Diabetes Talking

Question:

Here is a thumb sketch of the Suzanne Somer’s plan: 3 hours at least between meals ( exception breakfast fruit see below) Eat proteins and fats with veggies only. Okay fats: Butter   Cheese   Eggs   Olive Oil   Meats Mayo  Sour Cream  Chicken  Seafood Oils   Heavy cream Okay complex carbs: ( if any form of sugar is listed in ingredients don’t buy ) Eat carbs alone or with veggies only: Beans  Whole grain bread  Whole grain crackers Brown rice Whole grain cereals  Whole wheat pasta Wild rice  Fat free milk   Wheat germ  Mustard   nonfat soy milk Wasa crackers   nonfat dairy products  phyllo dough  tabbouleh Okay veggies : All including sauerkraut. exceptions carrots popcorn potatoes beets coconut corn.  All have high glycemic numbers. When you are on the maintenance plan you may have these in limited quantities. Okay Fruits: eat on empty stomach with water only : Apples Berries Cherries Grapes Kiwi Mango Pineapple  Nectarines Papaya Peaches Pears Plums Oranges Grapefruit Tip: eat fruit first thing in the morning alone, then a carbo meal in 20 minutes (like shredded wheat cereal with skim milk and sweetener) or a fat and protein meal like bacon and eggs with veggies in one hour. Fruit is also useful as a mid afternoon snack High glycemic foods or foods containing protein carbs and fats are not permitted: Avocado  bananas  beets  buttermilk  carrots  coconut corn   popcorn  potatoes sweet potatoes  white flour white flour pasta  white flour breads  white rice nuts peanut butter When you reach maintenance you may have these food in limited amounts.  Happy low carbing! Dawn

Response:

Also:  There are four Somersize groups. Pro/Fats, like meat, chicken, fish, eggs, and cheese. Veggies, like broccoli, asparagus and zucchini. Carbos, like whole grains pasta, bread and brown rice. And Fruit, like apples and oranges. At every meal you may choose to eat Pro/Fats with Veggies or Carbos with Veggies, or Fruit alone. Therefore, you may not eat chicken with bread. Chicken is a Pro/Fat and whole grain bread is a Carbo. The same goes for the chicken with Pita. You may eat fat with your protein, but not Carbos. In Level Two you may eat Pro/Fats with whole grain bread – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Here is a thumb sketch of the Suzanne Somer’s plan: 3 hours at least between meals ( exception breakfast fruit see below) Eat proteins and fats with veggies only. Okay fats: Butter   Cheese   Eggs   Olive Oil   Meats Mayo  Sour Cream  Chicken  Seafood Oils   Heavy cream Okay complex carbs: ( if any form of sugar is listed in ingredients don’t buy ) Eat carbs alone or with veggies only: Beans  Whole grain bread  Whole grain crackers Brown rice Whole grain cereals  Whole wheat pasta Wild rice  Fat free milk   Wheat germ  Mustard   nonfat soy milk Wasa crackers   nonfat dairy products  phyllo dough  tabbouleh Okay veggies : All including sauerkraut. exceptions carrots popcorn potatoes beets coconut corn.  All have high glycemic numbers. When you are on the maintenance plan you may have these in limited quantities. Okay Fruits: eat on empty stomach with water only : Apples Berries Cherries Grapes Kiwi Mango Pineapple  Nectarines Papaya Peaches Pears Plums Oranges Grapefruit Tip: eat fruit first thing in the morning alone, then a carbo meal in 20 minutes (like shredded wheat cereal with skim milk and sweetener) or a fat and protein meal like bacon and eggs with veggies in one hour. Fruit is also useful as a mid afternoon snack High glycemic foods or foods containing protein carbs and fats are not permitted: Avocado  bananas  beets  buttermilk  carrots  coconut corn   popcorn  potatoes sweet potatoes  white flour white flour pasta  white flour breads  white rice nuts peanut butter When you reach maintenance you may have these food in limited amounts.  Happy low carbing! Dawn

I am following the Suzanne Somers program. Please ditto your response to my EMAIL address and be sure to remove NOSPAM from the address. I am unable to frequently access Usenet groups.  

Response:

