Seven Steps for Sugar Sensitive Diabetics  

I feel that sugar sensitive diabetics are luckier than regular sugar sensitive people. We have an extra tool for knowing how the food we eat affects us. Regular sugar sensitive people only have their journals, we have our journals and our blood sugar monitors. Armed with that, we can face anything!  -- SLM

Whether you've read Potatoes Not Prozac, The Sugar Addicts Total Recovery Program or Your Last Diet, this program is perfect for you, the sugar sensitive diabetic. You've seen the seven steps. We've revised them just for you!

1.    Eat breakfast with protein and start a blood sugar journal.

Your blood sugar journal should contain the time of day you check your blood sugar and the readings.

How often should you check your blood sugar? Consult your physician and/or diabetic counselor. On average, people usually check their blood sugar 4x a day.

•  Pre-Breakfast
•  Pre-Lunch
•  Pre-Dinner
•  3 Hours Post-Dinner

2.    Add to your journal what you eat and how you feel

This is the perfect tool to find correlations between what you eat and how it affects your blood sugar.

3.    Eat three meals a day with protein

By eating three meals a day, whether you are hungry or not, you can keep your blood sugar stable.

4.    Take the recommended vitamins and have a complex carbohydrate before bed

Please note that diabetics should not eat a regular white potato at night. Diabetics are encouraged to try the potato alternatives and check your blood sugar frequently to see what alternative will work for you. See the potato alternatives below.

5.    Shift from white foods to brown foods

When shifting to browns, be sure to use your blood sugar journal to register what works for you. Remember, every diabetic will react differently to different foods.

6.    Reduce or eliminate sugars

A natural progression. In fact, it is likely that you started this when you got your diagnosis. Step six just takes the next step.

7.   Create a new life

 Do all those wonderful BE raising things but continue checking your blood sugar!

POTATO ALTERNATIVES

• Baked sweet potatoes with butter, cinnamon & nutmeg
• Brown rice with butter, cinnamon & nutmeg
• Wild rice
• Oatmeal
• Oven-fried sweet spuds
• Brown rice cakes
• Whole Wheat Toast
• Apple with the skin on

Testimonials from the Diabetic Community

I've been diabetic for 8-plus years. And I know this... I've still not completly given up sugars. A huge part of that is that I'M A SUGAR ADDICT - love, crave my sugars. Definitely, I need to work the steps slowly and work to heal my biochemistry.  -- MJP

After being on PnP for a little over a year, I went to have my cholesterol checked (I couldn't believe that it would go down with all the eggs and increased fat I was eating) only to discover I had type 2 diabetes. Happily, my cholesterol WAS down, and once I'd adjusted my carb intake, my diabetes quickly came under control and has stayed that way. I am a 2 1/2 year veteran of PnP and I know it is why I have no problems with my diabetes. Now, I check my blood sugar once a day, sometimes more if I have any doubts, and with my PnP diet and exercise, I'm fine. And, I've lost 15 pounds! How's that for excellent? -- L

I came into the Sugar Addict's Recovery Program only about a month and a half ago, a recently diagnosed Diabetes Type 2, and already I am feeling the results. Breakfast with protein is the most wonderful thing that happened to me, and have already started step 2, which is journalling. I feel so motivated to keep my sugar levels down as I have been writing them down, and I so want to see those normal numbers. I discovered protein powder as is recommended in the program, and have several tablespoons a day. I can't believe how much more energy I have! I have even started exercising!!. All in all, I feel great, and I can stay with this program til I finish all seven steps and then some... -- GG