Posted by BarbaraCat on September 24, 2002, at 23:49:37
In reply to Re: Is Ativan better than Klonopin? » BarbaraCat, posted by hildi on September 23, 2002, at 19:47:45
Hi Hildi,
I know what you mean about short on time. I just started working again today after being out on disability for almost 1-1/2 years. It's a contract job for about 6 weeks and I'm going to have to relearn how to streamline and budget my time. It's so difficult to do things right, to shop for and prepare fresh healthy meals, to get bills paid, clean house, blah blah blah, when so much energy is spent working. But it's also just as stressful to be out of work and worrying about surviving. I sure do hope I can keep my resolution to not get crazed and keep cool because that's what got me so sick to begin with.OK, now for the educational channel on Zone diet. There are many others cropping up with different names, but I'll call it the Zone diet because Barry Sears started the whole thing and he's Dr. Zone Diet. Basically its using protein and fat to delay the entry of sugar into the blood. Mood swings, adrenaline spikes, energy crashes, weight gain, all sorts of problems that we're all too familiar with, are the same symptoms seen in insulin imbalances. Hypoglycemia and diabetes are insulin imblances as well as other conditions not so evident on routine blood tests. High glycemic foods are bad news for blood sugar problems. These foods are carbohydrates with high sugar content, the most obvious being sugary sweets, honey, but also corn, potatoes, refined foods like flours, pasta, bread, bananas and so on (sigh, all the comfort foods) that aren't so obvious. It's not a low carb diet like the Atkins diet. It's also definitely not a low fat diet because good fats are necessary for metabolizing fuel. It's a balancing act between protein, carbs and fats. Once the blood sugar imbalance is addressed, all other hormonal systems begin to balance, such as thyroid, sex hormones, cortisol. For me it seems to be the missing link in why I've had so many health and emotional issues, even though I thought I was eating so healthy - hah! Carb city! Plenty of books out but the place to start definitely is 'Entering The Zone' by Dr. Barry Sears. An interesting one just out is called 'The Perricone Prescription' by Nicholas Perricone, MD. It addresses it more from a beauty angle by preventing 'carb bloat' and it's the same premise, but I like his dietary ideas maybe better than The Zone.
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