Hey guys! Just popping in as a newbie still to tell everyone where I'm at.
(BTW: Werner1950 is my dad!)
I've been doing the Starch Diet for 2 weeks now, since I have been diagnosed with Diabetes.
I had been having night sweats, frequent urination (especially at night) and was just SOO tired all the time.
Also, that thirst thing is REAL.
So, I was diagnosed after the blood test showed I had blood glucose of 21mm o/l (over 375mg/dl)
I also had a blood pressure of 160 over 90.
Of course, the prescriptions got prescribed for metformin and a low dose Diavan (?)
I went on the Starch diet immediately, and stopped taking metformin (after I stopped testing every time I ate and freaking out about spikes)
I stopped the diavan (for blood pressure) after a week - it DID help with the urination.
I test now in the mornings, and I've had consistant levels between 9 and 10 every morning. (162-180)
This is along with a 10lb loss so far. My cravings aren't there anymore! I love being able to be free of the PULL that boxes of chocobars at work used to have. And my tastes have changed! I walked past a box of decadent truffles at eye height today and I slipped up, grabbed a chocolate (it was more reflex, not a craving) bit into it and as the chocolate covered my tongue, so did the oils. ew. And then I remembered that I was diabetic too. DUh.
I THREW THAT CHOCOLATE OUT!!!!!
That helped me. Now I know it won't taste as good as my brain thinks it remembers.
My husband is on it too, as much as he can. We are starting out, so we don't ahve all the prep and cooking skills etc, but we're working toward it. My last experiment was tortillas with masa Harina... it was a good turn out! Tummies were happy.
We'll have to learn a good bean filling though.
I love the energy too.
I'm getting squishier. I am 5'4" and started at 268.
I'm pretty happy with this so far! I'll learn more about which recipes work for us, and we'll do well.