I stopped all dairy products two weeks ago after trying and failing many times. This time I stopped because i went to my naturopath all screwed up with joint pain and very badly behaved. She told me off for drinking milk.
So i went home and poured it down the sink. I did not buy anymore. I felt very hungry and sad for the next four days. Then I had indigestion all the time. I thought I must be crazy. But I noticed I was not having hypoglycaemia problems. And i was making meals that looked like other peoples. ( yes very strange) I even felt like using utensils.
The last three days the indigestion has eased and I feel quite a bit steadier than I have done for a while, maybe forever. I feel very proud of myself. Maybe I can give up the smoking and the caffiene too. I also don't have too many cereals.
Here is a yummy recipe I made last night that I think even other people would like.
Chicken breast thinly sliced and marinaded in couple T of mediterranean relish made of:
dried tomato, onion, zucchini, olives, vinegar, olive oil, real fresh pepper and salt.
A couple handfuls of those orange lentils that cook really quick.
More onions and handful of sunflower seeds.
Cook everything together and throw in the chicken last until just cooked.
I am sure Stella would be able to tell me how to make sure the chicken does not go chewy but i always am worried when i cook chicken so i cook it a lot.
Instead of milky drinks I have been having lots of soupy things with lentils and sunflower/pumpkin seeds and corn/rice lately. They have been really yummy.
Does anyone else cook without milk or cereals?
becca
I am lactose intolerant so never eat dairy foods. I don't miss them as I don't like them and have not had them since being a baby.
I tried going off dairy but it did not improve anything.
Going off carbohydrates totally is just awful. We tried Southbeach diet and nearly went mad.
You should try adding in some nuts too. A good snack is 6 almonds.
We make a Sri Lankan pancake that is a batter of ground up lentil and rice. You can use rice flour but it is expensive. To grind up rice in a blender, soak rice in twice the amount of cold water overnight. Drain and rinse it and put it is the blender and add as much cold water to run the blender. When it looks like milk it is blended enough. Strain through a fine seive. I also soak, drain and grind the lentils the same way. Then I add some more water and yeast to make a fermented pancake batter.
Chickpea/garbanzo bean/besan flour is good for making pancakes. You just mix with cold water, a little salt and let it sit for about 30 minutes before frying up pancakes. It is very very filling. You could also make polenta with corn meal. It takes great, very filling and great with fried vegetables like onions, peppers.
here are plenty of free recipes on the net that are wheat/dairy free.
I have done a diet with no carbs and found it easy and felt happy with it.
The only problem is that its awkward to make family meals.
Just out of interest, those of you who have given up dairy products, where do you get your calcium from? This is not a criticism, I am genuinly interested as I'm trying to go vegan. I'm not having much luck with the vegan thing partly because having tried vegan chocolate I discovered its foul!
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RG
If vegan no meat, no chicken, no fish, no dairy, no eggs?
Tofu has calcium Some vegetables have calcium: brocholli but you have to eat lots of vegetables. Some people are vegetarians and just eat alot of potatoes, rice and starches so they are fat and unhealthy.
I'm already vegetarian, and I must say I'm neither fat or unhealthy. But fair enough, I didn't know Tofu had calcium in it.
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RG
"Tofu is made by adding a calcium or magnesium salt to soy milk. The calcium or magnesium salt mixes with the protein in the soy milk to form a curd. (When tofu is made with calcium salt, calcium becomes an essential component. Not all tofu is made with a calcium salt, however, so you do need to read the label.)"
Sods law? lol
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RG
I made soup yesterday with tofu in it.
Hot and Sour soup.
broth of your choice
chopped ginger root
chopped green onion
we use small scrimps
extra firm tofu cut up into cubes
vinegar and hot sauce to taste
you could also add small sliced vegetables: carrots, mushrooms
The tofu absorbs the flavour.
Tofu is good marinated but I have not been too successful at this. I have not got the marinate recipe too refined nor the marinating time. The idea is to marinate the tofu until it picks up the flavours and then fry it.
The important thing to remember about food is that we are NOT always what we eat. We are what our bodies digest. If your body does not deal with milk you are not going to get nutrients from it.
Milk is a product of the advertising industry. We buy the message on the packaging. We also buy the method by which the product is produced. We buy the food the cows swallow, the chemicals on that food, the chemicals given to the the cow, we buy the green grass and the happy animals shown on the advertisements. We buy the message that we must have lots of calcium to have strong bones. We buy the message that milk is the ONLY way.
We do need calcium. But in excess it can cause kidney stones and calcification of muscle tissue. You can get it from the average diet really. The milk message is a bit OTT.
b
So true. I really laugh when I see the tv commercial that says Kraft dinner (dry macaroni in a box with powdered processed cheese) is a good source of calcium.
My husband takes so many supplements that I am wondering about what all the filling agents of the pills are doing to his digestive tract.
Its probably had calcium added specially lol
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RG
Some people are allergic to milk. Either they are allergic to some protein in it or they lack the enzyme to digest lactose, a sugar found in milk. I can see that being helpful if they can discover that sensitivity and avoid dairy products.
Eliminating dairy products or meat can be difficult for many people in that most young people who try this sometimes do this because they are just following a fashion. They often do not eat the proper combinations or amounts of foods to provide them with complete amino acid combinations or essential nutrients. Furthermore, after they get tired of their food fad their bodies have stopped making some of the digestive enzymes in amounts needed for digesting these types of foods when they are added back into their diet. Then they get sick.
Unless someone has a good reason to be a vegetarian: religious, philosphical, ecological, then I do not see why they bother. I am ecologically minded but I can not attempt to grow my own food or just buy local produce because it is just not practical. I do eat beans, lentils, soy because it is cheaper and I avoid the processed "ground round soy" because it is actually more expensive than ground beef and not really much less wasteful in environmental waste. I guess everyone has to have their own reasons for doing what they do.
:grin:
I 've never been called a propagandist before- i kinda like it. Cool! I must be growing up and getting issues. (Ihope i don't go all NT :shock: )
....and yep I tend to go a bit orangely on the palms of my hands and soles of my feet and on my face too. Goes with my carrot top hair. I do love carrots and other veg with carotene, such as pumpkin and capsicum, but I have to limit myself to about two servings a week because my liver doesn't metabolise some nutrients as fast as others. I decided to stop thinking about it as a disorder because I was sick of trying to eat dandelion and wheatgrass to apepar to be healthy. Maybe the way we are is the way we are. Maybe some people are meant to be anaemic or hypo or calcified or too stiff or stretchy or virus vectors or fungal or parasitic or have a correlation with the neuro diversity of our philosophy.
sorry im going too far there. Or maybe not.
b