Giving up bread for health reasons (hot flashes, pain, blood tests, lose weight)

[sheerbliss]

There are a few carby things I miss, but being thin, healthy and energetic feels better than anything tastes. I used to make a lot of low-carb desserts, but when I stopped, I dropped five pounds. That doesn't sound like much, but I'm a small person and it all came off my belly--so it was probably visceral fat.

A word to the wise: some keto and low-carb breads have been found to contain more carbohydrate than what's on the label. If you have concerns, test your blood sugar right before and an hour after eating some.

[tasmtairy]

I'd like to know why you are giving up wheat. Do you have a DX, are you Celiac ? that would make a big difference in how I interpret your question. Corn tortillas are ok for me, but not corn pone. Corn makes my intestines angry and that's not good.

[Jellybean50]

I didn't read all the comments and i'm not sure the reasons you're giving up bread.

I can't and won't

My belly doesn't do great with wheat, and my Dr. suggested Rye bread and Sourdough bread as alternatives. Has helped immensely.

[leastprime]

Originally Posted by Submariner

Last year my A1C climbed too high, my PCP warned me that if it held at that level I would need to start on diabetes drugs.

So I stopped eating wheat, potatoes and rice.

Cold turkey, I just stopped.

My A1C went back down, my PCP was shocked.

how do you make up the calorie loss by limiting carb consumption?

[Ampleapricots]

Originally Posted by steiconi

I tried a good keto pancake recipe recently. https://www.wholesomeyum.com/wprm_print/recipe/23222

mostly almond flour and eggs. No wheat, no carbs.

This looks interesting, going to try them.

We replaced bread with quinoa and sweet potatoes.

When we have guests and they just MUST have some sort of bread available I buy buy Ezekiel bread.

[guidoLaMoto]

Originally Posted by leastprime

how do you make up the calorie loss by limiting carb consumption?

There are probably multiple, interacting genotypes that result in the phenotype of "DM" (hi BS) when a certain threshhold of calorie intake is surpassed....Those genotypes perpetuated themselves in the population because they had survival value back in the day when calories were hard to come by (primitive lifestyle)...Today, when YoHos & Twinkies are too cheap and easy to get, those T2s get fatter than need be essily. They don't need to replace the excess csarbs...

The excess carbs ARE the problem. The T2s get obese on low calorie counts that would keep a non-diabetic skinny....For the non-diabetic, obesity isn't in itself necessarily unhealthy, but they don't need to replace lost calories either. Increaed storage fat means you're getting too many calories.

[Submariner]

Originally Posted by guidoLaMoto

Good for you...and your doc needs more experience.

The PCP's issue was that patients would say that they had changed their diet in some manner, but few patients actually made the changes.

We have multiple close friends who all have diabetes, and watching each of them suffer through the long-term complications of that disease has motivated me to avoid diabetes.

I recently watched a TED talk where a doctor said the medical industry should change the name of the disease from 'Diabetes' to 'over-processed foods disease'.

[Submariner]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

Why would a doctor be shocked at that?

Apparently, most patients lie to their PCPs. They say they have changed their diet, yet the blood work says otherwise.

[Submariner]

Originally Posted by leastprime

how do you make up the calorie loss by limiting carb consumption?

My cancer treatment has caused me to put on a few too many pounds, I would like to drop weight.

My diet now is meat, veggies, and salad, along with green tea [with stevia].

[Williepaws]

Originally Posted by Submariner

Apparently, most patients lie to their PCPs. They say they have changed their diet, yet the blood work says otherwise.

sometimes diet has nothing to do with blood work. just so you know.