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I am avoiding carbs at the moment and so far its working wonders, but....I find I get cravings for carbs. And when I say carbs, I mean the grain variety. Such as breads, rice etc. They are my downfall. What can I have to replace them?
I really miss having bread, so I do on occasion have a rye pita bread, no wheat or yeast, as I have candida. But isnt there ANY kind of breads I can eat? What about the rice? Do I have to have brown rice? Its not as yummy as white rice and is a hassle to cook.(cooking time) :( Seems I have become very limited in what I can eat.
Cant eat wheat, Cant eat dairy, cant have carbs, cant have sugar. Please anyone, I am feeling really deprived. :(
In Reply to: Avoiding Carbs posted by Sensual on June 21, 2002 at 03:43:34:
Oh, and I forgot,again. :)
Cant drink either. What a life!
In Reply to: Avoiding Carbs posted by Sensual on June 21, 2002 at 03:43:34:
You could probably eat sprouted grain breads. I've been in your shoes (and am not totally out of them), but I've learned to relax about these strict diets. Good healthy whole foods, avoiding sugar and other refined carbs, as well as taking a good probiotic (especially primal defense) should eliminate your candida problem. Most likely you can have kefir, too, to replace your desire for dairy. You can make kefir shakes by adding berries, flax seed oil, protein powder, etc. They're delicious.
In Reply to: Re: Avoiding Carbs posted by JJ on June 21, 2002 at 08:22:32:
Thanks, JJ.
I would like to take PD but I think I recall HY saying not to take it till candida is almost eradicated. Well, I dont know if it is or it isnt eradicated. So I am at a loss whether to take it and I dont know if they even have PD in my part of the world.
Also the kefir sounds like a great idea, but when I read up in the archives, it sounds a bit complicated to make. Any suggestions?
Thanks for your answers. Much appreciated.
In Reply to: Re: Avoiding Carbs posted by Sensual on June 21, 2002 at 08:34:11:
I think HY has changed his tune about waiting on the PD. In fact, and hopefully he will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe he now emphasizes the PD along with lacto-fermented foods with less emphasis on antifungals. I get PD over the internet at www.transformyourlife.com (its cheaper that way than buying at a health food store), so you should be able to order it.
Kefir is easy to make once you have the kefir grains or powder. I usually buy it from a health food store (made by Helios Nutrition) but also make it sometimes using the powder. I got the kefir powder over the internet (bodyecology.net). It's simple to use. Buy organic milk, heat it to 180F, let it cool to between 72 and 77, add the powder, stir, keep it at that temp for 24 hours, put it in the fridge, and after 8 hours it's done. I prefer the Helios over my own, but if I use a blender and add frozen berries (I also add Fruits of Life powder and Goatein powder, which I also get from transformyourlife.com), its pretty tasty. I often add a banana or two, which I know are high-sugar fruits. I often wonder if that's a good idea or not but it doesn't seem to cause me any problems.
Anyway, the protein kefir shake is how I start my day, and slowly but surely I seem to keep getting better (I also sometimes have a slice of sprouted grain bread toasted with butter).
In Reply to: Re: Avoiding Carbs posted by JJ on June 21, 2002 at 09:11:25:
Using kefir grains is better than using the powder. And there's no need to heat the milk. Get raw milk if you can. Place kefir grains in a jar and add milk, and in several hours (depending on temperature and grains/milk proportion) you will have kefir. Can't be much easier than that. http://users.chariot.net.au/~dna/kefirpage.html is an excellent site to get information on kefir.
In Reply to: Avoiding Carbs posted by Sensual on June 21, 2002 at 03:43:34:
Are you eating eggs? Dr. Atkins has a blueberry muffin mix, but you add eggs, soy milk, and oil. I don't care for his baking mix except for making pancakes. He has a website if you are interested.
In Reply to: Avoiding Carbs posted by Sensual on June 21, 2002 at 03:43:34:
I forgot to mention that the mix is basically soy flour.
In Reply to: Re: Avoiding Carbs posted by Sensual on June 21, 2002 at 03:45:17:
How about yams or pumpkin? If you are O blood type these are exceptional for you.
Also you can make a 'shake' with fruit, tblspoon of flax oil, tblspoon of soy lecithin. I love blueberry, black cherry, pinapple, along with the flax and lecithin (emulsifier). It tastes rich and wonderfull.
Live Well!
In Reply to: Avoiding Carbs posted by Sensual on June 21, 2002 at 03:43:34:
Hi Sensual!
I'm on the allergy version of PWFD and can't have a single bite of ANY kind of grain.
However, amaranth and quinoa are not true grains and are allowed. I've found that steamed or boiled quinoa makes a pretty good rice substitute -- tastes great with stir fry dishes. It has a slightly nutty flavor.
Also I make a great cereal for the morning! I cook it in my electric steamer but you could boil it if you wish. It consists of 1/4 cup of amaranth (or quinoa), plus 1/2 cup of mixed nuts (chopped: walnuts and pecans, whole: sunflower seeds and pine nuts), plus 3/4 cup of water.
I eat fresh fruit and almond milk over it and feel like I'm having a feast every morning.
Best wishes,
Happygal Jan
In Reply to: Avoiding Carbs posted by Sensual on June 21, 2002 at 03:43:34:
Hi again Sensual!
