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I have been wheat free for a week now after reading this thread.
I am type 2 diabetic, so I have been watching my carbs for 10 years now.
My carb of choice is the potato, and I was eating wheat based cereals and breads. I switched to corn bread but have not found a wheat free sugar free cereal yet. Too bat there isn't a potato based cereal out there .

arteacher wrote on 10/26/11 at 07:15:09:


Can you make your own cereal without using a flour that's bad for you (I don't know anything about diabetes)? There are homemade recipes for cereal out there, and you can switch out the ingredients and leave any sugar of course...

http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/2011/06/homemade-cold-breakfast-cereal...

verslagen1 wrote on 10/26/11 at 07:26:59:


arteacher wrote on 10/26/11 at 07:15:09:


One of the basics of the Wheat Belly plan is that it is low-carb plain and simple, but with the added benefit of no wheat.

Low-carb means no (or very little of) other starchy carbos like pototoes, rice, oats,... grains in general.  This is because one of the truly damaging effects of high-carb eating, made even worse when the carbs are from wheat, is that these carbs cause blood-sugar spikes and all kinds of insulin problems, which, if they continue, yank you into diabetes.

So, the Wheat Belly thing is low-carb and of the carbs you do eat, no wheat AT ALL.

Any kind of Rice Krispies won't do because rice is high carb.  

Potatoes and corn bread aren't as bad as wheat, but they still are high carb.  If you really must partake, try to make the quantities small.  Some good news here is that after a week or two, most of us notice a decrease in appetite, and a feeling of fullness with much smaller quantities.  When my current wife and I go out to eat now, I always have to get a "to go" box because I just can't eat the whole plate of food anymore,.. and I am too cheap to just leave it there.  

The book has some very favorable results for diabetics, as does the facebook page.  Sometimes the problem disappears altogether.

This is incredible to me that some of you guys are joining in.  Just wonderful!

I have to finish off all these homemade chicken fried steaks before I start my new diet..

150lbs, 5 foot 7, 34 years old (going on 21), 17% body fat, smoke, drink, ride a motorcycle, live reckless, watch what I eat though... no health problems... nearly 120/80 blood pressure, all my vitals are in excellent shape (I donate plasma at least twice a month and it's checked there).. don't exercise (I've been doing temp construction for the last few months because I moved).. we'll see if no wheat for a month can get my energy/motivation back up to where I want to start working out again.. plus I have seasonal depression.. ugh  

If I don't eat carbs my sugars crash- down to 2.4 in one instance,
We use a different system of measurement up here (mml/L) in which 5-7 is normal, and 2 is very hypoglycemic- near coma territory.
I talked to my doctor about the Atkins diet and he thinks it would be very dangerous for me as it would be very difficult to adjust medications (insulin) while I was on it, and would be hard on my liver, which has already suffered damage from the diabetes.
I can reduce the amount of carb intake and adjust my insulin dose, and have tried it, but it is a crap shoot. If I ever did go into a coma the emergency response is an injection of glucose, and there is no one in the house that can do that.

Warning if you people don't quit eating wheat your gonna die one of these days.