Decaffeinated coffee, 1 fruit sugar
Breakfast
Smoothie made with banana, plums and apple juice
Porridge, made with water, and a few raisins
Lunch
Beetroot
Prawns, cottage cheese, flax oil, onion, red pepper, chives, tiny bit of mayonniase and ketchup – in other words; very rich prawn cocktail! - with celery, and 1 slice of Ryvita.
Smoothie made with three very ripe bananas that had to be eaten quick, summer fruits, goat’s milk-pro biotic yoghurt, and a dash of vanilla essence (NOT flavoring).
This was very rich, but enormously scrumptious, so I had two glasses; a pint of the stuff!
Dinner
Half apple
Had friends round later and made Spaghetti bolognaise but with pork mince instead of beef! And I microwaved the meat first to get all the fat off it, then blended it into a powder.
Had wholewheat spaghetti too, and my friends liked it. I’m allowed wheat occasionally, although when I’ve been good and done without it for a while, the symptoms such as an itchy nose(!) and itchy arms tend to be much worse after I do fall off the wagon, than if I ate wheat all the time.
Goat’s milk - strawberry pro biotic yoghurt
Decaffeinated coffee, 1 fruit sugar
Friday, March 23, 2007
21. Aspartame
Not to be mixed up with ‘aspartamine’ which is naturally found in artichokes and is innocent and something else entirely.
Aspartame is an artificial sweetener. It is also a poison. What your body cannot break down and use, aspartame will store it as FAT in your body. It is in Diet Cola and just about every diet drink you can think of. It is even in toothpaste, chewing gum and some MEDICINES! So instead of helping you lose weight, aspartame is keeping you fat!
“Aspartame sugar substitutes cause worrying symptoms from memory loss to brain tumours. But despite US FDA approval as a 'safe' food additive, aspartame is one of the most dangerous substances ever to be foisted upon an unsuspecting public.”
Go here to read more: http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/
It is interesting to learn that the diet version of the world’s biggest selling product is killing the very people that choose to buy it (it’s a soda drink by the way).
Just remember that you live in a world where money is more important than people’s lives and more important than the truth.
Aspartame is an artificial sweetener. It is also a poison. What your body cannot break down and use, aspartame will store it as FAT in your body. It is in Diet Cola and just about every diet drink you can think of. It is even in toothpaste, chewing gum and some MEDICINES! So instead of helping you lose weight, aspartame is keeping you fat!
“Aspartame sugar substitutes cause worrying symptoms from memory loss to brain tumours. But despite US FDA approval as a 'safe' food additive, aspartame is one of the most dangerous substances ever to be foisted upon an unsuspecting public.”
Go here to read more: http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/
It is interesting to learn that the diet version of the world’s biggest selling product is killing the very people that choose to buy it (it’s a soda drink by the way).
Just remember that you live in a world where money is more important than people’s lives and more important than the truth.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
20. Food Diary Day 6
Breakfast
Bowl of home made muesli with oats, raisins sultanas, walnuts, almonds, sunflower seeds, fresh banana, sliced pear, and cornflake crumbs! + goat’s milk
They were out of my soya milk this week, so I’m using goat’s milk on my cereals. In theory, this should force me to eat fewer bowls of cornflakes, and more porridge as I don’t make that with milk.
Decaffeinated coffee, 1 fruit sugar
Apple juice
Lunch
beetroot, not pickled
1 cold boiled egg
Cottage cheese, flax oil, onions, peppers and 2 slices of Ryvita multigrain
Decaffeinated coffee, 1 fruit sugar
small amount of dried fruit and nuts
Dinner
Very small baked potato, pork with plum and apple sauce, mixed vegetables (peas, carrots, sweet corn and green beans)
Plum and apple sauce recipe:
three large plums with skins on, blended with a small cup of apple juice
1 tsp of tomato ketchup, and finely chopped onion
I never made this before. I just make meals out of what I’ve got in. And this took about 10 minutes to make.
Maybe I should put a disclaimer on this blog. After all this is a diary of what I eat, not necessarily what you should eat. As I make recipes up out of my head, I do occasionally poison myself, but since switching to non processed food (ketchup aside) I haven’t done so far!
Again, approx 1 litre of water
Bowl of home made muesli with oats, raisins sultanas, walnuts, almonds, sunflower seeds, fresh banana, sliced pear, and cornflake crumbs! + goat’s milk
They were out of my soya milk this week, so I’m using goat’s milk on my cereals. In theory, this should force me to eat fewer bowls of cornflakes, and more porridge as I don’t make that with milk.
