DIABETES TYPE 2 AND YOU

THE 944 EMERGENCY FAT RULE

Which non-fat food is 100% fat? When does 2% fat mean 37% of the calories are from fat. Welcome to marketing 101. Fear Fat. Fat in you diet delays your blood sugar from entering the cells with food and energy. Insulin carries glucose (sugar) into the cells but a fatty meal slows this process and makes your feed tired. Sugar, sugar everywhere but very little going into the cells. Fat keeps the cell doors closed to sugar. Your cells are starving for sugar while they are surrounded by high sugar in the blood vessels. You'll be reading lots about trans fats in the next year, fats that make storbough cookies last for months but that play havoc with our systems when our bodies try to use these fats. Fasts in general arn't bad but saturated fat is bad. THE 944 EMERGENCY FAT RULE. Fat containes 9 calories per gram. Carbohydrates and protein each contain 4 calories per gram. Look at the label for 2% milk. Serving size 1 cup. Calories 120, protein 8 grams, carbohydrate 11 grams, fat 5 grams. Calculate protein calories. 8 grams times 4 calories per gram equals 32 calories. Then multiply carbohydrate calories 11 grams times 4 calories per gram equals 44 calories. Next multiply fat calories. Five grams times 9 calories per gram equals 45 calories. Fat calories are 5 of the 120 calories or 37% fat calories. WHICH NON-FAT FOOD IS 100% FAT? Pam spray is 100% fat. If Pam spray is used for 1/3 or a second it contains 5 calories of fat which is considered non-fat. Who do you know that uses Pam spray for 1/3 or a second? Most people use it for 3 or 4 seconds. If used for 3 or 4 seconds it is 60 calories and all the calories are fat. If you use Pam spray, get the olive oil or canola oil since those are good fats.

The diabetes support group meets the second Monday of each month at 7 pm in our office. Everyone is welcome. There is no charge.

Timothy J. Gray, D.O.
Book-Of-The-Month-Club Author
Board Certified in Family Practice
Mountain View Medical Center
1909 Mountain View Lane Suite
Forest Grove, Oregon
503-359-4773