Fruits: Avoid bananas, avacados. You should eat fruit on an empty stomach. You can have it first thing in the morning or wait two hours after your last meal to have it as a snack or dessert. You can also eat fruit alone, then wait 20 minutes and have a Carbo meal. Or eat fruit alone, wait an hour and have a Pro/Fats meal. Bread/Pasta Unfortunately, most whole wheat breads in standard grocery stores have sugar of some form or another. If you have a bakery in your city, ask them for a multi-grain bread that has no sugar, molasses, honey, or any other form of sugar. It might cost a little more, but the flavor is so much better and more delicious, I’m sure you’ll find that it’s worth it. If you are thick around the middle, that means you have an elevated insulin level, meaning that your cells are holding all the sugar they can for fuel from the carbohydrates you eat, and that any sugar you add to your diet at this point, even if it’s a carrot, will be stored as fat. So, while you are in the weight loss phase of the program, it’s important to stay away from any and all sugars for the best results Desserts If you are having a dessert made with mostly Pro/Fats, like sugarless cheesecake, you may eat it right after a Pro/Fats meal. If you are having a couple of squares of dark chocolate, the best time to eat that is all by itself, in the middle of the afternoon. If you are having a fruit based dessert, like fruit sorbet, you should wait 2 hours after your last meal. Of course, all of these guidelines loosen up as you enter Level Two, or get close to entering Level Two. Yogurt Plain, nonfat yogurt is the only kind of yogurt you may have on Level One. It is listed in the Carbo group because it has carbohydrate and no fat. Pavel’s is my favorite brand, but it is sometimes hard to find. You may sweeten it with a little vanilla extract or artificial sweetener, if you must. Nonfat frozen yogurt is filled with sugar and definitely a no-no for Somersizing. There are some nonfat frozen yogurts that are also sugar-free. Technically you can have this because it is made from nonfat dairy products and artificial sweetener. Please use good judgment when you choose to include products filled chemicals. It’s great to have a treat like this every now and then on Level One, but don’t overdo it! Even on Level Two, you are much better off having real ice cream (made from milk, cream, eggs and sugar) rather than nonfat frozen yogurt which is filled with sugar and starch or artificial sweeteners to make up for the missing fat. As I always say, check the ingredient list, not the nutritional panel. If there are no added sugars, it is fine. The reason you see sugars in the nutritional panel is because non-fat milk has carbohydrates, which convert to sugar upon digestion. That is why non-fat yogurt is grouped as a Carbo. Because fruit should  be eaten by itself. If you want to have yogurt, you should have the plain nonfat yogurt. The least amount of imbalance from yogurt with fruit would be to have nonfat yogurt with fresh berries. Yogurt with fruit at the bottom is filled with sugar. It’s definitely a no-no. You must get plain fat-free yogurt. If you want it sweet, add sweetener or a bit of vanilla extract. Make sure you are checking the ingredient list for sugars, not the nutritional panel Milk Low fat milk is not included in this program because it contains fat and carbohydrates. Low fat cheese contains less fat and usually no carbohydrates. But full fat cheese tastes so much better and is perfectly okay on Level One – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Also: There are four Somersize groups. Pro/Fats, like meat, chicken, fish, eggs, and cheese. Veggies, like broccoli, asparagus and zucchini. Carbos, like whole grains pasta, bread and brown rice. And Fruit, like apples and oranges. At every meal you may choose to eat Pro/Fats with Veggies or Carbos with Veggies, or Fruit alone. Therefore, you may not eat chicken with bread. Chicken is a Pro/Fat and whole grain bread is a Carbo. The same goes for the chicken with Pita. You may eat fat with your protein, but not Carbos. In Level Two you may eat Pro/Fats with whole grain bread Here is a thumb sketch of the Suzanne Somer’s plan: 3 hours at least between meals ( exception breakfast fruit see below) Eat proteins and fats with veggies only. Okay fats: Butter   Cheese   Eggs   Olive Oil   Meats Mayo  Sour Cream  Chicken  Seafood Oils   Heavy cream Okay complex carbs: ( if any form of sugar is listed in ingredients don’t buy ) Eat carbs alone or with veggies only: Beans  Whole grain bread  Whole grain crackers Brown rice Whole grain cereals  Whole wheat pasta Wild rice  Fat free milk   Wheat germ  Mustard   nonfat soy milk Wasa crackers   nonfat dairy products  phyllo dough  tabbouleh Okay veggies : All including sauerkraut. exceptions carrots popcorn potatoes beets coconut corn.  All have high glycemic numbers. When you are on the maintenance plan you may have these in limited quantities. Okay Fruits: eat on empty stomach with water only : Apples Berries Cherries Grapes Kiwi Mango Pineapple  Nectarines Papaya Peaches Pears Plums Oranges Grapefruit Tip: eat fruit first thing in the morning alone, then a carbo meal in 20 minutes (like shredded wheat cereal with skim milk and sweetener) or a fat and protein meal like bacon and eggs with veggies in one hour. Fruit is also useful as a mid afternoon snack High glycemic foods or foods containing protein carbs and fats are not permitted: Avocado  bananas  beets  buttermilk  carrots  coconut corn   popcorn  potatoes sweet potatoes  white flour white flour pasta  white flour breads  white rice nuts peanut butter When you reach maintenance you may have these food in limited amounts.  Happy low carbing! Dawn I am following the Suzanne Somers program. Please ditto your response to my EMAIL address and be sure to remove NOSPAM from the address. I am unable to frequently access Usenet groups.  

I am following the Suzanne Somers program. Please ditto your response to my EMAIL address and be sure to remove NOSPAM from the address. I am unable to frequently access Usenet groups.  

Response:

I think Suzanne Somers is great for non diabetics: an easy, long term WOE. For those who are diabetic, "The Schwarzbein Principle" or Bernstein’s "The Diabetes Solution" are better, health-wise, for someone who’s pancreas is already screwed up.

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I think Suzanne Somers is great for non diabetics: an easy, long term WOE. For those who are diabetic, "The Schwarzbein Principle" or Bernstein’s "The Diabetes Solution" are better, health-wise, for someonewho’s

pancreas is already screwed up.  I agree totally – Dawn

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