What can i eat?
I know this question sounds totally lame, but I live in Canada and somany of the foods in the book are just not available. An additionalrestriction is that I have Crohn’s which is under control,but I cannoteat beans (other than string beans) and cannot eat certain gassy veggieslike the whole cabbage family, turnips, radishes. I can eat stringbeans, zucchini, carrots, bell peppers, winter squash, mushrooms andbaby spinach. And I can eat a fresh salad each day with greens,cucumber, tomato. And I have begun to do well with some fresh fruit:orange, pineapple, blueberries and other things peeled and/or cooked. Ifonly I could still eat a whole bowl of cauliflour or broccoli, I knowI’d feel full at least.
The book says not to measure portions, but if I’m working on mycholesterol, don’t I need to cut out the eggs and have smallish portionsof even lean protein?
I can buy regular cuts of meat, but not ground chicken or turkey, norturkey sausage. So I am seeing this depressing picture of endlesschicken breasts. I try to buy organic but cannot afford organic chickenbreasts: only the whole chicken is affordable. Chicken is so full ofhormones and antibiotics so that worries me.
Also, I’m worried about eggs as I just learned my cholesterol is highand my doctor wants me to lower it and retest in a few months. It’susually fine…….and my HDL is excellent and so are the triglycerides.I attribute it to eating more meat in the summer as we grilled meat andveggies outdoors and I ate no grains. I lost weight but my LDL went up.It’s just slightly high according to him, but I do want to take care ofit. So that ruins so many of the recipes. And I am doing wellhealthwise with my HDL high (due to some almonds, avocado, fatty fishand olive oil).
The cheese is also hard. Can someone give me a list of all known low fatcheeses that are naturally low fat, because where I live they don’t havethese fat free brands. The best I’ve seen are things like “partiallyskimmed milk” for ricotta or 1% cottage cheese. But nothing is fat free.And for the cholesterol issue, I’ve come to rely on almond butter ratherthan cheese as a protein/fat sustaining food. Considering I can’t eateverything on the diet, I am wondering if I can change some things forother things that are of a similar nature. Would anyone know?
Also, phase 1 says no dairy and then he describes day one with some lowfat milk in one’s coffee! Which is it?
If someone could just give me an idea of one day’s possible eating I’dreally appreciate it.
Now I eat something like yogurt, blueberries and almonds in a smoothiefor a sustaining breakfast, canned fish (wild salmon, sardines) orchicken with a slice of nut bread for lunch, an orange for snack, leanmeat for dinner with a salad, a low carb veggie like zucchini and a highcarb veggie like butternut squash for sustenance (otherwise I’d bestarving as I can’t eat unlimited amounts of more ffibrous veggies) andafter dinner, if I’m hungry, a fruit like pineapple and/or dry curdcottage cheese (this is a naturally fat free cheese, also calledFarmer’s cheese) and/or some almond or peanut butter with it.
That’s still alot of veggies you’re able to eat. I don’t know muchabout Crohn’s. Sorry. What about tomato juice or V-8.
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Some people use Eggbeaters if they have to reduce their cholesterol.The idea is not to be hungry. Eventually, in phase 2, you will findyou don’t need large servings anymore to fill you up.
nor > turkey sausage. So I am seeing this depressing picture ofendless chicken breasts. I try to buy organic but cannot affordorganic chicken > breasts: only the whole chicken is affordable.Chicken is so full of hormones and antibiotics so that worries me.
Can you grind your own chicken and turkey? I also watch for salesand freeze portion sizes. You don’t have turkey sausage in yoursupermarkets? Even when using just chicken breasts there are a
You wrote: but I cannot eat beans (other than string beans) andcannot eat certain gassy veggies like the whole cabbage family,turnips, radishes. I can eat string beans, zucchini, carrots, bellpeppers, winter squash, mushrooms and baby spinach. And I can eat afresh salad each day with greens, cucumber, tomato. And I have begunto do well with some fresh fruit: orange, pineapple, blueberries andother things peeled and/or cooked. If only I could still eat a wholebowl of cauliflour or broccoli, I know I’d feel full at least.
All the foods are available in Canada… where are you??? You make itsound like we live in the sticks… roflmao. Eat the veggies you caneat… use the list of foods as your guideline. You shouldn’t ever behungry and eating a high carb veggie isn’t wise, stick with the listand eat what you can from it. Stay away from the high glycemic fruitsand stick with the berry family, apples, etc. A serving of lean meatis fine, remember a normal portion of sirloin steak is only the sizeof a deck of cards. If you’re concerned about eggs, eat the whitesand leave the yolks for once/week or buy liquid eggs. You don’t wantfat FREE cheese, you want LOW fat cheese, look for 6 grams offat/serving or less… for example 15% m.f. mozzarella is good as isthe low fat ricotta or the cottage cheese as you mention. Eat yourwhole grains, you need a good balance and the minerals in grains areimportant for optimal health. If you can’t find groundchicken/turkey, get them to grind it for you or grind it yourself…just make sure you’re getting the white meat, not the dark meat. Therecipes in the book are a GUIDE, create your own menus. Milk isallowed, I think it’s two glasses/day in Phase 2. You sound likeyou’re in Phase 2 if you’re eating fruit now. Good luck. Again, youwant LOW fat, not FAT free cheese.