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Posted 6/24/2011 8:22 PM (GMT 0)
First off, there is salt free ketchup. Make your own barbeque sauce. Often I make a rub of garlic powder, chili powder or smoked paprika, cumin, some black pepper and other spices such as cinnamon. If I want a sauce, some (low salt) crushed tomatoes and then spices to taste. Believe me, you can make a better sauce for half the price of the bottled stuff.
Posted 6/24/2011 8:53 PM (GMT 0)
Mick,
Okay, so I tend to be hard headed at times. Deprive myself??? I have experienced deprivation for the past ten years. I'm not talking about mild deprivation either. Matter of fact, I can honestly say as far as condiments go, I haven't had any for eleven years until six months ago. I am adjusting to all of this one day at a time. Doesn't mean I will always do so gracefully.

David, Thanks for the tips on the sauce. I will definitely get the sodium free ketchup next trip to the store. I wasn't aware they carried ketchup without salt. I often make my own sauce anyway. I will check the content of everything I use. I appreciate the suggestions and your effort will not be wasted.

You go along in life and for the most part think you are eating healthy if you don't eat fried foods, high fat foods, and a lot of sweets. Then, bam, all of a sudden you are dealing with two medical problems, maybe three, and discover that you can no longer eat a lot of normal things. This is like any other challenge in life. Adjust, accept, and overcome. I am still at the adjusting phase. Please be patient with me.
Hugs
Mitzi
Posted 6/24/2011 9:45 PM (GMT 0)
Mitzi you didnt have to share a house with the mask ,who that masked man, why thats the Nantucket food guru princess
Posted 6/24/2011 10:47 PM (GMT 0)

Mitzi, thanks for the ribs instructions.  I'm guessing if you used pork loin ribs, they were already fairly tender.  I was also surprised at the no-salt ketchup when I read the list of allowed foods after transplant.  I'd never seen it.  But then, I hadn't been looking for it, either.

I know that fatty liver can be improved with weight loss and less fatty foods.  I don't think it always progresses to cirrhosis, but not sure.  I do know that untreated hep C will progress to cirrhosis and possibly liver cancer, both of which it's done to me.

I'm making a spinach-mushroom saute tonight...all fresh veggies...and am adding thinly sliced yellow squash as I need to use it up.  I use lemon juice and don't need salt.  I do need some protein, so maybe a small chickpea salad as well.

Hugs,

Connie


Posted 6/24/2011 11:44 PM (GMT 0)
zelDDa,
It will take some time to get used to eating the right things. My best hint is to assume everything has too much sodium, until proven otherwise. Rarely will you find foods that aren't. Also, check the serving sizes. Bread for a sandwich may look fine, but it's for a single slice. Double it for a sandwich. Connie put it well. Use citrus juices and spices to give you great flavor. Once you get used to cooking that way, you'll realize food doesn't have to be bland, to be healthy. Eat salads and don't use low salt dressing. Lemon juice and olive oil are great. Add a clove of garlic, smashed, or a bit of powdered mustard or pepper for a kick.

As for Mick, he's the only princess around here. I'm a prince.
Posted 6/25/2011 3:49 AM (GMT 0)
I love ribs . The best way I have found was to take preferably baby back ribs and rinse em off good > Spread a sheet of good plastic cooking wrap cut down to the length of the ribs , Give a little extra coverage for both ends > Lay the ribs out on the plastic and season it with salt free seasonings of choice > Flip the rack over and do the other side > Stretch out another sheet of plastic wrap > Fold the ribs up on the plastic wrap it was seasoned on and then place it with the uncovered portion down on the other sheet and wrap it tightly > Lay out a sheet of tinfoil cut to length and do the wrapping procedure again as with the plastic to form a tight seal > Preheat oven to 350 and cook for 1 hour in large shallow sheet pan > Let them cool down and remove the covering ( No the plastic wrap wont stick to the ribs ) > Put a salt free bbq sauce you can get from most different websites ( I tried a few but my wife makes a sweet sauce that's really kick*** ) > Put the ribs back in the pan uncovered and broil for about 10 minutes on each side ( be careful the meat will fall off the bones ). The sauce will glaze on to the ribs this way . I myself like to spark up the grill on high and glaze them to add that smokey flavor . Enjoy .


A. Ziffle
Posted 6/25/2011 4:28 AM (GMT 0)
Well, I guess you guys can do an intervention on me right now. My son, Steve went shopping tonight. Guess what he bought for dinner tonight? Marie Callander Chicken Pot Pies. I looked at the label and fell out in the kitchen floor. It should be illegal for them to sell them. In his defense he knew I hadn't had one in eleven years and thought I would enjoy that while we watched a Friday Night movie. I'm not dead yet and my extremities are not swelling as we speak. I will not eat one of those again. Because of my gall bladder problems, I seem to do the best with rice and vegetables.

