Posted by awake at last on August 12, 2002, at 9:41:48
In reply to Re: I eat in food combinations as well... » awake at last, posted by hildi on August 10, 2002, at 19:51:03
> Hi. Did you mention you have hypoglycemia? Would Books by Suzanne Sommers (for combinations of foods) also work well for hypoglycemic diets, or should I first look into these diets, then food combining. I also need to lower my high cholesterol. I'm hoping to do all three to make me better mentally and physically.
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> I find this thread very interesting- I'm glad you guys are talking about this. I know food combinations definately affect me, but I thought it was mostly me being too sensitive. I don't know anything about combinations of foods but I think its time I do!
> Hypoglycemia I have-I must have, that would be the only explanation.
> I think its from being on SSRI's all these years.
> I finally stopped zoloft and that has helped a little, but I am now taking another SSRI. So, back to the problem again. I need to change my diet big time! I have been avoiding the issue, but this thread is another reality check for me to stop avoiding this.
> Hildi***********************************************
Yes, I am Hypoglycemic, the Suzanne Somers diet works really well for me for a number of reasons. One - it eliminates the foods that I'm not supposed to have as a hypoglycemic like simple carbs (white flour etc), sugar, and caffiene. As well, her diet allows me to get whatever amount of food I need, and if I switch food types, there is never more than a 3 hour wait, which is critical because I can't go 4-5 hours without eating something.
Her book doesn't explain how often to switch back and forth from a carb meal to a protein meal, I think this is something you just have to experiment with, but I've found I have to have a variety of both. My mornings are pretty consistent, I have a fruit when I first get up, wait my 2 hrs. then have a protein breakfast (eggs, ham or bacon), then I always make lunch and dinner opposite (one carb, one protein). I make my mid-day snack match what ever I'm going to have for dinner, so I don't have to worry about what time I have to eat dinner (my mid-day snack is always 3 hrs. after lunch).
I really did lose weight on this diet easily and without the major sugar cravings all the others gave me because they affected my hypoglycemia. I do like her somersweet as well, and it doesn't seem to have an effect on my hypoglycemia like some of the other sugar replacements do.
There are several Hypoglycemic diets you can find on the internet, but with them and the one I got from our hospital, I found that I actually was gaining weight because they wanted you to eat all the time - and the wrong combos were packing the weight on me.
If you have a good understand of how foods effect you hypoglycemia, then you'll do better with the Suzanne Somers diet, just make sure that you get a good mix of the different meal types - fruit, carbs and protein throughout the day.
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