A study has been carried out on rats to find out if a high salt diet increases sensitivity to salt, and they were compared with rats fed on a diet of normal salt levels.
The ones fed on a high salt diet developed more salt receptors on the taste buds. This meant that they had to maintain a high salt diet in order to get the desired ‘kick’. So salt is addictive. Well fast food companies have known that for years.
But the important thing is, it is reversable. You have to wean yourself off high salt foods, and in theory you will develop fewer salt receptors.
Too much salt can cause hypertension, high blood pressure, heart disease, exercise induced asthma, stomach cancer, cataracts, and osteoporosis.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
56. Food Diary Day 38
Porridge
apple juice
2 figs
Coffee, no milk!
smoothie
Prawn salad, and avacado
ordinary hot decaf tea, no milk.
apple
half red pepper
beetroot
spaghetti bolognaise
mint tea
1.5 litres of water throughout the day
apple juice
2 figs
Coffee, no milk!
smoothie
Prawn salad, and avacado
ordinary hot decaf tea, no milk.
apple
half red pepper
beetroot
spaghetti bolognaise
mint tea
1.5 litres of water throughout the day
55. The Weekend!
Was away for the weekend, and refused to be a pain to my friends. I actually had the first bit of ice cream for over a YEAR! One bit can't kill me.
Can I admit everything else? Diet Coke? The Aspartame Special? No, I'll not mention that bit.
What about the chocolate?
No. we'll keep that quiet too.
I ate fruit teas, and porridge and other good stuff too, but to be honest, I don't write everything down when I'm not at home.
The reason I can keep an accurate record at home, is I literally have a word doc open all day with a list of everything I eat! I'm not that obsessive when not at home. I think I'd alienate myself pretty quick!
No alcohol though. I actually don't like booze any more, and it gives me terrible heartburn, so that's also a good reason.
Can I admit everything else? Diet Coke? The Aspartame Special? No, I'll not mention that bit.
What about the chocolate?
No. we'll keep that quiet too.
I ate fruit teas, and porridge and other good stuff too, but to be honest, I don't write everything down when I'm not at home.
The reason I can keep an accurate record at home, is I literally have a word doc open all day with a list of everything I eat! I'm not that obsessive when not at home. I think I'd alienate myself pretty quick!
No alcohol though. I actually don't like booze any more, and it gives me terrible heartburn, so that's also a good reason.
Monday, April 23, 2007
54a. Healthy Oils Part 2
Here is a graph I've found that demonstrates quite nicely how beneficial these oils are for you.
54. Healthy Oils Part 1
Olive oil is probably the healthiest of all oils. It has lots of monounsaturated fat, which is good for you, and less saturated and polyunsaturated fats than vegetable oils.
Unlike oils that are processed from hard seeds using heat and chemicals, oils from the fruit of the olive are soft pressed and healthier.
It is sensitive to light and heat however, so use it in dressings, but it will lose it’s healthy properties when heated.
Peanut oil is more tolerant of heat than olive oil and other oils, and is suitable for frying. The peanut taste of the oil complements some foods very well.
Peanut oil is higher in monounsaturated fats than most vegetable oils, but opinion ios divided on whether it is healthy, because some peanut oil could be contain traces of a carcinogenic mold that some peanuts have.
Canola oil doesn’t really have a flavor and is suitable for frying. It is high in monounsaturated fat and has some omega-3 fatty acids.
The safest canola oil is organic, expeller-pressed available in the health food stores, and most grocery stores.
Always keep oils in a cool, dark place, ideally in the fridge.
Unlike oils that are processed from hard seeds using heat and chemicals, oils from the fruit of the olive are soft pressed and healthier.
It is sensitive to light and heat however, so use it in dressings, but it will lose it’s healthy properties when heated.
Peanut oil is more tolerant of heat than olive oil and other oils, and is suitable for frying. The peanut taste of the oil complements some foods very well.
Peanut oil is higher in monounsaturated fats than most vegetable oils, but opinion ios divided on whether it is healthy, because some peanut oil could be contain traces of a carcinogenic mold that some peanuts have.
Canola oil doesn’t really have a flavor and is suitable for frying. It is high in monounsaturated fat and has some omega-3 fatty acids.
The safest canola oil is organic, expeller-pressed available in the health food stores, and most grocery stores.
Always keep oils in a cool, dark place, ideally in the fridge.
Friday, April 20, 2007
53. Food Diary Days 33 and 34
Day 33
Cornflakes - too lazy and sleepy to make porridge
Coffee
apple juice
Porridge - Yeah very greedy today!
Prawn salad with avacado and mayonnaise
Fruit smoothie
cottage cheese and flax oil
licorice
Whole raw red pepper
Decaf coffee
Apple
Baked potato with cabbage, minced pork and low fat onion gravy
Green tea
Day 34
Coffee
Porridge
Apple juice
Cottage cheese and flax oil
Coffee
Pork and Vegetable soup,
Mint tea
Cornflakes - too lazy and sleepy to make porridge
Coffee
apple juice
Porridge - Yeah very greedy today!
