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Category: Nutrition
Goal/Objective: To establish regular consumption of whole-food non-starchy vegetables to replace highly refined processed foods and trans fats. If you are taking these Five Essential Habits in consecutive order, you will continue to monitor your blood glucose daily, drink your optimum amount of water every day, eliminate sugar from your dietary protocol, and now you must add 3-5 servings of … Continue reading Establish Essential Habits: Eat Real Food
Keep using your glucose meter every day, focus on drinking more water, and be especially aware of any drinks that contain sugar, including fruit and vegetable juices. Hint: Check the label for carbohydrate content per serving. We are convinced that sugar—especially refined sugar, but “natural” sugars as well—must be totally eliminated from the dietary protocol … Continue reading Establish Essential Habits: Eliminate All Sugar
Goal: To reduce or eliminate processed foods from your dietary protocol. Unprocessed food is any food that could be made by a person with reasonable skill in a home kitchen with whole-food ingredients. For one month, take this challenge. Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics recommends: Make a list of what you eat that you would consider “processed foods.” Determine … Continue reading October Is Unprocessed Foods Month
Everyone pretty much agrees that good nutrition is very important for diabetics. What they do not agree on is what constitutes good nutrition for diabetics. If you grew up Adventist, you learned that the Eden diet consisted of fruits, grains, and nuts. "Then God said, 'I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of … Continue reading Fruits, Grains, and Nuts
I had an interesting experience today. I decided to put the phrase "vegetarian carnivore" into Google to see what it would find. My reason was that I was musing on what a vegetarian carnivore diet would look like, with only dairy and eggs (obviously, lacto-ovo vegetarian) but no meat or fish. Such as eggs, yogurt, … Continue reading Vegetarian Carnivore
Does everyone know what "carbage" is? Sue and Wl know! Yes, the word was coined as a combination of "carbs" and "garbage." Ben, it's not your fault that the definitions you found in your Google search were completely and totally wrong! First of all, the Collins English dictionary is British English, not American English, and … Continue reading Let’s Talk About “Carbage”
I'm finding it very interesting that all the things that are being recommended to keep us safe from the coronavirus (COVID-19) are very much in alignment with what we, as conscientious Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics, are already doing! UPDATE 3/25/2020: In addition to all the basic/essential lifestyle practices below, please be diligent in observing all the … Continue reading Stay Safe from Coronavirus!
The word "keto" has exploded all over the media and the marketing world. What does this mean? The word "keto" is short for ketosis and ketogenic diet. There are thousands of books and cookbooks on "the ketogenic diet" and a full spectrum of "keto" products to buy and eat, drink, and supplement your diet, with … Continue reading What Is Ketosis?
First of all, there is no immediate quick fix for high blood sugar numbers other than injected insulin, which is what they would do in the Emergency Room. Check your blood glucose more than once, just to confirm. Make sure your hands are clean. For any blood glucose over 300 mg/dL (16.5 mmol/l), call your … Continue reading How to Lower Blood Sugar
Goal: To explore the possibilities of Intermittent Fasting and its effects on diabetes, and to determine whether some level of fasting might be appropriate for you. April 30 is National Day of Fasting and Prayer, proclaimed by President Abraham Lincoln on March 30, 1863. So it seemed appropriate to focus on Intermittent Fasting during the month … Continue reading Intermittent Fasting
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