Diabetic - sprayed butt

[scottm4300]

Question - I'm doing a pork butt today. Last time I did one, I sprayed it sown with apple juice. However, today, my mother in law will be here and she's diabetic, and is pretty strict about not having any processed sugar.

Any thoughts on what I can use for a spray?

The rub is just going to be a combination of white pepper, black pepper, garlic powder and onion powder - nothing fancy.

Thanks!

[BBQchef33]

Are natural fruit juices not allowed for diabetics? Get one that is only real juice. ???


im not well versed in diabetic stuff.. but Bill or Chad will be able to help.

[BrooklynQ]

Scott,
My daughter's a type one diabetic. I spray with apple juice and use sugar in my rubs and sauces. She counts the sugars as part of the carbohydrates she's injesting with the meal and adjusts her insulin accordingly.

According to her nutritionist, and her blood sugar readings seem to prove this, as long as she consumes fats and proteins with the sugar, a person can have the sugars. The proteins and fats slow the body's absorbstion of the sugars so that her blodd sugar does not spilke. Becuase of this, ice cream (sugar, fat and protien) is a recommended snack.

If you want to go the completely sugar free route, replace the sugars you use with splenda. I've found that it will darken a bit more than sugar, but apart from that it's pretty good. Try Fruit 2 O in your spray. It's fruit flavored water without sugars or artificle ingredients. There's no dyes or artificle (I know I'm spelling that wrong) colors. I haven't tried it yet, but it looks like a good substitute.

Let me know what you find out.

[icemn62]

I once asked my nutritionist about this, and she reminded me that being diabetic does not mean that I can not have sugars, I just to remember they are there and make diet, medicinal changes accordingly. Unless you are soaking the meat in sugar, there should not be a problem. I don't think the amount of sugar she picks up from the juice will be that big a change. My last cook I used sugar free soda instead of fruit juice.

[willkat98]

Scott,
My daughter's a type one diabetic. I spray with apple juice and use sugar in my rubs and sauces. She counts the sugars as part of the carbohydrates she's injesting with the meal and adjusts her insulin accordingly.

According to her nutritionist, and her blood sugar readings seem to prove this, as long as she consumes fats and proteins with the sugar, a person can have the sugars. The proteins and fats slow the body's absorbstion of the sugars so that her blodd sugar does not spilke. Becuase of this, ice cream (sugar, fat and protien) is a recommended snack.

If you want to go the completely sugar free route, replace the sugars you use with splenda. I've found that it will darken a bit more than sugar, but apart from that it's pretty good. Try Fruit 2 O in your spray. It's fruit flavored water without sugars or artificle ingredients. There's no dyes or artificle (I know I'm spelling that wrong) colors. I haven't tried it yet, but it looks like a good substitute.

Let me know what you find out.

IMO, use the real thing and correct as BQ suggests. I tried the Splenda route, and the "bark" on the meat was nothing to write home about, to say the least. Bark is achieved, to a degree, by the candying and somewhat the burning effects of real sugar. Substitiutes don;t act the same way. Sounds like BQ had some success, but I didnt.

If she is completely against you using any sugars, use pickle juice and a shot of bourbon or 10 High or whatever Phil calls it.

BQ, my daughter is Type 1 as well, diagnosed 6 years ago, at 6, and is now on the pump.

[BrooklynQ]

BQ, my daughter is Type 1 as well, diagnosed 6 years ago, at 6, and is now on the pump.

My daughter was diagnosed 2 weeks before her 5th birthday and is turning 12 in September. She's been on an insulin pump for the past year or so. It has really improved her blood sugar readings.

For those of you who don't know, the insulin pump is a mechanical pump that is attached to the body like an iv in the hospital. It pumps the insulin in 24x7, closely replicating what the body does. Whenever my daughter eats, she tests her blood and sends that reading to the pump via radio waves. The pump then automatically increases the insulin that is being pumped into her body to counteract the sugar being injested. This is the closest we've been able to come to replicate what the body does naturally.

Also, in case you are wondering, a normal blood sugar reading for an adult is between 80 and 120.