Decaffeinated coffee, 1 fruit sugar
Apple juice
Lunch
beetroot, not pickled
1 cold boiled egg
Cottage cheese, flax oil, onions, peppers and 2 slices of Ryvita multigrain
Decaffeinated coffee, 1 fruit sugar
small amount of dried fruit and nuts
Dinner
Very small baked potato, pork with plum and apple sauce, mixed vegetables (peas, carrots, sweet corn and green beans)
Plum and apple sauce recipe:
three large plums with skins on, blended with a small cup of apple juice
1 tsp of tomato ketchup, and finely chopped onion
I never made this before. I just make meals out of what I’ve got in. And this took about 10 minutes to make.
Maybe I should put a disclaimer on this blog. After all this is a diary of what I eat, not necessarily what you should eat. As I make recipes up out of my head, I do occasionally poison myself, but since switching to non processed food (ketchup aside) I haven’t done so far!
Again, approx 1 litre of water
19. The Effects of Red Bull
Red Bull and other cheaper brands of the same thing have lots of caffeine and taurine in them. Taurine is banned in some countries because it has never been proven to be safe.
But even if it were officially safe in all countries, I know for certain it is not safe for someone like me to consume it. I am prone to anxiety, panic attacks and irritability.
However, most normal people will become irritable or have headaches and immense lethargy when ‘coming down’ from this drink.
What Red Bull does is keep you awake. Whenever I was unable to sleep during the night, and I needed to be awake in the day, I would drink it. Within 30 minutes, I would forget about my bad night’s sleep and I’d be ok for several hours. As soon as I found myself flagging, I’d have another Red Bull, and I’d ‘wake up’ again.
But when the effects wore off, I would find myself feeling unable to cope with the simplest of things.
This drink is allowed to be sold in bars, meaning that vast quantities are consumed. Just one is bad for you. So much caffeine should be seriously avoided in the evening.
I once knew a man who had not slept for two nights before his wedding day. So he drank Red Bull all day, and the wedding went well.
That night he crashed out as soon as his head hit the pillow, and had a migraine for the next two days. Suffice to say, his bride was not too pleased.
A lot of clubbers drink it to dance the night away til dawn. One friend of mine who used to take speed (amphetamines) to stay awake, says his Monday mornings were a whole lot worse coming down off Red Bull thatn Speed. No I am NOT condoning speed!
But if that’s illegal, and the effects of Red Bull are worse…? Well, you work it out.
If you absolutely meed caffeine to keep you awake in an emergency, then at least a normal coffee has measurable amounts of caffeine it.
Actually, the thought of throwing up has always put me off drinking in excess, but it doesn’t put a lot of people off. Many millions go out with the sole intention of getting steaming drunk, so those people are probably not going to be too receptive of my Red Bull advice!
Don’t get me started on alcohol. And Diet drinks? – with Aspartame in them? That’s another post!
But even if it were officially safe in all countries, I know for certain it is not safe for someone like me to consume it. I am prone to anxiety, panic attacks and irritability.
However, most normal people will become irritable or have headaches and immense lethargy when ‘coming down’ from this drink.
What Red Bull does is keep you awake. Whenever I was unable to sleep during the night, and I needed to be awake in the day, I would drink it. Within 30 minutes, I would forget about my bad night’s sleep and I’d be ok for several hours. As soon as I found myself flagging, I’d have another Red Bull, and I’d ‘wake up’ again.
But when the effects wore off, I would find myself feeling unable to cope with the simplest of things.
This drink is allowed to be sold in bars, meaning that vast quantities are consumed. Just one is bad for you. So much caffeine should be seriously avoided in the evening.
I once knew a man who had not slept for two nights before his wedding day. So he drank Red Bull all day, and the wedding went well.
That night he crashed out as soon as his head hit the pillow, and had a migraine for the next two days. Suffice to say, his bride was not too pleased.
A lot of clubbers drink it to dance the night away til dawn. One friend of mine who used to take speed (amphetamines) to stay awake, says his Monday mornings were a whole lot worse coming down off Red Bull thatn Speed. No I am NOT condoning speed!
But if that’s illegal, and the effects of Red Bull are worse…? Well, you work it out.
If you absolutely meed caffeine to keep you awake in an emergency, then at least a normal coffee has measurable amounts of caffeine it.
Actually, the thought of throwing up has always put me off drinking in excess, but it doesn’t put a lot of people off. Many millions go out with the sole intention of getting steaming drunk, so those people are probably not going to be too receptive of my Red Bull advice!
