Blackdog first off dont worry you will feel better but everyone is different. Second you might wanna try to stay away from any sweetner. Thats what i'm doing, the littlest things can throw you out of whack. Did you try stans diet?

Your diet is way to high in carbohydrates and includes foods you should not be eating whatsoever, especially at the beginning. Here's what's wrong:

1. Avoid all bread at first, doesn't matter what kind.


2. Some people actually do okay with a little brown rice, I say avoid it at first to eliminate all complex carbohydrates other than vegetables, but you can try it.


3. Pie? You're kidding I hope. No pie. That crust will kill you unless you're getting an organic, whole grain crust, which I doubt you are, but even then it's not what you should be eating. Pie must absolutely, without a doubt be totally avoided for a long, long time. I think steevia is okay if you want to try a natural sweetener that won't raise blood sugar (i think it's natural, make sure to check) but i've heard xylitol is the best for that. Eating that pie isn't affecting you at first, but I bet it's causing you problems days down the road, trust me. Unless you eat straight sugar, you will usually not notice any symptoms for a day or so.


4. Bottom line, too many carbohydrates for the day, you should be getting no more than 100g and no less than 60g.


5. The people you're reading that are getting good results in two months or less are on low carbohydrate diets, which in my opinion is the only way to go, carbohydrates are added back in slowly after you get better. Until that time, they must be watched carefully otherwise you'll never get better. I personally don't know anyone, unless they have a more minor form of hypoglycemia or fasting hypoglycemia, who can eat a higher carbohydrate diet with lower protein and fat and get better. Everyone on here has tried that diet and failed, even me. The body has to learn to slowly tolerate a carbohydrate level that you set, very, very slowly.

Hi blackdog... I have followed stan's diet for 9 weeks and feel better than I have in years. I actually follow the diet. I made one bad choice and paid for it for three days. I had to drive my son on a 3 hour trip one evening after work. I ate right before I left knowing I would be home in about 3 hours. I'm an every three hour eater. I got so very tired only half way through the trip and worried that I would fall asleep driving that I drank unsweetened tea to get the caffeine (which I had not had in 8.5 weeks). It definitely did the trick. I was wide awake and boy did it feel good. However, the next couple of days I was an emotional wreck. I felt disconnected from everyone. I was not part of life, just going through the motions.
That is from one controlled bad choice. It took 3 days to get start feeling well.
My suggestion would be to find stan's diet in this forum and give it a try for a couple of months and see if improvement does not start to show itself. If you really care about yourself and want to feel better you'll try it. It can't hurt because you already feel like crap.

Yeah mendi its takes me a couple of days to feel better when I make a mistake. I know when I used to drink beer starting the diet it would take about a week to get back to normal. Its crazy how it takes that much out of you for that long.

Stan you say im eating too many carbs, ill cut out the whole grain bread and the pie and see how just brown rice makes me feel. I was on your diet for about 1 1/2 months but only changed the carbs to brown rice and grain bread instead of squash. Your diet is the 1tbsp of organic olive oil, a good slice of chicken for protein, a few nuts, squash, and romaine lettuce? If not where can I find it? But ive only been eating 1/2 a piece of bread(which ill be cutting out) or 3 spoonfuls of rice for carbs. Should I lower it to 1 spoonful of rice? I tried eating squash raw but I just cant do it, I mean its horrible raw, is cooked ok? Im bummed out about the pie I was really hoping the crust wasnt bad, maybe later I can use the wheat pie crust. Also when should I try and incorporate berries(i think you said they were ok at somepoint) right now they make me pretty sick feeling.

And that comment about being disconnected from reality and just socially weird hit how I feel right on the money. Its like I cant go out and feel normal sometimes, im fine at my house with my roomate but going out in crowded areas I just dont like it and feel lost. Is this a common symptom? Cause I never used to be like this(along time ago) and miss talking to people and just being normal..... Alot...

