Just thought I would mention for those in Sydney, that I found Fardoulis Honey Merchants (the same place the make the chocolates ironically) on the Princes Hwy in Kogarah are selling royal jelly. I assume it is fresh as they are selling other by products. I will have a look around there. You can google them if you want to ring and price it.
Just thought I would ask, I started my low gi diet on the weekend (I also looked up the brochures on the medicaivf website that had diet info too).
Anyway the past few days I have been feeling dizzy with slight blurry vision. Has anyone else had this? I thought it might go away after my body re-adjusts but I wasn't sure. I hate calling up my FS or nurses to ask questions and I'm still not due back for an appointment for a few weeks.
Milly's Mummy, I don't remember experiencing any of the problems you have mentioned. I know when I went low GI I had energy consistently throught the day. Perhaps just a signifcant change for you body or otherwise are you eating enough and regularly? Somebody else might know....
I thought I might share my experience below if anyone is interested:
I did go to a Dietician, Geraldine Georgou, on Tuesday for an assessment appt. She has lots of expereince in the area and has filled me with some confidence and seem very passionate spending a thorough 1.5 hours with me and very much put her investigative hat on. She also knows of my FS and rang him during the appt. She gave me lots of articles to reference the subjects. I feel alot of relief actually she seems to want to sort this out as much as I do.
Her assistant rang all the various pathology places and obtained my old blood test results. My Glucose Tolerance Test that the FS sent me for about 18 months ago did not have any insulin results just the glucose levels. My glucose was consistently low at the three test periods instead of showing a peak. This led her to two hypothese:
1) malabsorption (glucose not adequately getting across to the blood)
2) insulin dysfuntion (??uptake of glucose too quick), but then I produce the immature eggs so not very clear
I look like a classic ceoliac, however it appears the endocrinologist I once went to about being a light weight, ordered only 1 of the 3 tests and ruled me out for it. It got a bit interesting from here: there are links between endo and ceoliac (i have endo), plus also ceoliacs and myeloma (my dad has myeloma). Importantly there are links between ceoliacs and infertility and miscarrigage (i figure this is due to poor nutrient levels) so I would have to get this sorted. My FS was not interested in knowing whether I had Ceoliacs so we are going to work on this on the side.
So the action plan for me is:[*]A diet plan based upon 40% carbs, 40% protein, and 20% fats. This is in grams and not in relation to sources of calories like Calorie King will show you. Whilst low GI can be helpful, according to the dietician, having protein or even fat with a carb makes it low GI eg having a piece of fruit and a box of nuts. Proteins sources should be low fat. The diet plan is soo easy, nothing weird.
EG. breakfast
For breakfast you could have burgen bread with vegemite and low fat cheese. You could have scrambled eggs on toast.The LSA mix (linseed, almond and sunflower seeds) in the health food section can be spinkled on your Special K and low fat milk to make it a perfectly balance dish and it tastes nice.
It is important to note each meal or snack needs to be balanced rather than trying to make it all balance out at the end of the day on calorie king. Therefore I am not using Calorie King
[*]Blood tests to explore malabsorption.
[*]Looking to delay my cycle whilst I get this sorted out[/LIST]
I would suggest that anyone who has diet related fertilty problem find a dietician/nutritionist with lots of experience in infertilty/PCOS/endocrine problems rather than being left to fend for yourself with limited advice and support from an FS. You don't need a referral, however if you get the FS to write a note stating their aims then at least you can all be on the same page.
I've been to see a dietician too now after being inspired by you who also was keen on the low gi diet - but they told me I could eat a little chocolate as apparently its low gi!!! I'm not sure if i'l risk it though. They also told me about the gi website you can enter foods into check to see which foods are low or high its The Glycemic Index
I also got the patient information off the website that said no pasta? but apparently pasta is low gi so I'm a bit confused.
I have PCO too. The only time I cycled with one follicle (instead of a plethora of cysts), I had sworn off sugar for the whole month. I was really stunned at that result, but pleased as punch! As that month, the transfer worked.
As for improving egg quality, I'm certain that cutting sugar will have a great impact. Combine with low GI/low carb diet (chocolate may be officially 'low GI', but is still full of sugar), and healthy exercise - well... you're setting yourself up right.
Fingers crossed ladies. Let us know how you get on.
All is going well and abstained completely over Easter, one small hot cross bun outside of my plan only.
Re: the pasta..I found one site saying it was low gi and another saying it was high and it was possibly reading this made me decide that professional advice was better.
Of the main meal suggestions, my diet plan indicates only a cup of pasta if you are having a spaghetti bolognaise which would indicate to me that we still need to be careful about the total carbs you consume in relation to protein. So you just need to ensure it is a meat heavy dish you eat. Your GI won't spike if you eat in the right combination and proportions.
A basic main meal looks like this.
200-250g lean meat
1-2 cups of vegies
1 cup of starch vegie (OR 1/2 cup or pumpkin or sweet potato)
However you can't overdo the number of carbs either. I know this because the dietician has the number of carbs written against each meal and also my FS was focussed on number of carbs. So, because bergen bread or a special type of low gi muesli is out there, it wouldn't be wise to just pig out on that. I couldn't just eat 3 apples in a row and 3 handfuls of nuts because it would mean I had consumed excessive carbs and fat, neither of which are good (as a snack I can have a piece of fruit and a small handful of nuts).
I wish I could copy an paste you my diet plan just so you had an idea!!
Just so you know, a chocolate paddle pop is allowed if I need a sweet fix - guess who bought a pack of 10!
Information was very helpful once again! Well done over Easter! I had a few very minor lapses in will power - oops - but am back trying to keep going on my diet again. I'll have to remember the paddle pops for next time
I think I'm getting better at balancing my gi each meal and snack but still have to increase my meat intake! Are you meant to eat a protein at each main meal? We only really have meat at dinner. Also, did your dietician tell you how frequently you needed to eat at all?
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, however it appears the endocrinologist I once went to about being a light weight, ordered only 1 of the 3 tests and ruled me out for it. It got a bit interesting from here: there are links between endo and ceoliac (i have endo), plus also ceoliacs and myeloma (my dad has myeloma). Importantly there are links between ceoliacs and infertility and miscarrigage (i figure this is due to poor nutrient levels) so I would have to get this sorted. My FS was not interested in knowing whether I had Ceoliacs so we are going to work on this on the side.
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