Prawn salad with avacado and mayonnaise
Fruit smoothie
cottage cheese and flax oil
licorice
Whole raw red pepper
Decaf coffee
Apple
Baked potato with cabbage, minced pork and low fat onion gravy
Green tea
Day 34
Coffee
Porridge
Apple juice
Cottage cheese and flax oil
Coffee
Pork and Vegetable soup,
Mint tea
52. Make Your Own Dairy Free Oat Milk
Make any amount of porridge with water, either on the stove or in a microwave
Allow to cool
Pour porridge into a seive (a plastic one is best), over a bowl
Use a dessert spoon to stir the porridge and to ‘collect’ the liquid from underneath
Add more water and a tiny amount of fruit sugar until the desired consistency
Store your homemade oat-milk in the refridgerator
Use your porridge as a dessert, a cereal, or make porridge cookies!
Allow to cool
Pour porridge into a seive (a plastic one is best), over a bowl
Use a dessert spoon to stir the porridge and to ‘collect’ the liquid from underneath
Add more water and a tiny amount of fruit sugar until the desired consistency
Store your homemade oat-milk in the refridgerator
Use your porridge as a dessert, a cereal, or make porridge cookies!
Thursday, April 19, 2007
51. Educate Your Kids – Healthy Diets
It’s difficult to stay focussed on a healthy diet for you and your family when all day long you are being bombarded with messages to the contrary, but just because the rest of the world is slowly killing themselves, you don’t have to!
In a report by Jane Bunce children are being exposed to a phenomenal number of junk food ads.
“Children saw an average 9 junk food TV ads an hour.” she says Read more here:
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21587034-662,00.html
There is only so much you can do to ensure your kids eat healthily. If you never keep candy in the house, they’ll just hate you! And if they can’t afford to buy what they want to eat when they’re out with their friends, they’ll find ways to get the money – ‘whether hook or by crook’ – so the way to get the healthy message across to kids is to educate them.
Start by asking them how long they want to live. And rather than force them to eat certain foods, just tell them it’s ‘their life’ – it’s impossible to enforce rules, they will always break them. If you give them the choice to make up their own minds, not only will they respect you for it, for treating them with respect, but they’ll eventually make the right decisions.
After all, you’re only on a special diet, because you HAVE to be – right?!
In a report by Jane Bunce children are being exposed to a phenomenal number of junk food ads.
“Children saw an average 9 junk food TV ads an hour.” she says Read more here:
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21587034-662,00.html
There is only so much you can do to ensure your kids eat healthily. If you never keep candy in the house, they’ll just hate you! And if they can’t afford to buy what they want to eat when they’re out with their friends, they’ll find ways to get the money – ‘whether hook or by crook’ – so the way to get the healthy message across to kids is to educate them.
Start by asking them how long they want to live. And rather than force them to eat certain foods, just tell them it’s ‘their life’ – it’s impossible to enforce rules, they will always break them. If you give them the choice to make up their own minds, not only will they respect you for it, for treating them with respect, but they’ll eventually make the right decisions.
After all, you’re only on a special diet, because you HAVE to be – right?!
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
50. Food Diary Day 32
Went out to a meeting this morning and suddenly remembered I’d forgotten to eat breakfast and that I’d left my porridge still in the microwave!
As the meeting was from 10am until 12.30, my tummy was rumbling very loudly.
So I had a coffee and a hot chocolate to try and keep it quiet. There was nothing to eat.
When I got out I had sushi, carrot cake and apple juice from the nearest shop. but that was a lot healthier than my first choice of a fast food take away. I think I did really well to stick to healthy food, despite my climbing the walls with hunger!
The cool thing was I kept my cool! A few weeks ago, in the same situation, I would have had extreme low blood sugar and been gasping for air, and be unable to concentrate on ANYTHING but where my next meal was coming from.
All this porridge has paid off – even if today’s got neglected til this evening!
Other food included a banana
Baked potato, with spinach, prawns and mayonnaise
an apple
cornflakes
tea
As the meeting was from 10am until 12.30, my tummy was rumbling very loudly.
So I had a coffee and a hot chocolate to try and keep it quiet. There was nothing to eat.
When I got out I had sushi, carrot cake and apple juice from the nearest shop. but that was a lot healthier than my first choice of a fast food take away. I think I did really well to stick to healthy food, despite my climbing the walls with hunger!
The cool thing was I kept my cool! A few weeks ago, in the same situation, I would have had extreme low blood sugar and been gasping for air, and be unable to concentrate on ANYTHING but where my next meal was coming from.
All this porridge has paid off – even if today’s got neglected til this evening!
Other food included a banana
Baked potato, with spinach, prawns and mayonnaise
an apple
cornflakes
tea
49. GERD Diet
Gastro Reflux can be caused by stress, and or NSAIDs anti inflammatory drugs. Your stomach is producing too much acid, and is damaging your stomach wall. This can result in stomach ulcers, hiatus hernia or acid reflux, or a combination of all three.
You could take milk of magnesia for temporary relief, but for longer term you may need proton pump inhibitors, special pills to stop your stomach producing too much acid. Your doctor will decide what is best for you, but you can greatly reduce the effects of GERD by eating ther right foods, and avoiding the wrong ones. I would also strongly recommend a food tolerancy test, if you already haven’t taken one. Ask at your family doctor’s or health food shop.