My diet is more than that, make sure to read through it. You shouldn't be eating the same thing every day like that, you're body will get used to it and you won't get as much out of it. The thread about it is on this forum, you can't miss it. First off, you didn't stay on the diet long enough before adding those things so you set yourself back. Whatever you decide to do with rice, just make sure your total carbohydrate intake for the entire day does not exceed 100g. Add up everything! You'll be surprised how much there is and how little it takes to get to that amount. Squash should be cooked, I can't believe you even tried it raw to begin with, ugh!!! The berries are making you sick most likely because you're eating not getting organic (strawberries and raspberries are two of the most saturated foods in terms of pesticide) or because of everything else you're doing. It takes time for the body to adjust. Berries are fine, if you follow what I say to do when to eat them, you should only be having small portions of fruit at any time, not more than like 1/4 of a serving per meal. The symptom you explain is common, which is unfortunate. Part of it is just the simple fear of having a major sugar crash while not in the comfort of your home (where everything is at hand and safe), so that's totally normal. I'm not sure why it's such a common symptom, I have this theory that the brain actually has a "sense of reality" that people aren't aware of to help you function in social situations, making you more able to adhere to what you have to do without paying attention, if that makes any sense to anyone. For some reason, this section of the brain tends to shut down in hypoglycemics. Not sure why, but I guess the brain thinks it's not very important. Stupid brain.

Ok, ill try and find some organic berries. Ill prolly need to add the lettuce back into my diet as well. The thing bout eating all the different meats is, theyre all pretty expensive and I just aint got that kinda cash so ive been eating just chicken, ill try and get some variety though if its gonna help. What about eating sausage and beef are those bad? Anywho im off the pie and bread im feeling pretty good today since ive started eating the rice, maybe ill revert back to squash to see if it makes me feel even better after about a week or so. And good thing I can cook the squash I read somewhere its best to eat it raw, but I just cooked it anyways so good good. Im bout to go live with my mom to recover(.........) cause working 12 hours a day sanding walls and preparing houses im sure isnt helping any. Thx stan ive been reading up on your info for awhile but hotmail doesnt except this sites emails for some reason so I switched to yahoo.



Oh and by the way is it just me or does it seem hard to talk sometimes? Like ill feel good then ill start talking alot cuz I feel like I can then ill start feeling nautious. Not sure if thats normal. I also get a feeling in my stomach when im bout to get sick and thats when I eat should I try and eat sooner than this? Sometimes its a short while after eating(which I think is because my diet sucked) but ill try and hold out for the 1 1/2 - 2 hour mark.

If they're too expensive you can try nonorganic, blueberries and blackberries are the best because they don't use as much pesticides on them as strawberries and raspberries, which are the worst of all. You may find luck buying frozen berries too, but make sure they don't have added sugar. Another thing you could try is fish if you want. I avoid it because of mercury warnings, but eating it for a time is not really a problem, just make sure to eat more things like flounder and tilapia instead of swordfish, which has more mercury. Salmon is good too, but make sure it's wild caught, do not buy atlantic salmon or any fish that's farm raised! They're fed body parts of fish and other crap. I avoid pork only because of this diet called the maker's diet, but you don't have to if you don't want to. It's just a recommendation. Check to make sure the sausage has no added sugar or too many artificial ingredients. How about turkey? You could get a big turkey and cook it, and it will last you several days, you can freeze the extras and thaw them when you eat them again. The only thing I strongly recommend amongst everything is that if you can do it, for the love of god onlyl get naturally raise meat, it doens't have to be organic (which is even more expensive), but try as much as possible to get naturally raised (not antibiotics or hormones and sometimes free range). I myself don't get organic frozen beans or anything, but I do get organic lettuce because they cover that shiat with tons of pesticides and it makes me sick. The talking thing is normal as well. Hypoglycemics will sometimes get confused and feel like their thoughts aren't working properly. I know some russian so sometimes, when I was bad enough, I would mix phrases and words into my english. It's also common to feel a little on edge and talk a lot in the process. Another symptom, similar to mania but not as extreme. The sick feeling is just another symptom as well, though a bad diet will make it worse. As you go on it should get better. I still get this from time to time.

Blackdog, I make stewed "fruit" when I want a change. It's like making a pie filling without the pie. But I don't use any sweetner.

Recently, i've made my own fruit granite. It's like italian ice but all fruit and no sugar. I put fruit in a blender, liquify it and freeze it. Right now, i'm on the mixed berries craze.

I didn't know we can use stevia. I've conflicting things about it. Any comments on it?