Let me start with directing you to this link…. Pubmed
Foods We Enjoy
Coconut Milk (for shakes and smoothies and desserts)
Avacado
Organic Salsa (without sugar)
Pistacchios
Raw/Organic almonds (soaked and dehydrated)
Bananas
Apples
Oranges
Grapes
Cherries
Lemons
Limes
Cilantro
Parsley
Spaghetti Squash
Olive Oil
Coconut Oil
Flaxseed Oil
Flax seeds
Pumpkin seeds
Sunflower seeds
Hummus
All natural nut butters
Greens/Kale
Romaine lettuce
Baby spinich
Spring greens
Organic dressings (mostly poppy seed and ceasar..low sugar)
cocao and cacao nibs
dark chocolate (80% or higher)
agave nectar (very small amounts)
stevia (we DO NOT get the kind that’s mixed with sugar…that kind of defeats the point)
Purely Decadent Ice creams (made with coconut milk and agave)
Almond Milk
Raw Dates (for raw cookies…YUM) use sparingly as they do contain a lot of natural sugars
Raw nuts of all varieties (we don’t eat a lot of peanuts)
Organic eggs
Organic meats (grassfed if we can find them)
All kinds of organic spices
Cayenne
Cinnamon
Fenugreek
Organic vinegar (add to smoothies or drink in water if blood glucose goes too high after a meal)
Chia Seeds
Hemp powder
Organic Dried Fruits without sulfur
goat cheese
coconut flour
Almond flour
Flax Meal
All of the above flours can replace white flour and make excellent primal pancakes…YUM
Celtic Sea Salt (we get the pink salt)
Garlic
Onions
Oxygenated/Filtered Water
Spring Water
Green and black teas
Peppermint tea
Chamomille tea
Jasmine Tea
White Tea
Okay…you get it…TEA (try to get organic) and sugar free of course
Asparagus
Eggplant
Grapeseed oil
Grassfed beef and lamb
Cold water fish
That’s about it for now…I’ll add more if I think of any…but you get the pic…
You can email me if you have any suggestions or questions about any food I’ve mentioned here. But with all these ingredients, you’ll never go hungry….it’s just a matter of changing one little thing at a time.
What a GREAT food list! These are most of our favorite foods! Sounds like Lucy and my son Ben have pretty much the same diet.
We have eliminated all forms of dairy and haven’t yet brought in animal protein, but we will see what the future holds.
Caffeine (tea and coffee) raise blood sugar like crazy! I’m a type one barista…
Yes they do. If I were a diabetic, that would be my biggest issue. How do you keep it in control around all that yummy coffee??
Hi I am managing my Daughter’s fasting sugar at 4.6-5.4 and 2 hours after food is 5.6- 6.4 Sveta I want to learn from you more and my email address is pankaj.arora@live.com.au. Please send me your email address and I hope I can learn more. Thanks Pankaj
Hi
I’m Sveta, 26 years old from israel
I also have type 1 diabet and I beleive like you that it’s possible to live without insuline. In last years I take smaller doses of insuline each time. I discovered more ways to be helthier , it’s not all about food and sports and I want to share it with you, because you’re the first person that I meet that beleives that it’s possible to live whole live like a regular healthy person! Please contact me by e-mail that I leaved in reply . I want to speak to you very much
Hi there
My name is Pankaj Arora. I am a Indian(Hindu) presently settled in Australia. I am travelling in the same boat, like you and going through the same situations.
I just need to learn more from you. If possible please send me your email address and then I can ask you few questions, which can help me further.
With regards
Pankaj
Hi Lucy,
We eat fruit too. I just have her eat it with fat…usually coconut milk, flax seed oil, or nuts/nut butter. Banana is great with nuts and agave…yummy!!
i’ll let you know if i find kelp elsewhere. i’m thinking it might be best to not over-do the kelp, because some take kelp capsules for thyroid issues. i’m feeling really good still with this way of eating. my insulin doses are down to 1 unit of lantus twice a day and 1-2 units of fast acting novolog 3X a day when eating. that’s a big reduction. i’d like to work with dr gabriel cousens also if ever it is possible. i’ll re-watch the video sometime and try and see if they ate fruit. seems like maybe fruits were not eliminated. hopefully!!
what about green and red peppers? also i found some raw kelp at the food cooperative this weekend — it tastes different but appears like vermiccelli noodles. i added some brown mustard, olive oil, thin sliced carrots and cucumber, and some walnuts.
Sounds yummy. Where do you get the kelp other than the food op?
Hi Lucy!
What we do is cut the spaghetti squash in half (lengthwise)…please use a sharp knife and watch your fingers…we place each half on a plate cutside down (one at a time) and put about 1/4 cup of water around it…obviously you need a plate or platter that comes up a bit on the sides. Then we microwave each half for about 10 minutes. I don’t think microwaving is necessarily the best for foods…but it’s the quickest. You can also bake it in the oven…it takes longer (like 45 minutes or so) and if you cook in the oven, you can do both halves at one time….after it’s finished cooking, carefully remove insides of squash with a fork (it will be stringy like spaghetti)…add olive oil or butter and seasonings…you can add cheese and sauce too if you like. I hope this helps. We’re thinking about doing a video on how to make it. It’s so good. I hope you enjoy!!:) And thank you for your input and advice about the agave. I will keep an eye on her BG’s after she eats agave. So far, so good, but I may have to use a little less agave and a little more stevia in the future:)
how do you fix the spaghetti squash? glad she can have agave. i used to use agave to raise my BG when it was too low. but agave made it go up about 200 points higher than the low; then i took more insulin to take care of that, etc. again, so glad you are finding the right things to eat. thanks for sharing the foods you enjoy and foods you avoid. very helpful. lucy