Re: complex carbs/

[Guest guest]

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I did just answer a similar question this morning. Funny how we

are all dealing with things in cycles around here! This is how it

was explained to me when I was pregnant and had gestational diabetes.

If you eat sugar to reverse the hypoglycemia,it will cause a rebound

affect. Yes, it will elevate the sugar but cause it to drop worse.

So in two hrs. you are worse off than when you started.

I was told to eat 5-6 sm. meals a day. I would check out a diabetic

diet book or online because basically it is the same kind of diet

that they want Gracie on, I believe. I would eat one english muffin

in the morning with a little peanut butter and some cheese chunks. a

snack at about 11am of some peanuts. A low carb lunch and a snack at

3pm. Then dinner (meat and veggies, sm. potato) and then a snack at

bedtime. I really did well on this diet and should be on it fulltime

d/t my hypoglycemia issues. I know I feel horrible if I eat sugar. I

can really tell the differnce.

This is a list of complex carbs I found online:

*****Complex Carbs:

Legumes, such as lentils, peas and beans.

Vegetables, such as beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower,

corn, lettuce, peppers, potatoes.

Grains, nuts and seeds, including whole-grain bread, pasta, cereal

and flour.

I have heard people using pasta,and cereal. Whole grain bread with a

little peanut butter would probably be good. Try hard to avoid sugar

esp. at bedtime cause she may wake up hypoglycemic! Carrots and corn

are okay snacks too. It sounds weird to us to have these as snakcs,

but our kids don't know any better. it is better than chips and

candy. I actually ate honey roasted peanuts and it didn't cause a

high spike in my sugars.

There are a lot a sugar free snacks available d/t to the Atkins diet

craze, but be careful of certain things. To many of certain foods or

candy can cause diarrhea if it contains sorbitol.

I believe the biggest advice is everything in moderation. Like a

could have a few fries, but not even a sm. one to myself. It is

hard. I have on a gluten free/casein free diet for PDD-NOS

treament and Molly on a wheat, egg, milk and peanut free diet for

sensitivities,and Drew on a modified diabetic diet for hypoglycemia

issues. It is alot but it is worth it if they feel better! It is

easier with the little ones because they don't know what they are

missing!

Sorry this is soooo long.I hope it helped!

Dawn

[Guest guest]

am also going to look into the Chomium, is this something I can get at a health food store?

Yes, it comes in supplement form, but Brewer's yeast is also a good source of chromium (and potassium and B vits), it just does not taste very good, quite bitter.

Glad I could help=) Chelsea seems to be doing better on a whole food diet with complex carbs, fats and protein and very little simple sugars. She does not have hypoglycemia, but has displayed sx's.

e, Chelsea's mom(nonspecific mito)