Ward: >Peter (Brandt), I know you've said you've had trouble with blood sugar >yourself in the M2M, but you were nevertheless able to eat as much as >50% fruit recently. Can you give us any insight as to how you were >able to do that successfully? I thought you would never ask. :-, It has helped me eating even less fruit, which now only makes up about 25% of my calorie consumption. I have cut out sweet fruits like dates, raisins, bananas & mangoes almost entirely and have limited my selection to apples, pears and grapes. I always eat almonds (soaked 24 hours) with my fruit, which is a delicious combination and often add some romaine lettuce, celery or cumcumber. Grains, especially combined with fruit, make my blood sugar skyrocket, and I have virtually eliminated them from my diet. Daily exercise, eating smaller meals, avoiding all juices except for green ones, reducing stress, getting enough trace minerals in the diet by eating algaes or seaweed, eradicating yeast and fungal overgrowth, replenishing guts with beneficial bacteria & getting enough protein in the diet all help the body tolerate sugar better. Stengthening the adrenals, supporting the pancreas & cleansing the liver should also help, as these are the three organs that help the body regulate blood sugar levels. The protein issue I am still struggling with, since refined soy products & misc. protein powders are the only source of concentrated proteins for vegans. I understand eating a portion of concentrated protein with each meal, often does wonders in keeping stable blood sugar levels. (even though they do help in stabilizing the blood sugar beans & grains contain too much carbohydrate and seeds & nuts too much fat to qualify as contentrated proteins) Hypoglycemia is very rough on the brain, will shorten your lifespan and can turn life into to hell. My advice to everybody (& myself :-)) is whatever it takes to get over it - do it! For breakfast I have a green drink with soaked almonds & a little fruit. For lunch soaked seeds & vegetables For dinner avoacado, lettuce, tomatoes & seaweed. Evening snack: soaked almonds with fruit Best, Peter [log in to unmask]