Carb Scare Tactics

About Diabetes.com ^ | July 08, 2003 | Paula Ford-Martin

[EggsAckley]

>>A$$hole$.<<

Funny and appropriate that you would spell that with all those dollar signs, because, isn't THAT ($$$) what it's ALL about!?! LOL!

[EggsAckley]

Oh, BTW Mr.3, THANK YOU for posting about this of late. It's very important, and we're all learning and getting fired up over it. Don't stop!!

[Nov3]

The spate of diabetes is downright scary. There are other factors but diet is the main cause. Beyond diet there is a tie with the autoimmune problems that seen to be rampant in our society.

[EggsAckley]

As a matter of fact, if you decide to set up a *ping* list on this topic, sign me up!
~</:o)

[AAABEST]

God bless! I'm very happy for you.

[AAABEST]

I know you make fun of these threads, but you will be converted. </ bodysnatcher>

[freethinkingman]

I have researched different diets quite a bit before settling on the Atkins type "Schwartzbein Diet" . She is a doctor that has put many diabetics on the high protien/good fat diet.

I personally have lost 20 since the new year and that is not even sticking rigidly to the diet. I just cut out bread, chips, coke and other sweets and eat more meat and dairy.

After reading her book I can't see how anyone can refute the evidence, everyone knows how the body treats carbs (like sugar) whats left to debate?

[Nachum]

Good luck with your impending operation.

There are a number of things have proven tough to give up for me. Diet Coke was one. I am a major addict. I stick to green tea and water these days.

[Mr. Jeeves]

There are a number of things have proven tough to give up for me. Diet Coke was one.

No need to give cola up entirely. Try Diet-Rite cola. No aspartame, no calories, no carbs and it tastes pretty good.

[upchuck]

Just wondering, why did you give up Diet Coke? I'm on a sort of modified Atkins. I avoid most carbs, giving into a piece of pizza or some microwave popcorn once a week or so. I try to be good :)

[jacquej]

Hey!!! Thanks for the tip!!! I am gonna try it! I love wine, always thought red would give me headaches, so avoided it... But, have read that the red wines are better than the white for health...

And, I trust Freepers more than any others!!!

Cut the carbs, guys... that means, no cereals, no breads, no taters, no rice, no pasta, no sodas, no sugar, and no aspatame... prolly no artificial sweeeners of any kind.

I know, wah... grow alpine strawberries in pots on balconies, you know?

It works, and once you get past the first month, and decide it is life-long, it really isn't bad... but you won't know till you make the commitment.

Get your GP to do the blood tests before you start, then get them taken after you have done it for about 3 months with NO CHEATING! Let us all know what your results are...

[not_apathetic_anymore]

Well... I'm still losing on Atkins (without giving up Diet Coke) more slowly than at first, but the trend is still down. For more reasons than Atkins, the Diet Coke should go. But, giving up carbs was all I could do...I couldn't give up the DC as well. I figure when I hit a plateau and stop losing that's when I'll be forced into the final Atkins step.

[sinkspur]

Might I suggest, in starting out, that you go for a Gamay Beaujolais, or even one of the generic red table wines? They're a bit lighter.

Some people do get headaches from the sulfites in red wine, so start light and see what it does.

Whatever you do, stay away from Lambruscos and white zinfandels. As much sugar as whites.

[pubmom]

It is frustrating to be a family member of a diabetic (in-law)who was given that type of advice. They will follow the dr's advice even if they feel lousy all the time.

A big beef of mine is that it was recommended he use margarine instead of butter. Trans fats are rotten for everyone, not just diabetics.

Is his health better by following dr's orders? He needed a hearth cath last year and is heavier now than he's ever been.

[Xenalyte]

Do you take Synthroid? Xena's Mom does (thanks to having her head X-rayed in the late '50s for an acne treatment, of all things, which killed her thyroid gland), and when she tried to quit taking it several years back, she couldn't get out of bed. She felt just fine, except for having zero energy. Weird.

[Xenalyte]

That's right . . . blame the hooch. ;)

The good part about Atkins is that it lets me have tons of what I love - beef and cheese and wine. The bad part is that the only beer I can have is Michelob Ultra. I think my views on this near-beer have been amply covered on FR.

But hell, if it gets that extra inch or two off my stomach and hinder, I am SO there.

[Xenalyte]

Just the meat and the cheese, or anything else? Actually, a good Omaha Steaks burger with some kickazz Swiss on it sounds VERY yummy.

[Xenalyte]

Sounds like you're doing the same thing I'm doing. No Krispy Kremes are killing me, but it will all be worth it when I (at nearly six feet) can fit into my size sixes and eights.

[Xenalyte]

Speaking for myself alone, I have no problems with red. White always gives me a headache, and I'm not headache-prone.

Plus, red is just plain better with all the red meat.

[EggsAckley]

Adele Davis did N0T recommend a high carb diet. She was the pioneer in the low carb regime, and she insprired Atkins. I followed her low carb diet; I know.