Comments on: Diabetes In Public Spaces

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Thu, 18 Dec 2003 18:36:58 +0000

I was thinking about Denny’s, Cocco’s, or Marie Calendars–not McDonalds or
Burger King. To the person who lives in California…what restaurants?

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Sat, 13 Dec 2003 10:39:23 +0000

I used to belong to a community service club, and
the snacks they provided at meetings were always
sweets. going to make a donation towards diabetes research. I
promptly volunteered my club to do the catering, and guess
what, everything we served came from one of my diabetes
cookbooks, and carried nutritional information. people hated it, and some people wanted the recipes. But
I guess I made my point about the
snacks!!

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:03:51 +0000

I went to a restaurant recently and chose some
fairly diabetically correct food from a menu of very
rich dishes. Then I chose a drink from the best
selection of diet drinks I’ve ever seen. course was delivered along with the quiet question “Are
you diabetic? If you are, don’t worry about dessert,
we will make you something special that will be
alright for you.” daughter was diabetic also, and they had guessed I was
too. They made me a delicious fruit salad (which was
not on the menu) topped with a low fat low sugar
stuff a bit like ice cream. so cared for. diabetics make a habit of eating at McDonalds, but they do
provide nutritional information in a leaflet, and I know

that, certainly, a few years ago, they had an
additional small leaflet available specifically for
diabetics.

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Tue, 02 Dec 2003 18:44:11 +0000

You make a really good point. I would love to see
the food exchanges on menus. Also, I think everyone
in the food business ought to have some knowledge of
diabetic needs. I can’t tell you how many catered meals I
have gone to where there was nothing I could eat
without dismantling it to lower the carbo and fat
content. Same goes for events where all they serve are
sweets. -Dona

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 17:08:40 +0000

“But, nope. I think they expect us to stay home
and shrivel up.” won’t do <G> Out here in California, most
restaurants do have a ‘nutrition value’ posted and when I’ve
asked at chains about something, they’ve been pretty
good to me about it. place the manager came over and asked if I couldn’t
help a ‘new diabetic’ at table 12! She’d only been out
of the hospital a week and they were trying to
figure out what she could have. helped her out. She’s now a volunteer at the local ADA
and PUMP group. Cool.