No Starch Diets

Hi Ashleychris, sorry it's taken a long time for you to get a response.  The diet you're referring to is low-carbohydrate and there are several resources you can use, such as Atkins, Dr. Bernstein (he's written 2 books, one of which has recipes) and Dr. Gott's No Flour/No Sugar diet.  Dr. Gott has a syndicated column in many newspapers and has also written a book, I believe.  Basically, you would not eat any "white" food except cauliflower.  Eat meats, chicken, fish, low-carb vegetables (which I guess would be low glycemic), cheese, eggs.  No bread, pasta, rice or potatoes.  These foods are rich in carbs and will raise your blood sugar.  You need to be careful of packaged food because they usually have some sort of sugar or flour added.  Packaged food is sometimes high in sodium, too.  A low-carb diet will help you lose weight and help keep blood sugar more near normal levels.  Everyone metabolizes food a little differently so you may find that you can eat beans or some winter squash or whole grain breads along with your meal and still have decent blood sugar levels.  To know how it affects you, you'd have to test your blood sugar after eating to see.  We've talked about recipes a lot here and if you scan back through the past thread subjects, you'll find some interesting food ideas.  Are you diabetic?

It's on my mother's side, too.  So, eating fewer carbs will help you control this.  Do you test your blood sugar with a monitor?

Do they want you to take the glucose tolerance test?  That will tell you how you metabolize carbs.  Do you know what your blood sugar reading was when they diagnosed you?

Low?  I would have thought it was high.  They said you are diabetic?  Well, good luck on the glucose tolerance.  In the meantime, if you need to lose weight, the low-carb diet will help with that.  If your blood sugar is high, a low-carb diet will help bring down the blood sugar. 

Oh, I got it.  Then, try to follow the low-carb plan in the meantime.  You could go to a bookstore, the nutrition/diet section and check out the Bernstein books and other "low-carb" diets like Atkins.  Just read through them to get a handle on what they say so you can understand more about this way of eating.  (Don't even buy the book at this point.)  And there are lots of websites that talk specifically about low or no carb diets, too.  Just google for them.  Good luck.  I guess you'll be taking the test during spring break?    argh.  I'm signing off now.  If you have any particular questions about food, in the meantime, ask away.  I'll be back tomorrow and there are others who'll be around, I'm sure.