Help with Starch Induced Blood Sugar Spikes

Blood glucose spikes, especially after a high carbohydrate starchy meal. There is an enzyme making the news lately called Transglucosidase / Pronounced (trans-gluco-side-ace) and here is why you need to know about it. Laboratory studies have recently shown that when this enzyme comes in contact with starchy foods and natural enzymes in the digestive tract, there is a 31% reduction in rapidly digested starch, which is the kind that causes those blood sugar spikes after a big meal and it also causes an 11% increase in slowly digested starch, causing it to get converted to sugar more slowly if AT ALL.

 THIS IS EXCITING RESEARCH AND DESERVES A CLOSER LOOK. 

If you are a PRE-diabetic that is good news, as prescription treatments can potentially drop you glucose levels too low. Hey, it is also BIG news if you are a full blown type 2 diabetic. WHY?

 Latest guidelines from the "Institute of Medicine" indicates a healthy diet as one whose carbohydrate intake should be 65% of daily food intake. Here are some issues with such a high starch diet regimen: Starch is probably the BIGGEST source of sugar in your diet - even if you eat whole grain bread, brown rice and perhaps whole wheat pasta. Starchy foods are HIGH in glucose precursors - starch gets turned into SUGAR in the digestive process even if some is faster and some slower than others Impact of insulin EXCESS: Insulin is a hormone that is absolutely necessary for carbohydrate and fat metabolism, however when it is secreted in excess, it can become a death hormone. Chronically ELEVATED insulin levels put a body at risk of dying from diseases such as cancer, stokes, heart attacks and ultimately lead to a "Burnt-Out" pancreas incapable of any glucose control at all. EVEN non-diabetics with normal fasting blood sugar levels are at an increased risk IF their after meal glucose levels rise TOO HIGH, TOO FAST.

 The MOST DANGEROUS PERIOD is approximately the first two hours after a starchy meal when all starch gets turned into sugar and can cause spikes in your glucose level and INSULIN levels into the DANGER ZONE. By taking a supplement including TRANSGLUCOSIDASE before A STARCHY MEAL and adequate soluble and insoluble fiber you can go a long ways to counter acting this situation. The American Diabetes Association recommends 20 to 35 grams of fiber a day and most of us do not get ANYWHERE NEAR THAT LEVEL OF FIBER.

 Transglucosidase This is a powerful supplement combined with getting adequate fiber especially with starchy meals and should aid in reducing blood glucose spikes after a meal. ONE capsule contains 450,000 (IU) or international units of Transglucosidase)

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Amount of allowed vegetables on Beta HCG diet

 On the Beta HCG diet, the vegetable can be fresh, frozen or canned. You may steam, broil, grill, or eat it raw.
Fortunately, the amount of vegetables allowed is more flexible than the meat, fruit, or carb.
Too much fruit, and you have eaten way too many sugar calories.
Too much meat, and you have eaten too many fat calories.

The vegetables, as long as they are prepared without fat or sugar, leave the most flexibility.

You are allowed up to 500 calories per day in total food.
Let's say for example that you eat shrimp as your 100 gram meat, and strawberries as your fruit for each meal that day. You would have more calories left and would be able to eat way more vegetables than on a day where you ate beef for your 100 grams of meat and apples for your fruit.

If you have my book, the Beta HCG Detox diet, which is available on my website, you will get some ideas of the calorie counts of the different meal combinations.

In most of my recipes I used 100 grams of each vegetable, but in the original protocol, Dr. Simeons was not as precise about the amount of vegetables as he was about everything else.

I would measure 100 grams, unless you see room for extra calories in your meal and want to increase the amount of vegetables to get to your 500 calories.

Here are some calorie estimations to help you with your calculations.


Asparagus (3.5 oz) – 20 calories

Beet Greens

Broccoli (3.5 oz) – 34 calories
Broccoli (1 cup – 88g) – 30 calories

Celery (3.5 oz) – 15 cal
Celery (medium stalk) – 6 calories

Cabbage (3.5 oz) – 24 calories
Cabbage (1 cup shredded) – 17 calories

Cauliflower (3.5 oz) – 22 calories
Cauliflower (1 cup) – 28 calories

Cucumber (3.5 oz) – 12 calories

Fennel

Lettuce, all varieties (3.5 oz) – 20 calories
Lettuce, all varieties (1 cup) – 8 calories

Onions (pickled) - 23 calories per 100 grams

Red Radishes (3.5 oz) – 12 calories
Red Radishes (one medium) – 1 calories

Spinach, raw (3.5 oz) – 20 calories
Spinach, raw (1 cup) – 7 calories
Spinach, frozen (3.5 oz) – 23 calories
Spinach, frozen (1 cup) – 41 calories
Spinach, cooked (3.5 oz) – 31 calories
Spinach, cooked (1 cup) – 48 calories

Tomato (3.5 oz) – 20 calories
Tomato (cherry) – 3 calories