Originally Posted by wendy s

I've done the Zone diet, which I think was very good. You are supposed to balance protein, fat and carbohydrate, and I think the fact that neither my husband or I ever had any cravings on that diet must speak for the balance. It was all supposed to be high quality food - lean protein, olive oil and nuts etc. for fat, low glycemic index vegetables and fruit for carbohydrate, and they had three different ways of measuring food to make the balancing easy. Actually, you could eat anything you wanted, it just had to balance. We fell off the diet at Christmas, and have spent the time since saying "we really should get back in the Zone!"

Now I'm trying Dr. Terry Wahl's "Minding My Mitochondria" diet - LOTS of certain vegetables plus a lot of other guidelines. I'm sleeping way better, and have gone two to three hours longer than usual between doses of medication a few times. The effect is enough to inspire me to keep going.

PS It's snowing today.