Re: When my urine tastes bitter...

The Bernstein diet can be found at: http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Bernsteins-Diabetes-Solution/dp/B000OVLJKU/ref=sr_1_...

You can think of Bernstein as a carbohydrate restricted Atkins diet.  He recommends 4 carbohydrates per meal for a maximum of 12 per day.  It is almost identical to the diet that my internationally recognized in diabetes care clinic has all their Type II's on.  (They have been researching diabetes since 1923,, and continue their research.)  My clinic's plan is 15 carbohydrates per meal.  With each of them there is no restriction of fat or cream.  I've felt much better than when on any other eating style including the McDougall Diet - on which I gained loads of weight and am convinced that it promotes getting Type II.  Not everyone will get Type II, but the biggest factor in my mind are the grains, whole and refined.  (Mercola has a book - "The No-Grain Diet" which I agree with completely in concept.  It has cured a family member of all sorts of difficulties.)  Also on this diet all my lipid profile markers have improved dramatically which is just the opposite of what I would have thought.  Yes, I've been brainwashed by mainstream medicine and dietary BS and it literally worried me when I started three years ago, but I'm glad I'm on this diet.

I eat anywhere from 3 to 6 eggs for breakfast along with bacon or sausage.  The rest of my day is pretty much beef and pork with some chicken once in a while.  I will go for days on end with no carbohydrates whatsoever, and my blood sugar levels remain within the normal range.  Things that drive my blood sugar through the ceiling are things that I like, like sourdough bread (sends it significantly higher than another favorite - ice cream), plain oatmeal also sends it higher than ice cream, and brown rice which I love is right behind it.  Now, keep in mind that each individual is different, but I know other that have very similar BS problems.

On this diet I have much more energy than on any other diet I've been on and am able to control my weight much better than any other way, another factor for diabetics.

While strictly adhering to this diet (and I do about 90% of the time) my urine has very little taste to it and zero odor.  I compared it to freshly brewed tea in an earlier post because it really doesn't taste much different than that.  If I eat bread, or even steamed vegetables, the urine taste changes to somewhat sour or a little distasteful but once I've run that through my system I'm back to my pure taste.  I can (and do) eat loads of fat and it in no way effects my urine's taste.