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   Hi Dave,   
      
      
    RH> It was in just about anything that was "diet" or "low Calorie" for a   
    RH> long time--until scientists got ahold of it and fed it to a lot of lab   
    RH> rats. I think it was the only "artificial sweetener" around, so it was   
    RH> very common for common folks to use.   
      
    DD> My Granny stocked the tiny tablets. I learned a bitter (literally)   
    DD> lesson when I w2as six years old. Took one of the tablets and popped   
    DD> it into my cake hole - thinking it would be like the teeny sugar bomb.   
    DD> Eeeeewwww ... took over a week to lose the bitter taste. Never again   
      
   I tasted a tiny bit of crystalised stuff that was around the rim of the   
   bottle my parents had--and like you, instant eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwww !   
   Also, the summer after my last year of high school but before starting   
   college, I visited my mom's younger sister for a week. One night she   
   offered me a can of diet Dr. Pepper; I drank it but after the first   
   couple of swallows vowed never to drink it again. Don't remember what   
   the sweetener was but the combination of that and Dr. Pepper converted   
   me to a life long Coke drinker.   
      
    DD>      8<----- HACK ----->8   
      
    DD> I do tomato juice and the cranberry juice - which my nephrologist   
    DD> (kidney doc) recommended as being good in several ways for my kidney   
      
    RH> So far my kidneys seem to be doing well without cranberry juice. Had a   
    RH> scare a few years ago with some blood work that indicated maybe   
    RH> otherwise so my primary care dr. referred me to a nephrologist. He said   
    RH> all was well, just come back once a year to keep an eye on things. Last   
    RH> time I saw him, he suggested drinking more water (or whatever) to stay   
    RH> better hydrated; this was not too long after our most recent long cross   
    RH> country trip.   
      
    DD> Back in the day when I was ignoring ny high blood pressure one of the   
    DD> side consequences was damaged kidneys. So I'm on a "water" pill for   
    DD> life (literally) and have to keep hydrated abd watch my potassium   
    DD> levels. I'm not sure about this 'living' gig. If it was easy anyone   
    DD> could do it.  Bv)=   
      
   One of my doctors caught the blood pressure creeping up (from round the   
   clock albuterol use for bronchitis/atalectisis) and got me on meds.   
   Unfortunatly, it took a lot longer to find out some of the b/p issues   
   were caused by untreated hyper aldosteronism; by then, only way to treat   
   it was with another med but I was able to cut back on one of my other   
   meds.   
      
    DD> functions - and lemon juice to add to the water I drink. If I do   
    drink DD> soda it'd as an accompaniment to a meal. Just for drinking,   
    once I'm DD> done with my half- pot of coffee it's water w/lemon for   
    the rest of DD> the day.   
      
    RH> Soda is generally only with meals, unless I really need hydration and   
    RH> water isn't reasonably available. Otherwise it's water, flavored or   
    RH> otherwise--at lunch (out) today it was with 2 slices of lemon.   
      
    DD> I find that it helps cut the chlorine taste in my local tap water. If   
    DD> I'm dining out I generally have only water w/lemon to drink. If I go   
    DD> to breakfast at Charlie Parker's (out nationally known diner) I get   
    DD> the "Early Bird" speciasl of 2 eggs, meat, taters (hash browns,   
    DD> American fries (1/2"-ish cubes) or Tater Tots. And sine I don't drink   
    DD> coffee once I've left the house - they give me a large (14 oz) glass   
    DD> of tomato juice. A very good and filling deal.   
      
   I'd ask for a cuppa tea--English Breakfast or something similar. My   
   morning cup is usually British Blend but I will drink others if that   
   isn't available.   
      
      
    RH>  on. I tried RH> to suggest some better subs for things but she   
    RH> resisted   
    RH>  change. RH> Probably some of that was dementia starting to kick in but   
    RH>  she was RH> diagnosed diabeticc several years before that. Don't know   
    RH>  what her A1Cs RH> ran but morning b/g checks ran in the 140s. Dr. just   
    RH>  had her on RH> metformin.   
      
    DD> 140 fasting see *very* high. If my fasting sugar is above 110 I get   
    DD> concerned.   
      
   I start to get concerned if I'm over 105; if it's much higher than that,   
   I'll do a major carb cut back and push protein hard for a couple of   
   days.   
      
    DD> Another thing that I do routinely is to use honey as a sweetner.   
    DD> Especially in tea - hot or iced. It even makes the oil of bergamot   
    in DD> Earl Gray tea almost palatable.  Bv)=   
      
    RH> We use that, sorgum and molasses. Any sugar I buy is brown, powdered,   
    RH> raw or turbinado; main use of the latter two is in making jam or   
    RH> preserves (which I eat very little of).   
      
    DD> Sorghum is hard to find around here in the stupormarkups. Humphrey's   
    DD> do stock it else I'd have to visit the outlet store for the processor   
    DD> - for both the molasses and the flour.   
      
    DD> I'm still amazed that many people do not know that shorhum is from the   
    DD> corn family. Does the use of sorghum molasses affect Steve's headaches   
    DD> at all? Or is it sAfe for him?   
      
   It doesn't seem to bother him. Corn as is or in corn meal, torrillas,   
   etc seems to be the main triggers. He can have corn starch or corn syrup   
   (I use a tablespoon or so in some of my recipies.) without harm.   
      
      
    DD> Not even on your PB&J sandwiches?     
      
    RH> Not even those. (G)   
      
    DD>       Title: Apple Rice Pudding   
    DD>  Categories: Diabetic, Desserts, Rice, Fruits   
    DD>       Yield: 6 Servings   
      
    RH> Hmm, looks interesting. I use brown rice, jasmine rice or a rice blend   
    RH> (put out by Lundberg). The brown would work the best all around of the   
    RH> 3, jasmine and blend is for when I cook Asian or just want a different   
    RH> side.   
      
    DD> My default rice is bassmati (or Texmati). No special reason for it -   
    DD> just fell into its use after buting a BIG (30#) bag at a Big Lots   
    DD> store. Realised when I got it home that's a LOT of rice. Especially   
    DD> for a single guy cooking mostly for himself.   
      
    RH> It freezes well, both raw and cooked. I've got some in the freezer I   
    RH> need to pull out this week and use, maybe in chicken soup now that the   
    RH> weather has cooled down. Also have to pull out some pumpkin next week   
    RH> to make a pumpkin roll for Steve's birthday.   
      
      
    DD>       Title: Peach Skillet Cake w/Sorghum Flour   
    DD>  Categories: Cakes, Fruits, Spices   
    DD>       Yield: 8 Servings   
      
   Have to keep this in mind for next year's peach season.   
      
   ---   
   Catch you later,   
   Ruth   
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