« Sugar for O’s/Cheryl and Kim
Hi O’s »

Sugar for O’s

<<Despite being a non-secretor (at least if my NAP test is correct), I am not giving up sugar (i.e. chocolate) unless it starts causing serious health issues. Life is too short to not have some sinful luxuries…

Stephen,

I totally agree!! As a non-secretor we have been asked to give up a lot, but in the end it’s all about a healthy balance. I focus my meals on healthy proteins and vegetables so if I want a yummy piece of non-dairy dark chocolate now and again I’m going to have it!!!!!

Besides, happiness is very healthy ;-)
Dianne in LA

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 28th, 2004 at 6:59 pm and is filed under tips. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “Sugar for O’s”

  1. Danny Ferrell Says:
    April 29th, 2004 at 12:17 am

    HI Dianne & Stephen,

    You said: I focus my meals on healthy proteins and vegetables so if I want a yummy piece of non-dairy dark chocolate now and again I’m going to have it!!!!! * * * * * * * I feel this way as well as (probably) many people on this list whether they chime in or not. The world is full of chocoholics. . . Bless Us All. . .

    Aloha

    CB

  2. Lenora Soon Says:
    May 2nd, 2004 at 1:48 pm

    Well, as much as I love beef I found that I probably was not eating enough. Now
    that I am concentrating on a high protein, low carb diet, the weight is coming
    off. AND I was taken off my diabetes medicine. Watching the carb intake has
    really, severely curbed my interest in sweets. Call the “low carb diet” hype
    if you want to Steve, it works for me!
    But as I said before I am still doing ER4YT, there are some items that are not
    “O” compliant that is allowed on the high protein/low carb diet but I don’t fool
    with them.
    Testing my blood sugar daily proved to me that even “O” compliant carbs like
    sweet potatoes just shot my blood sugar too high. What was really funny it that
    a small sweet potato at supper time would make my blood sugar 165 in the
    morning. If I ate a Hershey bar after a “good” supper my sugar would be 95 in
    the morning. Now tell me, would you rather eat healthy and then treat yourself
    to a favorite candy bar, or eat a sweet potato? To me it was a no brainer, but
    now low carbing it I am not even interested in that favorite candy bar!!!

    deb in New Orleans
    (P.S. Thank you Leslie!)
    In a message dated 6/2/01 5:35:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
    info@… writes:
    Hi Thomas,
    Are you saying that the problem is that most O’s don’t eat enough protein? I
    often feel that I don’t eat enough. I would like to lose weight. Is this
    the answer?
    Sharon (Ontario) Canada

  3. trinidad_10 Says:
    May 14th, 2004 at 9:46 am

    Tom,
    Can you explain more about how the serving size affects the glycemic
    index? I’ve read about the glycemic load, but have never really
    understood it. Does eating a larger portion make the index of the
    food higher? How much higher and how do you figure it?
    Thanks,
    Nancy

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.