Jackie Patti wrote:
I've been low-carbing for over a decade for bg control, but lost bg
control subsequent to a pancreasitis attack, then had the heart
attack, an unsuccessful angio and thus a bypass. I have changed my
diet in a number of ways since then.

Was the heart attack directly attributable to the pancreasitis? When you
say you had been lcing for the bg control, are you diabetic?

Sorry if I am being too blunt but this fascinates me. If you prefer not to
repond I will undestand.

I don't have a clue what my bg is. Ought I to know, or would know if there
was a problem?

First being that I record the carbs, protein and calories of every
meal in order to dose the insulin. Insulin makes me much more aware
of what I eat and cuts the snacking back a lot since I rarely am
hungry enough to want an extra shot.

I doubled my vegetable intake - I now buy 10-15 lbs of fresh produce
every week and race to eat it before it goes bad. Most of what I buy
is organic, considerably more expensive.

Quite! We buy everything we can, organic.


I eat more fruit too, pretty much a serving of berries, melon, kiwi,
half a pomegranate or such once or twice a day.

I cut out eating quite so much low-carb junk food like the tortillas
and rather make more things out of flax and almond meal.

I've reduce the overall saturated fat in my diet because I am buying
all pasture-raised meat and dairy now, which has healthier fats. It's more
expensive, so I eat a bit less of this stuff.... though
every meal still starts with a base of protein: meat, poultry, fish,
eggs, yogurt, cottage cheese, raw hard cheese - all from
pasture-raised animals so a lot more expensive than I'm used to.

Hmm... we don't have that recorded on our food, although I always choose
organic. I wonder if that has anything to do with pasture raised? I had
thought saturated fat was the healthy one, although you have cut it down,
not out.

I've been pushing myself to eat fish more often. Mostly tuna and
tilapia, rarely scallops cause they're expensive. I also take 6g fish
oil daily.

I threw out all the vegetable oils except olive oil and started buying
avocado oil as well.

I quit the Lindt 85% chocolate and started making coconut bark instead
(I've posted the recipe here, so you can Google for it). This gets me
coconut oil in my diet for it's purported health benefits without
increasing my saturated fat since it's replacing cocoa butter.

I shall search for it, thank you


I used to drink a pot of coffee and at least 2 liters of Diet Pepsi
daily, if not more. Now, I drink one cup of real coffee, then switch
to decaf for the rest of the day. And for cold drinks, I drink
stevia-sweetened lemonade or limeade. Sometimes dilute cranberry
juice (real juice, not the "cocktail" stuff which is full of sugar).

I also take a multivitamin, B-complex, pantothenic acid and niacin
daily now aside from my prescription meds. I count the supplements
in my food budget, though not the medications.

I don't know what the latter two are, but we take a multivit, B complex, and
Cod liver oil.


The thing that doesn't quite make sense to me is that I *know* I am
buying more expensive meats, veggies, fruits, dairy products, eggs and
buying more supplements, but am not spending more money overall than I
was doing before. It's hard for me to believe I was spending *that*
much on Diet Pepsi and low-carb tortillas...

I can only think that the junk doesn't feed you and you need more to feel
satisfied.

Well done Jackie. I think you are very clever to do all that. I hope it
means your health is improving or at least stable.

Many thanks

O