I posted an update on Facebook yesterday of my breakfast, and received this interesting response:
Mmm…tho sounds like a heart attack waiting to happen.
An excerpt for those of you out there that are afraid of heart attacks:
From the Journal for the American College of Cardiology, February 7, 2006, a quote:
… Diabetics have narrowed arteries because high blood sugar levels cause plaques to form and reduce the diameter of the coronary arteries. The increased need for blood flow from burning fat and the decreased blood flow from narrowed arteries put diabetics at very high risk for heart attacks, heart failure and sudden death.
Another study from Sweden shows that many people discover that they are diabetic only after they have had a heart attack. Researchers recorded blood sugar levels in men who had had heart attacks and then did sugar tolerance tests at discharge and three months later. They found that 35 percent had diabetic sugar tolerance tests at hospital discharge and 40 percent had impaired sugar tolerance tests three months later (Lancet, Volume 359, 2002).
Therefore, 40 percent of people who have heart attacks are diabetic, even though they may not know it. Many of the diabetics had normal HBA1C blood tests, the standard test to measure diabetic control. Furthermore, the patients who were unknown diabetics had a much higher rate of sudden death from their heart attacks than those who were not diabetic. The authors recommend that all people with heart attacks be tested for diabetes.
Heart attacks seem to correlate with undiagnosed Diabetes, interesting indeed. There is a lot of controversy out there on what one is supposed to eat to avoid becoming Diabetic. The answer is mind-numbingly simple.
Avoid carbohydrates from grains and sugar like they are the black plague. While one needs carbohydrates in order to survive, they can be gained from eating what our ancestors did – vegetables and fruit.
I believe we need fat in order to become sated. You run the risk of overeating carbohydrates because they just don’t fill you up. This dish will give you a great boost, and enough carbohydrates to get you through your morning.
Okay, so in my haste to make and eat this bad boy, I broke one yolk. So sue me.
Fried Eggs with Italian Sausage, Avocado, and Cherry Tomatoes
Servings: 1
Ingredients:
- 1 link hot Italian sausage, casing removed
- 30 mL extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 eggs
- to taste salt, Kosher
- to taste pepper, freshly ground
- 1/2 avocado, peeled, sliced
- 3 cherry tomatoes
Method:
- Remove sausage from casing; fry in olive oil over medium high heat.
- Once the sausage is cooked, add your eggs to the pan.
- Season your eggs with salt and pepper; cook eggs to desired doneness.
- Serve immediately with avocado and cherry tomatoes on the side.
Carbohydrates: 14.88g
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Reasons I read your blog:
1. You’re always learning and believe that knowledge is meant to be shared.
2. Your pictures and recipes keep me thinking and lead me to trying my own creations.
3. You have an uncanny way of relating everyday life to food in a way that few others can. When it comes to my favorite cooks/chefs, you’re right up there will Alton Brown and Michael Ruhlman.
The only downside is that your restaurant is way over there and I’m way over here . . . so until then I’ll have to make do with the blog.
@Mike – Wow. I am not worthy of your praise. I simply love food, and I believe that it connects us all in ways that we might not even want. Like it or not, we ARE what we choose to eat. I am living proof of that.
As for passing off my knowledge, I am happy to do that, because it is in my nature.
If you are ever in Montreal, you will have a special place at our restuarant, just let me know!
you took what they wrote in the study and then generalized that all grains are bad. Basically the study said that high blood sugar levels are bad (which, btw someone with undiagnosed diabetes would have pretty much no matter what they eat, as by definition they lack insulin to take the sugar from their blood and into their muscles, so it would build up). Whole grains are encased in fiber which causes them to break down slowly, thus not causing a spike in blood sugar. Encouraging people to eat animal fat, which will most definitely clog your arteries is a bad recommendation. I notice that you are not an RD or MD, so perhaps you should abstain from giving nutritional advice – as you are clearly not qualified – and stick to showing people how to cook.
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