Clean Eating

nycfem · 08-07-2010, 12:10 PM

Thank you for this explanation and the link. Very helpful! I really want to learn as much as I can to care for my health. I love to find new tips like about Stevia. I will try it. And, yes, the change in schedules makes such a difference! It was actually BB (my husbutch) who told me that my days of working until midnight 7 days a week sometimes HAD to stop. Yes, I make less money but what a difference in quality of life. I wouldn't trade it for the world!

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Originally Posted by JustJo

It's amazing how much a less stressful schedule helps, isn't it? My life improved dramatically when I started working from home...no commute, able to cook from scratch and slowly...much, much better.

The diet soda thing is tricky as there are many opinions on both sides. Most doctors tell diabetics to use artifical sweeteners because they don't raise blood sugar.

However, there's some evidence that they actually activate incretin in the brain, which makes us both crave sweets and absorb glucose (sugar) more effectively. So, you might not get any sugar from your diet soda, but it will make your body suck up more of the sugar in everything else you eat, and make you want to eat more sweet stuff overall.

Here's a link to an article that explains it better than I can.

I used diet soda as a crutch (cuz I still miss my coke...sob), but it actually makes it harder to stick to my diet. I do better when I eliminate it completely and drink iced tea instead.

Ironically, stevia (which is an herb) sweetens without calories, is totally natural, and appears to have a stabilizing effect on diabetic blood sugars. Give it a try!

SnowSong · 08-25-2010, 10:53 AM

I've been following the advice my nutritionist gave me. She said if it's not something your great grandma would recognize as a food source then don't put it in your body. This made so much sense to me and it's made grocery shopping so easy now. All the isles in the middle of the store are mostly pre packaged stuff that I avoid. I stick to the produce, meat, and dairy areas. I've actually saved quite a bit since not buying the pre packaged stuff anymore.

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SnowSong Junior Member How Do You Identify?: Lesbian Preferred Pronoun?: Ms. Relationship Status: Mated Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 20 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 0 Thanked 14 Times in 8 Posts Rep Power: 469	I've been following the advice my nutritionist gave me. She said if it's not something your great grandma would recognize as a food source then don't put it in your body. This made so much sense to me and it's made grocery shopping so easy now. All the isles in the middle of the store are mostly pre packaged stuff that I avoid. I stick to the produce, meat, and dairy areas. I've actually saved quite a bit since not buying the pre packaged stuff anymore.