20-05-2014, 03:10 AM
Clara,
Thankfully, it's not diabetes but my diet is very similar to what would be recommended (I think - I wont get into what I think of the American Diabetes Association!) for someone who is pre diabetic. Low glycemic index foods, limited carbs etc. What I am is gluten sensitive - I'm sure you'd rather not know what gluten does to my GI tract. What I learned about wheat in particular and consequently all the carbohydrates is what they do to blood glucose, insulin response and ultimately your pancreas. Avoiding or at least limiting carbohydrates becomes an obvious conclusion. I can't remember a time in my life when my GI tract has worked so well for so long. And the axillary benefit is that my excess weight is disappearing getting me closer and closer to my appropriate body mass index (a feat I previously thought impossible). Then came the high fructose corn syrup. We had been making a modest effort to avoid it but now, I'm pretty relentless about not buying food that contains that crap. Needless to say, our selection of foods is frightfully small at the moment and I'm trying all kinds of foods again looking for replacements for all the things I'll no longer eat. It's been hard for this mid-west, meat-and-potatoes kid!
Remember the thread about "will PM shorten your life span?" HYPOTHETICALLY assuming it does, I wonder if what I'm doing diet wise will counteract the "negative" impact of PM.
Thankfully, it's not diabetes but my diet is very similar to what would be recommended (I think - I wont get into what I think of the American Diabetes Association!) for someone who is pre diabetic. Low glycemic index foods, limited carbs etc. What I am is gluten sensitive - I'm sure you'd rather not know what gluten does to my GI tract. What I learned about wheat in particular and consequently all the carbohydrates is what they do to blood glucose, insulin response and ultimately your pancreas. Avoiding or at least limiting carbohydrates becomes an obvious conclusion. I can't remember a time in my life when my GI tract has worked so well for so long. And the axillary benefit is that my excess weight is disappearing getting me closer and closer to my appropriate body mass index (a feat I previously thought impossible). Then came the high fructose corn syrup. We had been making a modest effort to avoid it but now, I'm pretty relentless about not buying food that contains that crap. Needless to say, our selection of foods is frightfully small at the moment and I'm trying all kinds of foods again looking for replacements for all the things I'll no longer eat. It's been hard for this mid-west, meat-and-potatoes kid!
Remember the thread about "will PM shorten your life span?" HYPOTHETICALLY assuming it does, I wonder if what I'm doing diet wise will counteract the "negative" impact of PM.