Don’t get me started on alcohol. And Diet drinks? – with Aspartame in them? That’s another post!
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
18. Food Diary Day 5
Cornflakes in the middle of the night again – Terrible insomnia. I need more exercise to tire me out.
Breakfast
Half apple juice/ half mineral water
Porridge with raisins
Small raw carrot
Lunch
Cottage cheese, beetroot, flax oil, onion and chives, with 3 Ryvita
Decaffeinated coffee, 1 fruit sugar
Several pieces of dried fruit, and a few mixed nuts
Dinner
5 thin slices of ham and soft goat’s cheese, rolled up - honestly, that was enough!
Half apple juice
Decaffeinated coffee, 1 fruit sugar
Breakfast
Half apple juice/ half mineral water
Porridge with raisins
Small raw carrot
Lunch
Cottage cheese, beetroot, flax oil, onion and chives, with 3 Ryvita
Decaffeinated coffee, 1 fruit sugar
Several pieces of dried fruit, and a few mixed nuts
Dinner
5 thin slices of ham and soft goat’s cheese, rolled up - honestly, that was enough!
Half apple juice
Decaffeinated coffee, 1 fruit sugar
17. Prevent and Cure Cancer with Diet
Last year I met a very famous copywriter called Ted Nicholas who managed to cure both himself and his girlfriend of cancer.
He said the two foods that will not only prevent you getting cancer, but will cure it, if eaten every day, are flax oil and cottage cheese.
Now I forgot to ask him if these two foods should be eaten together or not, but not to worry – I eat them together anyway, just in case.
The flax oil tastes pretty revolting by the way, but just add your favorite natural flavorings and you’ll be fine.
I’m sure there are skeptics reading this, thinking ‘how can that be true?’ Well, when Ted Nicholas gives you advice, you can do a lot worse than listen to him. He’s 82 and worth over $400 million. Google him and see.
I’ve done some of my own research and there are lots of cancer fighting foods available, such as broccoli and green tea, which I try to consume whenever possible.
But to cut out processed food is certainly the best way to prevent cancer and many other serious illnesses.
He said the two foods that will not only prevent you getting cancer, but will cure it, if eaten every day, are flax oil and cottage cheese.
Now I forgot to ask him if these two foods should be eaten together or not, but not to worry – I eat them together anyway, just in case.
The flax oil tastes pretty revolting by the way, but just add your favorite natural flavorings and you’ll be fine.
I’m sure there are skeptics reading this, thinking ‘how can that be true?’ Well, when Ted Nicholas gives you advice, you can do a lot worse than listen to him. He’s 82 and worth over $400 million. Google him and see.
I’ve done some of my own research and there are lots of cancer fighting foods available, such as broccoli and green tea, which I try to consume whenever possible.
But to cut out processed food is certainly the best way to prevent cancer and many other serious illnesses.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
16. Food Diary Day 4
I’m calling it Food Diary from now on. Accountability is way too long a word.
I spoke too soon last night. I had terrible insomnia, and my stomach was like a vacuum, so I had to feed it at about 3am with a bowl of cornflakes with skimmed goat’s milk, and a pinch of fruit sugar - then again at 5am with ham and shredded carrot.
As my food delivery came early this morning, I didn’t eat breakfast as such. I just picked at my food as I unwrapped it.
Apple juice
1 apple
handful pistachio nuts
1 egg and a slice of Ryvita with soya spread
I had to eat the egg because it was cracked. I know I probably should have thrown it out for hygiene purposes, but I don’t like wasting food.
Usually if there are more eggs broken, I ring them and they refund me for the whole box of 12, even if only three are broken. As it was just one I didn’t bother. I did email to tell them they are losing money, and that a suggestion would be to clearly label shopping bags with eggs in, but they won’t implement it, as it makes too much sense.
Later whilst working I strated to flag. The thing about working from home is when you feel like you want to fall asleep, there’s nothing to stop you. But that would be lethal, as I’d just be awake all night again – hence:
Caffeine coffee with fruit sugar and goats milk
Lunch
Apple
Half a portion of fish pie
Green tea
Dinner
Last half portion of fish pie
Went out and drank:
2 Pineapple juices
2 mineral waters
1 litre of mineral water throughpout the day
I spoke too soon last night. I had terrible insomnia, and my stomach was like a vacuum, so I had to feed it at about 3am with a bowl of cornflakes with skimmed goat’s milk, and a pinch of fruit sugar - then again at 5am with ham and shredded carrot.
