Dear Dietitian,

I was recently diagnosed with diabetes.  I’m trying to watch my diet, and have cut out most carbs, but if I eat a slice of white bread, my blood sugar goes up to 200!  What gives?

Signed, Frustrated

Dear Frustrated,

KIOWA COUNTY

COMMISSIONER MEETING

FEBRUARY 8, 2018 MEETING DATE

APPOINTMENTS:

“Winchester” opened on a bad weekend, and I mean that on two fronts. The first is that it’s the weekend of the Super Bowl, so the movie can kiss its Sunday evening audience goodbye. The second is that we’re only four weeks removed from “Insidious: The Last Key,” and the movies are awfully similar. For starters, they share an actor – Angus Sampson plays a blowhard ghost chaser in the “Insidious” movies, here he plays a construction worker. And there’s no denying the similarities between the fair-haired authoritative older women, played in “Insidious” by Lin Shaye and here by Helen Mirren.

Help some of our state’s threatened and endangered wildlife by volunteering a contribution to the Non-game Conservation and Wildlife Restoration Cash Fund on your 2017 Colorado state tax return through the voluntary income tax checkoff.  Donations made on Line 1 of Colorado tax form 104CH support wildlife rehabilitation and conservation throughout the state.

Using low-fat milk instead of cream lowers the saturated fat content in this hearty dish.

Ingredients

1 Tbsp vegetable oil

2 Tbsp celery, finely diced

2 Tbsp onion, finely diced

2 Tbsp green pepper, finely diced

1 package (10 oz) frozen whole kernel corn

1 cup raw potatoes, peeled, diced, and 1/2-inch

2 Tbsp fresh parsley, chopped

1 cup water

1/4 tsp salt

black pepper to taste

1/4 tsp paprika

2 Tbsp flour

2 cups milk, fat-free or low-fat (1%)

For the third time since December 31, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has ordered flags lowered to honor a law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty.

Dear EarthTalk: I’ve heard that the chemicals we use to unclog backed-up drains are harmful to our health and the environment. Can you suggest safer alternative products or methods?

An El Paso County Sheriff’s Deputy was shot and killed in the line of duty Monday – the third Colorado law enforcement officer to die in the line of duty over the past five week.