Sunday, September 28, 2014
p 9 phenol sensitive ?
low phenol
There are hundreds of products that contain high levels of phenols and salicylates, and countless food sources with dyes and additives. The chart is the food list I use to know which foods to keep out of my son’s diet as much as possible.
It is important to note that my son was a very limited eater and EVERYTHING he eats now is LOW in sugar (or has no sugar) and is completely gluten-free, casein-free, and soy-, egg-, and yeast-free as well.
Items Eliminated TRY THESE IN THEIR PLACE!
Food dyes…………….. Avoid, period!
Tomatoes…………….. Just avoid for a period of 3-6 months!
Apples………………… Pears are a good replacement
Peanuts………………. Almonds & cashews in stead!
Bananas………………. Fresh pineapple, mangos & papaya are good!
Oranges………………. *See other fruits!
Cocoa………………… Try GFCF carob
Red grapes…………… Try GREEN grapes (eat sparingly)
Vanilla w/ alcohol……. Frontier vanilla without alcohol
Preservatives………… Common preservatives are BHA and BHT–AVOID!
Natural flavors………. AVOID! Or verify what those flavors are!
*Some other good fruit choices include FRESH: oranges, persimmons, lemons, coconuts, cherries, kiwis, avocados, peaches, nectarines, plums, strawberries, apricots, and cranberries.
It Is Important To Note
It is important to note that my son was a very limited eater and EVERYTHING he eats now is LOW in sugar (or has no sugar) and is completely gluten-free, casein-free, and soy-, egg-, and yeast-free as well.
Items Eliminated TRY THESE IN THEIR PLACE!
Food dyes…………….. Avoid, period!
Tomatoes…………….. Just avoid for a period of 3-6 months!
Apples………………… Pears are a good replacement
Peanuts………………. Almonds & cashews in stead!
Bananas………………. Fresh pineapple, mangos & papaya are good!
Oranges………………. *See other fruits!
Cocoa………………… Try GFCF carob
Red grapes…………… Try GREEN grapes (eat sparingly)
Vanilla w/ alcohol……. Frontier vanilla without alcohol
Preservatives………… Common preservatives are BHA and BHT–AVOID!
Natural flavors………. AVOID! Or verify what those flavors are!
*Some other good fruit choices include FRESH: oranges, persimmons, lemons, coconuts, cherries, kiwis, avocados, peaches, nectarines, plums, strawberries, apricots, and cranberries.
It Is Important To Note
- Some phenols are concentrated in the skin and the seeds of some foods.
- Roasted nuts, juices, and dehydrated foods can cause a phenolic response. It is best to go for raw alternatives.
- Yeast-based foods such as bananas can cause a negative, but different reaction. It is worthwhile to test yeast levels as well. (For some families, it is not clear if their child has a yeast OR phenol/additive issue. Sometimes they have both issues. Both yeast and phenol/additive issues need to be addressed and monitored in many children.)
- Avoid naturally flavored and processed foods (my rule: anything with more than 10 ingredients DOESN’T make it into my son’s stomach!)
- Keep a food and behaviors journal. Track what your child eats and watch for any negative behaviors/reactions (extra hyperactivity, stimmy outbreaks, rashes on face/bottom, violent outbreaks, or night wakenings.) My son used to laugh at night for an hour (scary!), but after I removed bananas from his diet, those episodes disappeared! He now replaces them with PEARS and MANGOS, and doesn’t have a problem.
