The carb attraction

[Guest guest]

The first person I met with Fibromyalgia was a nice young woman who was

working summer school like I was. She told me about it over lunch and how

she was lost in a parking lot and had to call her husband to help her. Her

Fibro fog was apparently flaring up. This was the one memory I have of her

stories. This was the summer I call “the summer from He-double Hockey

Sticks.” I was having seizures something fierce and the doctor kept upping

my meds (turns out the wrong ones) and they were making my seizures worse.

It was the summer after my mom, who I took care of for 16 years, passed

away. Anyway the other thing I remember about what she said about Fibro was

that she quit eating sweets and was doing so much better.

This brings me to carbs and the diet I’m trying to be on. I’ve been really

good so far today. I’m trying so hard to stay away from carbs and what I do

eat of them, to make sure they are whole grain. This is no easy task, I

must say. Also, I’m trying to stay away from sweets. This is even harder

for me and my 10 sweet teeth. Lunch/dinner will be in less than 1 hour and

I’m dyin’ here. Mike will be home from his first day of work (he got up at

2am) and it will be his dinner and my lunch. I must eat only a quarter of a

veggie sandwich.

I’m wondering if, along with the stress of our lives and the world we live

in, that our diet isn’t also to blame for Fibro. I’m hearing others talk

about carbs and how so many of us have weight problems. I LOVE my carbs!

I’m fat! I have Fibro (and reactive hypoglycemia). So, I know I have to

change and am hoping that maybe, just maybe it will affect my Fibro

positively. I’m only sitting here writing because I must stay away from

food until…hey, he’s home. Well, I must go and eat my ¼ sandwich. I’m

allowed to eat very small portions every 2 to 3 hours.

Gotta go! Hugs,

Jane

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Seems this is a probablem that a lot of us have..

I am a carb queen.. Love my carbs..

Bet

[Guest guest]

Hi Jane,

I'm in the process of modifying my diet as well. One thing you

mentioned was making sure what you ate was whole grain, which is what

I've been doing for a while now. I wanted to warn you though that a

lot more people have an allergic reaction to even whole grains than we

realize. Allergic reactions aren't necessarily what we'd expect them

to be, and can cause general unwellness, increase inflammation, and

create digestion and bowel problems.

Now, I love my carbs and can't imagine getting rid of this type, but

one of my doctors has been prodding me to go gluten-free with my diet

to see if it helps. Admittedly, I haven't yet, lol! But I just

wanted to point this out in case you weren't aware of it because it

really is a bigger culprit than most of us realize.

Here's just a quick overview of the grains:

Grains with Gluten

• Wheat, including varieties like spelt, kamut, farro and forms like

durum, semolina, bulgur

• Barley

• Rye

• Triticale (a rye/wheat hybrid)

• Oats **(Oats are inherently gluten-free, but are frequently

contaminated with wheat during growing or processing.)

Gluten FREE grains

• Amaranth

• Buckwheat

• Corn

• Millet

• Montina (Indian rice grass)

• Quinoa

• Rice

• Sorghum

• Teff

• Wild Rice

Gluten-free foods are more easily available these days, and there is a

ton of information on the internet about this if you're interested in

learning more.

Good luck with your diet!

Crystal

[Guest guest]

Thank you, Crystal,

I sure hope I'm not allergic to wheat! I've given up so much I don't

think I could take giving up yet another thing. It's hard enough to try and

wean myself off chocolate and sugars (doing better with the sugar than I am

chocolate and yes (LOL) I do know that there's sugar in chocolate.

Hopefully I'll be seeing a doctor soon.as soon as I can here. I

can't go on like this.

Thank you again, I love this list,

Jane

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Hi Jane,

I'm in the process of modifying my diet as well. One thing you

mentioned was making sure what you ate was whole grain, which is what

I've been doing for a while now. I wanted to warn you though that a

lot more people have an allergic reaction to even whole grains than we

realize. Allergic reactions aren't necessarily what we'd expect them

to be, and can cause general unwellness, increase inflammation, and

create digestion and bowel problems.

Now, I love my carbs and can't imagine getting rid of this type, but

one of my doctors has been prodding me to go gluten-free with my diet

to see if it helps. Admittedly, I haven't yet, lol! But I just

wanted to point this out in case you weren't aware of it because it

really is a bigger culprit than most of us realize.

Here's just a quick overview of the grains:

Grains with Gluten

.. Wheat, including varieties like spelt, kamut, farro and forms like

durum, semolina, bulgur

.. Barley

.. Rye

.. Triticale (a rye/wheat hybrid)

.. Oats **(Oats are inherently gluten-free, but are frequently

contaminated with wheat during growing or processing.)

Gluten FREE grains

.. Amaranth

.. Buckwheat

.. Corn

.. Millet

.. Montina (Indian rice grass)

.. Quinoa

.. Rice

.. Sorghum

.. Teff

.. Wild Rice

Gluten-free foods are more easily available these days, and there is a

ton of information on the internet about this if you're interested in

learning more.

Good luck with your diet!

Crystal