Shishoto Peppers at LACMA

While on a work-trip-turned-vacation in LA last month, I had lunch with my boyfriend at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. This museum has an amazing collection of modern art and it's gourmet farm-to-table restaurant, Ray's, was equally as impressive. We decided to share plates which means we played the game of searching the menu to 'order within my diet' for both of us.  While I strictly adhere to my "no dairy, gluten, corn or high carbs" diet, I don't expect those restrictions to be imposed on my meal companions, but it's extra nice when they play along. We found three items on the menu that fit the bill and they all three dazzled. It just goes to prove that even 'healthy' can be inventive, tasty, and imaginative, and I don't have to feel like I'm missing out on the dining out experience. Pictured above is a tuna sashimi, shishoto peppers with salt, and a kale and pigs ears salad.
Photo by Gina

Facing east

I've been on a new diet since October. I started going to a NRT specialist, and this is how my body responded to his vials. No dairy, no gluten, no corn. Added on top of my low carb/little-to-no sugar regime. His method of diet and supplements individually tailored to my body's response to his testing, definitely cleared me of Candida, a condition that makes you crave sugar (diabetic kryptonite), in just one month. So now I'm going for optimal health and seeing what happens. In addition I'm working on balancing my body energetically by taking a Reiki session every month or so. This has been an extremely rewarding experience, seeing positive changes each and every time I go. Both of these methods are outside of the normal Western medicine outlook, and thus out of my insurance coverage, but I'm finding myself compelled to find answers beyond "We don't know what caused your illness, and we don't know how to cure it, just rely on this insulin."
So far I've reduced some insulin, had the best A1c (3 month average of glucose readings), minimized concern about my thyroid, and lost 10lbs. That's a pretty good start for 4 months work.