Diabetes Talking

Question:

I had chronic heartburn before.  Eliminating the offending foods gets rid of the heartburn immediately.  On LC, I don’t eat enough of any of the offending foods to have a problem.  It seems like all the culprits are high carb, combined with some other food that is high in acid content . Duffy – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hey Doug, congrats with your progress! calorie control and figuring out your stallers I have a tiny question though, you said: (2) Complete elimination of heart-burn and night-time acid reflux. Before starting the diet I would have this occasional *extremely frightening* problem where I would wake up in the middle of the night choking and not being able to breath. I didn’t even know what it was until I read about it on the Internet. I would have to run to the bathroom and cough up what felt like acid and it would leave my throat burning for hours. Very very scary! Since starting low-carbs this is completely gone! Because of this and (1) above I have had nothing but peaceful nights of sleep each an every night. This alone is worth low-carbing. did the heartburn disappeared lets say right after you began low-carbing (1st week or so) or after some weight? to me it was because i wasn’t exposed to offending foods anymore since my purpose on lc wasn’t losing weight. Some people think that lc is the cure for loads of ailments (I do! LOL) but others will say that the weight loss that helps with things such as heartburn, joint pain etc. what do you think? keep up and take care!

Response:

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hey Doug, congrats with your progress! calorie control and figuring out your stallers I have a tiny question though, you said: (2) Complete elimination of heart-burn and night-time acid reflux. Before starting the diet I would have this occasional *extremely frightening* problem where I would wake up in the middle of the night choking and not being able to breath. I didn’t even know what it was until I read about it on the Internet. I would have to run to the bathroom and cough up what felt like acid and it would leave my throat burning for hours. Very very scary! Since starting low-carbs this is completely gone! Because of this and (1) above I have had nothing but peaceful nights of sleep each an every night. This alone is worth low-carbing. did the heartburn disappeared lets say right after you began low-carbing (1st week or so) or after some weight?

It disappeared immediately after starting! to me it was because i wasn’t exposed to offending foods anymore since my purpose on lc wasn’t losing weight. Some people think that lc is the cure for loads of ailments (I do! LOL) but others will say that the weight loss that helps with things such as heartburn, joint pain etc. what do you think?

I do think it is a cure for lots of things. But not joint pain so far. I think I might have gout. I have all the symptoms in the big toe on my right foot. I don’t think that has gotten better yet. doug

Response:

Hey Doug, congrats with your progress! calorie control and figuring out your stallers I have a tiny question though, you said: (2) Complete elimination of heart-burn and night-time acid reflux. Before starting the diet I would have this occasional *extremely frightening* problem where I would wake up in the middle of the night choking and not being able to breath. I didn’t even know what it was until I read about it on the Internet. I would have to run to the bathroom and cough up what felt like acid and it would leave my throat burning for hours. Very very scary! Since starting low-carbs this is completely gone! Because of this and (1) above I have had nothing but peaceful nights of sleep each an every night. This alone is worth low-carbing.

did the heartburn disappeared lets say right after you began low-carbing (1st week or so) or after some weight? to me it was because i wasn’t exposed to offending foods anymore since my purpose on lc wasn’t losing weight. Some people think that lc is the cure for loads of ailments (I do! LOL) but others will say that the weight loss that helps with things such as heartburn, joint pain etc. what do you think? keep up and take care!

Response:

Today is Day 141 on low carb. So far I’ve lost 15.5 kg = 34 lb. This averages to 1.68 lb/week, which is a figure that seems to be holding steady over the last couple of months. Some things I’ve noticed: * The simpler I eat the better my weight loss. In other words, the less I use processed foods of any kind and the more I buy raw ingredients and make it myself, the better my weight loss seems to be. * Unfortunately, I do seem to be one of those people whose weight loss is adversely affected by aspartame-sweetened products. I can pretty much predict that if I eat diet Jello-brand jello for dessert in the evening I will not show a weight loss the next morning. Why is this, I wonder? I haven’t yet tried making jello from gelatin, unsweetened kool-aid and stevia as some have recommended. * Butter and mayo really don’t seem to be that bad for the diet. Neither do macadamia nuts, if I eat them within reason, like one 2 oz bag every couple of days. I switched my mayo from 1 T = 0.1 carb + 100 calories to a different brand where 1 T = 0.4 carb + 50 calories. It just seemed less wasteful calorie-wise. * I don’t completely avoid beef, but try to eat mostly fish or chicken instead. It’s just as satisfying to me, but almost half the calories. * I’ve had a major revelation regarding dinner portion sizes! Without even realizing it, it seems my portion sizes have grown over the years to where I was thinking (don’t laugh!) that about 400-500 gm of the main entr