Recommended Food:
Goats milk , chees and youghurt, preferably low fat.
melon, banana, pears, apples, berries, peaches
All vegetables
lean poultry and fish
Foods To Avoid:
whole milk and chocolate
All fried foods
Fizzy drinks
Tomatoes
All citrus fruit
Vinegar
All animal fat
alcohol and caffeine
beef, and all cow products
so milk, cheese, yoghurt and cream
You could take milk of magnesia for temporary relief, but for longer term you may need proton pump inhibitors, special pills to stop your stomach producing too much acid. Your doctor will decide what is best for you, but you can greatly reduce the effects of GERD by eating ther right foods, and avoiding the wrong ones. I would also strongly recommend a food tolerancy test, if you already haven’t taken one. Ask at your family doctor’s or health food shop.
Recommended Food:
Goats milk , chees and youghurt, preferably low fat.
melon, banana, pears, apples, berries, peaches
All vegetables
lean poultry and fish
Foods To Avoid:
whole milk and chocolate
All fried foods
Fizzy drinks
Tomatoes
All citrus fruit
Vinegar
All animal fat
alcohol and caffeine
beef, and all cow products
so milk, cheese, yoghurt and cream
48. Days 30 and 31
Day 30
Apple
Porridge
Coffee
Pepper salad; raw sliced mixed peppers with olive oil, garlic and thyme
Fennel Tea
boiled egg
Apple juice
celery and carrot with avacado dip; made with yoghurt, mayonnaise and soft goats cheese
same dip with prawns and spinach, and Potato
Decaf coffee
went out: 3 glasses of tomato juice and one apple juice
Day 31
Cornflakes
Coffee
Porridge
Apple
Fruit smoothie
chicken supreme with potato. I forgot to have lunch so I had no time to cook rice, so I did a chopped potato in the microwave.
White sauce; soya spread, soya milk, cornflour, chicken stock, pinch of garlic, dash of white wine.
Coffee – very sleepy today
I had chicken supreme tonight as well with rice.
porridge
Apple
Porridge
Coffee
Pepper salad; raw sliced mixed peppers with olive oil, garlic and thyme
Fennel Tea
boiled egg
Apple juice
celery and carrot with avacado dip; made with yoghurt, mayonnaise and soft goats cheese
same dip with prawns and spinach, and Potato
Decaf coffee
went out: 3 glasses of tomato juice and one apple juice
Day 31
Cornflakes
Coffee
Porridge
Apple
Fruit smoothie
chicken supreme with potato. I forgot to have lunch so I had no time to cook rice, so I did a chopped potato in the microwave.
White sauce; soya spread, soya milk, cornflour, chicken stock, pinch of garlic, dash of white wine.
Coffee – very sleepy today
I had chicken supreme tonight as well with rice.
porridge
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
47. Gluten, Egg and Dairy Free Bread
This is for those with a programmable bread making machine
Ingredients
1.4 cups of water
3 tbs of honey
1 tsp salt
2 tsp cider vinegar
3 tbs oil
1-1/2 tbs of xanthan gum
1 cup of millet flour
1 cup of cornstarch
1 cup of tapioca flour
1 packet of active yeast (not the rapid rise type)
Directions
Sift the flours and xanthan.
Add the first 5 ingredients to the bread machine, then add the flour.
Make a well in the middle of the flour then add the yeast.
Program machine for following times:
20 minutes to preheat
20 minutes to knead
75 minutes to rise
55 minutes to bake
Notes: Be sure to use only 1 kneading cycle. Check the dough as it begins to knead to see if you need to add more water or more flour. The dough should look somewhat wet, and swirl up above the beaters when it's kneading, but should not be too thin.
Ingredients
1.4 cups of water
3 tbs of honey
1 tsp salt
2 tsp cider vinegar
3 tbs oil
1-1/2 tbs of xanthan gum
1 cup of millet flour
1 cup of cornstarch
1 cup of tapioca flour
1 packet of active yeast (not the rapid rise type)
Directions
Sift the flours and xanthan.
Add the first 5 ingredients to the bread machine, then add the flour.
Make a well in the middle of the flour then add the yeast.
Program machine for following times:
20 minutes to preheat
20 minutes to knead
75 minutes to rise
55 minutes to bake
Notes: Be sure to use only 1 kneading cycle. Check the dough as it begins to knead to see if you need to add more water or more flour. The dough should look somewhat wet, and swirl up above the beaters when it's kneading, but should not be too thin.