As my food delivery came early this morning, I didn’t eat breakfast as such. I just picked at my food as I unwrapped it.
Apple juice
1 apple
handful pistachio nuts
1 egg and a slice of Ryvita with soya spread
I had to eat the egg because it was cracked. I know I probably should have thrown it out for hygiene purposes, but I don’t like wasting food.
Usually if there are more eggs broken, I ring them and they refund me for the whole box of 12, even if only three are broken. As it was just one I didn’t bother. I did email to tell them they are losing money, and that a suggestion would be to clearly label shopping bags with eggs in, but they won’t implement it, as it makes too much sense.
Later whilst working I strated to flag. The thing about working from home is when you feel like you want to fall asleep, there’s nothing to stop you. But that would be lethal, as I’d just be awake all night again – hence:
Caffeine coffee with fruit sugar and goats milk
Lunch
Apple
Half a portion of fish pie
Green tea
Dinner
Last half portion of fish pie
Went out and drank:
2 Pineapple juices
2 mineral waters
1 litre of mineral water throughpout the day
15. Don’t be Scared of Carbs!
If you cut out carbs, or reduce them dramatically, you run the risk of rapidly depleting energy levels, as well as increased anxiety, irritability and even depression.
You are also denying your body a great food source. Food combining, or separating carbs from protein is one school of thought, but not mine. For a start, unless you can afford your own personal chef to go wherever you go, it is extremely difficult to implement such a diet.
The key is to eat balanced meals, and to eat the RIGHT carbohydrates.
Good carbs include:
oats
wholewheat
rice – preferably wholegrain
potato – preferably with the skin left on
sweetcorn
rye
bananas
all fruit
You can still lose weight and gain all round good health when you eat carbs with your meals. Just don’t overdo it. Try and make sure your carbs are about a third of your whole meal, and never more than half.
You are also denying your body a great food source. Food combining, or separating carbs from protein is one school of thought, but not mine. For a start, unless you can afford your own personal chef to go wherever you go, it is extremely difficult to implement such a diet.
The key is to eat balanced meals, and to eat the RIGHT carbohydrates.
Good carbs include:
oats
wholewheat
rice – preferably wholegrain
potato – preferably with the skin left on
sweetcorn
rye
bananas
all fruit
You can still lose weight and gain all round good health when you eat carbs with your meals. Just don’t overdo it. Try and make sure your carbs are about a third of your whole meal, and never more than half.
Monday, March 19, 2007
14. Accountability Day 3
Breakfast
Porridge and raisins
Blackcurrant Tea
Banana
Dried fig, dried apricot, and a few mixed unsalted nuts
Decaffeinated Coffee, with one fruit sugar
Lunch
Cottage cheese, Flax oil, chives, garlic, chopped ham, chopped red pepper, 3 Ryvita
Green tea, with a bit of honey
Dinner
Fish Pie, again - still glorious!
The first improvement I noticed was that my food cravings had completely disppeared after only one day! That’s pretty fantastic.
I always used to have a bowl of cornflakes in the evening or something else to eat. Now I’m eating less but I don’t feel hungry at all. Today I had the banana and dried fruit and nuts at about 12, so I didn’t need lunch until 2.30pm.
Even then, my lunch was about a third of what I used to eat at lunch.
Porridge and raisins
Blackcurrant Tea
Banana
Dried fig, dried apricot, and a few mixed unsalted nuts
Decaffeinated Coffee, with one fruit sugar
Lunch
Cottage cheese, Flax oil, chives, garlic, chopped ham, chopped red pepper, 3 Ryvita
Green tea, with a bit of honey
Dinner
Fish Pie, again - still glorious!
The first improvement I noticed was that my food cravings had completely disppeared after only one day! That’s pretty fantastic.
I always used to have a bowl of cornflakes in the evening or something else to eat. Now I’m eating less but I don’t feel hungry at all. Today I had the banana and dried fruit and nuts at about 12, so I didn’t need lunch until 2.30pm.
Even then, my lunch was about a third of what I used to eat at lunch.
13. Wheat Intolerances
I’m quite lucky in that I’m only intolerant to wheat, so if I were to eat it in small quantities, I probably wouldn’t notice. I am also not intolerant or allergic to gluten, so I have a lot more choice than some of you.
A wheat allergy is more serious than just an intolerance, but it is different from Celiac Disease, which is an aversion to gluten, and requires a complete gluten ban for life.
If you do have celiac disease you cannot eat wheat, rye, oats, and barley.
