raw diet....med conter effetc..?

[marc]

hi all.

iwill going raw.

BUT..right now i am taking meds.

metformin
aspirin
plavix
metropolol
crestor
mamitpril

an dmabe soon a niacin.

i no its a lot but for now i dont have a choice due the heart surgery 2 weeks ago and so on.


but if there danger going raw wit those.?

thanks.

marc

[snoops]

Some greens have blood thinning effects. You may want to get your doctor to monitor your levels in regards to the Plavix. You just may need less but will have to eat constant amounts to keep the effect regular.

[katchmoleen]

Do you monitor your blood sugar? My first few weeks on raw I really struggled with low blood sugar so I did not leave the house without nuts (I know you don't eat them now) or something else, like a banana, to quickly raise my blood sugar. AFter just a few weeks on raw you may be able to drop the metformin all together. Just start monitoring your blood sugar closely, and when it starts to drop consistantly, cut your dose in half, then fourth, then stop. On the Simply Raw film, he had them ALL cut all their diabetes meds in half on the second day. Then by two weeks they were off everything. Have your doctor monitor your choleserol and the Crestor may be able to go soon too. My blood pressure also dropped like a rock on raw, so byby lisinopril and mamitpril.

Before you know it you will be off ALL your drugs! Yay you! Tres bien!

[marc]

Before you know it you will be off ALL your drugs! Yay you! Tres bien!

ho yes that would be nice.

i realy just want to get that heart better and keep pumping for a long time.

righ now i dont chek my sugar...and i gues it would be high wit all those fruits i am having.

will make sher to get some blod test done etc.

any off eat bread at all...?

or oatmeal...? becasue i love those 2 a lot..its great for heart but not mutch off raw thing..sorry:D

marc

[katchmoleen]

RAW breads and oatmeals, yes, but not cooked. And actually they are not that good for the heart, because they raise insulin and blood sugar levels and those are what really cause high cholesterol and heart disease. It's why all diabetics eventually get heart disease.

You MUST buy a glucometer and check your blood sugar levels. I am amazed and apalled at doctors who don't think their diabetic patients need to do this. Knowing how certain foods affect my blood sugar keeps me motivated.

Anyway, you can find some recipes for raw breads on this site.

When I spent two weeks outside Paris (Eragny Sur Oise) as an 18 year old, that fresh French bread bought from the bakery every morning and eaten with every meal, plus eaten as pan au chocolat each afternoon made me gain 14 pounds in two weeks! :eek:

[marc]

i do have a glucometer here.

its me that dont chek often.

i usely can feel wen high or low.

but do have to chek how mutch fruit i am eating..becasue it those cause high sugars.

but fruit i love a lot..i could eat fruit only no porb.

marc

[marc]

katchmoleen's

i gues in that film.there diabetic people.reversing there desease.

i gues they did not eat mutch fruit.

cause here i am eating and the blodd sujur sher is high,,like 17 this morning...but this after my smoothy.:D.

but do no fruit is sugar even if its naturel sugar its still not good for me..and mabe should go into veg..which i dont like that mutch compare to fruit.

marc

[Rick2009]

Blueberries are low glycemic. There are tons of them here in Quebec. People from the Lac St Jean area are called " les bluets".. the blueberries. I luv them. They freeze well too. I remember freezing enough one year so that my family and I could eat some almost every day of winter.

[katchmoleen]

I remember freezing enough one year so that my family and I could eat some almost every day of winter.


Now THAT would be heaven! Blueberries don't grow well here in Montana, unfortunately. We have huckleberries but they are not abundant and you have to climb mountains and encounter hungry bears to get them.

[Rick2009]

katchmoleen,
We have lots of u-pick blueberry farms here. Blueberries are plentiful: a family of four can get many baskets per hour and its in the sunshine and fresh air. Yes, its heaven.

[marc]

hi RICK

so you frome quebec..?

i am in quebec to i live in gatineau:D just accross ottawa bridge...do my shoping in the ottawa organic market

and yes there is a lot off bluebery wen its time..end july to spet..a bit harder to find now.
but here hard to beat..there ones off the best if not the best fruit for heart and health.


marc

[Rick2009]

marc,
Yes from quebec, near Montreal, some great blueberry farms but not as many as Lac St J.. Blueberries can rejuvenate the brain as well. A powerful berry. I don't go much for goji or other exotic foods. I think its preferable to eat food grown closer to home. I also pick and eat apples from Rougemont.

[katchmoleen]

Ooooo you got me all jealous.

[marc]

dont no why jealous

you live in montana...wht is nice place to lives..mountain and all.

marc

[Rick2009]

katchmoleen,

never been there, but here we tend to regard Montana as a natural and beautiful place. Some products in health food stores have bee pollen from Montana. Its as if they are saying toxin and pollution free. When I think of Montana I think of fresh mountain air.