.1611@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com...
>
> >A Thai food place opened near me about a month ago and I was wondering what
> >choices might be diabetic friendly. I was diagnosed pre-diabetic last
> >October and I'm still trying to learn what I can safely eat.
>
> I don't think there's too much. The sauces often contain sugar. Even a
> beef salad is loaded with carbs. I used to have a Thai neighbor and I'd
> taste a few bites of her food but could never eat a whole meal.

Check this page out: http://www.msgtruth.org/whywe.htm

MSG and Aspartame can create an effect in people that not only mimic's
Diabetes it can lead to it. These are both excitotoxins and when used
together can really damage blood plasma causing irregular spikes in
Blood Sugar. Also look up MSG on Wikopedia and do some research on
what MSG and Aspartame are and how they affect the nervous system.

Julie Bove · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 494

wrote in message @g12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...

> MSG and Aspartame can create an effect in people that not only mimic's
> Diabetes it can lead to it. These are both excitotoxins and when used
> together can really damage blood plasma causing irregular spikes in
> Blood Sugar. Also look up MSG on Wikopedia and do some research on
> what MSG and Aspartame are and how they affect the nervous system.

Ugh! Why did you choose to tell me this? *Sucks down another Aspartame
laden Diet Coke with Lime*. I am not buying your BS. And anyone can post
to Wikipedia. Not sure what Wikopedia is and not gonna look.

Julie Bove · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 494

"Susan" wrote in message @mid.individual.net...
> x-no-archive: yes
>
> Julie Bove wrote:
>
>>>MSG and Aspartame can create an effect in people that not only mimic's
>>>Diabetes it can lead to it. These are both excitotoxins and when used
>>>together can really damage blood plasma causing irregular spikes in
>>>Blood Sugar. Also look up MSG on Wikopedia and do some research on
>>>what MSG and Aspartame are and how they affect the nervous system.
>>
>>
>> Ugh! Why did you choose to tell me this? *Sucks down another Aspartame
>> laden Diet Coke with Lime*. I am not buying your BS. And anyone can
>> post to Wikipedia. Not sure what Wikopedia is and not gonna look.
>
>
> It's very well known that msg spikes bg. I don't know about aspartame and
> bg, but it definitely is a neuro excitant, chemically speaking.

Maybe it does. I don't know. I don't eat it.