Most children who are allergic to wheat will grow out of the allergy.
Most people claiming that they have a food allergy may at worst have a food intolerance. Often a person has decided to eliminate a food from their diet based on one bad experience.
In other cases people eliminate foods from their diets because another family member suspects that he or she has a food allergy, or because they have read a magazine article and decided that the symptoms described relate to their own.
As a result they cut out and eliminate foods which in fact may be an essential part of a healthy balanced diet. Such self-medication can be dangerous as it can obscure the real health problem.
I had a food tolerance test by a qualified nutritionalist. Ask your health food shop where to find one. But if you cannot find one, your family doctor can perform the test.
If you find you do have a wheat intolerance or wheat allergy, you need to read food labels very carefully. I’m too lazy to do that, so I just buy fresh, non processed food.
When I go to a restaurant or a friends house, I am less pedantic about my diet. As it is an intolerance, and not an allergy, I can break the rules once in a while. I hate to be a burden to others, although all my friends are very understanding.
Still, I have fruit, nuts and herbal tea bags with me all the time, just incase what’s on offer is so unappealing.
A wheat allergy is more serious than just an intolerance, but it is different from Celiac Disease, which is an aversion to gluten, and requires a complete gluten ban for life.
If you do have celiac disease you cannot eat wheat, rye, oats, and barley.
Most children who are allergic to wheat will grow out of the allergy.
Most people claiming that they have a food allergy may at worst have a food intolerance. Often a person has decided to eliminate a food from their diet based on one bad experience.
In other cases people eliminate foods from their diets because another family member suspects that he or she has a food allergy, or because they have read a magazine article and decided that the symptoms described relate to their own.
As a result they cut out and eliminate foods which in fact may be an essential part of a healthy balanced diet. Such self-medication can be dangerous as it can obscure the real health problem.
I had a food tolerance test by a qualified nutritionalist. Ask your health food shop where to find one. But if you cannot find one, your family doctor can perform the test.
If you find you do have a wheat intolerance or wheat allergy, you need to read food labels very carefully. I’m too lazy to do that, so I just buy fresh, non processed food.
When I go to a restaurant or a friends house, I am less pedantic about my diet. As it is an intolerance, and not an allergy, I can break the rules once in a while. I hate to be a burden to others, although all my friends are very understanding.
Still, I have fruit, nuts and herbal tea bags with me all the time, just incase what’s on offer is so unappealing.
12. Accountability Day 2
Was adding to this all day yesterday, then forgot to post it last night.
Breakfast
Porridge and raisins
Ham and Pickle
That’s right, no bread or butter – just thinly sliced ham with pickle spread on it. Pickle’s a treat too – it’s full of sugar.
Decaffeinated coffee, dash of goats’ milk and 1 flat tsp fruit sugar.
Several dried apricots. I bought these from the health food shop – sadly they contain preservative E220. So don’t assume that everything from health food shops is pure!
Half a fruit smoothie, as yesterday
Lunch
Small baked potato, with three thin slices of ham, a bit of cheese and pickle.
Snack
I cold boiled egg. I thought I’d hard boiled it yesterday, but the yolk was still soft – never had cold soft boiled egg before – it was yummy! And there’s another 2 in the fridge that I did at the same time.
I dried fig.
Dinner
Glorious Fish Pie!
Camomile Tea
Breakfast
Porridge and raisins
Ham and Pickle
That’s right, no bread or butter – just thinly sliced ham with pickle spread on it. Pickle’s a treat too – it’s full of sugar.
Decaffeinated coffee, dash of goats’ milk and 1 flat tsp fruit sugar.
Several dried apricots. I bought these from the health food shop – sadly they contain preservative E220. So don’t assume that everything from health food shops is pure!
Half a fruit smoothie, as yesterday
Lunch
Small baked potato, with three thin slices of ham, a bit of cheese and pickle.
Snack
I cold boiled egg. I thought I’d hard boiled it yesterday, but the yolk was still soft – never had cold soft boiled egg before – it was yummy! And there’s another 2 in the fridge that I did at the same time.
I dried fig.
Dinner
Glorious Fish Pie!
Camomile Tea
Sunday, March 18, 2007
11. Make Porridge the Easy way
Porridge is so good for you, where do I begin?
It can greatly reduce depression, regulate metabolism, keep blood sugar levels up, and of course fill you up better than any other breakfast cereal.
It releases ‘happy’ chemicals in your brain, and will after just a short time, raise your energy levels generally.
