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Shaz51Senior Contributor
Hello Everyone 
Saw a Dietician yesterday -- and she talked about Self care -- Food, salt, sugar and water
How much water do you drink a day ??
How much salt do you have a day ??
Sugar -- how much a day ?? do you have fruit and veges everyday , salad
she has challenged us to eat mor heathlier in the month of Apri
Who is going to join me or have some wonderful hints and tips to share
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Am going to try some shiratake noodles @Appleblossom with our next stir fry - supposed to be low carb but filling.
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
low GI foods too they say are good too @Former-Member
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
Hearing you @Shaz51
@Former-Member Sounds yum
I will be concerned if my son overdoes the keto for too long ... atm he is having a positive experience and is learning to self regulate .... and all that is GREAT self care for a young man.
I have always maintained an eat across all major food groups approach rather than pushing any particular diet. Perhaps I am less obssessive than I give myself credit ...lol
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We are more of the 'in moderation' ilk too @Appleblossom Mr Darcy's blood sugars up and he does eat a lot of carbs, brekky cereal, bread at lunch and either rice or pasta at tea, well exceeding daily recommendations. He has a bowl of frozen fruit for dessert and we have a salad at lunch and veg with the tea. I eke out meat in spag bol with a can of lentils. If he gets all natural, no added sugar yoghurt with berries which I am trying to limit to once a week he eats the 1kg tub in a single sitting 😵.
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
sounds good @Former-Member
have to re educate mr shaz
my blood sugar is up a bit today , don`t know why
thinking i might be coming down with something , getting a sore throat
sickness and stress puts your sugars up too
@Appleblossom, @Ali11 , @Determined
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Unknown userMember
Hope you pick up soon @Shaz51
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
yes , don`t need a cold or anything @Former-Member xxx
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
@Shaz51
@Former-Member
I had to consciously stop eating my cereal every morning to break that habit ... and started rotating my breakfasts ... all the typical ... toast ... an egg ... yoghurt ... I still have the odd bit of porrdge these days but not much ... I doubt I will buy much breakfast cereal again ... maybe if the grandchild wants it ... but his mother is even more restricting on that stuff than I ...
one aspect my son liked of the keto approach is learning to feel his own satiety.
He found and they tote ... that keto helps with feeling full. My son has found his limits on over indulging his favourite foods and is naturally coming to terms with his relationship to food. Its helpful for a young father as well ... one thing I can breathe a sigh of relief about ...without the serious food access problems that tormented my forebears on both sides of my genealogy.
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
yaaaaa @Appleblossom , @Former-Member
blood sugar is 6.3 at 6pm 
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
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