No wheat! So what's left?

I do fully realize that removing all wheat products from your diet is a concept unwelcomed by most people.  To me, becoming an insulin-dependent diabetic with a whole host of unpleasant side effects was much more unwelcomed.

So what's left to eat?  I'm not here to recommend a set diet.  I've avoided packaged diet plans because, frankly, I don't like most foods that are offered.  Why, oh, why is every "diet" food smothered in broccoli?  I detest broccoli.  I won't even eat food that touched broccoli on a plate.  I also don't like nearly all cooked vegetables.  Love cabbage -- until it's ruined by being cooked.  Love carrots -- don't even think of cooking them.  Love spinach -- the cooked version can make me lose my lunch.  And the list goes on.  All prepackaged and/or frozen "diet" foods rely most heavily on cooked -- actually overcooked vegetables.  That doesn't work for me.

So what I'd like to recommend here:  In order to reverse your diabetes, find nutritious foods that you love that are naturally low in carbs.  And eat them.  A lot.  It doesn't even have to be a wide variety of foods.  If you find a menu of food that is working to lower your blood sugar numbers, stick with it.  I find routine menu planning to be (1) easier to prep beforehand (2) easier on your imagination and thus (3) less stressful at the end of a long day.

According to Dr. William Davis, author of "Wheat Belly," these foods can be consumed in unlimited quantities:

1.  Vegetables (not including potatoes and corn)
2.  Raw nuts and seeds and roasted peanuts
3.  Oils  (EVOO, avocado, nuts, coconut, flaxseed)
4.  Meats, fish, and eggs
5.  Cheese
6.  Non-sugar condiments (mustards, horseradish, salsa, mayo, vinegars, Worcestershire, soy sauce, chili sauce)
7.  Spices, cacao (85% dark chocolate), olives, coconut, avocados


Foods that can be consumed in limited quantities:


1.  Non-cheese dairy (milk, cottage cheese, yogurt, butter)
2.  Fruit (avoid dried fruit and be careful with pineapple, papaya, mango, and banana.  Berries are best)
3.  Whole corn (not cornmeal or cornstarch)
4.  Fruit juices
5.  Non-wheat, non-gluten grains (rice, quinoa, millet, oats, etc.)
6.  Legumes (beans, chickpeas, potatoes, yams)
7.  Soy products (tofu, tempeh, miso, edamame, soybeans)


Foods to never eat:


1.  Wheat-based products
2.  Unhealthy oils (corn, sunflower, safflower, grapeseed, cottonseed, soybean)
3.  Gluten-free foods (made with cornstarch, rice starch, potato starch, tapioca starch)
4.  Dried fruit
5.  Sugary snacks
6.  Fructose-rich sweeteners (agave, nectar, honey, maple, corn syrup, sugar)
7.  Sugary condiments (jelly, preserves, ketchup)