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Re: a question about carb intake or no carb intake
From: Anne (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 3 Sep 2001 20:30:05 -0500 (CDT)
Lesley,
where can i find the sugarbusters diet my lifestyle is such that i
really don't have time to fix meals and being single i have tendency to
use the drive thru a lot.. i have finally realize i need to take
serious control of my health since i have gained 50 lbs which i need to
loose desperately.. i am taking avandia and bcp but doesn't seem to be
working to control or help with my pcos
At Mon, 3 Sep 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>The sugarbusters diet is based on this principle, if you haven't already
>read it, it gives informations as to which carbs are worst at quick
>insulin stimulation. I have found their diet to be very easy to follow
>and adapt to my lifestyle and have managed to loose 40lbs so far with it
>
>Lesley
>
>At Mon, 3 Sep 2001, blabs wrote:
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>>I know that a lot of diets veer one way or another with carb intake. and
>>for us, we have much more of a carb problem than most people, including
>>ravenous cravings for some....my question is this: has anyone had any
>>success with eating few carbs, but still having some in their diet? i've
>>been doing some readin' and it seems that some carbs are much faster to
>>go into your system than others, therefore making your pancreas work
>>harder to produce insulin to cope? so, if we are unable to stop eating
>>carbs, wouldn't it make sense to at least try to eat the ones that are
>>slower to be digested? our bodies need carbs, right? i am still trying
>>to figure all this out, myself. it gets so frustrating and confusing!
>>i am not tons overweight now, although i did gain about 25 lbs in a very
>>short time period, i was able to lose some after being on met and spiro.
>>however, i've noticed that whenever i DO eat carbs, sweets mostly, or a
>>lot of bread, that i, for lack of a better word, bloat up like i'm
>>pregnant. and if i continue to do this over several days it seems to
>>take forever to go away. also, (sorry girls) i get massive gas! but i
>>am able, if i eat a little carbs with say, salad, for dinner that it
>>doesnt' affect me nearly as much. i've kinda been rambling but if
>>anyone has any good imput i'd appreciate it :) thanks
>>blabs
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