Hi marie, i read with insterest about your daughter, and now being a widow of a diabetic and going through a ton of things when Al was in the hospital i have to agree with Agnespuffin. although i live in canada, in a large northwestern ontario city with a doctor stortage over 30,000 people where i live are without a doctor and must use the er or walkin clinics (we are lucky in this country as there is no or very little cost, only the rich pay). One of Al's doctor's did not have hospital visiting priveledges and so he had to see a new doctor at the hospital, this doctor changed all his meds around and he was on rapid-nova insulin 3 times a day and nph at night and this was given on a sliding scale, which i had to give him every day of hislife (we were married for 25 years last Nov.). i will admit that i was glad when his old doctor retired this new one was more up on new meds. we also have a diabet. northwest, which diabetic goes to school and can bring another person alone. you would be surprised what foods can bring the sugars up. also and i know everone is different but Al had a white coat syndrom which made his blood sugars go up when he sees someone in a lab coat! also if the nurses didn't give him the insulin at his usual times he would have a reaction. i feel sorry for your family and your daughter and wish you the best. ps agnes picked up joan hess and mary daheim at the library, the kichen will be there and so will the paint! debbie

Hi Tina Yes, I was aware that cinnamon helps with blood sugar. I have been trying to add some to my cooking when I can. Last week I made meat loaf and I added a bit of cinnamon. I was hoping I wasnt going to ruin the taste of the meatloaf so thank goodness it came out good, couldnt taste the cinnamon. Thanks for letting me know about the capsules, I wasnt aware you could get them.

About grinding einkorn in a Vitamix.... Yes, IF you have the DRY BLADE CONTAINER, which is used for hard, dry materials, such as grain, and for kneading dough. The container the Vitamix comes with is the WET BLADE CONTAINER. I have a "bevy" of mills, but I teach classes on the subject and have purchased them over the span of many years. I can mill any type of grain/seed/bean from tiny teff and amaranth to dent corn and garbanzo beans. Personally, I wouldn't use a Vitamix (with the dry blade container) because it heats the flour too much, but if you already have the dry blade container, chill your grain in the freezer and only grind it in small amounts with the least amount of time for processing possible to keep it from getting too hot. The heat destroys nutrients. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ COOKIE8 - I use your recipe for FLAX COOKIES you shared on the Cooking group from 5-12-2014 (which also requires ground pumpkin seeds). Your recipe above looks great, too. :-) I sprout pumpkin seeds to make them easier to digest, and look forward to trying the recipe. -Grainlady

I have watched my carbs intake for years. Mostly because just about all carbs except for rye and whole grain rice and whole grain whole wheat bring on my migraines. I have to run like the Dickens for weight to stay off of me. Diet alone does absolutely nothing for me. It's because of my hypoglycemia. I have been eating a lot in the last few weeks and not really sure what the trigger is but I've also been having more migraines than in years. Not sure what's going on? DH and I have started running and weightlifting regularly again so hopefully I'll keep some of the excess from gathering on my body. I can't eat almonds but cheat sometimes. They are one of my migraine triggers :-(. For some reason eggs has become a trigger too again. Boo hoo. I miss those low-cal tummy fillers.