A different diet.

A couple weeks ago my husband and I were at my mother-in-laws. We were having tea and chatting. Somehow we ended up talking about weight loss and diets and whatnot. This is not an odd topic to come up in her company because she is very health conscious and I am significantly over weight and battling my own health demons.

Anyway, as we were talking, she brought up a program called a “pancreas protocol”. She was just learning about it, but so far very intrigued. She told us that it is a program which resets the pancreas and gets it functioning properly again. “What's wrong with my pancreas in the first place?” I wondered. To answer that question, I had to look at what a pancreas is supposed to be doing in the first place, then gage that against what my pancreas is apparently doing for me.

As a person who has been pretty preoccupied with “how to lose weight” for a while, I'm pretty familiar with insulin and the role it plays in my body. I also know very well that too much insulin is one of the major reasons people get fat. So, I have done numerous diets and taken various supplements all in an effort to rebalance my hormones or at least get them back under control, especially insulin. That's why I think it's amazing that I have never looked at something like this pancreas protocol before. The pancreas is responsible for producing the insulin that is released in the body. So it might be worthwhile to see if the organ that is responsible for the production of the one hormone that can create the most chaos is actually working right. Brilliant!

So that is why I became intrigued with this “pancreas protocol” and is precisely why I wanted to know more. Have you ever wondered why some skinny little person can consume lots of carbs and not gain an ounce? I know I have. I've also wondered why it is that I can eat well all week and then go out with my husband and have a steak and fettuccine Alfredo with a glass of red wine and share a crème brulee and put on 4 pounds! I'm not naïve. I know that it's a rich meal, but 4 pounds??? Seriously.

One should be able to eat healthy most of the time and still enjoy the occasional treat without too much worry. That's precisely what the pancreas protocol addresses and I'm doing it starting tomorrow.