The other thing that helps me avoid carb cravings are nuts. I'm having the best time eating pistachio nuts, cashews, and especially, dry roasted macadamia nuts. Delicious!
Best wishes,
Happygal Jan
In Reply to: Re: Avoiding Carbs posted by Happygal on June 21, 2002 at 22:16:32:
In Reply to: Re: Avoiding Carbs - have you tried nuts? posted by Happygal on June 21, 2002 at 22:19:14:
mmmm. Yummy! Pistachios and macadamias. Thanks Happygal. I just need to be more creative with my food, I think.
In Reply to: Avoiding Carbs posted by Sensual on June 21, 2002 at 03:43:34:
Hi, Sensual.
I have to say that you are the very first one, in my 20+ years of experience of whole foods, who thinks white rice tastes better than brown. Most of the rice taste has been removed in the refining process! You are just used to white rice and do not know what you are missing!
You are confused. No one (at least not me) has suggested that any whole grains have to be avoided--UNLESS you are hypersensitive to them, and THAT is a totally different subject.
Listen to all the good suggestions others are giving.
This does not have to be this hard. The first thing is for you to FIND OUT how much this will help you (see the WFD archives for MY story). If it does not convince you that it is worth your while to learn how to do this, then it is not where you need to be putting your efforts.
Let us know what you learn.
Walt
In Reply to: Re: Avoiding Carbs posted by Sensual on June 21, 2002 at 03:45:17:
Joke, Sensual:
If you do this right you will live at least 150 years! Or at least it will SEEM like 150 years--I forget which :>)
Not true! It is only hard until you have enough understanding that it is easy and you are reapng the benefits!
Namaste`
Walt
In Reply to: Re: Avoiding Carbs (WHY?) posted by Walt Stoll on June 22, 2002 at 07:26:49:
Walt,
I still have to get the Whole Foods diet Book. When I contacted my local bookstore, they said it would take several months to arrive from the USA. So I didnt pursue it any further. I will be in the states shortly, so thought I would purchase it there. My diet is enough restricted, so the book shouldnt make too much of a difference, I hope.
Anyway, I find that I cant get through the day without some form of carbs.
And I stand by what I said. White rice DOES taste better! Well to me anyway. :) Must be that fried rice, just not the same taste with brown rice.
I will check out the archives right now and see what else I can find out.
In Reply to: Re: Avoiding Carbs posted by Walt Stoll on June 22, 2002 at 07:31:29:
Thanks, Walt.
I needed that!
In Reply to: Re: Avoiding Carbs (WHY?) posted by Sensual on June 22, 2002 at 09:00:43:
Speaking of white rice--I live in the land of white-rice eaters (at least one of them). Nearly everyone here thinks the taste it superior and that brown is for health nuts.
I agree with what Doc Stoll said about the flavor. I ate it often for seven years before starting this diet and now, after a few months of brown rice, white rice tastes...well, tasteless. Don't even like it. And I know what happens when I eat the white. I did it once a couple weeks ago. I thought this particular rice might be good for me (long story), took a few bites along with fish and veg, and suddenly got brain fog/spaced out. Hmmmmmm....what could it be? OH, it's this dern polished rice.
You can get used to it. I make great fried rice with egg, veg and shrimp. Acquired taste? Maybe for you. But it's worth it.
In Reply to: Re: Avoiding Carbs (WHY?) posted by Nocolon on June 22, 2002 at 19:14:58:
I have wondered for quite a while why anyone would choose to eat white rice over brown rice. Particularly after, during times of war, etc. and white rice supplies were limited, people were shown to be healthier eating brown rice.
Sorry, I forget where, but just recently I read that white rice, with the bran "polished off" has a longer shelf rice than brown. It was claimed that the husk turns rancid quickly compared with just the white rice.
Well, I STILL prefer brown!
In Reply to: Brown rice vs. white rice posted by Diane AC on June 23, 2002 at 00:41:54:
I haven't heard that about brown rice, however, if it has a longer shelf life, then it has less nutritional value to maintain a healthy body.
I've got a shopping list of foods needing to buy, and brown rice is one of the foods included on my list.
In Reply to: Brown rice vs. white rice posted by Diane AC on June 23, 2002 at 00:41:54:
Thanks, Diane AC.
Of course, that is the only reason why rice (or anything else) is refined: Any self-respecting fungus or germ or pest will not eat it. The only reason humans CAN eat it is that we are the highest form of life on the planet so it just doesn't kill us right away.
SO, it's shelf life is a lot longer. Whole grains are a lot more attrective to pests. It seems that they are smarter than we are.
Check with farmers. How many of them would feed their animals refined anything???
Namaste`
Walt
In Reply to: Avoiding Carbs posted by Sensual on June 21, 2002 at 03:43:34:
You do not need to avoid carbs, only the BAD carbs. Grains can be eaten but they must be soaked first and cooked in their whole state. Sprouted grain breads are a truely healthy bread and SHOULD be eaten. Problems arise only when carbohydrates become the predominant food in the diet.
-HY
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Brown rice vs. white rice
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Diane,
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Brown rice vs. white rice (WHY was it ever refined?) Archive in whole foods.
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