Posted on 10/27/2021 12:51:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
So ture. No sugar. No grains.
I do make an exception for an occasional single malt Scotch!
I like Beer, Wheat Beer :)
Well, that goes without saying!
A half cup of granola eaten dry several times a week is as far as I will go. Although all those oats do give me a weird urge to go graze the lawn.
You can have a very small amount of fruits. The best ones to do this with are strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries. I like to put mine in a salad with goat cheese, swerve made pralines and a vinagrette dressing. OUTSTANDING!
After you have your sugar under control, you can “cheat” (with small amounts) every blue moon. But it must be a very rare event and a very small amount. If you can control your eating, you can control your sugar. The CRAVINGS go away in a month or two. It can be done.
That was the biggest thing I noticed- after cutting out ALL wheat I was no longer hungry all the time.
I read that it blocks your system from absorbing nutrients, ad so you keep eating to try to get more.
Have you tried the sour cherry juice?
WTH are “whole grain foods”?
I have not tried sour cherry juice. I will look into it. I had neuropathy pretty bad at one point and could hardly walk. I found that taking a calcium, potassium and magnesium supplement fixed it all. It took about two months, but I haven’t had that problem now in two years! I used Blue Bonnet, if that makes any difference...and I don’t know if it does. Good luck!
I’m convinced “the experts” are trying to kill us. The absolute worst thing a diabetic can eat, besides all that added sugar in products, is foods high in carbs. Your glucose levels will shoot up to over 300.
“But I also east some fruits”
Full of natural sugars.
You can never cure diabetes, once you have it. Were I to return to a “normal” diet (as described in the USA), I would IMMEDIATELY manifest my diabetic symptoms.
Essentially, my pancreas has been severely compromised. Many if not most of my insulin receptors are “dead”. The remaining ones must carry the sugar load and are unable to do so on a “normal” American diet. I must therefore keep my carb/sugar intake at a minimum. Reducing my weight means I have less need for the insulin receptors as well.
Many are able to “cure” (not really) diabetes by losing a massive amount of weight. This puts them within the tolerance levels of their remaining insulin receptors. However, if they return to the American diet of high carbs and sugars, they will manifest diabetes once again as they will be killing off their remaining receptors.
A keto diet is a GREAT diet for most people and for ALL diabetics. Just don’t go crazy with the meat. Eat TONS OF GREEN veggies. It really helps.
My husband was borderline and went on the diet with me. He checked his sugar levels and proved to himself that this was the problem. He lost 50 pounds and feels INCREDIBLE!
The American diet is a KILLER! We fatten cattle with grains. People should be aware of that.
Congratulations! You are doing FABULOUS! Keep it up.
Reduce Carb intake, that will reduce insulin. Try intermittent fasting.
Intermittent fasting works FANTASTICALLY. I recently found that my craving for proteins was related to my iron levels. The AMA has reduced what they call “normal” levels and so I added a blood based (not veggie based) iron supplement and I no longer have CRAVINGS to eat (protein or anything else). Who knew? FWIW.
Bttt
Since I stopped eating wheat I tend to do intermittent fasting almost by accident.
For example, I was so busy I didn’t at all, all day yesterday
(I just forgot). And I only had scrambled eggs for breakfast today, and nothing since. It’s 5PM and I’m not even hungry.
I have chickens and the fresh eggs are so much better- you feel healthier eating them.
ALSO COCONUT OIL- I mix some in my coffee, or sometimes just eat a spoonful -it takes some getting used to because it’s so bland.
Not Type 1. Type 2 is completly preventable and curable
Increase carbs to fight Type II diabetes.
Got it.
Exactly right.
Canola oil is an acronym for CANadian Oil Low Acid.
It was used as lamp oil, lubricant for machinery or animal feed only until a few decades ago. It was generally not seen as fit for humans.
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