Hi stan
i just joined your forum and I am battling
hypoglycemic attacks (again) so I am back
on the high protein, low carb, medium fat
therapeutic diet. For years, I have been
getting progressively slack when it comes
to the following the diet but I am back on
the bandwagon.
I have a question: why should you avoid
cashews and peanuts? Aren't they high
protein low complex carb, high fat foods
that are recommended? You don't have
almonds in your no-no list, why would
peanuts and cashews be any different?
Also you have cheese in your no-no list?
Concerning cheese, let me add that I live
in france where we have real
non-pasteurized cheese that tastes good
and is not processed. It's not like that
nasty processed cheese that we find in the
states (i should know, I lived there for a
long time). So is natural cheese okay?
If not, why?
Thanks in advance
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Stan
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Posted: 05-07-06 13:32pm
Natural cheese is great, that's why I say
to avoid it here, because all of our
cheese is nonorganic (well, not all of it)
and pasteurized. Even our organic cheese
is pasteurized. It's possible to get raw
cheese but it's too expensive and never
organic, making it still worthless. Raw,
unpasteurized natural cheese is aweomse,
so it should be okay for you. I really
don't know why we still pasteurize here,
there is no need for it anymore. The
only reason I really say to avoid it is
because milk products are basically simple
sugar and more quickly raise your blood
sugar. Cheese, however, isn't too bad
because it has to be digested first,
whereas something like milk goes straight
to your blood pretty quickly. My main
thing is to limit carbs, keep protein
moderate and increase fat. Increasing
fat seems to be the best way to go in my
opinion. I avoid peanuts and cashews, or
at least recommend this for the first few
months, because they are the nuts highest
in carbohydrates. Cashews are actually
beans, which must totally be avoided at
first. Many hypoglycemics seem to have
quick reactions to stuff like peanut
butter, so that's another reason for
throwing those on the list. I myself
couldn't handle peanut butter and used to
get almost immediate reactions, within
5-10 minutes, after eating it.
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Didier
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Peanut Butter Posted: 05-07-06 13:51pm
Thanks for your quick reply. I know that
peanut butter generally has sugar in it so
it should obviously be avoided. I am
assuming that natural peanut butter is
okay. The kind of peanut butter I buy is
organic..It contains only peanuts..No
sugar and no salt. When you say you have
reactions to peanut butter, I am assuming
you mean the most common kind that is
found in supermarkets..With sugar and
hydrogenated oil.
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Stan
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Posted: 05-07-06 14:01pm
Nope, I mean natural.
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squashville USA
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Cashews Posted: 05-29-06 16:24pm
Cashews are also known to supress thyriod
hormones, which give hypo thyroid actions
of the body in hypoglycemia. Thus another
reason they are reactive causing sugar
imbalance.