You've probably heard this a thousand times but here it goes.
Difficultly treating high blood pressure drove my GP to send me to the cardiologist and she suggested I read Wheat Belly by Dr Davis when what I was doing wasn't working. My labs all looked good but the high blood pressure and obesity have been a bear to deal with. And diabetes runs in one side of my family. I don't want to wait until it's actually a problem to do something about it. I've been trying hard to lose weight as the past has shown it has an impact on my BP as well as not wanting to be fat anymore. So I got the audio book since I have a long commute and don't sit and read much and I finished it this morning. What an eye opener. While I wasn't doing everything wrong, a lot of what I was doing wrong I thought was doing it right. My GP had me on the "Healthy Whole Grains", low fat, etc kind of regime and a ton of exercise that was accomplishing very little. I am looking at all the foods in my kitchen that I thought were healthy with new eyes. And it's not pretty. I already picked up hard copies of the cookbook and 30 minute cookbook. I found this forum while trying to find alternatives to regular foods that won't be a huge hassle to acquire or make. The trouble I'm having online is that, for the most part, with online resources "wheat-free" is just a synonym for "gluten-free" and not truly wheat free in the Wheat Belly sense of the term.
I have another appointment with her the end of February and want to have some real progress to report.