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I have the kindle, I'll look for the book.
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Different people respond to different types of diets. I, like Melodylane, do very well on a low carb diet. In fact, I found I lose weight if I cut out all bread/wheat products of any type, milk products of any type, rarely eat rice (good substitute is Quinoi), eat lots of baked chicken and fish. Natural fruits (i.e., not in syrup) are not a bad thing. In fact, one of the ways I get protein in my diet are by creating what I call "ice cream" with 1/2 c frozen blueberries, 2 c. sliced frozen strawberries, 1/4 c silken tofu and a scoop of whey protein. Blend it all in the blender and it's like soft serve ice cream!
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I have lots of friends on low carb who eat fruit every day like BB said. I never eat it because I have blood sugar issues. However, don't eat fruit until you have lost weight and are into maintenance because you need to clean out your glucose store so your body switches to fat metabolism. Eating fruit NOW will greatly impair that shift. You don't need fruit and you need all the help you can get.
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Did you have to eliminate Diet drinks also? Supposedly they raise your insulin.
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If you really want to understand the science behind why low carb diets are so healthy and effective, read "Why We Get Fat" by Gary Taubes. Excellent book and informative. It's on the kindle.
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Mel...
Did you have to eliminate Diet drinks also? Supposedly they raise your insulin. I didn't eliminate diet drinks but I know people who could not lose weight while drinking them. It has been several years but I did look up some studies on that very question and the studies I found at the time said there was no effect on blood sugar. But there has to be something going on. I think I will test on myself tomorrow and see what happens.
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Sorry for threadjacking, but how would you go about testing that?
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Sorry for threadjacking, but how would you go about testing that? I test my blood sugar all the time because I WAS pre-diabetic. I have a blood sugar testing kit.
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So test before and after drinking/eating the food item?
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.." Theodore Roosevelt Exposure 101
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How long do I wait before retesting?
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