It’s easy to make porridge in the microwave. Just get your favorite small glass or cup, half fill it, (or quarter fill it – you’ll get to know) with pure untreated oats, put them in a bowl, and put twice as much water in the cup as you did oats, and pour that in.
Microwave on full power for 1 minute. If the bowl is more than half full, you need to watch it the whole time, or you’ll have a case of the magic porridge pot, and you’ll be scraping it all off the inside of your microwave!
Stir, then microwave for another 30 seconds if not thick enough. Definitely watch it this time!
If desired, add honey or fruit sugar (tiny amounts only, or you’re defeating the object)
or salt. Yes, some mad people like salt with it!
You can even add a dash of milk to cool it down a bit, but try not to make it with all milk.
If you don’t like it, give it a week – I always do that with any new food, or even after changing to daylight bulbs, dying my hair, whatever. You’ll get used to it, if you do it every day.
It can greatly reduce depression, regulate metabolism, keep blood sugar levels up, and of course fill you up better than any other breakfast cereal.
It releases ‘happy’ chemicals in your brain, and will after just a short time, raise your energy levels generally.
It’s easy to make porridge in the microwave. Just get your favorite small glass or cup, half fill it, (or quarter fill it – you’ll get to know) with pure untreated oats, put them in a bowl, and put twice as much water in the cup as you did oats, and pour that in.
Microwave on full power for 1 minute. If the bowl is more than half full, you need to watch it the whole time, or you’ll have a case of the magic porridge pot, and you’ll be scraping it all off the inside of your microwave!
Stir, then microwave for another 30 seconds if not thick enough. Definitely watch it this time!
If desired, add honey or fruit sugar (tiny amounts only, or you’re defeating the object)
or salt. Yes, some mad people like salt with it!
You can even add a dash of milk to cool it down a bit, but try not to make it with all milk.
If you don’t like it, give it a week – I always do that with any new food, or even after changing to daylight bulbs, dying my hair, whatever. You’ll get used to it, if you do it every day.
Saturday, March 17, 2007
10. Accountability Day 1
So what did I have today if I’m honest?
Breakfast
Porridge, with half a teaspoonful of honey and a dessert spnfl of raisins
Mug of Green Tea
Lunch
3 dessert spn Cottage cheese, 2 dessert spn flax oil, dash of garlic granuals, dash of onion powder, chopped chives, and chopped fresh red peppr (heaped dessert spn full) with three slices of Ryvita, dark multigrain.
A smoothie with a banana, summer fruits, and organic cloudy apple juice.
Actually, this is going to be very time consuming if I state the amount all the time, so from now on, lets say, “a dollop” of everything. And a dollop of course, is whatever I think is needed!
How do people carry on when they have to weigh and measure out everything…? There’s none of that here!
Mid afternoon, another smoothie as earlier.
So tonight, I made my glorious fish pie. I’ll state the ingredients only – not all the amounts:
4 frozen cod steaks
prawns
mixed frozen vegetables
mashed potato still with skins on
sauce:
soya spread
cornflour
goat’s milk
soya powdered cheese
goat’s cheese
mayonnaise
ketchup (prawn marie rose sauce)
onion powder
And I made enough for the next four days, so this blog is gonna be quite monotonous!
Also made porridge to put in the fridge so I’m not tempted to buy cake or chocolate, and soaked some soup mix ready for tomorrow, consisting of lentils, chickpeas, barley and other good stuff. That’s my base for all my soups.
I also drank 1 litre of Evian – not enough I know.
But so far, I haven’t been tempted to snack all day, and I’ve worked solidly all evening – that’s progress!
Breakfast
Porridge, with half a teaspoonful of honey and a dessert spnfl of raisins
Mug of Green Tea
Lunch
3 dessert spn Cottage cheese, 2 dessert spn flax oil, dash of garlic granuals, dash of onion powder, chopped chives, and chopped fresh red peppr (heaped dessert spn full) with three slices of Ryvita, dark multigrain.
A smoothie with a banana, summer fruits, and organic cloudy apple juice.
Actually, this is going to be very time consuming if I state the amount all the time, so from now on, lets say, “a dollop” of everything. And a dollop of course, is whatever I think is needed!
How do people carry on when they have to weigh and measure out everything…? There’s none of that here!
Mid afternoon, another smoothie as earlier.
So tonight, I made my glorious fish pie. I’ll state the ingredients only – not all the amounts:
4 frozen cod steaks
prawns
mixed frozen vegetables
mashed potato still with skins on
sauce:
soya spread
cornflour
goat’s milk
soya powdered cheese
goat’s cheese
mayonnaise
ketchup (prawn marie rose sauce)
onion powder
And I made enough for the next four days, so this blog is gonna be quite monotonous!
