{"id":9021,"date":"2010-07-14T15:43:55","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T19:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=9021"},"modified":"2015-12-27T15:41:59","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:41:59","slug":"addicted-to-not-eating-carbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=9021","title":{"rendered":"Addicted to Not Eating Carbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When I decided to start experimenting with the Paleolithic diet I did not know what would happen or what to expect. I imagined I would lose some weight and that there would be a reduction in the amount of insulin I take, but I could not have imagined a situation like the one I\u2019m in now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I\u2019ve been on the caveman diet for a week and three days and since the first day I haven\u2019t used any of my short acting insulin (Apidra). I didn\u2019t intend to stop taking Apidra, but I never went high and actually went a little low a few times until I lowered my basal insulin (Lantus) by 2 units. I\u2019ve been checking my blood sugar often and I haven\u2019t been anywhere near 200 since starting. My waking BS has been better than ever with numbers in the 80\u2019s and 90\u2019s. (I\u2019ve always had trouble with waking BS levels.) My blood sugar has not been this controlled- ever. I have to say that I\u2019m not sure if this is the way most diabetics would react to the diet, but I suspect that eliminating grains and dairy reduces the amount of insulin anyone needs to take (Eric Devine, longtime Paleo dieter, <a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/a-sweet-life-staff\/featured\/eating-like-a-caveman-an-interview-with-eric-devine\/8926\/\">told me<\/a> he has cut down his insulin but still needs it and wears a pump).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This situation is a bit addictive. I know I\u2019m not cured of diabetes (especially because I\u2019m still taking 18 units of Lantus at night) but I love not injecting myself 3-6 times a day. I also love the fact that I haven\u2019t had any real highs or lows.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The problem is that I rationally know that I need to eat some grains (although apparently there are those who live on a strict Paleo diet).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I have bent the rules of the diet a bit already since I ate halva during my last few runs (I ran 8.5 miles on Sunday and 6.5 miles on Tuesday).\u00a0 The halva definitely gave me the energy I needed to run. This bending of the rules is in accordance with the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Paleo-Diet-Athletes-Nutritional-Performance\/dp\/B003GAMZY0\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1277972846&amp;sr=1-1\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Paleo Diet for Athletes<\/a>,\u201d and didn\u2019t require any extra insulin since I ate during the run.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I planned on adding some grain to my diet this week but when the time comes and the carbs are in front of me, I can\u2019t bring myself to eat. I know I need to bend the rules some more (the way the guide tells you to), and eat some kind of grain, but I know that will require rapid insulin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last night I prepared a salad with quinoa thinking I would have a little but then, after staring at it for a while I decided to skip it and put it off eating carbs until tonight, since I\u2019m intending to run Thursday.\u00a0 And so tonight I did it.\u00a0 I ate about a \u00bc cup of cooked quinoa.\u00a0 Right now, an hour after eating, my blood sugar is 200 (and I just took 2 units of insulin).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Going on the Paleo diet, even if it\u2019s not something I end up doing for a long time, has made me much more aware of what I eat.\u00a0 When cutting out grains and dairy completely, overeating or miscalculating carbs\/insulin becomes almost impossible. I have also been limiting the amount and kinds of fruit I eat so my BS doesn\u2019t go very high. I think that the diet has made me do things I should have been doing as a diabetic, but didn\u2019t feel like doing. I also think that if I continue eating like a caveman, even without the grains, I will need to add a little insulin to eat a little more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">*Note: This diet is not for everyone, and I do not encourage anyone to change their insulin regimen without consulting a doctor or health care professional.\u00a0 I am neither of those.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":53098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1501],"tags":[846,845],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Paleolithic Diet and Diabetes - Addicted to Not Eating Carbs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I\u2019ve been on the caveman diet for a week and three days and since the first day I haven\u2019t used any of my short acting insulin (Apidra). 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