Meloxicam and Pilosec
I only know what drugs do to me, and for a while I was on Meloxicam, a powerful NSAID, for my continuing neck pain, and Pilosec for GERD.
The Meloxicam caused food to taste funny, and eventually caused stomach pain. The Pilosec cause similar problems with a great deal of intestinal pain. I had to stop taking them.
In a fit of understandable frustration and in search of some panacea, I came across Dr. McDougal MD on YouTube. The basic idea is to eat a starchy, all vegetable diet, and although I'm a diabetic, and half of my rational mind was telling me it was all BS, I was frustrated with GERD, so I went ahead and eliminated 98% of the fats in my diet and started eating whole grains and things such as sweet potatoes.
I tried, and eventually failed, to stay away from modern wheat because of its bad reputation. At least initially, I stuck to traditional grains such as barley and short grain brown rice, because I like the way it makes my stomach feel after I eat it.
I included green leafy things, but I'm sure I didn't include enough.
In the end, I ate small amounts of butter and chicken, just because I couldn't do without some of the fats I'm addicted to.
I was still taking metformin, which would have reduced the sugars that made it into my bloodstream.
I was able to get my fasting blood sugars down to 84 in my morning blood sugar check. My Cholesterol fell to 164, which is a great number and other numbers on my blood tests improved at my annual physical.
My doctor was shocked when I told him what I was eating since my new diet is the polar opposite of the diet advice diabetics are sometimes fed in today's world.
My doctor had come around to the idea that patients eating butter and eggs, as I had been doing at some point in my career as a diabetic, actually had lower blood sugar and cholesterol than patients who followed the traditional approach of titrating the amounts of starch, proteins and fats eaten, which in my opinion can be deadly.
So I had a diet that was based on low glycemic grains with beans for their protein content.
I have sympathy for my doctor, he has uppity patients, of which I am one. We live in a college town, and so many of his patients are associated with the university. They are educated and will read up on whatever problem they have, and probably decide what treatment they want.
Or rather will go ahead with their own treatment plan and then present it to the doctor on their next visit.
But my doctor was happy because I had great numbers, including a great A1C!
The Meloxicam caused food to taste funny, and eventually caused stomach pain. The Pilosec cause similar problems with a great deal of intestinal pain. I had to stop taking them.
In a fit of understandable frustration and in search of some panacea, I came across Dr. McDougal MD on YouTube. The basic idea is to eat a starchy, all vegetable diet, and although I'm a diabetic, and half of my rational mind was telling me it was all BS, I was frustrated with GERD, so I went ahead and eliminated 98% of the fats in my diet and started eating whole grains and things such as sweet potatoes.
I tried, and eventually failed, to stay away from modern wheat because of its bad reputation. At least initially, I stuck to traditional grains such as barley and short grain brown rice, because I like the way it makes my stomach feel after I eat it.
I included green leafy things, but I'm sure I didn't include enough.
In the end, I ate small amounts of butter and chicken, just because I couldn't do without some of the fats I'm addicted to.
I was still taking metformin, which would have reduced the sugars that made it into my bloodstream.
I was able to get my fasting blood sugars down to 84 in my morning blood sugar check. My Cholesterol fell to 164, which is a great number and other numbers on my blood tests improved at my annual physical.
My doctor was shocked when I told him what I was eating since my new diet is the polar opposite of the diet advice diabetics are sometimes fed in today's world.
My doctor had come around to the idea that patients eating butter and eggs, as I had been doing at some point in my career as a diabetic, actually had lower blood sugar and cholesterol than patients who followed the traditional approach of titrating the amounts of starch, proteins and fats eaten, which in my opinion can be deadly.
So I had a diet that was based on low glycemic grains with beans for their protein content.
I have sympathy for my doctor, he has uppity patients, of which I am one. We live in a college town, and so many of his patients are associated with the university. They are educated and will read up on whatever problem they have, and probably decide what treatment they want.
Or rather will go ahead with their own treatment plan and then present it to the doctor on their next visit.
But my doctor was happy because I had great numbers, including a great A1C!
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