What constitutes twinkies, ice cream and Cap'n Crunch?

**KingMike** · 10-23-2006, 03:06 PM

Trying the CKD thing and I have been 12 days with no carbs and feel good. My strength has actually went up slightly. I was told by a CKD artist @ the gym that I need to have me carb load now that I have made it through the induction phase. Not sure what that means.

I told him that I would be doing a 10-15 hour load with yogurt, cottage cheese, yams and oats and he said that is all wrong. What I want is low fat twinkies, low fat ice cream and any low fat cereal I want if the load was less than 2 days. What to do?

The last time I cheated like that I had horrible hives the following morning (not sure what did that). I thought it was from too much glutamine (50 grams on carb day from the whey or the hives were from mt insulin levels rapidly dropping the following morning after the huge fat free carb load.

What am I to do?

**brutesinme** · 10-23-2006, 03:42 PM

I'd say your original plan is far healthier. Just eat a lots of the oats and yams and don't eat much fat for a day.

**1buffsob** · 10-23-2006, 04:24 PM

Originally Posted by KingMike

Trying the CKD thing and I have been 12 days with no carbs and feel good. My strength has actually went up slightly. I was told by a CKD artist @ the gym that I need to have me carb load now that I have made it through the induction phase. Not sure what that means.

I told him that I would be doing a 10-15 hour load with yogurt, cottage cheese, yams and oats and he said that is all wrong. What I want is low fat twinkies, low fat ice cream and any low fat cereal I want if the load was less than 2 days. What to do?

The last time I cheated like that I had horrible hives the following morning (not sure what did that). I thought it was from too much glutamine (50 grams on carb day from the whey or the hives were from mt insulin levels rapidly dropping the following morning after the huge fat free carb load.

What am I to do?

Yogurt and cottage cheese are a poor source of carbs. Oats are ok in moderation, but you need to watch the fiber intake. Yams are an excellent choice though.

As for his thoughts, they're actually common in a CKD diet. The high GI foods are just as good as the low GI foods when it comes to a CKD diet. Just make sure what you pick is low in fat. Also, stay away from fructose. It won't do any good for carb replenishment. Snackwell cookies, low fat granola bars, oats, yams, potatoes, rice crispies, etc.

**KingMike** · 10-24-2006, 11:58 AM

Thanks. I will just hit the store tommorow after class and load up on all the low fat or fat free goodies.

Does anyone have any recomendations cookes, cereal, etc that do not have High fructose corn syrup. I imagine that is even worse than regular fructose on a CKD.