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[cjsmith]

Last Wednesday's random offering: sweets (mostly hard candies) from, I think, Brazil.
Last week's happy hour: nachos and margaritas.
Friday's random offering: nuts coated with toffee and chocolate.
Monday's free lunch: burritos, tacos, and enchiladas, with nachos.
Tuesday: I think they had bagels but I honestly cannot remember for sure.
Today's random offering: enormous sticky pastries.

I don't know why this gets to me, because I firmly believe it is not anyone else's job to change anything just because I happen to have a really annoying restriction. (Why make more people miserable?) But it's just so bloody RELENTLESS. Is this really how Americans eat? All the TIME?? Is this really how I used to eat, all the time? With my family history of Type II diabetes? Why yes, I just might be a moron. (Right now I'm an annoyed moron.)

I do realize that the frustrating day I had yesterday probably has as much or more to do with my reaction to those pastries this morning as anything else does.

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[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

The short form: Massive antibiotics to treat Lyme disease. Yeast control diet to prevent systemic candidiasis. No sugars including most fruits and mass-produced sauces; no simpler starches including grains (of which corn and wheat are the worst), no potatoes, no beets, no carrots, no turnips. No alcohol, as it metabolizes into simple sugars. Moderate intake of fibrous starchy stuff like beans.

If you have to avoid wheat in the USA, you're in a world of hurt. If you have to avoid corn in the USA, you're in a worse world of hurt. If you have to avoid ALL grains AND sugars, you're just hosed!

I'm experimenting, at my doctor's recommendation, to see which of these restrictions I can relax occasionally. She says it's all about proportion and balance; eat *mostly* foods with food still in them, and then *some* high-glycemic empty calories won't hurt too much. So far, a glass of wine doesn't take me down, and neither does cheese fondue (held together with starch).