46. Food Diary Days 28 and 29
Day 28
Porridge
Decaf coffee
Banana
Apple juice
Yoghurt and summer fruits
Poached egg and Ryvita
Summer fruits Smoothie
Fennel tea
Apple
Beetroot
Fish pie
Porridge
Day 29
Porridge
Coffee
Apple juice
Pear
Mixed nuts and raisins
prawn and avacado with mayonnaise
Roast lamb potatoes and parsnips, cabbage and swede
Fruit salad
Camomile tea
Porridge
Decaf coffee
Banana
Apple juice
Yoghurt and summer fruits
Poached egg and Ryvita
Summer fruits Smoothie
Fennel tea
Apple
Beetroot
Fish pie
Porridge
Day 29
Porridge
Coffee
Apple juice
Pear
Mixed nuts and raisins
prawn and avacado with mayonnaise
Roast lamb potatoes and parsnips, cabbage and swede
Fruit salad
Camomile tea
Saturday, April 14, 2007
45. Porridge Cookies
I discovered how to make these by being a dirty, lazy slob!
1. Make porridge in the microwave.
2. Overdo it so it spills all down the sides, and onto the glass plate.
3. Whenever you heat other food in your microwave, be careful to ensure you do not clean up the porridge spillage for at least three days.
4. On the fourth day, pick up the now rigid porridge from the glass plate.
5. Eat and enjoy!
OK, don’t eat them! But you can recreate this mishap of mine by pouring porridge circles on a baking sheet and cooking on a high oven. Grease the oven tray first, and add cinnamon, ginger (and sugar if you must!)
But I think they taste great without sugar. Hey, I’m addicted!
1. Make porridge in the microwave.
2. Overdo it so it spills all down the sides, and onto the glass plate.
3. Whenever you heat other food in your microwave, be careful to ensure you do not clean up the porridge spillage for at least three days.
4. On the fourth day, pick up the now rigid porridge from the glass plate.
5. Eat and enjoy!
OK, don’t eat them! But you can recreate this mishap of mine by pouring porridge circles on a baking sheet and cooking on a high oven. Grease the oven tray first, and add cinnamon, ginger (and sugar if you must!)
But I think they taste great without sugar. Hey, I’m addicted!
Friday, April 13, 2007
44. Food Diary Day 27
Porridge
Fruit smoothie
Coffee
Banana
biscuit
Chopped apple and cottage cheese
As I’d forgotten to have my flax oil with it (it does taste pretty grim, so the cottage cheese always tastes nicer without it!) - I had to endure the flax oil ON IT’S OWN. Yuk!
The unsweetened green tea tasted like heaven by comparison!
Fruit smoothie
Chicken and vegetable soup
licorice
Fruit smoothie
Coffee
Banana
biscuit
Chopped apple and cottage cheese
As I’d forgotten to have my flax oil with it (it does taste pretty grim, so the cottage cheese always tastes nicer without it!) - I had to endure the flax oil ON IT’S OWN. Yuk!
The unsweetened green tea tasted like heaven by comparison!
Fruit smoothie
Chicken and vegetable soup
licorice
43. Dairy Free Cherry Cake Recipe
Ingredients
375g or13oz of Self Raising Flour
300g or12oz of Brown Sugar
1/2 teasp. of Salt
480ml or 16fl.oz. of Water
60ml or 2fl.oz. of vegetable oil
2 tbsp of Vinegar
2 teasp. of Vanilla Extract
100g or 4oz of Glace Cherries - halved
1. Preheat the oven to 180C, 350F, or Gas Mark 4.
2. In a large mixing bowl mix all the dry ingredients together as well as the glace cherries.
3. Make a well in the centre and add the remaining ingredients. Mix well then beat with a wooden spoon until smooth.
4. Transfer the mixture to a 20cm or8 inch cake tin and bake for 30 - 35 minutes. Let cake cool on a wire rack.
375g or13oz of Self Raising Flour
300g or12oz of Brown Sugar
1/2 teasp. of Salt
480ml or 16fl.oz. of Water
60ml or 2fl.oz. of vegetable oil
2 tbsp of Vinegar
2 teasp. of Vanilla Extract
100g or 4oz of Glace Cherries - halved
1. Preheat the oven to 180C, 350F, or Gas Mark 4.
2. In a large mixing bowl mix all the dry ingredients together as well as the glace cherries.
3. Make a well in the centre and add the remaining ingredients. Mix well then beat with a wooden spoon until smooth.
4. Transfer the mixture to a 20cm or8 inch cake tin and bake for 30 - 35 minutes. Let cake cool on a wire rack.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
42. Food Diary Day 25 and 26
Day 25
Porridge and raisins
Apple
Decaf Coffee, one fruit sugar and goats milk
Egg and ham sandwich
Pear
Chicken and vegetable soup (with LESS salty flavoring!)
Summer fruits, yoghurt and softened, crushed pistachio nuts
bit of chocolate (lack of sleep, self pity etc.!)
cornflakes with soya milk
Day 26
Apple
Porridge and raisins
Full caffiene Coffee, one fruit sugar and goats milk
2 plums
Fresh Apple juice and water mixed
– this is another blood sugar levels trick. It maintains your BSL better than pure apple juice alone, as that is still lots of sugar (healthy sugar, but still sugar)
Cottage cheese, flax oil, onion and chives with 3 slices of Ryvita
2 soft boiled eggs, nothing with them - NO salt!
One red pepper – eaten like an apple!
chicken and veg soup again
the recipe is mentioned earlier but this time as well as cabbage, celery, broccoli, and everything else, I’ve added spinach too.
