So has the penny dropped? have the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally seen the light? well we can only hope, why should I care about the FDA you ask, well the old saying "America sneezes we catch the cold" so it is promising if the American big wigs have finally said UNCLE, then the Aussies will follow suit, they haven't exactly said UNCLE but close to it, finally they are in agreement that Carbohydrates are the culprit to the epidemic or as Robert Lustig says the Pandemic, of American Obesity and not Saturated fats! Diabetics following the advice of doctors and dietitians the NDSS guidelines and other antiquated advice on how to best manage their Blood Glucose Levels, have been told to eat Carbohydrates to help lower their insulin levels and it has been having the opposite effect, it is why most diabetics still have trouble managing glucose levels and lose weight, they have also been told to eat up to 6 small meals a day (which is also wrong) I know because I followed all this advice for 14 years and each year I got sicker. I recall in 2008 or around that era I decided to try the Atkins diet, and ignored the people that said the diet would make me sick, it didn't make me sick it actually helped my diabetes, and as I was at my heaviest at the time, I also lost considerable weight! (about 17 kilo) I had cut down on my carbohydrate intake, but I was trying to be too strict and felt so limited that I couldn't sustain the diet, so I decided that I had failed, I wasn't, eating much vegetables, at the time I was only a fan of the high carb veges like potato, and as we all know everything goes better with potato, so I was depressed at the thought that I couldn't eat my much loved carbs, so I totally understand why fellow diabetics feel the Low carb life style is too hard, but now that I have researched and live a low carb lifestyle, there is so much good information, so many media groups of LCHF (Low Carb/High Fat or Healthy Fat) with lots of moral support and great recipes, something I wish I had when I first went on Atkins. I have tried lots of the low carb recipes and I can honestly say that I don't miss the sugar or the high carb foods, I use a Stevia based product called "Natvia" as a substitute for sugar and all things sweet when making biscuits, cakes and muffins, and the best thing about Natvia is that it doesn't elevate your BGL, for non diabetic people, dextrose and Rice Malt syrup are great substitutes for sugar in cooking, these two products are glucose and there isn't any Fructose which is the harmful component of sugar! to keep things low carb I use Almond flour or Coconut flour as a substitute for high carb flours, and I am also using lots of real butter in my cooking and coconut oil too both high saturated fat which now the FDA is considering giving the OK to, they have almost agreed that the Low fat diet doesn't work and by going low fat the sugar intake has increased causing people to gain weight and get sicker. One of the media groups that I find very helpful called "ditch the carbs" posted a youtube video today which I found to have a good take on managing your diabetes and going low carb, the video is only 9.36 minutes long but well worth watching so here is the link/video My daughter has also experienced going low carb, and has recently posted a review of a low sugar low carb cook book, which I am very pleased about, I would like to be sent recipe books to review, but need more subscribers to my blog before I can request review books, in the mean time take a look at my daughters review blog _Le book Chronicles
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Wendy MeersI am a mother of two grown daughters, 3 beautiful grand-babies. Retired freelance Web Designer and a Sugar Free - Juicing Crusader& Keto supporter Archives
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