Honestly, starches make me vomit. Even rice. I cannot explain why. I don't really know. Perhaps I don't secrete enough amylase? I am biased. I view them as empty calories.
I have osteopenia and alopecia areata. I've read many articles which state that grains actually deplete the body of minerals. I'm not sure how valid this is. I've lived many years without grains in the past. I find that my moods & my blood sugar/energy is increasingly stable. I know, from studying past personal trends of spontataneous vomitting & D episodes that they often involve meals where a serving of "starchy" carbohydrate is consumed. So, I'm back to this style of eating--without "starches." So far, so good--no major acid/vomitting streaks. I don't know why I get that "gag" response after eating a starchy carb. It's bizarre. Perhaps it's just years of doing well on a low g.i. diet? I guess the sugars that grains/starches so quickly turn into just make me puke--I'm not good with sugar; it makes me sick.
Thanks for your concern, Julia. I know that when "survival" instincts/issues turn up, I tend to eat more "UFO" foods--I crave stuff like bacon & salmon & full fat dressings (and eat them). I'll eat steaks & lamb. I'll use a very liberal amount of oil on vegetables. I get obsessed about real mayo.
Really, though, there's no rhyme or reason behind why or how this way of eating just works for me. I am not a highly active person so I don't need the sugars or the carbs. I wish I knew why they make me feel so ill. The best option I find is to avoid them.
I strongly suspect (and don't curse me for saying this honestly) that I'm just "programmed" into this neo-Atkins kind of view/way of eating. And, thankfully, I do eat a lot of fresh vegetables. (And those are sugars, I know. But they do provide me with more minerals than a bowl of rice so I shall substitute them)
Why, did you eliminate starches/carbs when you were at your worst?
Kate.
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