Defeating Diabetes OT

[Guest guest]

Sharon,

 

Quick OT questions for you. I find when I eat pure Vegan I get spells of

hypoglycemia. I would eat brown rice, beans, veggies, fruits, nuts, grains and

then get low spells often in the 50's range. Many times waking me up in the

middle of the night too. Since then, I've added some cheese, egg, cottage

cheese and small amounts of fish or chicken daily and they stop. I must say I

do have to eat 6 mini meals per day and can only eat perhaps 1/2 c. cottage

cheese and a bit of fruit or veggie at a sitting. Any thoughts? My hope was to

remain vegan since I really don't miss the meat and really want to avoid it. My

doctor said it should not matter whether my protein comes from a plant or animal

source. My thoughts are perhaps since I eat so little at a meal I get a higher

gram count of protein from animal sources that I would with an equal quantity of

plant foods. Any thoughts or information on that? Many thanks!

 

Pamela

 

 

 

Sharon Zakhour <sharon.zakhour wrote:

Tahini is an essential (IMO) ingredient of hummus. Ah... hummus....

There are millions of hummus recipes, including some with no added oil.

Have you tried Trader Joes Tomato Basil hummus? Or their Chunky Olive

Hummus? <sigh> Seriously I can't buy it very often or I'm all over it

like a monkey on a cupcake.

 

Lately my favorite way to use tahini is to take a bunch of greens, such

as chard or kale, chop it up (or rip into smaller pieces), and put it in

a skillet with a clove of minced garlic and a bit of agave nectar (a

healthier than sugar substitute - metabolizes more slowly than sugar -

it's from a cactus), a bit of vinegar (a mix of apple cider vinegar and

fig balsamic vinegar), and some veggie broth. Cook the greens in the

small bit of liquid for a bit. (Cover if necessary or leave the lid off

to evaporate some of the liquid if there's too much.) I leave on the

stems on the greens and cook until they are al dente and the greens

are... bright green.

 

After it's done cooking, I mix in a spoonful of tahini, shake on extra

fig balsamic vinegar and sprinkle on some black sesame seeds or raw

pumpkin or sunflower seeds. YUM... yum. yum. yum. And SO healthy.

Greens are full of protein (yup), calcium (yup) and loads of other

vitamins and phytochemicals. :-)

 

My secret to weight loss and to losing cravings to unhealthy addictive

foods has been to eat plenty of greens EVERY DAY. :-)

 

Oh, I've been asked to appear on a radio show about Defeating Diabetes

next week. It will be archived as well. Here's the info:

https://www.drfuhrman.com/voiceamerica/nutritional_wisdom.htm

 

Sharon

 

wwjd wrote:

> It is a sesame seed paste.

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[Guest guest]

Hi Pamela,

 

I have no experience with hypoglycemia, but I have read about this on

his forum. So I might not get this quite right, but Dr F believes that

hypoglycemia is a symptom of detoxification. The advice I've seen (and

some folks who previously were hypo say it works) is to have beans and

greens with every meal, avoid starches, and limit dried fruits. And

especially eat greens. Basically, the same advice I follow.

 

But I am not a doctor. :-) You might want to check Eat To Live out

from the library. He is also coming out with a book (or a booklet) on

diabetes which will probably address hypoglycemia since they are related.

 

Good luck!

 

Sharon

 

Pamela Brehm wrote:

> Sharon,

>

> Quick OT questions for you. I find when I eat pure Vegan I get spells of

hypoglycemia.

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