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<blockquote data-quote="AllieRainbow" data-source="post: 2249796" data-attributes="member: 473025"><p>I found that stopping eating all bread, potatoes, rice, pasta etc and sticking to meat, fish, dairy and lots of green veg - cabbage, cucumber, courgettes etc did wonders for my BG and interestingly, my tastes have change enormously.</p><p></p><p>I used to love bread and potatoes and anything starchy, but now find it horribly bland and heavy to eat. The textures are all wrong - really claggy and not a pleasant mouth feel any more.</p><p></p><p>Give me lots of veggies, particularly raw ones, and I love the variety of tastes and textures, and feel so much more energetic.</p><p></p><p>If I eat the carby stuff I feel absolutely terrible after a few days and not great after a few hours. There is no way I want to swap feeling healthy and energetic for the dulling and lethargy that comes with the carbs.</p><p></p><p>I honestly think that a lot of the reason people feel they really need or want to eat carbs is the result of advertising and long term conditioning. I also have found that what I really missed about things like chips and toast was the fat and salt tastes, not the potato or bread vehicle they were on. I grill fish smeared with butter, and have it with a salad made of cabbage and cucumber, with plenty of salt and pepper and a fatty dressing, instead of fish and chips, and like it a lot better than the equivalent from a chip shop.</p><p></p><p>I stopped eating curry with rice years ago, as it tasted so much better on a bed of salad, and I didn't feel bloated and lethargic after the meal either. If you substitute low carb veggies for some of the carbs you love you may be surprised at how quickly you get used to the changes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AllieRainbow, post: 2249796, member: 473025"] I found that stopping eating all bread, potatoes, rice, pasta etc and sticking to meat, fish, dairy and lots of green veg - cabbage, cucumber, courgettes etc did wonders for my BG and interestingly, my tastes have change enormously. I used to love bread and potatoes and anything starchy, but now find it horribly bland and heavy to eat. The textures are all wrong - really claggy and not a pleasant mouth feel any more. Give me lots of veggies, particularly raw ones, and I love the variety of tastes and textures, and feel so much more energetic. If I eat the carby stuff I feel absolutely terrible after a few days and not great after a few hours. There is no way I want to swap feeling healthy and energetic for the dulling and lethargy that comes with the carbs. I honestly think that a lot of the reason people feel they really need or want to eat carbs is the result of advertising and long term conditioning. I also have found that what I really missed about things like chips and toast was the fat and salt tastes, not the potato or bread vehicle they were on. I grill fish smeared with butter, and have it with a salad made of cabbage and cucumber, with plenty of salt and pepper and a fatty dressing, instead of fish and chips, and like it a lot better than the equivalent from a chip shop. I stopped eating curry with rice years ago, as it tasted so much better on a bed of salad, and I didn't feel bloated and lethargic after the meal either. If you substitute low carb veggies for some of the carbs you love you may be surprised at how quickly you get used to the changes. [/QUOTE]
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