Summer fruit smoothie, bananas, and apple juice
The very last of my Easter Egg chocolate
litre of water
Porridge and raisins
Apple
Decaf Coffee, one fruit sugar and goats milk
Egg and ham sandwich
Pear
Chicken and vegetable soup (with LESS salty flavoring!)
Summer fruits, yoghurt and softened, crushed pistachio nuts
bit of chocolate (lack of sleep, self pity etc.!)
cornflakes with soya milk
Day 26
Apple
Porridge and raisins
Full caffiene Coffee, one fruit sugar and goats milk
2 plums
Fresh Apple juice and water mixed
– this is another blood sugar levels trick. It maintains your BSL better than pure apple juice alone, as that is still lots of sugar (healthy sugar, but still sugar)
Cottage cheese, flax oil, onion and chives with 3 slices of Ryvita
2 soft boiled eggs, nothing with them - NO salt!
One red pepper – eaten like an apple!
chicken and veg soup again
the recipe is mentioned earlier but this time as well as cabbage, celery, broccoli, and everything else, I’ve added spinach too.
Summer fruit smoothie, bananas, and apple juice
The very last of my Easter Egg chocolate
litre of water
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
41. Low Salt Diet
I don’t believe it! I have high blood pressure. I went to get my pill today and the doctor took my blood pressure. It has always been normal all my life, and today it’s 126 over 90.
It’s usually anywhere from 100 over 60 up to 120 over 80, which they tell me is normal. Today’s reading is normal for an 85 year old, and I’m 39!
Oh dear. She still gave me the pill, but told me to have my blood pressure done again in two weeks, so now I have to cut salt out too.
I’m certain, it’s temporary, because I have been anxious and had little sleep the last few days, and also this happened straight after I hobbled all the way to the hospital because of my hip. I live 8 minutes walk away, only today it took 15 minutes, and I was in a lot of pain. I knew I should have cycled.
So all that must have affected my blood pressure. So when I made my famous chicken and veg soup tonight I was reminded just how much salt is in there. I normally put worcestershire sauce in, and yeast free vegetable stock – both laiden with salt. You see you can get yeast free or low salt, but not both together!
Jeez, it’s hard work, this special diet mularky.
It’s usually anywhere from 100 over 60 up to 120 over 80, which they tell me is normal. Today’s reading is normal for an 85 year old, and I’m 39!
Oh dear. She still gave me the pill, but told me to have my blood pressure done again in two weeks, so now I have to cut salt out too.
I’m certain, it’s temporary, because I have been anxious and had little sleep the last few days, and also this happened straight after I hobbled all the way to the hospital because of my hip. I live 8 minutes walk away, only today it took 15 minutes, and I was in a lot of pain. I knew I should have cycled.
So all that must have affected my blood pressure. So when I made my famous chicken and veg soup tonight I was reminded just how much salt is in there. I normally put worcestershire sauce in, and yeast free vegetable stock – both laiden with salt. You see you can get yeast free or low salt, but not both together!
Jeez, it’s hard work, this special diet mularky.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
40. Days 23 and 24
Day 23
Cornflakes
Apple juice
Coffee
Banana
Green tea
Ham and rye bread sandwich
celery and my ‘magic dip’:
goats milk yoghurt
goats cheese
mayonnaise
garlic chives
Baked potato with goats cheese and prawns, broccoli
bit of chocolate
Camomile tea with a bit of honey
porridge
Day 24
Porridge
Apple juice
Banana
Decaf coffee
apple
cottage cheese and flax oil
summer fruits and plums smoothie
Blackcurrant tea
Stir fried vegetables, beansprouts and king prawns with soy sauce
teeny piece of chocolate. I’m having tiny bits which is unheard of. It takes the savoury taste away, but doesn’t spoil me.
Decaf coffee
lots of water throughout both days
Cornflakes
Apple juice
Coffee
Banana
Green tea
Ham and rye bread sandwich
celery and my ‘magic dip’:
goats milk yoghurt
goats cheese
mayonnaise
garlic chives
Baked potato with goats cheese and prawns, broccoli
bit of chocolate
Camomile tea with a bit of honey
porridge
Day 24
Porridge
Apple juice
Banana
Decaf coffee
apple
cottage cheese and flax oil
summer fruits and plums smoothie
Blackcurrant tea
Stir fried vegetables, beansprouts and king prawns with soy sauce
teeny piece of chocolate. I’m having tiny bits which is unheard of. It takes the savoury taste away, but doesn’t spoil me.
Decaf coffee
lots of water throughout both days
39. Dairy Free Diet
Richard E. Grant doesn’t eat dairy food, I read today. Well the info is a year old, but it might still be true. He says it stopped his migraines, so I intend to try it to stop my headaches.
He also runs round Richmond Park every morning. I even found his house on Google Earth! No I won’t be stalking him – but I did try jogging, as it reminded me I need to crank my fitness regime up a notch.
Oops - with less than a quarter mile, my hip felt like it had a knife in it. You know how when you have an injection it hurts more if you have your muscle tense? It felt exactly like that – like I was trying to run with a knife in my hip.
