Guest guest Posted March 10, 2003 Report Share Posted March 10, 2003 I am being treated by TCM for a Chronic fatigue/high insulin/reactive hypoglycemia and possibly hypothyroid condition and am far less dependant on carbs to keep going. Also dropped 20lb without trying. My advice would be to go see a really good TCM herbalist and get properly diagnosed and treated. Also look at 'The Zone' programme - you may have reactive hypoglycemia or high insulin and need to change the balance of what you eat, get more protein and good fats instead of relying on fast carbs for energy. If you need sugar or have symptoms first thing in the morning you should have a doctor check your fasting glucose - fasting hypoglycemia needs to be recognised and investigated. Drinking Green Tea before a meal has also been shown to help a lot with post-prandial high insulin (and therefore reactive hypos and sugar cravings) - it actually slows the absorption of carbohydrates when you do eat them, and is stuffed full of anti-oxidents. It works, I can vouch for that. Lastly I would look into micro-nutrition too. There are several things that will help in insulin/glycemic control - chromium, CoQ-10 (sp??), magnesium, alpha-lipoic acid etc. Do a search on insulin resistance/nutrition. Sorry if some of this is OTT - as both my horse and I have had sugar cravings from reactive hypoglycemia, I have been pretty deep into the subject! Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2003 Report Share Posted March 10, 2003 GL - no Chinese advise here but choose fruits with a low glycemic index. One source: http://www.mendosa.com/glycemic_booklet.pdf There are others as well. My favorites are prunes - low GI and high ORAC value (antioxidant capacity). I make marmelade from them - want the recipe? Regards Peter At 12:49 Uhr +0100 10.03.2003, gl6632 wrote: >I'm in the process of weight loss. However, I'm having terrible sugar >cravings. >This might sound weird but they are as bad or worse than the nicotine >cravings I had when I stopped smoking many years ago. > >Can anyone suggest something that might help? > >Thank You, >gl > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2003 Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 In a message dated 3/11/2003 4:58:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, Chinese Traditional Medicine writes: > My favorites are prunes - low GI and high ORAC value (antioxidant > capacity). > I make marmelade from them - want the recipe? > Yes, I would like very much to have the recipe. Thank you. Thank you to all who answered. They are great ideas and information. I'm going to have to do some searching and change a few more things around. Hopefully the new combination of changes and information will help. gl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2003 Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 Read somewhere can not remember and have yet to observe it... to " simply " have hot water and fresh pressed lemon juice drink and within 10-20 minutes cravings (foods) tend to reduce. If it is not to contradictory with the patients constitution and or pattern maybe it would be worth while. Could it be that sour affects wood that in turn checks earth? I have used fresh lemon, lime on tongue to reduce smoking and it seams to help if the person actually does it. In part because the combination of fresh lemon on top of tongue and then the smoke seams to be very contradictory and people seam to dislike the subsequent taste. Maybe in this case the sour taste open the orifices and resolves " cut through " phlegm making the person yet again more aware of the smoke (a bit like before the person smoked...) It would just be part of a wider treatment plan... and by the way to the person with the recipe I would be very interested in knowing it and forgot to say please and thank you in last letter... Marco - gl6632 Chinese Traditional Medicine Tuesday, March 11, 2003 4:24 AM [Chinese Traditional Medicine] Weight Loss and Sugar Craving In a message dated 3/11/2003 4:58:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, Chinese Traditional Medicine writes: > My favorites are prunes - low GI and high ORAC value (antioxidant > capacity). > I make marmelade from them - want the recipe? > Yes, I would like very much to have the recipe. Thank you. Thank you to all who answered. They are great ideas and information. I'm going to have to do some searching and change a few more things around. Hopefully the new combination of changes and information will help. gl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2003 Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 Marco - Spread from dried -apricots -prunes 40 g dried fruit 40 ml orange juice 2 Tblsp nut/flaxseed meal 1 tblsp lemon peel cinnamon Soak the dried fruits in the juice for 8 hours. Mash it. Add the freshly ground meal. Fine-tune the taste with peel and cinnamon. As this is neither cooked nor conserved with sugar it will stand 3 days. Sometimes I add ground dried elderberries. Always choose fruits with low GI and high ORAC values. Bon appetite. Peter At 4:16 Uhr +0100 11.03.2003, Marco wrote: >If you do not mind I would like the recipe? > >Marco > > > - > Peter Fackelmann > Chinese Traditional Medicine > Monday, March 10, 2003 2:51 PM > Re: [Chinese Traditional Medicine] Weight loss and sugar craving > > > GL - > > no Chinese advise here but choose fruits with a low glycemic index. > One source: > http://www.mendosa.com/glycemic_booklet.pdf > > There are others as well. > > My favorites are prunes - low GI and high ORAC value (antioxidant > capacity). > I make marmelade from them - want the recipe? > > Regards > > Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2003 Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 Michael - I don't like synthetic sweeteners but don't you think people can take less stevia? I can't procure stevia in Germany but I use agave pulp (low GI). Regards Peter At 17:20 Uhr +0100 11.03.2003, chinesemedicineman wrote: >Also, DO NOT use nutrasweet, or stevia if you have a sugar craving. >Both of these sweetner replacements taste many times sweeter >than sugar, and so over time they cause people to aquire a taste for >very sweet food,and end up adding more sugar to their food. > >Michael Rich L.AC > > > > > Post message: Chinese Traditional Medicine > Subscribe: Chinese Traditional Medicine- > Un: Chinese Traditional Medicine- > List owner: Chinese Traditional Medicine-owner > >Shortcut URL to this page: > /community/Chinese Traditional Medicine > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2003 Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 Maybe you can try sweet vegetables for stilling your sweets cravings. At the Kushi Institute I learned the recipe for a sweet vegetable beverage for such cases: take two cups of sweet vegetables, like carrot, pumpkin, onion, sweet potatoe, fennel and parsnip, cut very fine, add no salt, bring them to a boil with water and boil slowly for 20 minutes. Sieve, throw the vegetables away and drink 3 cups a day. You can prepare for 2 days. Try it as a cure for one month. Very good for relaxing the pancreas. Use rice-syrup or barley malt syrup as a sweetener (obtainable in health food stores)instead of sugar, keeps you more balanced. Sweet rice is also very satisfying. Pamela. - gl6632 Chinese Traditional Medicine Monday, March 10, 2003 12:49 PM [Chinese Traditional Medicine] Weight loss and sugar craving I'm in the process of weight loss. However, I'm having terrible sugar cravings. This might sound weird but they are as bad or worse than the nicotine cravings I had when I stopped smoking many years ago. Can anyone suggest something that might help? Thank You, gl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2003 Report Share Posted March 12, 2003 One thing that I'd like to add--Consider changing your activites, or at least experiment with how your activities affect your cravings. I've found that, depending on the levels & types of my activites, my cravings vary from protein (during periods of inactivity), carbs (high activity/moderate stress) or sugary sweets (high stress). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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