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Old 02-01-2013, 08:32 PM
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Default Help with insulin resistance

Thought I'd share a strategy that seems to be helping us. We are doing our best to eat breakfast late (10:30 or 11:00) and then fitting in lunch and dinner no later than 6pm. That way we are fasting for 16+ hrs. which gives our digestive tract a rest and seems to be helping reset the insulin receptors.

We are noticing that cravings are leaving and our appetite is normalizing. Weight is going down a bit though we do not need to lose much. I have never been a big breakfast eater so this was not difficult for me, but my husband thought he would mess breakfast.

However we eat breakfast late and it seems to be OK for him even with his going to the gym without eating. I like the idea of giving the stomach a rest without really going on a major fast, which I used to find very hard to do.

I used to get hypoglycemia if I didn't eat and hubby would often fall asleep after lunch (prediabetic sign) and that isn't happening now. We also have cut out most grains (eat quinoa or rice) and sugar. Have upped the probiotics and enzymes and HCL. So we'll see how this all pans out. Seems to be working well at the moment.

Just thought it might be of interest to some of you.


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