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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 1022464" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>Hi and welcome!</p><p></p><p>All those diagnoses must be a terrible blow.</p><p></p><p>I am sorry, i can offer you no advice at all about Graves or the thyroid issues.</p><p>However, i am an old hand at RH.</p><p>We even have a forum section on it, if you want to have a rummage.</p><p></p><p>I agree with your husband about the protein being better than a glucose burst.</p><p>The aim with RH is to avoid the high blood glucose, because that is what triggers the insulin release which then causes the rapid blood glucose drop and the hypo.</p><p></p><p>So, eat slow release foods <strong>often enough</strong> that you don't trigger the high-low cycle by keeping your blood glucose steady and NOT high.</p><p>This means you can avoid the lows.</p><p>And if you do end up dropping too low then have a small amount of carbs (to bring you up a bit, quite quickly- something like one digestive, or half an apple, but stop there) and then follow it with a slow release meal, which will catch you if you start to drop again.</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps!</p><p></p><p>Personally, i have found that low GI foods are still WAY too high carb for me. Try it though. It may work for you. If it doesn't you can drop the carbs further.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 1022464, member: 41816"] Hi and welcome! All those diagnoses must be a terrible blow. I am sorry, i can offer you no advice at all about Graves or the thyroid issues. However, i am an old hand at RH. We even have a forum section on it, if you want to have a rummage. I agree with your husband about the protein being better than a glucose burst. The aim with RH is to avoid the high blood glucose, because that is what triggers the insulin release which then causes the rapid blood glucose drop and the hypo. So, eat slow release foods [B]often enough[/B] that you don't trigger the high-low cycle by keeping your blood glucose steady and NOT high. This means you can avoid the lows. And if you do end up dropping too low then have a small amount of carbs (to bring you up a bit, quite quickly- something like one digestive, or half an apple, but stop there) and then follow it with a slow release meal, which will catch you if you start to drop again. Hope that helps! Personally, i have found that low GI foods are still WAY too high carb for me. Try it though. It may work for you. If it doesn't you can drop the carbs further. [/QUOTE]
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