David,Thanks for the suggestions. I have to start being more mindful and read labels.

Connie, Thanks for the words of encouragement. My next appointment with the Gastro I should find out what genotype I am and I will address treatment at that time. My goal is to halt the damage that has been done. I am hopeful it is not too late.

Ziffle, Thanks for the Pork Rib recipe. I love anything grilled. It taste so much better. I am using lemon and will get some olive oil next shopping trip. We just ran out a couple of weeks ago. I have canola oil but prefer the olive oil.

I made some salmon salad for tomorrow. I will be making a new shopping list with all the suggestions all of you have given me. It's looking like we should do a Liver Healthy Cook Book.
Hugs
Mitzi
Posted 6/25/2011 5:08 AM (GMT 0)

I used to eat those Marie Callendar pot pies before I became health conscious and a label reader.  You're right--they're a health hazard:  Full of fat, calories, and sodium.  nono    But once won't kill you.

David, the dietitian handed out some guidelines for post=transplant and the goal was 2000 mg of sodium a day or less.  I know my intake is less than half of that.  I don't eat fast food.  Once in a very rare while I'll have a small McDonald's fries...about once every 2 yrs.  I don't think I'm going to have a big problem with the diet.

Hugs,

Connie

Posted 6/25/2011 4:04 PM (GMT 0)
The 1st movie I remember going to with a girl was Planet of the Apes. I know me and my brothers went to matinees when we were little with the neighbors mother next door. My favorite comedy movies were the ones when I was in high school, Young Frankenstein was a howl, American Graffitti was another, Jaws, Animal House. To go back a few years. I remeber when I was 9 or 10, I had an after school paper route in these 2 high rises in Allston, MA. The Boston Globe would drop off about 20 or so papers at my house and I would run up the street and take the elevators up and deliver all the papers and run back to my house by 4:00 P.M. to watch Dark Shadows. Every weekday I watched those shows. Being a paper boy back then I remember a lot of front pages, like Bobby Kennedy's death, front page picture of his killer Sirhan Sirhan and the Apollo space flights, 1st man on the moon....etc... I find it very interesting reminiscing the past sometimes. Later, my after school afternoons were spent watching and imitating The Three Stooges watching all the reruns. I thought Shemp was really funny! I am glad whoever started this topic. Breaks up all the sadness and pain we hear on the website. I am also a Movie Buff and a History buff.

Post Edited (bostonmike) : 6/25/2011 10:11:43 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 6/25/2011 4:06 PM (GMT 0)
I posted to the wrong topic! Sorry! I do not know how that happened? No, after rechecking the topic kind of changed from entertainment to low sodium.

Post Edited (bostonmike) : 6/25/2011 10:10:27 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 6/25/2011 4:23 PM (GMT 0)
Mike,
This is the right place for your post. We went from the 3 Stooges to TV, to movies, cooking and then to lowering one's sodium intake.
Posted 6/25/2011 4:24 PM (GMT 0)
BostonMike,

I don't think you posted to the wrong thread. I believe it started as a, "No negativity" thread. Several of us contributing with humor, cooking, movies, and health. I am a movie buff to the bone. I feel that through movies you can uplift any given situation you may be going through. Laughter is said to have the power of healing. I enjoy a wide assortment of movies. I do prefer movies to TV mainly because I do not like commercials. The Big Screen always attracted me and now that we have wide screen TVs with surround sound, I can enjoy the Big Screen in the comfort of my own home.

It is food for the soul to reminisce about people, place, and things of the past. It keeps us connected as to who we are. I know this is a health forum with serious issues at hand. Health includes our mental state as well, which to me, is paramount with getting better.

I love Planet of the Apes...Charlton Heston. Jaws.....I lived on the beach...never took for granted the possibility of a shark attack, witnessed a couple. Watched Dark Shadows....Leave it to Beaver...Lucy..even Green Acres. I remember them all fondly. Now I like to watch new movies. I include it in my busy week.

With the help of my dedicated mentors, I am learning the ins and outs of cooking healthy. I look forward to opening this forum every day and consider it a blessing in my life.
Hugs
Mitzi
Posted 6/25/2011 4:24 PM (GMT 0)
Post transplant sodium hasn't been a problem for Ron - after all he's been through - fast food is his guilty pleasure from time to time. Weight loss is such a problem - if he wants it - I cook it.

