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anon Re: Brown rice in recipes calling for white... & common sense cooking with PCOS
From: jodi (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 14 Oct 2002 15:38:33 -0500 (CDT)
Thanks for the input and the inspiring success story! I'll have to check
out Cooking Light.
- jodi
At Mon, 14 Oct 2002, anonymous wrote:
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>Jodi
>
>I found out I have PCOS last June. I was advised to go on Metformin,
>but I decided to try a few months of eating really really healthy before
>we did that. I had tried low-carbing previously, and didn't feel it was
>the best option even though I had lost weight. Anyway, since June, I
>have been eating whole grains ONLY, and lots and lots of fruits and
>vegetables, regardless of glycemic index, and stayed away from anything
>processed. The health food store has been my best friend. Since June,
>I have lost 42 pounds, and feel incredible. I have not been eating low
>calorie at all, and generally my only rule is nothing processed,
>strictly natural. I had my labs redone, and EVERYTHING improved
>drastically. My doctor could not believe the results. I still show
>some insulin resistance, so I am going to start the Metformin, but I
>have already seen that eating very very healthy is doing way more than
>any diet ever did. Just wanted to share my story and say I am with you!
>Diets do not work, even low-carb, the key is eating really really
>healthy and NOTHING that contains chemicals or has been chemically
>processed.
>
>I went off the caffeine also, and though it was hard, I did have a drink
>of Diet Coke the other day at a baseball game (forgot my water) and it
>tasted really really gross to me, almost caustic. I took that as a good
>sign, because it really really is a horrible thing for your body!
>
>In answer to your question, you can substitute brown rice for white in
>just about any recipe, it usually just needs to cook a tad longer, but I
>am sure that it will turn out great. A great source I have found is the
>Cooking Light Books (magazine also). When it calls for vegetable spray
>and other things like that I substitute natural organic butter. Rather
>have the fat than the chemicals! Anyway, their recipes are geared toward
>healthy eating with a lot of flavor, and I have made about 25 of them,
>and they have all been great!
>
>Hope you were able to get some insight by my story :-)
>
>At Mon, 14 Oct 2002, anonymous wrote:
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