Dee,
Don't know/remember your protocol.
So here is a thought. Eat to keep blood sugar(BS) in the normal range all the time (normal = 60 to 85 mg/dL).
As a way to gather data, get a glucometer. A Bayer Ascensia Contour has reasonable accuracy for a home glucometer (some don't). Measure 45 minutes after eating and also before you eat anything in the morning. Change your diet to move the values to the normal range.
Since you presumably aren't diabetic, you don't need to sample all the time. Only to answer the question, "how will my body react to this meal."
Suggested references:
Rosedale book [
www.drrosedale.com]
Richard Bernstein's Diabetes book: [
www.diabetes-book.com]
Dr. Phinney is an MD & PhD ketogenic diet researcher here is an interview:
[
hoe.kgnu.net]
and a paper.
[
www.nutritionandmetabolism.com]
Phinney is a co-author of a book I've not read:
New Atkins for a New You: The Ultimate Diet for Shedding Weight and Feeling Great. [Paperback] Eric C. Westman (Author), Stephen D. Phinney
I coached my wife on changing her profile and it did work well. She wasn't extremely strict, but made her BS much less spikey. This was enough in her case to change her VAP test and Lp(a). My wife did not lose weight, nor did she need to at 125#'s and 5'10".
Another female friend weighed 170#s at 5'4". Following this approach, and as an ovo/lacto vegetarian (difficult), dropped to 130#'s over a year. Her blood work at the end was stellar.
The above friend is not an afibber, but a WPW ablatee prone to bigeminal PAC rhythms. WPW's are prone to get afib. Her PAC's are adrenergically triggered (during exercise).
She has minimized the PAC's by supplementing with Mg to bowel tolerance, adding in K and taurine. Also, she correlates the PACs being triggered by not following the normal blood sugar protocol. When she spikes her BS her PAC's come on like gangbusters. She assumes this is because of the electrolyte spiking caused by insulin spking.
George
