"In fact, the incredible financial bonanza that the proliferation of wheat in the American diet has created for the food and drug industries can make you wonder if this "perfect storm" was somehow man-made. Did a group of powerful men convene a secret Howard Hughesian meeting in 1955, map out an evil plan to mass-produce high-yield, low-cost dwarf wheat, engineer the release of government-sanctioned advice to eat "healthy whole grains," lead the charge of corporate Big Food to sell hundreds of billions of dollars worth of processed wheat food products - all leading to obesity and the "need" for billions of dollars of drug treatments for diabetes, heart disease, and all the other health consequences of obesity? It sounds ridiculous, but in a sense that's exactly what happened." (Davis, pg. 56)
Surprise wheat source of the day...lipstick! Wheat seems to be in everything.
Day 4 was a rough one, but not because of the lack of wheat. Issues with my kids and other things going on in my life just overwhelmed me some today. I did not eat as good as I would have liked. Breakfast was cereal with 2% milk, pineapple, bacon, cheese and cashews. I started out well. Shortly after, my day fell apart. The afternoon consisted mostly of cheese and crackers and I've had more diet coke today than I ordinarily like to. At dinner time I really slipped and had some ice cream. Despite all of this, I did not have any wheat what-so-ever. I wasn't even tempted by it. The only thing that I gave a second glance was a lonely single Oreo sitting on my counter. I thought for a brief moment that I would like to eat it, but it was just a fleeting moment. I expect tomorrow to be a better day. My fasting sugar was 141 this morning by the way. Still not where it needs to be, yet lower. As for how I feel, it is pretty much in line with what I wrote yesterday minus the stomach issues. I'm still super tired. Of course, some of that is just being emotionally drained. My body is still feeling better and mentally I am doing well. I couldn't resist and I stepped on the scale this morning. It was down 1/2 pound. I know it doesn't seem like much, but that was after only 3 days and not exercising. Of course, the ice cream I ate tonight may have put that 1/2 pound back on. We'll see how tomorrow looks.
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