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How I Cured Morgellons
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| Original 6/18/2018 Post | ||||
Karen 6/18/2018 10:16:33 AM |
Hi Everyone, Last week's conference call was great...and, as often happens, a few questions were raised about food. If you're like me, you've cruised the internet endlessly, including other websites that offer different protocols. There are lots of ideas out there about what foods are "ok" to eat or not. So...that's what I went with for a long time...is this food, "ok?" Well...I might try it and decide it was...but when you have a lot of symptoms anyway, sometimes it's hard to tell, so you just go with it. That's what I did. However...you do better when you know better...and now I know better. Instead of trying to decide if a food is "ok" or not...just count your net carbs. Yes...I'm a broken record on this...but I put it forth because learning this has helped me leap forward in my recovery. Ok...at the risk of being extremely boring...here's how you do it. 1. Find out how big the portion is of the food you want to eat. 2. Look up the number of carbohydrate grams. You can look on a label, if the nutritional information is available...OR...you can google it. Just make sure you're aware of the portion size. 3. Look up the number of fiber grams the same way. 4. Subtract the number of fiber grams from the number of carb grams and you get "net carbs." 5. Keep your net carbs between 20 and 30 a day. I like to go less than 20. If you do this, you will significantly decrease sugar in your system. Obviously sugar is out, but carbs turn to sugar in your system too. That's how you decide what to eat (though obviously no sugary treats or wheat, yeast, etc.) If you want to eat fruit...just "budget" it in. That means you're going to have to choose from low sugar fruits like raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, and strawberries if you want to stay within 20 to 30 grams of net carbs a day. Be careful though...there's a pretty big variation in the number of carbs in these berries...so look it up...know the portion size, and be sure to measure carefully. Sometimes we think we're eating something really "good" for us...like quinoa. I'm SO sorry to be picking on quinoa...and it DOES have some wonderful health offerings...BUT...I mention it because so many people think it's ok to eat. However...get ready...drum roll... Quinoa has SEVENTEEN net carbs for just one half cup! So...if you love quinoa so much you just can't stand it...you might want to spend a big percentage of your 20 - 30 daily net carbs on just a half cup...but...lol...maybe not. A half cup of quinoa could turn to enough sugar in your system to feed a BUNCH of hungry pathogens...so...not for me for sure. It may be hard to understand this because, quinoa is "healthy," right? Yes...in some ways...especially for people who can consume carbs without being sick...but...sugar is sugar. We know we don't want to eat wheat or yeast...but...consider this...one whole wheat hamburger bun has sixteen net carbs. Again...sugar is sugar...but please DON'T think I'm saying eat a hamburger bun...no wheat and no yeast...that creates other problems...I'm just trying to illustrate a point. So...even if it's quinoa or some other healthy grain or food grown by the most pious order of monks on some remote pristine mountaintop...it'll still turn to sugar in your system and feed the little monsters. Love, Karen | |||
| Responses (Newest First) | ||||
John Burgstiner 1/23/2019 12:09:05 PM |
Carbs are carbs but our body’s response to them depends on their glycemic index (a measure of how quickly they are absorbed) and what they are combined with. Fiber slows down absorption of sugar which in turn lowers peak insulin levels… remember its the highs and lows that do the harm. | |||
karen 1/23/2019 12:08:35 PM |
Ok...lots of different opinions about food even among academics...but...if she feels like the fiber will not counteract some of the carb effect (as in the Keto view), then easy enough...just count carbs without subtracting the fiber. That'll cut the carbs way back. . | |||
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