I was instantly reduced to a hobble, and would’ve looked very embarrassed if it wasn’t 4.30am and no-one about. I did it in a vain attampt to get to sleep, so I could go on the 5 mile walk I had planned.
Anyway, back to dairy free diet. I still have nearly a full litre of goat’s milk, a few eggs, and some goats cheese and yoghurt, but as soon as they’re finished, I’ll give it a go.
I had to let my friends down as I won’t be doing much walking at all for a week, and I’m on my maximum dose of painkillers now. No idea if it’s related to my arthtritis – it feels like the muscle not the joint - it’s not like joint pain.
At least I can cycle though, so I’ll do that every day.
He also runs round Richmond Park every morning. I even found his house on Google Earth! No I won’t be stalking him – but I did try jogging, as it reminded me I need to crank my fitness regime up a notch.
Oops - with less than a quarter mile, my hip felt like it had a knife in it. You know how when you have an injection it hurts more if you have your muscle tense? It felt exactly like that – like I was trying to run with a knife in my hip.
I was instantly reduced to a hobble, and would’ve looked very embarrassed if it wasn’t 4.30am and no-one about. I did it in a vain attampt to get to sleep, so I could go on the 5 mile walk I had planned.
Anyway, back to dairy free diet. I still have nearly a full litre of goat’s milk, a few eggs, and some goats cheese and yoghurt, but as soon as they’re finished, I’ll give it a go.
I had to let my friends down as I won’t be doing much walking at all for a week, and I’m on my maximum dose of painkillers now. No idea if it’s related to my arthtritis – it feels like the muscle not the joint - it’s not like joint pain.
At least I can cycle though, so I’ll do that every day.
38. Days 21 and 22
I was invited out both Saturday and Sunday, and had a hot cross bun on Saturday, and a roast dinner on Sunday. So I had fatty food and yorkshire pudding, but that was a rare treat I haven’t had since Christmas 2005!
I did decline a glass of wine.
Then I ate very healthy, low fat, low sugar, low chocolate – chocolate. OK it was ordinary milk chocolate, and you’ll be pleased to know I did suffer because of it.
I couldn’t sleep. Not sure if that was physiological or just guilt! I didn’t feel in any physical discomfort, but I was awake til past 5am.
Everything else I consumed was healthy – honest.
I did decline a glass of wine.
Then I ate very healthy, low fat, low sugar, low chocolate – chocolate. OK it was ordinary milk chocolate, and you’ll be pleased to know I did suffer because of it.
I couldn’t sleep. Not sure if that was physiological or just guilt! I didn’t feel in any physical discomfort, but I was awake til past 5am.
Everything else I consumed was healthy – honest.
Friday, April 06, 2007
37. Day 19 and 20
I can’t remember – I wrote it down somewhere, but I’ve lost it. I’ll update this when I find it!
update:
Nope can't find where i wrote it, sorry.
Due to serious lack of sleep I’ve felt really ill the last few days, so have neglected my blog, but touch wood, I’m ok now.
Last Thursday and Friday, I can’t remember what I had but I do know it was all good stuff, and conformed to my healthy wheat free diet.
Which is more than can be said over the Easter weekend...
update:
Nope can't find where i wrote it, sorry.
Due to serious lack of sleep I’ve felt really ill the last few days, so have neglected my blog, but touch wood, I’m ok now.
Last Thursday and Friday, I can’t remember what I had but I do know it was all good stuff, and conformed to my healthy wheat free diet.
Which is more than can be said over the Easter weekend...
Thursday, April 05, 2007
36. Is Egg Substitute OK for Egg allergies?
No!
Most egg substitute products, whether fresh, frozen or powdered, contain mostly egg whites, so if you have an allergy to eggs, they are not suitable as egg alternatives.
But egg substitute is a good alternative to eggs if you want to cut down on fat and cholesterol, which are concentrated in the egg’s yolk.
Although whole eggs are not especially high in fat, just 5 grams of total fat and less than 2 grams of saturated fat per egg, they are very high in cholesterol, containing more than two-thirds the daily recommended total. So multi-egg dishes such as omelets and frittatas, which often contain cheese or other high-fat, high-cholesterol ingredients, are good candidate dishes for using egg substitute.
What else in is egg substitute?
Well, egg substitute products such as Egg Beaters brand, contain 99 percent egg whites. The other one percent is “natural flavor,” coloring, spices, onion powder, salt, guar gum and xanthan gum. Many nutrients are added to make up for the ones lost from the yolk, so egg substitute will usually contain varying amounts of iron, folate, zinc, riboflavin, thiamin, vitamins A, E, B6 and B12, and have the same amount of protein as whole eggs. While some brands, like Egg Beaters, contain no fat or cholesterol, others use vegetable oil as an ingredient, which adds to the fat content again, although the fat is usually unsaturated.
Most egg substitute products, whether fresh, frozen or powdered, contain mostly egg whites, so if you have an allergy to eggs, they are not suitable as egg alternatives.
But egg substitute is a good alternative to eggs if you want to cut down on fat and cholesterol, which are concentrated in the egg’s yolk.
