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General hCG Diet Information: Newcomer w/question About Hypoglycemia, Glucophage/Metformin AND Gluten


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    Hi everyone...I'm Michelle, a 33 year old newcomer who is currently on VLCD 2 and am doing the drops. (Not sure if i'm missing terminology here so bare with me) I am on a Gluten Free Diet (so no melba toast) and am a Reactive Hypoglycemic (Insulin Resistant) which I take Metformin for. I normally eat breakfast and then take the Metformin to regulate the insulin spike. If I don't eat enough before taking it, I feel horrible. However, if I wait too long in the day to take the Metformin, I also feel horrible. Currently, I'm having my coffee & an apple for breakfast and then take my Metformin. There were many times yesterday, and now today, where I am light-headed & feel as if I'm going to pass out.

    If you're familiar with Metformin/Glucophage do you think it would be smarter to eat more of my lunch at breakfast or wait to take the Metformin until lunch time?
    Is there a gluten-free alternative to the melba toast that I could be eating?

    Any other suggestions or tips would be appreciated!


    *Michelle*
    • hCGDietAuthorfreckles
    • TimeNov 3rd 2009
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    You should talk to your doctor about not taking metformin while you are on hcg. You may not need to. The hcg may straighten out your metabolic resistance after a week or two. My husband quit his metformin, but ask your doctor first please!

    You can eat gluten free pretzel sticks. Just compare the nutrition facts. I substitute 2 medium size pretzel sticks instead of melba toast. They are almost identical in fat, carbs, calories & sugars.
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    Thank you so much Freckles. I'm going to experiment today and tomorrow regarding the Metformin. I had coffee & strawberries w/stevia for breakfast...feeling like I may need my Metformin already.

    I've never heard of GF Pretzel sticks...Yum! I wish I would have seen this reply before I made my trip to Whole Foods yesterday. Might be worth at trip back to try them out. Where do you usually buy them?

    *Michelle*
    • hCGDietAuthoramyleigh
    • TimeNov 4th 2009
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    Hey Michelle! =D

    Sorry, y'all, I brought her here, and had to say HI! LOL!

    Call Honey & Spice and ask them if they have the GF pretzel sticks!!!! That would surely be a shorter trip! HOWEVER... lol... if you go back to Whole Foods, I might send you some money to pick me up some of this Ezekial bread the P4 peeps are using =/ I know I don't have time to get out there lmao! Unless I go on the weekend and take four kids... uh... nah... I'll pass lol. The bread can't be worth all that!
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    I've seen the Ezekial bread before...I may have even bought it myself. What's so special about it regards to this diet?


    *Michelle*
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    You can't have them on the diet but they are a good choice when you start adding starches back in because they are sprouted grain which is way healthier than normal bread.
    Colleen
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    Thanks Grammy! I buy flaxseed bread from Whole Foods by made by Glutino. I wonder if that would work in P3. What exactly is considered low carb? Like how many carbs or less????


    *Michelle*
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    You don't really count carbs but you eat no sugar or no starch. No grains in P3 and the flaxseed bread I've seen has rice in it which is a grain. So wait until P4 for that. :-)
    Colleen
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    Thank you for the help & guidance! :)

    *Michelle*

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