Re: In general, whether the doctor says or not
White flour is a Bad Thing. Especially since you have issues with your blood sugar levels. Processed grain like bleached flour, white rice, and white pasta all cause a huge spike in your blood sugar levels, which is what causes your insulin to overreact.
As an example, eating a potato causes a bigger, quicker rise in blood sugar levels than eating the equivalent amount of table sugar.
Good thing I hate potatoes then. :)
Whole grains take longer to digest (and have more nutrition value, for that matter) and don't cause the spikes in blood sugar. The digestion process spreads the blood sugar out over time, which is what you need.
Which do you like less: whole wheat bread, or headaches, fatigue, and the other symptoms you get from hypoglycemia?
I don't know, Scott. At this point I'm mostly scared. She said to try balancing it out and see how things worked, this has not been happening before, only happened this weekend, and she thinks it's because I didn't eat so long between the meal and the next one and didn't balance out the proteins and carbs.
Rice is my favorite food, I eat it as minute rice and as rice you buy in the restaurants, and I've been eating it for years, it never messed with me before. I'm not even sure what a whole grain is. I eat lots of corn chex and peanuts and other things on the list that are good foods, so I guess unless this becomes a real issue that has to be treated a lot more seriously, I'll try what she said.
I balanced things out yesterday and had no symptoms, isn't that a good sign?
Nightowl >8#
Edit: When it comes to bread, I rarely ever eat any. I keep a white loaf in the freezer and rarely eat any. I have to keep it in the freezer because I eat so little bread that my loaf goes bad if I don't. Wonder if wheat chex would be a good idea to try?
