Mediterranean Diet
Mediterranean Diet
#1Mediterranean Diet
Posted: 7/23/14 at 8:27pm
This is my own situation. Six weeks ago I decided to get a grip on my eating regimen because of my diabetes. I had been ignoring it, and eating plenty of cookies, cakes, candy, meat, pasta, everything. Thing is, I never felt so good in my life. Every day I woke up feeling great and was happy all the time.
For the past six weeks, I've been following the Mediterranean diet mostly. It's big on olive oil, nuts, seeds, fruit, vegetables, fish and a little meat or chicken. I can see I'm losing weight but here's the thing - I never feel well.
Before anyone says this isn't the place to get medical advice, I have an appt. with my gastroenterologist on Aug. 14. I was just wondering in the mean time if anyone understands not feeling well on a healthy diet.
Broadway Joe
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/10
#2Mediterranean Diet
Posted: 7/23/14 at 8:45pmAre you doing any exercise? I find that when I'm trying to eat better that even a little bit of exercise helps me feel better. I also try to drink a lot of wwater throughout the day.
#2Mediterranean Diet
Posted: 7/23/14 at 9:08pm
Yep, getting exercise and lifting weights, lol. and with diabetes, I drink water all day long.
Thank you, Broadway Joe.
ghostlight2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/5/04
#3Mediterranean Diet
Posted: 7/23/14 at 9:24pmPerhaps for any number of reasons the Mediterranean diet isn't healthy for you. Maybe it's a transitional thing. Ask your doctor about speaking to a nutritionist who specializes in diabetic diets?
#4Mediterranean Diet
Posted: 7/23/14 at 9:51pmthat's a good idea, ghostlight. Maybe too much fruit! On the phone, the dr. told me to take align, a probiotic until I see him. thank you~
#5Mediterranean Diet
Posted: 7/23/14 at 11:21pm
You're clearly not getting enough carbs, which not only increase the waistline but also (and more important) feed the brain. You're forcing your body to produce the 130 grams of glucose you need each day from protein, which is a slow and inefficient process. This is why we need carbs--because the body can produce glucose from carbs much more efficiently.
Given the fact that you have diabetes, any diet like Mediterranean or Paleo will leave your brain starved for glucose. You need to calibrate the precise amounts of protein and carbs you ingest with your doctor or a qualified dietician.
Don't F*CK around with diabetes. Look what happened to Elaine Stritch.
bethnor
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/08
#6Mediterranean Diet
Posted: 7/24/14 at 12:47am
one shouldn't necessarily equate "feeling well" with "healthy." most ppl don't "feel" anything from high blood pressure, and the medications quite frequently make ppl feel sick.
the only way to have a completely "healthy" diet is to consume cardboard. ppl have to live a little.
#7Mediterranean Diet
Posted: 7/24/14 at 1:05amAlso, do not forget that refined sugar is very much like a drug. You will experience withdrawal symptoms which though not severe, do cause that "I'm not feeling great" sensation.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#8Mediterranean Diet
Posted: 7/24/14 at 1:46am
:::the only way to have a completely "healthy" diet is to consume cardboard.:::
I don't think I understand what that means? All food that is good for us is like cardboard?
bethnor
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/08
#9Mediterranean Diet
Posted: 7/24/14 at 4:07am
^^^^^
it's quite possible to cut out the fat, sugar, and salt from one's diet, but the result is far less palatable.
#10Mediterranean Diet
Posted: 7/24/14 at 8:54am
PJ, I love your answer. Carbs are my life! Pasta for lunch, lol!
Fortunately, my diabetes isn't severe enough for medication (so far) and I want to keep it that way.
Thank you!
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#11Mediterranean Diet
Posted: 7/24/14 at 9:02am
Who said that eliminating all fat, sugar and salt equals a healthy diet? It doesn't, not by a long shot.
#12Mediterranean Diet
Posted: 7/24/14 at 9:28am
If anyone does some reading up on the Mediterranean diet, as I did, you'll find that it's considered one of the healthiest diets around, and very appropriate for diabetics. It's not really a "diet" as it is a way of eating for life - as the Mediterranean population does it. It's not a "reducing" diet, either. I'm on it because I like the food on it.
And even the diabetic way of eating is the "everything in moderation" style of eating. It's not what many people think-that you must not eat any white carbs or sugar. In fact, my doctor admitted that it's more about losing weight than anything else.
bethnor
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/08
#13Mediterranean Diet
Posted: 7/24/14 at 10:31am
Who said that eliminating all fat, sugar and salt equals a healthy diet? It doesn't, not by a long shot.
no one, but if one eats a "heart healthy, renal, diabetic diet," that is more or less what you get.
#14Mediterranean Diet
Posted: 7/24/14 at 10:36amI too have heard that giving up certain things from your diet will cause withdrawal symptoms at first. Your body isn't used to not having whatever it is you gave up. Definitely talk to your doctor though if you are concerned.
#15Mediterranean Diet
Posted: 7/24/14 at 11:02amI agree, Marianne, but after 6 weeks, I should be used to the new regime. vv
brdlwyr
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
#16Mediterranean Diet
Posted: 7/24/14 at 1:47pmJane - maybe the diet is not the factor in the "not feeling well" - get a full workup if necessary!
#17Mediterranean Diet
Posted: 7/24/14 at 2:32pm
that's partly correct, lwyr. I'm sure the indigestion and freq. bm is the diet, but the dizziness and headache prob. isn't.
thank you for commenting~
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