Ellie:

Thanks for the wealth of information. It will certainly be helpful.

I'm just a little pissed-off that Aajonus could tell diabetics that
they have to eat an enormous amount of unheated honey - at least 3/4 cup
each day. I only ate less than 1/4 and look what happened.

I e-mailed him about this and it will be interesting what he has to say.

Patrick


At 03:55 AM 12/2/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Patrick Lecky wrote:
>
>> My honey arrived today. Before I ate it, my blood glucose was 136 mg/dl.
>> After eating about 1/4 cup it was 236 mg/dl. A rise of 100 mg/dl!
>
>Was 136 your fasting glucose level? I believe some of Aajonus' claims,
>like honey having an insulin effect, are not based on any scientific
>backing. I too have a damaged pancreas (from past addiction to
>prescription drugs and alcohol) and am concerned about how much sugar I
>eat. My glycosylated hemoglobin is normal and I am not diagnosed as
>diabetic, but I have a somewhat delayed insulin response. I eat all raw
>food. Here is some self-tesing I've done, usually in the AM on an empty
>stomach.
>
>My fasting glucose is normal 80-90. If I eat 4 TBS honey 1hr glucose is
>250. After 8 dates it goes up to about the same.
>
>4 TBS honey after 2 oz walnuts---1 hr glucose is 130
>after fatty raw mackeral---124
>after 1 TBS olive oil---180
>after 1 TBS cod liver oil---180
>
>1 orange, 2 pears, 1/2 banana---120
>1 orange, 2 pears, 1 banana---130
>1 mango, 2 figs, 2 dates---150
>1 egg, 4 dates---190
>1 cucumber, 1 brocoli stalk---120
>1/2 cantelope, 1 apple, 2 figs---150
>1 mango, 4 figs---130
>4 dates with a macadamea nut in each---180
>4 pears, 3 eggs, 2 TBS honey---160
>1 TBS bones marrow, 2 lamb chops---120, 1 hr later 4 dates, after 1 hr.
>glucose was 140.
>
>As you see, I've been playing around, and decided to eat honey only
>after something fatty and not too much at that.
>
>My best,  Ellie
>