quote:<HR>Originally posted by melb025:
Suzette,

Yes I am a regular lurker on these boards and am familiar with your diet....and was hoping you would respond.

Everyone please note I am not trying to start the carb/no card debate again in any way, shape or form. Since my homeopath recommended some of the things suzzette has talked about before, I was just trying to get her perspective on some of the nutritional strategies (pros, cons) he suggested.

Anyway...
I've been incorporating some aspects of his philosophy into my diet (no wheat, unless in sprouted breads, cod liver oil, ghee, salmon, egg yolks). I had been a vegetarian for two years--and now am i pescatarian i guess-- but was having some chronic health problems and went to a homeopath who suggested I adopt some of these nutritional strategies, which I have done.

What concerns me now is the effects of the interaction between two diet types (i.e. parts of a trad. diet with a vegetarian diet)....

for breakfast I'm having plain organic oats cooked with some fruit (strawberries or something)
three egg whites and two yolks (previously I was just eating the whites due to concerns about cholestoral and sat. fat)
two teaspoons cod liver oil
tea, sweetened with stevia

a snack might be a piece of fruit and some pb on spelt bread or a rice cake; maybe a fruit and some raw almonds

lunch is a big salad with organic greens, snap peas, chick peas, almonds, carrot, tomatoes, maybe with some (wild) canned salmon...dressing is olive oil and vinegar, garlic
two more teaspoons of cod liver oil

a snack might be an orange

dinner might be vegetables like brocolli and asparagus cooked in ghee, beans and rice; some nights veggies and fish.

a snack might be spelt bread with ghee

The homeopath also recommended full fat dairy products (preferably raw) so I may pick up some brown cow yogurt at whole foods, and am considering adding turkey to my diet. This whole animal fat thing is a huge shift in my thinking and I just want to be healthy. I'm not trying to lose weight (5'4 124, but muscular (size 4)) but want to get my periods back and fix this thyroid condition

fyi--I run 35-50 miles a week, plus spinning, lifting. I'm aiming to run sub 1:35 in the half. my previous best is 1:35:50.

I also want to train for a marathon but my energy levels have been very low, though they have improved since I began these diet changes.

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quote:<HR>Originally posted by melb025:
Suzette,

You write the following:

The only thing I can say about mixing the diets is that you want to avoid mixing LCFAs (long-chain fatty acids are saturated fats...though Omega 3s are long-chains, too) with carbohydrates. Potatoes with sour cream is probably the worst thing you can eat. That combination is what makes triglycerides.

Now is this just when you consume them together or if you consume them both throughout the day? I'd love to read more about this process. I've also heard that cholestoral in and of itself isn't a precursor to stroke/heart disease etc.

Also, why is ghee so superior to butter ?

thanks!

PS how is your friend? I think I ran in a race this him this winter--Stu's 15k in Lynn<HR>

quote:<HR>Originally posted by melb025:
Hi CS and TE

I've been off the radar for a few days---finals!!
Anyway, I've been wondering if I may have some gluten sensitivity issues. I've stopped eating wheat(unless it was sprouted bread) but over the past few days have felt my self slipping back to how I felt pre-visit to the homeopath and the subsequent dietary changes...

either of you familiar with gluten sensitivity/celiac? I hear its way more common most realize...<HR>