You can also buy baby or toy bok choy and simply slice it in half lengthwise. It’s a quick addition to stir frys and does not need much cooking time.

Otherwise I do the same as Heather. You can slice it in about 1/2 inch strips, I heat a wok or pan, add some coco oil, toss it for a few minutes, add a clove of monced garlic and a small amount of…[Read more]

I’ll occassionally make a green tea latté. I found a chai green tea loose leaf tea. I use unsweetened vanilla almond milk which can get frothy. It maks a nice treat that fits the BSS.

Yes, I do. I make a shake that is almond mik, – unsweetened with vanilla – about 3 oz of soft tofu, a rice protein powder and either a 1/4 cup of either blueberries or strawberries, or with abou1.5 T of almond butter i nstead of the fruit.

I’ve tried adding ground flax but don’t like the foamy consistency you get so I cut that our of the smoothies.

You might look for Silk unsweetened Vanilla almond milk to help with that blandness. It’s out there at many grocery stores and health food stores.

Diamond also makes an unsweetened almond, coconut milk blend that is pretty good but harder to find.

This is a very common occurence for many where blood sugar increases over night as the liver pumps out some glucose. I usally eat a small handful of almonds before bed and it seems to take care of it.

Welcome, you are both in the right place!

It’s nomrml to have some variance between hands, fingers or other sites I one site on a dominant, more utilized hand – more blood flow. . I test consistently from fingertips of either hand. I am looking for trends and patterns in what the readings are at certain times. I sprad those readings out over different days unless I have made some change…[Read more]

I’m in Quebec. Most of the major chains here – Metro. Loblaws,Provigo, etc have ” health food sections”. If you read the labels carefully, you can find canned and processed foods without or with very minimal crap in them. If not, check the yellow pages for health food stores and again, read those labels carefully. You could stock up on basics whne…[Read more]

You might want to check in with the nutritionists and take a look at all your tests, see if they have some recommendations for you that are more specific to your needs. There might be some additional supplementation that could be helpful
Did you get the med tests done that were recommended? Those values could important here as well.

Are you…[Read more]

Well, it’s super quick to throw together a stirfry with whateve vegys you have and either tofu or chiken or a firm fish like salmon…..with or without brown rice or another healthy grain. It’s also to cook up a chicken breast and serve it on a bed of spinach or another greenie so that the warmth of the chicken witls the spinach. You can add…[Read more]

II orignally started taking this beasue of damage to my esophagus due to prescribed anti-inflammatories for way too long on a blown luumbar disc. the disc healed, but I ended up with an esophageal ulcer and voila, anti-reflux meds for it. for blippin’ years.

After reading the BSS. I decided that enough was enough. Talked with my doc and cut out…[Read more]

I’d strongly suggest you check in with the nutritionists about what additional support they could suggest to you. I am sure they could make some very specific recommendations. Besided that, I’d suggest you just read everything you can about inflammation and immune response on this site and any of Dr Hyman’s available online articles and…[Read more]

There is a suggestion in the BSS book that helped me. Dr Hyman suggests freezing the fish oil supplements so that they pass deeper into your GI system before dissolving. Just don’t tkae them with a cup of warm tea or it kinda defeats the purpose of freezing those little buggers . I take them before a meal for the same reason.

Anyway, that…[Read more]

One of the things I do, is to preplan meals for a week at a time. I shop every 3 days or so so things are fresh from the marches (oops so accents on this interface) here as much as possible.Fresh seafools is caught close by or farmed and I alway buy that the day off. I try to cook so that I have leftovers for a lu nch or second dinner. I try to…[Read more]

4 weeks so far and on the advanced, thanks and go for it.

I talked with my doc about what I was doing and how to decrease the meds I was on if I started dropping too low before I started. He was very supportive. I tested very regularly since I tended to swing a little hypo and whne that became a regular pattern, dropped one med entirely. I’m on Glucophage alone now twice a day and hope to reduce the…[Read more]

Good luck with your blog.

Personally, since the idea is to build community here, I ’d rather see you participate and comment here. The group support is an important part of this and this set of topic oriented boards is provided to provide that support and share experiences and hope.

Hope you stick around.

Diamond makes unsweetened almond milk. They also make an unsweetened almond milk and coconut milk blend.

That is just great. I was running into a bit of the same thing with drops too low. It’s wonderful to be off that extra med and not running into that problem.

Congrats!