Re:Low Carb for Diabetes/Oprah

[Guest guest]

I saw the entire show. Also taped it so I could let my daughter (who teaches)

watch

it later. The Hellers' book is called the Carbohydrate Addicts Lifespan

Program.

(Their names are and ). My doctor has always maintained that

carbs,

protein and fat eaten at a meal will keep your bgs from spiking or dropping. My

problem, when eating carbs, was at breakfast...A bowl of

oatbran....coffee...nothing more. I used sweeetener. This breakfast was all carb

and set the pace for the remainder of the day. I would starve! The problem was

the insulin....which the Hellers maintain is the problem for an addict! I am

insulin resistant and must inject, ergo, I have so much insulin floating in my

system that there is no way I can stall off the hunger and the storage of fat.

Insulin is a growth hormone (they said hunger and fat storing) Well, it is

certainly true in my case! I kept eating carbs and adding insulin to cover

them,

which in turn, put more weight on me! If I could figure a way to use my own

insulin, I believe I could take off the weight that I gained on beginning

insulin!

At any rate, I have lowered my need for insulin quite a bit since cutting the

carbs.

One key to the being able to eat carbs with that 1 hour is starting the meal

with

salad, then progressing, eating in proportion, carb, veggie and meat. Then

dessert

(but it must be substituted for part of the carb, so that total....it must be

1/3

meat, 1/3 carb, 1/3 veggie.....No calorie counting or measuring portions. No

eating low fat products. Everytime they remove fat, they add in sugar. Sugar

goes

right to fat. I don't know for sure what this does for a diabetic, especially

those of us who injectinsulin (T2s, that is) It seems that we don't have a

chance.

I would like to consult with the Hellers to see if they have an answer. *hugs*

Toni

Heller wrote:

>

>

> Hi,

>

> I saw most of it also. The only thing that bothered me about the Heller

> program is the one hour a day where you can eat carbohydrates (in

> conjunction with a protein/fiber balance ?) Seems to me that would also

> make you crave carbs. Why start with it and add carbs like that back

> into you diet for one hour a day? I am sure that hour raised your BG

> level and most people would go crazy in that one hour. Maybe the theory

> is not to deprive your body completely of carbs and allow some

> flexibility.

>

> Heller (not related to them)

>

> SRicha9391@... wrote:

> >

> > From: SRicha9391@...

> >

> > Hey everyone, I saw the Opra Show today. It was really good. They had the

> > Hellers on and they did the whole show on low carb. They gave the audience

> > the Carbo addicts test. and went over the diet and what effects have on you.

> > I called my mom who is a in denial new diabetic and made her watch the show

> > because she is not real keen on this low carb thing. Opra challenged

everyone

> > to try it for one month and she would have a follow up show with their

> > results. Opra really got into this and seemed to relate to the whole

> > concept. Shelia )

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Breakfasts cant be that bad with all the muffin recipes you sent me. Some

are pretty good. Thank you

Darren T2

dghart@...

A fine is a tax for doing bad,

A tax is a fine for doing good.

Re:Low Carb for Diabetes/Oprah

I saw the entire show. Also taped it so I could let my daughter (who

teaches) watch

it later. The Hellers' book is called the Carbohydrate Addicts Lifespan

Program.

(Their names are and ). My doctor has always maintained that

carbs,

protein and fat eaten at a meal will keep your bgs from spiking or dropping.

My

problem, when eating carbs, was at breakfast...A bowl of

oatbran....coffee...nothing more. I used sweeetener. This breakfast was all

carb

and set the pace for the remainder of the day. I would starve! The problem

was

the insulin....which the Hellers maintain is the problem for an addict! I

am

insulin resistant and must inject, ergo, I have so much insulin floating in

my

system that there is no way I can stall off the hunger and the storage of

fat.

Insulin is a growth hormone (they said hunger and fat storing) Well, it is

certainly true in my case! I kept eating carbs and adding insulin to cover

them,

which in turn, put more weight on me! If I could figure a way to use my own

insulin, I believe I could take off the weight that I gained on beginning

insulin!

At any rate, I have lowered my need for insulin quite a bit since cutting

the

carbs.

One key to the being able to eat carbs with that 1 hour is starting the meal

with

salad, then progressing, eating in proportion, carb, veggie and meat. Then

dessert

(but it must be substituted for part of the carb, so that total....it must

be 1/3

meat, 1/3 carb, 1/3 veggie.....No calorie counting or measuring portions.

No

eating low fat products. Everytime they remove fat, they add in sugar.

Sugar goes

right to fat. I don't know for sure what this does for a diabetic,

especially

those of us who injectinsulin (T2s, that is) It seems that we don't have a

chance.

I would like to consult with the Hellers to see if they have an answer.

*hugs*

Toni

Heller wrote:

>

>

> Hi,

>

> I saw most of it also. The only thing that bothered me about the Heller

> program is the one hour a day where you can eat carbohydrates (in

> conjunction with a protein/fiber balance ?) Seems to me that would also

> make you crave carbs. Why start with it and add carbs like that back

> into you diet for one hour a day? I am sure that hour raised your BG

> level and most people would go crazy in that one hour. Maybe the theory

> is not to deprive your body completely of carbs and allow some

> flexibility.

>

> Heller (not related to them)

>

> SRicha9391@... wrote:

> >

> > From: SRicha9391@...

> >

> > Hey everyone, I saw the Opra Show today. It was really good. They had

the

> > Hellers on and they did the whole show on low carb. They gave the

audience

> > the Carbo addicts test. and went over the diet and what effects have on

you.

> > I called my mom who is a in denial new diabetic and made her watch the

show

> > because she is not real keen on this low carb thing. Opra challenged

everyone

> > to try it for one month and she would have a follow up show with their

> > results. Opra really got into this and seemed to relate to the whole

> > concept. Shelia )

> >

> >

>