Rick - You dont say what you have for breakfast but usually you get the shakes because of eating too much! Regardless of how hungry you are eat a small breakfast at 7 then have a snack at 9 and I'd put money on you not getting the shakes.

Tacha - not sure who gave you that advise but it sounds a bit suspect. Pasta is a complex carb and is absorbed by the body very quickly. If you want pasta only use the wholewheat type. Rice is the same jsut have brown rice. Anything that hits your system fast is what causes the insulin over reaction. Slow food in small amounts is best.

This has become my pet subject LOL!