Don't beat yourself up. It was protein. It could have been red velvet cupcakes, or a mega white bloomer, or a mahoooooosive packet of sweet chilli kettle chips. For those, self-flagellation might have been permissible.Yep - it was a stupid impulse buy and eat. I should just avoid any of this pre-prepared stuff. It's much safer for me to cook my own and generally I do, but I am prone to doing this type of thing at the drop of a hat. It's something I have yet to learn to control.
I'm 52, but have not had periods for 4 years now - with none of the hormonal stuff, thankfully. So, yes, am fully expecting these, but it's weird they have only started since low carbing, which is why I'm linking them to that, and then when I had my first hypo, it dawned on me that it felt so similar that maybe it's low carbing and low BS at times - and my body's not used to either yet.I don't know your age, but palpitations can be a symptom of the change. I get them and that is what drove me to GP prior to diabetes diagnosis. They have got better recently but i do find that waking up suddenly from a dream can set them off and the dreaded hot flushes and night sweats. I think as well they can be a side effect of lo carbing in the early days, and wonder if eating too many after lower numbers can set them off again.
Interesting article though obviously only one person's anecdotal experience it sounds like others suffer from palpitations. So the conclusion is the doctor did an EGG and saw characteristic signs of palpitations caused by stress and told the person not to worry. But for some reason despite having pain, injury and sudden increase in strenuous exercise as likely causes of stress, the person decided that low carb was the cause of the stress? Odd. Sounds like confirmation bias. Also the blogger may have been borderline low carb and not in ketosis, it's unclear.Interesting thoughts on low carb diets and palpitations http://thorfalk.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/arrhythmia-heart-palpitations-ketosis-and-low-carb-diet/
Funnily enough I was musing yesterday on the origins of man, as you do, and a hunter gatherer diet. Since humans are thought to have come out of Africa they must have had fruits from those areas, so why haven't we evolved to process the sugar in them better?It's weird that "Paleo 2.0" advocates rice and potatoes. Rice being a Neolithic food and potatoes being unknown in most of the world until after the middle ages. And both have a pretty high glycemic index.
Actually we do have specific adaptations to process fruit, that our near relatives (other primates) don't have. We are better at absorbing fruit, with lower blood glucose spikes, because of amylase enzyme. Humans all produce more of this enzyme than primates (in varying degrees).Funnily enough I was musing yesterday on the origins of man, as you do, and a hunter gatherer diet. Since humans are thought to have come out of Africa they must have had fruits from those areas, so why haven't we evolved to process the sugar in them better?
I'm missing my oranges!
You are right. If I didn't have diabetes, whether I brought it on myself or was predisposed to put on weight and get it, I would be able to eat fruit with no problems. Maybe I'll get back there one day, but for the moment nearly all fruit spikes my BS a lot. Luckily I like celery and cucumber and have managed to convince myself they are a great alternative!Actually we do have specific adaptations to process fruit, that our near relatives (other primates) don't have. We are better at absorbing fruit, with lower blood glucose spikes, because of amylase enzyme. Humans all produce more of this enzyme than primates (in varying degrees).
Nonetheless in evolutionary time we were occasionally binging on fruit when we found it, in season. Not downing litres of HFCS drinks every day. I don't think that whole fruit is a bad thing for a non diabetic person. It is a bad thing in excess for a diabetic, perhaps.
You are right. If I didn't have diabetes, whether I brought it on myself or was predisposed to put on weight and get it, I would be able to eat fruit with no problems. Maybe I'll get back there one day, but for the moment nearly all fruit spikes my BS a lot. Luckily I like celery and cucumber and have managed to convince myself they are a great alternative!
So true. It's only in very recent years I've realised I have this carb addiction. I look around at my wider (literally - LOL) family and see so many members who do. It's not just nurture either, as these are people I rarely see (old adage of choosing friends but stuck with dodgy family!). I used to feel totally disgusted with myself, but seemed unable to have the willpower to change my eating habits - despite being reasonably intelligent, good at my job etc, etc. I took an online course on mindful eating, which I wouldn't normally have bothered with but it was offered free as a guinea-pig (now £250!!!). It helped me stop beating myself up and introduced me to the idea of eating being an addiction and one that is difficult to go cold turkey on.I do think that sadly some of us just have to watch calorie intake as well.... I see relatively slim people in town with what I think of now as a carb belly and I'm sure just going low carb would sort them out, but I think for those of us that have been like this a long time , our portion control went out the window with our carb addiction and that part of the journey to better health is learning to listen to our real appetite not the one we've followed for years.
Smoked mackerel is high in calories but good for you.. I try and split the packet into a portion with salad and the rest either made into late with cottage cheese and lemon juice and loads black pepper, or a treat for the cats. Like the sound of the Aubergine pizzas especially since discovering Morrisons sell white ones which aren't as bitter to my taste buds.
Keep up the good work.
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