Low-glycemic eating begs the question, "What to eat?" To answer that question, I've posted some examples below of what I've been eating:
Breakfasts:
Chia porridge has been my main staple. The great thing about chia is its just like eating oatmeal - relatively neutral alone, and can be played with depending on what ingredients you add to it. Various items I've been adding (sometimes a few, sometimes many):
- Cacao (Phase 1.5 except for diabetes - no cacao)
- Carob (Phase 1.5)
- Maca (1.5)
- Stevia (1)
- Raw, soaked buckwheat (1.5)
- Goji berries (1.5)
- Bee pollen (1.5)
- Mesquite (1.5)
- Nut Butters (1)
Salads and vegetables, though not a typically inclusive breakfast for most of our current paradigms, are often what I choose. I almost always start out with 1/2 to 1 whole cucumber (even on days where I choose a sweeter breakfast as the main choice), sometimes I have cherry tomatoes, and a small spirulina salad. Spirulina in the morning is great, as are the other protein foods I've listed (chia, bee pollen, gojis) - a little protein in the morning is especially good for women.
Green juice!! Yes, green juice for breakfast. Cucumber, celery, greens and lemon is my favorite. Often, when I have a green juice for breakfast, I'll take the opportunity to green-it-up even more and take E3 Live in the morning as well :) Some of my best focus comes from a light morning's consumption of mineral rich and alkalizing green juices and green superfoods.
With happy insulin response,
Courtney