Friday, September 26, 2014
p 8 la Torta della Nonna
my vegan diabetic version has a nut pie crust and uses avocado to make the pudding filling, has no eggs, no butter, no milk, no sugar
the classic recipe calls for 5 eggs, 1 cup butter, 1 cup milk,& 2 cups sugar....
for pudding filling :
blend 6 avocados (without skin or pits) , with 3 pinches pure powdered stevia extract ( I prefer NOW brand), and 1 tablespoon cocoa butter, and 3 tablespoons cocoa.
for crust mix 2 cups pistachio, cashew, almond, or hazelnuts,in processor with a pinch of pure powdered stevia extract, and 1 cup unsweetend coconut flakes
form pie shell into pyrex , ceramic, or stoneware, round baking dish
add pudding
to with pine nuts
the classic recipe calls for 5 eggs, 1 cup butter, 1 cup milk,& 2 cups sugar....
for pudding filling :
blend 6 avocados (without skin or pits) , with 3 pinches pure powdered stevia extract ( I prefer NOW brand), and 1 tablespoon cocoa butter, and 3 tablespoons cocoa.
for crust mix 2 cups pistachio, cashew, almond, or hazelnuts,in processor with a pinch of pure powdered stevia extract, and 1 cup unsweetend coconut flakes
form pie shell into pyrex , ceramic, or stoneware, round baking dish
add pudding
to with pine nuts
Thursday, September 25, 2014
p 7 the dif between vegan&diabetic ones
If you are not a diabetic vegan , we can't eat the way you eat <3...You advice won't help us :).. take the time to study this groups posts <3 You will see, dear reader, that , being a diabetic vegan is completely different from being a vegan,...or vegan fruitarian...Regular Vegan recipes don't have the proper chemical equation of low carb, very low glucose, high fiber, moderate veggie source fat, and low protein , 0 starch, complete,in every serving, yet full of natural colors, herbs, spices, and no artificial colors, flavors, acidic foods, or artificial sweeteners or additives..and every substance is counted in mg for all of that, with gross and net.....we don't eat high sugar fruits at all,.. or high sugar veggies...we avoid cooking as much as possible because it concentrates sugar content. we would not make a smoothie with Banana, Pineapple,Orange, Papaya,and Mango, like a vegan frutarian would..such a drink would send us into diabetic shock....we can't even use store bought almond milk high in sugar...we make our smoothie with raw nuts, water, and instant coffee, or cocoa, or add one strawberry, or a small slice of Pear, or 3 blueberries, or raspberries..and maybe add some avocado to thicken it....and a little pure stevia extract...- The Kind & Diabetic Vegan (c)
p 6 Julian Bakery
Julian Bakery has some useful products for Diabetics, but all are not diabetic, read carefully.I have tried many of them. The bagels are like eating sawdust, you have to chew one bite for an hour because it's so high in fiber. The bread and hot dog rolls are better.
Now Stevia usually has no malto dextrin or fillers, but still read ingredients with caution....check for fillers, and hidden sugar starches, and carbs under other names, that can raise blood glucose level
Now Stevia usually has no malto dextrin or fillers, but still read ingredients with caution....check for fillers, and hidden sugar starches, and carbs under other names, that can raise blood glucose level
p 5 Carlos
this was interesting
How I Cured Myself of Type 2 Diabetes
by Carlos
Monday 21, 2011
I was born in 1955 on an island in the middle of the Atlantic in the Azores, a beautiful archipelago of nine islands that is part of the Portuguese government. Life on the island was very quiet and isolated from the rest of the world. Our diet consisted of grains, legumes, vegetables, fish and pork. When I turned 13 my parents decided to come of the US to give me a better life and opportunities that I did not have on the Island.
Life in the US was definitely very different than life on the islands, meat and processed foods were abundant and we now could have red meat every day. Back on the island we only had red meat as a celebration, specifically a catholic feast only held a few times a year. Diabetes was predominant on my mother’s side of the family, most had this affliction much later on in life.
As I turned 49 years old during a visit with my doctor he told me that my sugars were high and that I needed to control my diet. Not knowing what he meant, since he did not explain it, I felt that I would cut out the donuts and things would get better. I had gone from 125lbs when in my 20’s to 165lbs. Four months later, December 23rd 2004 my doctor decided that I was not controlling my diet properly (I guess the cutting out the donuts didn’t help) and he diagnosed me as a type 2 diabetic, plus some other ailments such as a fatty liver, enlarged prostate, etc. He prescribed Metformin to be taken two times per day. My question to him was, “What can I do to educate myself about Diabetes in order to better control it?” He told me of a program at a nearby hospital funded by insurance companies and run by dieticians. I enrolled in the program. It was educational, they encouraged eating more protein to lower high sugars, they also encouraged more exercise and eating less white flour, etc, etc.