Also made porridge to put in the fridge so I’m not tempted to buy cake or chocolate, and soaked some soup mix ready for tomorrow, consisting of lentils, chickpeas, barley and other good stuff. That’s my base for all my soups.
I also drank 1 litre of Evian – not enough I know.
But so far, I haven’t been tempted to snack all day, and I’ve worked solidly all evening – that’s progress!
9. Diet Intake Accountability
Ok, I’ve decided to blog about everything I eat!
Yes, it’s going to make riveting reading, but it’s so I can see for myself how good or naughty I’ve been.
Obviously there is no point in telling fibs. If I fall off the wagon, I have to report it. This blog will be my accountability.
Recently on TV there were several couples who had been eating healthily with the help of a nutritionalist. They were overweight to begin with, but the benefits were not just weight loss.
They were all asked to make charts of particular health issues, such as sleep levels, energy levels, skin condition, iritability, digestion, sexual function, and headaches.
Within only two weeks, there were dramatic improvements for all couples on EVERY health issue. One woman said the improvement in her energy levels alone would ensure she would never go back to her old eating habits.
And one guy after five weeks said he no longer has the slightest heartburn, and he was previously told he would have to have an operation for his severe acid reflux.
Well, my problem at the moment is poor sleep, headaches and low energy levels – oh and irritability!
I’ve already made a start on improving my blood sugar levels by eating porridge every morning and lots of fruit, and cutting out all sweets and chocolate (although I had a moment of weakness the other night and put drinking chocolate in my porridge – a brilliant compromise!)
Let’s see if I can become the picture of health!
Yes, it’s going to make riveting reading, but it’s so I can see for myself how good or naughty I’ve been.
Obviously there is no point in telling fibs. If I fall off the wagon, I have to report it. This blog will be my accountability.
Recently on TV there were several couples who had been eating healthily with the help of a nutritionalist. They were overweight to begin with, but the benefits were not just weight loss.
They were all asked to make charts of particular health issues, such as sleep levels, energy levels, skin condition, iritability, digestion, sexual function, and headaches.
Within only two weeks, there were dramatic improvements for all couples on EVERY health issue. One woman said the improvement in her energy levels alone would ensure she would never go back to her old eating habits.
And one guy after five weeks said he no longer has the slightest heartburn, and he was previously told he would have to have an operation for his severe acid reflux.
Well, my problem at the moment is poor sleep, headaches and low energy levels – oh and irritability!
I’ve already made a start on improving my blood sugar levels by eating porridge every morning and lots of fruit, and cutting out all sweets and chocolate (although I had a moment of weakness the other night and put drinking chocolate in my porridge – a brilliant compromise!)
Let’s see if I can become the picture of health!
Monday, July 17, 2006
How do you know you have a food allergy?
I was lucky. I paid for a Food Intolerance test at a reputable health food chain, because I had terrible gastro reflux, but they uncovered other digestive problems too.
Many people go through life not even knowing they have an allergy or food intolerance. Here's some news on the subject:
It's tricky to identify an allergenic food after an isolated reaction. The usual culprits should be considered: peanuts, nuts, seeds, fish and shellfish. If more reactions occur, there is typically a pattern that makes the offending food easier to identify, says Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn, M.D., a professor specializing in pediatric allergy and immunology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Diagnosis requires a combination of investigative work (trying to pin down the foods) and laboratory testing, such as skin prick tests and measuring antibody levels. "Frequently oral food challenges [feeding with the suspected food under physician supervision] are needed to conclusively establish the diagnosis," adds Nowak-Wegrzyn.
http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=5160260
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Sunday, July 16, 2006
7. Special Diets: The Truth about Salt and Sugar
If you are at all interested in improving your health, then you need to know this!
Sugar and salt are both addictive and are abundant in processed food to keep you buying more. Even cornflakes that boast a ‘low fat food’ are full of sugar and salt.
All these so called healthy snacks like cereal bars, and oat flapjacks are loaded with sugar. You might as well open your mouth and pour a bag of sugar in!
Your body actually requires both sugar and salt, but there is all the sugar and salt you need in a healthy unprocessed diet of fruit, vegetables, carbs and protein.
Sugar and salt are both addictive and are abundant in processed food to keep you buying more. Even cornflakes that boast a ‘low fat food’ are full of sugar and salt.
