Even if you need to loose or gain weight, think “getting healthy” FIRST . . .

your weight should normalize if you’re eating healthy.

Until symptoms settle down, make sure to peal, deseed, and cook fruits and vegetables soft to make them easier to digest and move through the digestive tract . . . letting it rest and heal.

Don’t worry about portions when it comes to vegetables - eat as much and as many SCD legal ones as you can . . . the advantages are many!  That is where we get most of our vitamins and minerals to keep our body in peak condition.  If you don’t particularly like veggies, look for creative recipes that change the taste to be more palatable.  Most folks find that after eliminating the junk from their diet, their taste buds change and they develop cravings for vegetables and loose their cravings for sugars, starch and high carbohydrate foods . . . especially packaged “junk” foods. 

Vegetables and fruits are loaded with antioxidants to fight free radicals and give you a healthier immune system.  If you don’t like vegetables, don’t make the mistake of overdoing the fruit.  Two to three servings of fruits per day is ample.  Eating too much fruit and honey can cause insulin levels to spike which can increase cholesterol levels. Rather than having a glass of juice, have the whole fruit. The fiber in fruit should keep the fruit sugars from spiking the insulin levels.

Those with hypoglycemia or diabetes may need to restrict honey and fruit and eat more of the low glycemic fruits and vegetables.  Vegetables that are grown underground have a higher glycemic/starch/sugar content than those grown above ground. When you omit the grains from your diet, you’ve already restricted your sugars significantly and typically don’t have to worry so much about your blood sugar levels soaring so easily.  At mealtime, eat your protein first, then lower glycemic fruits and vegetables (the ones with less sugar). This will help to keep the sugar and insulin levels from spiking and increasing cholesterol levels.  

Kay Stence