After following this regimen I visited my doctor. I always had a blood test prior to my visits to discuss my progress during the visit. My A1C was up and he prescribed more medication, Avandia twice daily and Lipitor to lower my Cholesterol. Needless to say this did not make me happy. I hated taking pills and I started to look into curing myself, including scanning the web for solutions, I found a few doctors promoting their supplements such as Dr. Mercola but nothing worked. The search continued into 2007, I was reading books such as “The Secret”, “The Law of Attraction”, etc. One day at work I was telling someone that I had finally made up my mind and my goal in life was to find a cure for type 2 Diabetes. I did not accept this disease.
A few days later, at the end of August 2007 on my way to work, listening to XM radio, I tuned to the Oprah station and Dr. Oz was interviewing Dr. Neal Barnard. Dr. Barnard was promoting his book “Dr. Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes”. It caught my interest and I turned up the volume. He was talking about this Vegan thing as a way to reverse Diabetes. What he was describing made sense to me. The most important thing was that he was not promoting a product. As a matter of fact, he disclosed the secret. I got to work very excited and told my colleague that I had found the cure.
This happened on a Friday and I devoted my weekend to researching this Vegan diet, what I found out was not good, giving up all animal products. Wow, what would I eat?
I made a commitment to try this Vegan diet for 4 months. It started to work almost immediately. My sugars started to drop, my energy levels were thru the roof, my weight was down, I felt great, and I started to eliminate my medications one pill at a time. By November I was living without medications and decided to make an appointment with my doctor. It happened to be in January 2008. As always, I went for the blood test first. A week before my appointment I received the test results… my A1C had gone from a 6.5 with medications to 4.9 without, and my cholesterol was down from over 220 to 146. This was the first time that I could not wait to see the doctor.
My appointment day finally came; I sat nervously waiting for my doctor to walk in. He walked in, checked the chart, compared it to previous pages, and turned to me and said “This is incredible control!” I said “Yes Doctor, especially when I no longer take medications”. He reached back to find the stool. I think his legs were buckling and he said “What is it that you are doing?” I told him that I was a Vegan. He thought that it was fantastic and reminded me that this was adding years to my life. I told him how I liked adding years in the middle not the end. I suggested he tell his Diabetes patients, he said that it was too extreme and they would not do it. I continued to see him another couple of visits and all my other numbers were continuing to improve also.
It has been the best three and half years of my life I am celebrating my 56th birthday in two months, I now weigh 130lbs and I feel more energetic than I can ever remember. I have become a passionate promoter of eating a whole foods plant based diet. I love being a Vegan.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
p1 Introduction
...FOR VEGANS & DIABETIC VEGANS
Welcome to our kind and gentle, loving and supportive book.We won't criticize you, argue with you, be rude, ignore you, or put you down.You will feel very appreciated, here ♥ Please enjoy our fave recipes and products that help us with being a vegan diabetic, or vegan, no matter how simple or worldly :)
the recipes are good for all vegans, even if not diabetic,.
disclaimer: am not diagnosing or treating, only sharing recipes & information, and interesting, positive, experiences <3
Welcome to our kind and gentle, loving and supportive book.We won't criticize you, argue with you, be rude, ignore you, or put you down.You will feel very appreciated, here ♥ Please enjoy our fave recipes and products that help us with being a vegan diabetic, or vegan, no matter how simple or worldly :)
the recipes are good for all vegans, even if not diabetic,.
disclaimer: am not diagnosing or treating, only sharing recipes & information, and interesting, positive, experiences <3
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