All these so called healthy snacks like cereal bars, and oat flapjacks are loaded with sugar. You might as well open your mouth and pour a bag of sugar in!
Your body actually requires both sugar and salt, but there is all the sugar and salt you need in a healthy unprocessed diet of fruit, vegetables, carbs and protein.
6. This is not a weight loss blog
It is a blog offering advice on Special Diets for people with a Food Allergy or Food Intolerance.
But you may lose weight, if you are over-weight to begin with. You may also put weight on if you are under-weight to begin with, because the foods, advice and recipes are all good for you, and may adjust your metabolism to what it should be.
If you have been advised to cut out wheat or lactose or sugar from your diet, whatever food you need to avoid I will help you find an easy way to do it.
I prefer to eat unprocessed food, but if that is impossible for you, I will give you advice on what to look out for when shopping for food.
But you may lose weight, if you are over-weight to begin with. You may also put weight on if you are under-weight to begin with, because the foods, advice and recipes are all good for you, and may adjust your metabolism to what it should be.
If you have been advised to cut out wheat or lactose or sugar from your diet, whatever food you need to avoid I will help you find an easy way to do it.
I prefer to eat unprocessed food, but if that is impossible for you, I will give you advice on what to look out for when shopping for food.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
5. The Right Mindset
In order to stick to any special diet, you need to put junk food out of your mind, and the only way to do that is to distract your mind with other things.
Imagine you just died and are looking back at the DVD of your life. Did you eat healthily, or did you eat crap? If you ate crap, you probably didn’t live to be very old. You only get one life. You only get one body. Look after it.
Or how about this? You are on a desert island. Your plane crashed but like Tom Hanks in Castaway you managed to survive and live off what was available.
There is fruit growing on the trees, and fish in the sea. If that is all there is, then you are not even going to think about chocolate or french fries, are you? You know you can survive on what you have available, so you would just get on with it.
As long as you keep your blood sugar levels up, by eating the right food - NOT sugar, then all you have to do is forget about food! Just eat when you are hungry. It’s that simple.
Imagine you just died and are looking back at the DVD of your life. Did you eat healthily, or did you eat crap? If you ate crap, you probably didn’t live to be very old. You only get one life. You only get one body. Look after it.
Or how about this? You are on a desert island. Your plane crashed but like Tom Hanks in Castaway you managed to survive and live off what was available.
There is fruit growing on the trees, and fish in the sea. If that is all there is, then you are not even going to think about chocolate or french fries, are you? You know you can survive on what you have available, so you would just get on with it.
As long as you keep your blood sugar levels up, by eating the right food - NOT sugar, then all you have to do is forget about food! Just eat when you are hungry. It’s that simple.
Sunday, July 09, 2006
4. Food Standards Agency - Eat well, be well - Food allergy and intolerance
Food Standards Agency - Eat well, be well - Food allergy and intolerance: "Food allergy and food intolerance are both types of food sensitivity. When someone has a food allergy, their immune system reacts to a particular food as if it isn't safe. If someone has a severe food allergy, this can cause a life-threatening reaction.
Food intolerance doesn't involve the immune system and is generally not life-threatening. But if someone eats a food they are intolerant to, this could make them feel ill or affect their long-term health."
The Food Standards Agency is a wealth of food health information that I often refer to.
Food intolerance doesn't involve the immune system and is generally not life-threatening. But if someone eats a food they are intolerant to, this could make them feel ill or affect their long-term health."
The Food Standards Agency is a wealth of food health information that I often refer to.
3. Why you shouldn’t ignore advice
People who have a special diet, because of a food allergy will get all sorts of symptoms, some very severe, and those symptoms will prevent them from eating the foods in question, but food intolerances are less severe. A food intolerance may not be taken as seriously because the symptoms are so subtle.
But if you continue to eat foods that you are intolerant to, your body cannot digest the food properly, and will store it as fat. Not only that, but you will be making all the organs in your body work much harder than they need to.
So you will be jeopardizing your whole health, if you ignore the advice you have been given. I wasn’t even trying to lose weight, but I did lose weight when I gave up all processed foods, and only ate the foods that I was supposed to.
But if you continue to eat foods that you are intolerant to, your body cannot digest the food properly, and will store it as fat. Not only that, but you will be making all the organs in your body work much harder than they need to.
So you will be jeopardizing your whole health, if you ignore the advice you have been given. I wasn’t even trying to lose weight, but I did lose weight when I gave up all processed foods, and only ate the foods that I was supposed to.
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