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Elimination Diets & Other Fun Stuff
Jun. 14th, 2009 07:14 pmThere's a big round of elimination diet talk going around friends and family of late, and certainly not knowing if some foods are contributing to my feelings of blah all the time should be looked into, I um ... wait. That sentence isn't making sense.
We've all been talking about elimination diets. I'm pretty sure I should consider one as well, and Craig is certainly looking at changing some of his eating habits (which means I need to change my cooking habits). Jodawi pointed out a severe lacking in vegetarian plans for elimination, but I managed to find one very draconic vegetarian elimination diet that if someone does follow would pretty much guarantee knowledge of one's sensitivities. Although the coffee portion of it is ridiculous for those of us who don't drink coffee, it might make sense to do something similar with teas. There's a decent list of general guidelines for following any form of elimination diet here.
On the whole, we've done a good job of moving away from preservatives, red meat (lamb on certain holidays, other red meats only allowed when in Germany), all foods at home come from organic or free range farms depending on the food. While we still haven't kicked sweets and processed or junk foods completely, we're working on reducing consumption of those, but Craig is most interested in a strong increase in whole, raw vegetables and a significant reduction in dairy. This would mean giving up mochas, which he's actually said he might try! The hardest part for him will be eating what I send him to work with rather than going out to eat every day. For Ana it will be eating vegetables, but she's going to have to learn to deal with it. It's not as if I intend for us to give up all treats, just reduce our consumption of them.
While I might consider an elimination diet, I'm not willing to give up dairy unless it becomes life threatening, so if it's what I'm sensitive to, I might be willing to reduce it, I won't be willing to say good bye entirely. Thankfully, with more sheep and goat's milk based dairy out there, it doesn't always have to be cow-based.
Yesterday at the farmer's market, I got a big bunch of amaranthe (tee hee! for those that know why that's especially funny), which can be cooked or prepared and eaten like spinach. I'll throw some into a salad tonight with our chicken cacciatore and mix the rest into some saag paneer another night. Nom nom!
Oh yeah, and exercise. Eliminate sensitive-making foods, bring back the exercise. Time to prepare poultices as prescribed by naturopathic students, too. Much healing and health and such! At least I can get Ana to eat seaweed, spinach, and foods with coconut milk. It should make any efforts easier for all of us.
And we don't have to eliminate meats while checking on other foods like our vegetarian/vegan friends that have tried or are trying it.
We've all been talking about elimination diets. I'm pretty sure I should consider one as well, and Craig is certainly looking at changing some of his eating habits (which means I need to change my cooking habits). Jodawi pointed out a severe lacking in vegetarian plans for elimination, but I managed to find one very draconic vegetarian elimination diet that if someone does follow would pretty much guarantee knowledge of one's sensitivities. Although the coffee portion of it is ridiculous for those of us who don't drink coffee, it might make sense to do something similar with teas. There's a decent list of general guidelines for following any form of elimination diet here.
On the whole, we've done a good job of moving away from preservatives, red meat (lamb on certain holidays, other red meats only allowed when in Germany), all foods at home come from organic or free range farms depending on the food. While we still haven't kicked sweets and processed or junk foods completely, we're working on reducing consumption of those, but Craig is most interested in a strong increase in whole, raw vegetables and a significant reduction in dairy. This would mean giving up mochas, which he's actually said he might try! The hardest part for him will be eating what I send him to work with rather than going out to eat every day. For Ana it will be eating vegetables, but she's going to have to learn to deal with it. It's not as if I intend for us to give up all treats, just reduce our consumption of them.
While I might consider an elimination diet, I'm not willing to give up dairy unless it becomes life threatening, so if it's what I'm sensitive to, I might be willing to reduce it, I won't be willing to say good bye entirely. Thankfully, with more sheep and goat's milk based dairy out there, it doesn't always have to be cow-based.
Yesterday at the farmer's market, I got a big bunch of amaranthe (tee hee! for those that know why that's especially funny), which can be cooked or prepared and eaten like spinach. I'll throw some into a salad tonight with our chicken cacciatore and mix the rest into some saag paneer another night. Nom nom!
Oh yeah, and exercise. Eliminate sensitive-making foods, bring back the exercise. Time to prepare poultices as prescribed by naturopathic students, too. Much healing and health and such! At least I can get Ana to eat seaweed, spinach, and foods with coconut milk. It should make any efforts easier for all of us.
And we don't have to eliminate meats while checking on other foods like our vegetarian/vegan friends that have tried or are trying it.
