At least from what I see what you post about food, you still eat a high amount of starchy carbohydrates (white flour, potatoes, etc). These can really affect your blood sugar levels as well...I notice even when I eat rice pasta that I get a little weird.
Have you thought about perhaps taking a week or so off of these things to see if that helps?
No, I mostly eat vegetables. I almost never eat potatoes (where are you getting this?) Everything I make at home with flour is using soft whole wheat flour. I don't get any sort of mood change or what-have-you after eating, say, pasta or whatever... I feel just the same as after other food, although like most people a large amount of pasta will make me a bit sleepy.
When I do eat "white starches" they are in a smaller proportion to the other food involved.
I did cut those things out in 2000, for months, along with dairy, and it made no difference in my body.
Btw, since potatoes are full of vitamins, fiber, and phytonutrients, I think it is silly to lump them in with processed carbohydrates like stripped white flour and processed sugar.
I have just been going by what you've listed in your journal, which I'm sure is nowhere near a complete list of what you eat -- but there are several mentions of pasta, sugar free whatever (but usually some form of cookie), breads...
Since you brought the issue up in relation to the sugar-free cookies, it just alterted me to the other mentions of food in your journal and i went back and looked throughout the past 2 weeks.
I find it very difficult to eat on the "go" being gluten free and often find myself just eating french fries and a salad because it is easier when i'm swamped with 100000 other things to do and my office is filled with cakes and brownies and other things I do not want to eat right now.
I think this is a pretty good example of your food issues, not mine: I have had sugar-free cookies (and indeed, cookies at all) only once in the last month, and that was Wednesday night.
I just went back through the last two weeks of my journal (as you say you did), and found two mentions of pasta (egg noodles) and one mention of cookies (the entry you originally responded to.)
So really, it looks from here as though this is all you, not me; I mean, your perceptions are way off.
WRT eating on the go, I find that packing my lunch is ideal. It means I have nutritious and interesting food at my fingertips.
No, I've actually been doing pretty well with my eating plan. But it isn't easy. I fully admit that. I have to take great pains to fix myself food before work. I usually eat eggs in the morning, a salad or canned gluten-free soup for lunch and dinner is anything from a hamburger (no bun) to chicken and veggies. Snacks are almonds or dried fruit. My diet tends to be pretty protein heavy.
I'm not going to quibble with you. I did cut and paste everything from the past two weeks that you mentioned in your journal and really it was mostly some mention of pasta. But it is not worth getting into an argument about.
Food is a sensitive subject for everyone. I'm sure you keep a pretty up-to-date food journal and know that you eat mostly vegetables, you just don't post about them.
I won't further comment on your food habits since I don't have a full picture.
But I still recommend cranberry Kombucha instead of sugar-free splenda-filled hot cocoa or cookies.
Basically it comes down to, cutting back on sugar, but filling up on fake-sugar "sugar free" items doesn't seem the best way to get your fix...as you've noted, these sugar free products are filled with weird-ass chemicals that don't do much for anyone. I understand that the fix is needed sometimes to curb a craving...but you might find another more organic alternative.
Have you looked into gymnema - diabetics are using it with some surprisingly wonderful results
Have you thought about perhaps taking a week or so off of these things to see if that helps?
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When I do eat "white starches" they are in a smaller proportion to the other food involved.
I did cut those things out in 2000, for months, along with dairy, and it made no difference in my body.
Btw, since potatoes are full of vitamins, fiber, and phytonutrients, I think it is silly to lump them in with processed carbohydrates like stripped white flour and processed sugar.
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Since you brought the issue up in relation to the sugar-free cookies, it just alterted me to the other mentions of food in your journal and i went back and looked throughout the past 2 weeks.
I find it very difficult to eat on the "go" being gluten free and often find myself just eating french fries and a salad because it is easier when i'm swamped with 100000 other things to do and my office is filled with cakes and brownies and other things I do not want to eat right now.
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I just went back through the last two weeks of my journal (as you say you did), and found two mentions of pasta (egg noodles) and one mention of cookies (the entry you originally responded to.)
So really, it looks from here as though this is all you, not me; I mean, your perceptions are way off.
WRT eating on the go, I find that packing my lunch is ideal. It means I have nutritious and interesting food at my fingertips.
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I'm not going to quibble with you. I did cut and paste everything from the past two weeks that you mentioned in your journal and really it was mostly some mention of pasta. But it is not worth getting into an argument about.
Food is a sensitive subject for everyone. I'm sure you keep a pretty up-to-date food journal and know that you eat mostly vegetables, you just don't post about them.
I won't further comment on your food habits since I don't have a full picture.
But I still recommend cranberry Kombucha instead of sugar-free splenda-filled hot cocoa or cookies.
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Have you looked into gymnema - diabetics are using it with some surprisingly wonderful results
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