Diet Questions

[Guest]

Hi Everyone,

 

I decided to start a new topic because over the future months my questions are going to go beyond gluten/dairy/soy/corn free as I pretty much have those down.

 

I started full elimination of corn today. I plan on eliminating sugar next, and I have some questions. I haven't decided whether I'm going to eliminate honey or not.

 

When I eliminate sugar would leaving potatoes in be likely to cause sugar cravings, or would it be ideal to remove both sugar and potatoes at the same time?

 

How do you substitute stevia for sugar. For example, I have a cookie recipe that is gluten/dairy/soy/corn free, but calls for 1 cup of white sugar and 1/2 cup of brown sugar. How do you substitute for these types of sugars or am I'm just going to have to say goodbye to cookies?

 

If I do decide to eliminate honey how is stevia substituted for it? Many of my recipes call for 1 tablespoon of honey. How much stevia would you replace that with?

 

Carolyn

[deagar]

I have recently been dealing with a cane sugar sensitivity with my son. I found a great website that gives recipes using different sweetneners other than granulated sugar. It is sweetsavvy.com. (Sorry but I don't know how to type it so you can just click on it to get the the site). Anyways, I have used brown rice syrup and experimented with stevia a little. You can find some good information that hopefully will help you. I haven't found any alternative to brown sugar though. My son is only sensitive to cane sugar but beet sugar is fine. That makes it real easy for baking but I am trying to cut back on the refined sugar and this site has been helpful. Good luck! Deanna

 

I also have another site that deals with stevia. It is called sweetleaf.com. It helps guide you through sugar vs. stevia equivalency. Stevia does take some trial and error though. I feel it has a little bit of an after taste. I think if you can find the stevia concentrate dark liquid, you may be able to somewhat make it work for brown sugar but I have never been able to find it and therefore haven't been able to experiment. Deanna

[Giselle]

One thing about LOCAL honey - my son's Enviro. doc really wanted us to try honey that is from our local flowers as it really helps with environmental allergies in a homeopathic way. Hoyt still won't eat it as he isn't used to the flavor and actually doesn't really like it (and I'm listening as he hated noodles, pizza and milk and turns out to be allergic to gluten, tomato and dairy! - but now inhales rice noodles so it wasn't the texture or look but the wheat I think) but wanted to let you know the information his doc thought would be helpful. I went to a local farmers market and found some awesome stuff collected from hives situated 2 miles from us.

 

Giselle

[Guest]

Thanks Deanna for all the information on Stevia.

 

Giselle-I might leave local honey in then since it's said to be helpful and just try eliminating the cane sugar, brown sugar, and eventually high carbs like potatoes which I eat tons of right now.

 

I don't like honey plain or even on bread, etc., but like it in recipes. Then again that may change in the future. I always liked peanut butter in recipes, but never plain or on apples, bread, etc. The other day that changed and I all of sudden loved it plain. Loved it so much I ate the whole jar of peanut butter plain.

 

Why for some is eating healthy, no sugar, low carbs, lots of veggies so easy? I joined a Candida yahoo forum about a year ago and decided to post some questions recently. I got back a response asking me why I've joined the forum a year ago and am just now decided to eliminate sugar. Even my acupuncturist said she could easily eat/live from the foods I'm not allergic to. I'm allergic to 21 known foods. I know others here struggle with diet. Others though don't have any problem with eating healthy by cutting out sugars, carbs, fruits, etc. and living on things like kale, kelp, etc. Not only do they act like it's easy for them, they don't seem to understand when one struggles like I do.

 

Carolyn

[Giselle]

Carolyn, I feel your pain regarding not eating things - when we found out about my son's diet restrictions I almost lost my mind! It was sooooo hard, and as he's all alone in this I decided that I would follow his diet - it has been tough - tougher still because his Dad doesn't (well at least when we are out 'cause he has no choice at home as that's all I make ) It really does suck sometimes - especially when, as you say, I haven't forseen something and I'm not prepared with snacks and the like - you really do have to be prepared don't you? But actually I've seen improvement in my mood, skin, monthly cycles and health in general - who knew you don't have to wake up with a stuffy nose? I did all my life and thought it was normal until I cut out dairy! I've started to look at some of that food like I look at people smoking! Absolutley nuts, vile, horrible! And those foods are for my son! I think you might look at it like this too (rather than the deprivation you feel) if you really think about what the IGg and IGe tests test - your body mounts an immune response to the offending foods - just as it would if it were fighting a cold, typhoid, scarlett fever, the flu, or some other sickness - your body is fighting the food like its an illness! I know I wouldn't gobble down some flu or chicken pox and in fact go out of my way to avoid sickness (take vitamins, get rest, wash my hands, keep a polite distance from sneezy sick people ) I don't know if this is helping, I am trying to, but I just wanted you to know that you aren't alone. We avoid 19 foods and their food families and many we can eat we wouldn't want to - yuck! And peanut butter is one of ours - so I'm jealous of YOU - that is one food I actually miss. Remember the long term goal - you are getting healthier - and think of how far you've come - from only wanting a few foods to trying so many! You go girl!

 

Giselle

[kim]

Carolyn,

 

No way, are diet restrictions easy for the majority of us Carolyn. I think it can become a mind set, and a way of life, but there are many factors involved in reaching that point.

 

You could have mentioned to that poster, that you have been a little too busy with trying to get your MB12 injections right, balancing your vitamins and minerals, getting to the bottom of heavy metal status and chelation, having massage, acupuncture, advocating in Washington, getting through teacher's exams, finding a new DAN Dr. etc, just hasn't left you quite enough time to really focus on carbs and suger yet. You might add, that there's some pretty good evidence that improvements in some of the area's that you've been working on, may help to get Candida issues under control more easily.

 

Your dedication to improving your health and managing TS have been totally amazing Carolyn. Give yourself a lot of credit.

 

Kim

[Chemar]

Carolyn,

 

You could have mentioned to that poster, that you have been a little too busy with trying to get your MB12 injections right, balancing your vitamins and minerals, getting to the bottom of heavy metal status and chelation, having massage, acupuncture, advocating in Washington, getting through teacher's exams, finding a new DAN Dr. etc, just hasn't left you quite enough time to really focus on carbs and suger yet. You might add, that there's some pretty good evidence that improvements in some of the area's that you've been working on, may help to get Candida issues under control more easily.

 

Your dedication to improving your health and managing TS have been totally amazing Carolyn. Give yourself a lot of credit.

 

Kim

 

 

I so agree!!

[Guest]

Giselle, Kim, & Chemar-thanks for your posts. It made me feel much better. I don't know what I'd do without this forum.

 

Carolyn

[Claire]

Hi Carolyn,

 

I third what Chemar and Kim said, you are amazing and persistant...far more than I would ever have expected. That poster just had issues with empathy...not everyone has that ability. I do think people's tastes are quite different.

 

As for Stevia, it has a bulk (non-liquid) form where it says on the package just how to substititute it for sugar. You need the bulk to work in baked goods.

 

HOWEVER, the aftertaste is real and you could never just substitute it for sugar....YUCK, I tried!! Either use it to reduce the sugar or use the xylitol or whatever. I did small batches...

 

Claire