Warning: this is TL;DR stuff about diabetes and carbs – not really about food/recipes
Warning: this is TL;DR stuff about diabetes and carbs – not really about food/recipes
(pic only related ’cause I was reading while eating my breakfast, glass of low-sodium V8 with 1/3 of an avocado on toast)
So I’m doing a lot of reading lately on food that can help reverse diabetes and whole grain/sprouted grain carbs are NOT one of them. It’s a bit of a letdown, seeing as I once removed all breads, white potatoes from my kitchen, then slowly let back in sprouted grain bread and enjoy pasta, quinoa, and corn tortillas in moderation (and wild/brown rice).
These things taste GOOD to me. I can go back to not eating them – but I do like them. I THOUGHT that eating bread made from sprouted grain meant I was eating vegetables, seeing as once you sprout a grain, it sort of becomes a legume/vegetable and not a starch…which is why I allowed myself to start enjoying bread like that from Food For Life (Ezekiel 4:9) and Angelic Bakehouse (sprouted 7 grain): http://simmerandboil.cookinglight.com/2015/06/09/are-sprouted-grains-healthier/
I don’t really buy things like cookies, candy bars, even any kinds of desserts like brownies or cakes…so I keep using that as my excuse.
http://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb-bread-another-fairy-tale-bites-the-dust
HOWEVER, I’m learning that not only are all non-vegetable carbs really only making me more insulin-dependent, they are keeping people like me from losing weight…if in fact, lower carb eating is ideal for reversing insulin resistance and diabetes altogether… I don’t have the proof yet, but these two videos helped me to at least feel like I need to learn more: https://youtu.be/FcLoaVNQ3rc and
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PS – the low carb thing is not new to me… I went full-on Atkins for about a year, I lost 30 lbs in six months. A lot of life happened and I went off of it only because I wasn’t smart about budgeting for it and it was expensive to stay on it w/o the extra work.
Same for me. Except I suck at hidden sugars (all the ones ending in ‘-ose’, etc., found in salad dressings, soups, snacks) which is why I have been trying really hard to avoid packaged food…making my own salad dressing, not buying anything in a can or box unless it’s plain things like oats, dry beans, stock/broth, and tomatoes without salt.
Keto diet is hard and can be expensive.
You’re on the right track Bobbi Jo Woods . I’ve honestly never really thought much of the sprouted grains; it never occurred to me that they could be considered a vegatable! That’s a pretty cool idea!
Yeah but the sprouted grains are a lie, like the cake is a lie. lol
Lol I’d rather have cake!
I’m very frustrated right now, with wildly varying different stances being taken on what’s healthiest – Dr. McDougall will tell you that plant-based diet with LOTS of carbs from grains, and NO oils (and hardly any fat, even natural fat) is better for metabolic weight management and has said he can prove that his plan works for diabetics (https://www.drmcdougall.com/health/education/free-mcdougall-program/introduction/). I’m not buying it – I lived on high-starch eating for a long time (I didn’t start eating as much meat or even appreciating it a lot until my late 20s)
Megan V – it sounds like it, at first…but then, this lady points out how you can probably get away with it cheap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS3J1O54g00 (although, I think she must be one of those people who eats food because it’s necessary and not because she likes to taste it–canned tuna? Hard boiled eggs? No thanks–but the salmon and asparagus dinner she made sounded good)
And these guys LOST me as soon as they started talking about coffee enemas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn68fSYqYQs
Have you looked into breads/flatbreads based on lentils? I don’t know how the protein in the lentils would affect your diet. Just a thought. 🙂
I’m still eating carbs as long as I have insulin LOL and as long as my kitchen contains them, because I can’t afford to throw food out…so I will of course, look into that, but I doubt the keto way of eating includes legumes/beans. I’m still on the fence with everything, as I’m only learning!
I can’t stop being in awe of this. I’ve only really lost weight on purpose twice in my life – this time, I was just trying low-carb again but really seriously, and as of today, I dropped 7 lbs since last I weighed in (Jun 3). That’s 7 lbs in 15 days, you guys! I’m sure some of you already heard, but this is a big effing deal for me. I know it’s boring to hear someone go on about this kind of stuff, but I don’t “diet” all the time so I’m very pleased because this has been incredibly easy, considering all things.
inb4 it’s all water weight
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
I can’t believe that I whined here about needing bread and grains, mere months ago. I’m down 40 lbs since June 1st and now down 4 dress sizes. I DO NOT MISS bread, pasta, beans, rice, or grains. I don’t need sugar. I enjoy eating mostly fat, very little carbs from vegetables/cheese, and minimal to adequate protein. I’m not deprived. I’m eating quite luscious food and still losing weight. I’m reversing all my health problems. Blood pressure is normal, am off the Lipitor and the Losartan. I’m 110-150 blood glucose readings without drugs (NONE. No Glucophage, no Lantus, no Victoza). I’m almost under 200 lbs. I haven’t been (EVER), since after high school. This is my new life and I love every bite and do not regret a thing. I’m still blown away.
Good for you!! ?
Thank ya 😉
It’s all water weight.
Happy 2017! May it be very kind to you.
lol wut
I lost 40 lbs water weight? GTFO
okok so you guys got jokes huh
I’m not going to quit eating like this, ever, so um…I can’t gain it all back unless I really derail from course.