Although whole eggs are not especially high in fat, just 5 grams of total fat and less than 2 grams of saturated fat per egg, they are very high in cholesterol, containing more than two-thirds the daily recommended total. So multi-egg dishes such as omelets and frittatas, which often contain cheese or other high-fat, high-cholesterol ingredients, are good candidate dishes for using egg substitute.
What else in is egg substitute?
Well, egg substitute products such as Egg Beaters brand, contain 99 percent egg whites. The other one percent is “natural flavor,” coloring, spices, onion powder, salt, guar gum and xanthan gum. Many nutrients are added to make up for the ones lost from the yolk, so egg substitute will usually contain varying amounts of iron, folate, zinc, riboflavin, thiamin, vitamins A, E, B6 and B12, and have the same amount of protein as whole eggs. While some brands, like Egg Beaters, contain no fat or cholesterol, others use vegetable oil as an ingredient, which adds to the fat content again, although the fat is usually unsaturated.
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
35. Food Diary - Days 17 and 18
Day 17
Porridge
Decaf Coffee
Orange juice
summer fruits smoothie
Apple
cottage cheese and flax oil
hard boiled egg
Camomile Tea
2 plums
chicken and vegetable soup
goats milk yoghurt with fruit smoothie
porridge
Day 18
Cornflakes and muesli (was in a rush)
Orange juice
Coffee
Banana
Prawn salad sandwich on wholemeal bread
licorice bar
Pistachio nuts
Blackcurrant tea
Apple
Chicken and vegetable soup
porridge
Porridge
Decaf Coffee
Orange juice
summer fruits smoothie
Apple
cottage cheese and flax oil
hard boiled egg
Camomile Tea
2 plums
chicken and vegetable soup
goats milk yoghurt with fruit smoothie
porridge
Day 18
Cornflakes and muesli (was in a rush)
Orange juice
Coffee
Banana
Prawn salad sandwich on wholemeal bread
licorice bar
Pistachio nuts
Blackcurrant tea
Apple
Chicken and vegetable soup
porridge
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
34. Gluten Free Pizza Base
I was supposed to put this together with the pizza sauce (that would’ve made sense), but better late than never – here is the pizza base recipe:
Ingredients
1/2 teasp of Dried Yeast Granules
240ml or8fl.oz. of warm water
1 teasp of Sugar
100g or 4oz of Rice Flour
75g or 3oz of Cornflour
1 tbsp of Potato Flour
1 1/2 tbsp of Olive Oil
1 teasp of Salt
Some extra oil for greasing
Instructions
1. In a bowl, dissolve the yeast in half of the warm water. Add the sugar and mix well. Leave for 15 minutes.
2. Preheat the oven to 220C, 425F, Gas Mark 7 then lightly oil a large pizza pan or tray. Prepare toppings for the pizza.
3. Place the remaining dry ingredients in a mixing bowl, and add the yeast mixture and mix well, adding the remaining water a bit at a time until the consistency of a very thick batter.
4. Pour the dough into the centre of the prepared pizza pan or tray and spread around evenly. Bake at the top of the oven for 5 minutes until it is lightly set.
5. Remove from the oven and reduce the oven temperature to 190C, 375F, or Gas Mark 5.
6. Add your toppings to the pizza. Return to the oven and continue to bake for another 15-20 minutes.
Ingredients
1/2 teasp of Dried Yeast Granules
240ml or8fl.oz. of warm water
1 teasp of Sugar
100g or 4oz of Rice Flour
75g or 3oz of Cornflour
1 tbsp of Potato Flour
1 1/2 tbsp of Olive Oil
1 teasp of Salt
Some extra oil for greasing
Instructions
1. In a bowl, dissolve the yeast in half of the warm water. Add the sugar and mix well. Leave for 15 minutes.
2. Preheat the oven to 220C, 425F, Gas Mark 7 then lightly oil a large pizza pan or tray. Prepare toppings for the pizza.
3. Place the remaining dry ingredients in a mixing bowl, and add the yeast mixture and mix well, adding the remaining water a bit at a time until the consistency of a very thick batter.
4. Pour the dough into the centre of the prepared pizza pan or tray and spread around evenly. Bake at the top of the oven for 5 minutes until it is lightly set.
5. Remove from the oven and reduce the oven temperature to 190C, 375F, or Gas Mark 5.
6. Add your toppings to the pizza. Return to the oven and continue to bake for another 15-20 minutes.
Monday, April 02, 2007
33. Food Diary Day 15 & 16
Day 15
Porridge
Coffee
Smoothie with apple juice, banana and summer berries
Went for an 8 mile walk with the ramblers, and ate:
apple
sandwiches made with the filling from the fish pie (yes, bread!)
banana
lots of water
Later at my friend’s house, 2 coffees (only had 3 hrs sleep last night, so you can imagine what an 8 mile walk did to me!)
