For the month of January, I gave up eating all grains, dairy, artificial sweeteners, natural sweeteners (except fruit), and legumes. Did I discover that I have some kind of crazy gluten/lactose/stevia intolerance? Nope.
I went Paleo.
Many in the Diabetes Community have been talking about the Paleo diet lately, and it seems the trend is growing among those fellow PWDs interested in investigating new ways of eating. You know, it’s what is dubbed the “Caveman…
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During March, for National Nutrition Month, I posted a review of gluten-free protein bars, which caught the attention of fellow writer and D-advocate Jessica Apple, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the diabetes magazine ASweetLife. She felt all the nutrition bars were packed with “way too much carb” and was surprised by my emphasis on their fat content. Why? Because many people associate fat in food with weight gain. But this is a fallacy, she says, especially…
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If you have type 1 diabetes, you should be eating extremely low carb, right? This keeps your insulin requirements to a minimum and assures the best possible blood sugar control, according to intuition and the personal experience of many PWDs. But guess what? New research does not agree.
Yesterday, diabetes nutrition expert Hope Warshaw sent me an email flagging a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition which concludes that — get…
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AmyT on
August 6, 2008
I was chatting with a dietitian friend not long ago and found myself explaining my feelings about low-carb eating. I’ve been given some grief in the past by the Atkins devotees that I’m not gung-ho enough about the low-carb lifestyle. Well, now that I’ve formulated my thoughts on the subject, l can tell you why:
Low-carb for me, and for many people with Type 1 diabetes, is not about weight loss. I am, thankfully, not…
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AmyT on
August 4, 2008
Believe it or not, Norae used to teach my kids tennis. She’s all grown up now with her own nutritional clinic and is fast becoming a recognized authority on dietary issues in the Bay Area and beyond.
A Guest Post by registered dietitian Norae Ferrara
In response to David Spero’s post and reader comments “What to Eat? ADA Speakers Disagree,” from June 25th 2008
Fabulous! I am so pleased to know that when addressing the…
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