Veges and juicing, together with Paleo, to treat LS and hypothyoidism
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Hi there
I'm looking for buddies to join me with increasing my healthy green veg intake, together with paleo, pre and probiotics, de-toxing and generally working at a nutrient dense and corrective, low sugar (big challenge) diet.
Would others like to join me?
Kind of a hand holding exercise with laughs and lots of fun and confessions! ie how appalling our diets have been and maybe still are!! Would love to hear from you with your best confessions of disgusting habits so we can all feel better and help each other. Who's really practical out there to nag/cheer and encourage those of us having a go?!
Love Marey xx
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Phoebe604 marey
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marey Phoebe604
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RIGHT well lets get down to it! shall i stand behind you and say NO SUGAR NO GRAINS ...and flourish a whip to deter you?! i feel thats what i need or more particularly someone to cook for me...wouldn't that be nice!!
ok do your worst tell us all just how appalling your diet is ...oh and how you hate green smoothies and would never touch them...that might be a good way in... to get started on trying them... am hoping women here will come up with some tempting recipes.
i'm thinking cucumber, celery and maybe some green apple (just a tiny bit...to make this thing accessible to start off). ok so now that i've suggested it to you - i'm going to dash off and try it myself!! thank you mary ...will you be there, and, will you also try it and say how you get on? have your got a juicer or a smoothie maker?
love marey x
Phoebe604 marey
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marey Phoebe604
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cucumber, celery, half green sharp apple eg granny smiths
lemon juice and ginger. whizz
drink
I haven't been to the shop yet but going now. hope to hear soon how you find this.
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Guest marey
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Well done for starting this. Blood sugar is difficult to manage but it helps to understand what causes the sugar cravings. When we eat sugar, the body produces insulin to counteract it and bring the blood sugar level back to normal. When we overload the body with sugar, the mechanism struggles to cope and what happens is that sometimes too much insulin is produced causing low blood sugar. The body then tells us we need sugar, hence the cravings. We then eat more sugar and the vicious cycle starts again. At times of low blood sugar, there is insufficient glucose for the brain and it causes headaches, depression, mood swings, etc.
The answer is to never let the blood sugar get too low and then you eventually stop craving sugar. Try to eat little and often but avoid foods where glucose is absorbed too quickly. Diets like the low GI diet have this principle.
When you change your diet and cut out foods, the danger is that you will be hungry because you need to find something to replace those foods with. If you don't then you are very unlikely to stick with it.
I think the best plan is to make one positive change each week making sure that you have something to eat instead of whatever you leave out and that it is something you can stick to.
I am a nutritionist (although I no longer practice) but I can tell you that most of my customers had problems with blood sugar!
Good luck with the changes - it will really be worth it.
Sue
marey Guest
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how lovely to hear from you thanks so much for joining in...and for your invaluable advice!
Yes that is absolutely it!! As well as the neg bacteria the low blood sugar thing is paramount. I so easily used to be able to fast. Not any more. But I'm still not really eating. except handy stuff eg dark choc (paleo but ofcourse its only supposed to be a treat after a meal and instead of desert...so i am absolutely abusing the principles here and need a thorough beating!!...) so there not a regular diet to change...hence i'm casting around for people looking to join in with menu creations and healthy additions such as juicing veg (but tiny bit of fruit to get us going...tho lemon juice and ginger is v flavoursome i'm told if sweetness to be avoided. so that tiny bit of fruit can be ommitted by the strong willed!!
Anyway what are your issues...what are you working on...hoping to achieve... how can we support you?
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Phoebe604 marey
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Guest Phoebe604
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Sue
marey
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I trained as a nurse too! Ok so you're not looking after yourself (me neither) but I've worked out that the sugar cravings might be candida and other bugs fighting back ....I have begun an assault on them...little buggers. trying to increase my probiotics and going paleo...so now i've got to get organised with shopping and having appropriate foods around.
sounds like you're in the same place so maybe we could help each other and dbagal (aka sue) has just come in....hello sue!.... with some brilliant comments too. SO how about we meal plan together?
ie decide on recipes for a few days... building up to a week...but starting with just one each....however long that may take us to dig out - but if we each come up with one thing we'll be taking care of ourselves and each other. what do you think? i'd like to be here for you if that's any consolation xxxxxxxx
marey
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Guest marey
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Juices and soups are a good way to stop hunger and get some good nutrition. I love making fresh soup - so easy to do. You can buy or make chicken stock (preferably without added salt), add some chopped veg, bring to the boil and simmer for half an hour and then blend - delicious. If you make enough, it will freeze and is always handy to heat up when you need it. You can even pour it into ice cube trays and defrost a few when you are hungry. My favourite is carrot and coriander - coriander is a great anti inflammatory agent - perfect for LS.
Avocado is a great addition to the diet too - it helps slow down the release of sugar and is really good for you. Mash it with tuna and have with salad, dice with tomatoes and mozarella cheese - just a few of the many ways to use it.
Try to have protein and not just carbs in every meal - nuts are useful for that.
If you really want to take diet seriously, there is a book by Maria Cross called I wish I hadn't eaten that - it is really helpful for healthy eating advice and references common problems such as blood sugar and how to help them through diet.
Sue
marey Guest
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i really appreciate your miriade of ideas....thank you again! Ok i'm going to start with the chicken soup.
so first am going to have to locate an organic supplier. by the way have you discovered bone broth?
love marey xxxxxxx
Guest marey
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If you really need something sweet, apricots are great for blood sugar BTW.
Sue
marey Guest
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also have you checked out coptidis rhizoma?
marey Guest
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it sounds that like me slackness has entered in together with toxicity into our systems ...hence LS...AMONG THE OTHER CAUSES!!
how are you today? got any meals planned?
Guest marey
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Today is my mum's 80th birthday so I do have a meal planned - chicken casserole in slow cooker ready for my lunch guests. May have to abandon the no sugar plan in favour of some birthday cake today!
Good luck with your menu planning
Sue
marey Guest
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Happy Birthday to your mum! Enjoy that cake!! I'm afraid I've fallen by the way side...having got hold of some ice-cream due to unstocked cupboard ...but I am going to address this and get in some different veggies . Hadn't appreciated that slicing the bone is recommended might try that as submerging the bones is prob beneficial to extracting all goodness. sorry you've gone the convenience route...me too and think thats part of the cause of this prob for me...but i'm trying to pull back to eat like grandmother did (tho I never had a grandmother that I knew actually).
anyway enjoy your day and i look forward to hearing how the event went when next you stop by the site... hope i can report on better eating!
Guest marey
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My mum had a great day thanks - blown away by a book we had published for her full of messages from family and friends. It was lovely to give her something back as she has spent her life giving everything to others.
The paleo mum site looks good - I may try a few recipes from there!
Sue
marey Guest
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looking forward to hearing more about your personal tranformation and delighted more are joining us. your expertise is most welcome and appreciated!
what recipes will we have for each other tomo...?
loads of love marey xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Chrisy marey
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