Chikana,
It's doable. Please note my diet below. That's how I did it. I've been doing some version of this for 3 years now and for underweight me, the thought of no grains at all seemed rather scary, but to be honest the only gluten-free grains I eat 90% of the time are rice and corn. Yet, some days I may not eat them at all. My diet is still a work in progress though, but changing my diet "dramatically" LOL, is what got me where I am today.
So here's the thing, the more symptoms you have, the more I honestly believe you will
need to stick to this diet or eventually get tested for Immune Activation/Food Sensitivity via Ian's lab or try the Elimination Diet. From my own experiences, from going off of the meds, I truly do believe this is your best shot. Of course, later if you are more into holistic approaches you can see if maybe you can do a few other things that may allow you to eat certan foods again.
Yup, No Grains, they will
raise your insulin levels. In fact, I follow the Gluten-Free Diet and eat tons of (brown) rice, when I want and no reactions. Yet if you follow any sort of Glycemic Index/Load it will tell you that's a no no, but Rice doesn't raise your insulin levels as much as Wheat! Of course, you want to go more strict, eat ONLY
sprouted grains,
sprouted Gluten-Free grains, or
NO grains (paleo diet, Specific carbohydrated diet, etc), the foods you must avoid for various individual reasons, all depends on how
sensitive you are.
http://www.cce.cornell.edu/programs/food/staff/news/0696/china.html http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=8604665&query_hl=1
No Dairy, same reason. It's highly
Insulinotropic or in other words, It will raise your insulin levels, despite it's glycemic index/load. If you believe that
Insulin Resistance and PCOS are Silent Inflammatory Diseases you want nothing to do with dairy. I know, I know, there are studies that say that Dairy, or Whey protein rather, helps with Type II Diabetes. The only way I can think of is if you are so far gone that your Type II resembles a Type I, where you are getting insulin injections, yeah you probably will benefit. However I once read that there's over 30 defects when it comes to Insulin Resistance & Type II Diabetes and some of them, don't need the excess IGF-1 that dairy protein (highest in skim milk) will encourage your body to produce. Prolonged presence of IGF-1, calls forth a host of inflammatory products, some of which are growth factors and it in itself is a growth factor and I'm sure that doesn't help anyone here dealing with cystic ovaries. Not to mention, lactose intolerance, if you are one of the ethnicities where this is common, this also leads to inflammation and you
don't want any part of it.
http://nutrigenomics.ucdavis.edu/type2diabetes.htm (most of these defects are discussed in Ian's books: "A New Dawn" and "The Insulin-Time Bomb")
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=11451723&query_hl=7 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15531672&query_hl=14
Anyway, back to it being doable. Some people can overhaul their diet overnight others it can take a few months. I chose to go Gluten-Free because I thought it would be easier. I felt it was a compromise from going low-carb (mine is moderate carb), read that gluten can mimic insulin, and D'adamo's
Eat Right 4 Your Type said that Type O (me) and Type Bs (my dad) are intolerant to Gluten (even though I tested negative for gluten intolerance). Plus there are lots of gluten-free options out there that (some taste better than the originals (some GF foods have tons of sugar, trans fats, etc so be aware) and, if need be, I figured I could learn to drop the other grains in due time However, taking into account that if you are going to eat grains, that sprouted grains should be your focus, perhaps this may help out:
By my standards, these may not be 100% Gluten Free (if a concern), but these are No ADDED Gluten Brands:
http://www.creatingheaven.net/eeproducts/eesfc/orderform.html http://www.foodforlife.com/index.asp http://www.users.nwark.com/~shilohf/sprouted.html (only the Spelt Bread)
http://www.frenchmeadow.com/New_Breads.htm http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/...ipt/search.html (UK only)
When you eat your grains sprouted, you are eating something that was once acidic but is now more alkaline. If you believe in the inflammation theory, or just that our Western Diets are too acidic (they are according to alkaline-acidity charts), then increasing our pH (alkaline) will help reduce some inflammatory events. Furthermore, by sprouting them, you unlock nutrients, deactivate anti-nutrients (yeah there was a reason the USDA stripped, bleached, refined whole grains), and change something that was unripe and never meant to be eaten...a grain seed, into something that is now ripe, and more like a vegetable...grass actually.
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Key Ingredients
I would be remiss if I didn't mention one food item that dramatically changed my life: Sprouted grain. A sprouted grain digests like a vegetable. If you eat one hundred percent sprouted grain bread and bake with sprouted spelt (a wheat grain high in vitamin B) flour you are actually getting more vegetables in your diet. And, you don't even have to ask your doctor if you should get more vegetables into your diet - that's a given!
Wheat is one of the most difficult foods for the body to break down. But, foods made with sprouted wheat or grains are easy for the body to digest. So waffles, pancakes, cookies, crackers, muffins, pastas and breads made with one hundred percent sprouted flours are wonderful.
One hundred percent sprouted grain bread is sold in most health food stores and at some grocery stores. "Essential Eaters" began to create a demand for sprouted flour. There was only one source for sprouted flour in America and they sold it only to distributors. In response, the Essential Eating Sprouted Flour Company opened last year and is now providing organic sprouted spelt flour directly to the consumer (see "Sources" in Chapter Seven).
Other venues have opened to help diners to eat essentially. The Essential Eating Cooking School has trained cooking guides throughout the United States to teach this eating lifestyle to others. Visit essentialeating.com for more information. http://www.kappakappagamma.org/Template.cf...tentDisplay.cfm |
Of course, if you want "Milk" there's always store bought or homemade (with a soy milk maker) Soy, Nut (almond, hazelnut), Grain (rice, multigrain), or Potato Milks that usually come enriched with vitamins and calcium and can sometimes be found with no added sweeteners.
If you can tolerate legumes, nuts, and seeds you should pick up
Breaking the Vicious Cycle which contains the Specific Carbohydrate diet. With those ingredients, you make your own "flourless" breads, pancakes etc, using for example, nut flour instead ;-)
http://www.scdiet.org
Help some? ;-)
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