Re: Low-Carb & YMMV

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Faye:

I bought it from the ADA web site. They have lots of books and other

useful information including several of the " Month of Meals " series.

One hint, thought. If you look at the list of books and plan on buying

several, join the ADA first as you get a discount on the books if you

are a member. I bought the several books, and after getting them, I

joined in order to get their magazine, Diabetes Forecast. The Month of

Meals would be very useful for someone who needs the menu suggestions.

Erwin

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Meniowl wrote:

<< I too was on Tum's daily. Many nights with heartburn and where it would

come

into your throat burning and having to get up and sleep sitting up. Since

low-carbing I have not had any more heartburn problems. I thought it was

from eliminating all the sugars, fruits, and flour (starch) products. >>

That sounds like acid reflux, which can destroy the inner surfaces of your

teeth, and cause erosion in your throat. (Stomach acid is so caustic it's

like hydrochloric acid.) Many of us just can't seem to digest all those

grains, it is believed. If we think back to our ancestors, over the past

500,000 years humans have not been ingesting all this grain. A generation

ago, our diet was 42% fats. Now it is 32% fats, the difference devoted to

carbohydrates. We are fatter now than we were then - and type 2 diabetes

rates are galloping ever higher.

I have read on several web sites that acid reflux is strongly linked to

obesity. But is it connected to obesity, or to insulin resistance and

diabetes? The diabetes syndrome sets us up for obesity. Not every obese

person is diabetic, but a big majority of type 2 diabetics are obese. We

have a problem handling carbohydrates - but most of us find it's the

processed grains that spiks us the worst. Maybe acid reflux is our suffering

stomach ranting, " Get that dang stuff outta me!! "

When our bodies misbehave, they are telling us something is wrong. And we

must listen, or risk serious illness. Our bodies are very good at saving

themselves. And in fact that is what type 2 diabetes is all about. In modern

times we have been feeding ourselves too many carbohydrates, and for those

of us who cannot handle them, our pancreas churns out more and more insulin

to deal with it ... so much insulin that we eventually become " immune " to it

(insulin resistance).

Susie