cpmodem's Journal, 05 May 2014

Spending the first part of today listening to the webinar "Reversing Type II Diabetes." So far some good speakers. Learning a lot of new stuff as well as reinforcing what I have already been doing. Nothing on resistant starch yet, but I expect it will show up at some point. This presentation goes on for 2 weeks.

Speaking of RS, I did some casual experiments with resistant starch yesterday and today using unmodified raw potato starch. This is the product that researchers usually use in their clinical studies, so I find it an intriguing experiment to try on myself. I added various amounts of potato starch to plain Greek yogurt yesterday and today to see how it effected my blood sugars and gut. Looks like it could be an option to get resistant starch into a diet, however, it does add some digestible carbohydrate that has to be bolused for if you are an insulin diabetic (as I am). As per these two limited experiments, potato starch in this form raised my BG as if it has ~6g of glucose per TBS. The package shows 10g of carbs per TBS, so I assume 4g of this is resistant starch. So, the 3 TBS I added to my yogurt equals ~12 g of RS. Not bad, but the raw green plantain (117g) I added to my protein smoothie yesterday didn't effect my blood sugar at all, so I have to draw the conclusion that it was all resistant starch. I'll do some real n=1 tests in the near future, but preliminarily, I am going look for my RS in natural foods. Green plantains seem to be one such foods. Raw green bananas may be another. I have on in the refer and will try that in my next smoothie. Stay tuned.

166.0 lb Lost so far: 6.0 lb.    Still to go: 0 lb.    Diet followed 100%.

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2161 kcal

Fat: 157.22g | Prot: 110.67g | Carb: 95.42g.   Breakfast: Now Sports MCT Oil, Fage Total 2% Greek Yogurt, Kirkland Signature Whole Blueberries, Bob's Red Mill Potato Starch, Cinnamon, Nutmeg (Ground), Hershey's Natural Unsweetened Cocoa. Lunch: Manitoba Harvest Hemp Hearts, Nutiva Organic Chia Seed, Celery, Premium Gold Organic Golden Omega Flaxseed, Kirkland Signature Canned Wild Alaskan Sockeye Salmon. Dinner: Marie's Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing, Olives (Jumbo-Super Colossal), Tomatoes, Cos or Romaine Lettuce, Jimmy Dean Premium Pork Hot Sausage, Trader Joe's Original Unsweetened Coconut Milk, Kirkland Signature Organic Brown Eggs, Spectrum Organic Virgin Coconut Oil, Portabella Mushrooms, Red Sweet Pepper. Snacks/Other: Sweet Leaf Liquid Stevia, Hershey's Natural Unsweetened Cocoa, Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Nutmeg (Ground), Cinnamon, Butter, Pecan Nuts. more...

2546 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Walking (slow) - 2/mph - 6 hours, Yard Work (gardening) - 1 hour, Sleeping - 8 hours, Resting - 9 hours. more...