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Re: Diabetes cookbooks good for PCOS? (pg, m/c ment.)
From: janie_t (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 11 Sep 2002 20:13:06 -0500 (CDT)
Pat, thanks again so much for your reply. Looking at the Glycemic Index
pages has been an education! Today I got my copy of the Insulin
Resistance Diet book from Amazon, so between all the great web info and
the book, I have a lot of learning to do! I appreciate your help in
getting me started.
At Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Pat wrote:
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>Yes, avoid the starchy vegetables, breads, pasta, potatoes, and eat lots
>and lots of the high fiber, low glycemic vegetables. It appears the low
>glycemic vegetables have lots of nutrients and benefits, and none of the
>problems associated with the higher glycemic foods. I am hoping
>eventually that we will divide carbs this way, so that when folks are
>talking about 'low carbs' and 'high carbs', there will be some
>clarification. I have come to feel there is NO benefit to pasta at all
>in my body. It is like Paste to me. Whole wheat breads, corn and peast
>do have some nutritional value and benefits. But, I am getting more and
>more stict in my own eating, as I just do not feel good eating some of
>these foods.
>
>More than you ever want to know About the Glycemic
>Index:http://home.attbi.com/~cnmpat/nutrition.htm#GlycemicIndex
>
>--
>Pat Sonnenstuhl, ARNP, CNM, MS
>Nutritional Consultant
>http://home.attbi.com/~cnmpat/favlowcarbsites.htm
>http://home.attbi.com/~cnmpat/siteindex.htm
>IR, Diabetes and PCOS Relationships
>http://home.attbi.com/~creationsunltd/visualoverview.htm
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