I don't think I eat large amounts of protein. That's cool that you found the Ronzoni, I haven't heard of it. But then again I don't often eat pasta. If I do eat pasta it's spaghetti.

I LOVE THE RONZONI!! And if I take my flaxseed before I eat it, my bg does not rise at all! The ronzoni I use is the smart taste with fiber.

Finding a great doctor is important. Integrative/holistic doctors are scientists, they LOVE learning and researching. Most reg. doctors do NOT do this.

My integrative doctors tell me we are partners in my healing. They want me to learn and share anything I can find and they will tell me if it might work.

The mindset of holistic doctors is very different. They are not robots. They do not just write prescriptions. That is used only if there is no choice. Prevention and actual healing is what they help with.

That is how I learned so much about diet and of course, supplements. I thought I ate healthfully, but I now do much better. I also do a ton of research and reading. I lost weight on the food I eat and it is delicious. Hubby is an amazing cook. We love to eat out at great places also, but our choices are good.

My favorite restaurant has a wonderful grilled salmon with grilled scallops on top over a bed of cooked spinach with a wonderful leek sauce. I love another dish at a great place too. Miso salmon soup with mushrooms, grilled calamari salad with avacado and a great dressing. I had grilled fish tacos and a shrimp cocktail for lunch out with hubby today. I leave the corn tortillas, don't eat that part, but if I wanted to, I could eat a little of that.

It all pays off. It is fun to learn how to eat nutritious food, low carb, no junk. The sugar I eat is coconut palm sugar or honey, small amounts. No fake sugars. Almond flour, no white stuff. There are so many wonderful products.

I have to use regular doctors since I have insurance. My insurance (as far as I know) does not recognize holistic doctors and therefor I have to use more 'traditional' avenues for treatment. I don't have money to go out and pay several hundred dollars on an appointment and treatment. Perhaps when I get SSDI (ha like that'll happen, I've been fighting with the government for 7 years to get approved) I can afford alternative medicine.

Insurance should pay. Just depends on what you have I guess. They are all MD's.

i use a DO instead of an MD and insurance accepts DO. Plus there are regular MD's that are open to working with patients and alternative options, you just have to do your research and find them.

I'll have to do some research. How would I go about doing that? Do I call their office and ask the receptionist if their doctor(s) are able to do alternative medicine?