Fish pie, same recipe as Day 1
porridge
Day 16
Apple
Porridge
Decaf Coffee
mixed nuts and dried apricots
banana
Fennel Tea
Lunch in a café with friends
Chicken tikka masala tortilla wrap, with lettuce and tomato
Cappucino (oops – it wasn’t even nice)
Fish pie
smoothie with plain goats milk yoghurt
green tea
apple juice
Porridge
Coffee
Smoothie with apple juice, banana and summer berries
Went for an 8 mile walk with the ramblers, and ate:
apple
sandwiches made with the filling from the fish pie (yes, bread!)
banana
lots of water
Later at my friend’s house, 2 coffees (only had 3 hrs sleep last night, so you can imagine what an 8 mile walk did to me!)
Fish pie, same recipe as Day 1
porridge
Day 16
Apple
Porridge
Decaf Coffee
mixed nuts and dried apricots
banana
Fennel Tea
Lunch in a café with friends
Chicken tikka masala tortilla wrap, with lettuce and tomato
Cappucino (oops – it wasn’t even nice)
Fish pie
smoothie with plain goats milk yoghurt
green tea
apple juice
32. Dairy-Free Crème Anglaise (custard)
I haven’t tried this, but my step mother has, and she thinks its wonderful!
Ingredients
175g of 6oz Soft Silken Tofu
1 tbsp of Apple Juice
2 teasp of Barley Malt Powder
120ml or4fl.oz. Rice Milk
1 tbsp of Arrowroot
1 teasp of Vanilla Extract
1 teasp of Maple Syrup
Instructions
1. Place tofu, apple juice, barley malt powder, and half the rice milk in a blender until smooth.
2. In a small bowl mix the remaining rice milk and arrowroot and stir until smooth.
3. Transfer the tofu mixture to a pan and heat, stirring, over medium heat for about 1 minute.
4. Stir in the arrowroot mixture and heat until it thickens, constantly stirring.
5. Remove from the heat then add maple syrup and vanilla extract. Mix well. Serve hot or cold.
Ingredients
175g of 6oz Soft Silken Tofu
1 tbsp of Apple Juice
2 teasp of Barley Malt Powder
120ml or4fl.oz. Rice Milk
1 tbsp of Arrowroot
1 teasp of Vanilla Extract
1 teasp of Maple Syrup
Instructions
1. Place tofu, apple juice, barley malt powder, and half the rice milk in a blender until smooth.
2. In a small bowl mix the remaining rice milk and arrowroot and stir until smooth.
3. Transfer the tofu mixture to a pan and heat, stirring, over medium heat for about 1 minute.
4. Stir in the arrowroot mixture and heat until it thickens, constantly stirring.
5. Remove from the heat then add maple syrup and vanilla extract. Mix well. Serve hot or cold.
31. Food Diary – Day 13 & 14
Apple
Porridge
Apple
1 Egg with mayonnaise
Cottage cheese and flax oil
Coffee
Chicken and Vegetable soup
Goats milk yoghurt with muesli and honey
Cornflakes with UHT cow’s milk
(Run out of goats’ milk and the corner shop doesn’t sell it)
Day 14
Really misbehaved today. I’ve got very little food in the house, and due for a delivery. Started to make a fish pie, but then realised I have no potatoes, but still carried on thinking I’ll find an alternative.
In the end (and probably due to the time of the month), I went out and bought chips (french fries) from the Fish and Chip shop. The worst type of potatoes you can eat, cooked in cheap vegetable oil that’s not hot enough, so they’re drenched in fat. Now my poor guts are suffering the consequences. I’m not ill – they just protest by way of pain, whenever I abuse them!
It doesn’t end there – I bought a a small chocolate bar too, after being bombarded with images of Easter eggs on TV. Well, I was watching the Saturday night movie, About Schmidt, and both the chocolate and the movie were a lovely treat.
Throughout the day though, I did eat my usual healthy stuff too; porridge, apple, banana, green tea, and the last of my delicious chicken and vegetable soup.
I’m now drinking Camomile tea in the wee hours to try and make my tummy go to sleep. I must do my online shopping order asap.
Porridge
Apple
1 Egg with mayonnaise
Cottage cheese and flax oil
Coffee
Chicken and Vegetable soup
Goats milk yoghurt with muesli and honey
Cornflakes with UHT cow’s milk
(Run out of goats’ milk and the corner shop doesn’t sell it)
Day 14
Really misbehaved today. I’ve got very little food in the house, and due for a delivery. Started to make a fish pie, but then realised I have no potatoes, but still carried on thinking I’ll find an alternative.
In the end (and probably due to the time of the month), I went out and bought chips (french fries) from the Fish and Chip shop. The worst type of potatoes you can eat, cooked in cheap vegetable oil that’s not hot enough, so they’re drenched in fat. Now my poor guts are suffering the consequences. I’m not ill – they just protest by way of pain, whenever I abuse them!
It doesn’t end there – I bought a a small chocolate bar too, after being bombarded with images of Easter eggs on TV. Well, I was watching the Saturday night movie, About Schmidt, and both the chocolate and the movie were a lovely treat.
Throughout the day though, I did eat my usual healthy stuff too; porridge, apple, banana, green tea, and the last of my delicious chicken and vegetable soup.
I’m now drinking Camomile tea in the wee hours to try and make my tummy go to sleep. I must do my online shopping order asap.
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