My first DATE movie (went with a boy without my parents) James Bond - Thunderball.
BostonMike - I remember Dark Shadows.
Class of 1974
Posted 6/25/2011 4:28 PM (GMT 0)
rcmoonpie

I love it, Class of 74...Great time to live. Fantastic music...oh yeah

Mitzi
Class of 1970
Posted 6/25/2011 7:09 PM (GMT 0)

Pam, I'm hoping to lose 20 lbs on the transplant diet--putting me back at my 1995 weight.  I could lose even more and be at my H.S. weight.  Although, as one gets older, if too thin one just looks emaciated.  Saw one like that yesterday.

My first movie date was Psycho with Tony Perkins.  I am still not comfortable in showers.

Hugs,

Connie

Posted 6/25/2011 7:28 PM (GMT 0)
I know what you mean - plump cheeks - can take off 20 years (well, in my mirror, anyway).

I want to know more about everyone, I'll start.

Favorite food: Mexican enchilada with verdes sauce
Favorite song: anything by CCR
Favorite vacation place: Tybee Island, Georgia, USA
Favorite season: fall
Other stuff: 5'10", left handed, my heaven smells like cilantro, love salt water fishing, horses and dogs, photography http://pwcphography.com
Posted 6/25/2011 8:20 PM (GMT 0)
Connie,
Once you have a transplant, dieting won't be a problem. It will be all you can do to put weight back on. It took a few months before food had any taste, then another 6 months before I got close to normal weight. At one year out, I was a few pounds overweight and now, by being careful, things are where they should be.

RC,
I know what you mean about CCR. I'm going to look for a very funny video about that. If I find it, I'll pass it along.
Posted 6/25/2011 9:02 PM (GMT 0)

"Once you have a transplant, dieting won't be a problem. It will be all you can do to put weight back on."

Oh, joy!  That will be GREAT!  For most of my life, I could eat whatever I liked and never gained an ounce.  But after menopause and all the surgeries in 7 years, it piled on and has been very hard to lose anything.

Who is CCR?

Me:  4'11" (was 5' 1 3/4" in my younger years, but with multiple hip surgeries and age, I shrunk.)

Favorite Song:  That would be really difficult as I have quite a few:  Fred Neil, Linin' Track; Josh Groban, Broken Vow; Clay Aiken, Crying with Linda Eder and Unchained Melody; Steven Tyler, Theme song from Armageddon ("I could lie awake just to see you sleeping..."

Favorite Food:  Breyer's Cherry Ice Cream (which I don't eat anymore due to calories and protein), REAL key lime pie as found in the Bahamas, fresh fruit of most any kind.

Favorite Vacation Place:  Sarasota, FL and Manhattan (NYC.)  I've been to Tybee Island for a day when vacationing in Savannah, GA.

Favorite Season:  Late spring.

Hugs,

Connie


Posted 6/25/2011 9:16 PM (GMT 0)
CCR = Credence Clearwater Revival
Posted 6/25/2011 9:20 PM (GMT 0)
Hello Sparkles, You couldn't answer the email ? I'm busy for most of the day ,why don't you fill the audience in ? Well it was funny ,and above all it was true? Why don't you share David ,you have my permission(Haha). Have a beautiful day David .
Princess.
Posted 6/25/2011 10:46 PM (GMT 0)
Class of 1976. I was a disco duck. wore the collar up on my waistline leather jacket, silk colllaged shirt and polyester bell bottom pants and ordered 7 & 7's like Tony Manero. Yup! did his moves on the dance floor, too. Remember all those silly songs especially the Bee Gees. I just laugh when I hear that music, now. That era came and went real fast. Blink! And it was over! Ya! i follow a strict low to no-sodium diet like everybody else.  I miss pizza with extra cheese, Italian sausages and corned beef sandwiches. I could probably make a low sodium pizza at home. Just seems like a lot of work and have not been able to find no-salt added pizza sauce. I  could use a low sodium English muffin and no-salt added diced tomatoes with herbs & spices with a thin layer of mozzerella. Mozzerella is not to high in sodium if you use a little. Next store to me is a quaint Italian place called Mario's and they have a thin crispy slice with a thin layer of mozzerella cheese, herbs and spices, and cut up fresh tomatoes on top. It is pricey and I had it once but i am afraid of buying a whole pizza, because i'll eat the whole thing in one sitting.
Posted 6/25/2011 11:53 PM (GMT 0)
Mick,
I answered your email and if I had any idea of what you're alluding to, I'd be happy to reply here. You sure you're taking enough lactulose? Of course that would be difficult to determine, without blood work. Seriously, let me know what you want me to answer.
Posted 6/26/2011 12:03 AM (GMT 0)
YES
Posted 6/26/2011 12:06 AM (GMT 0)
BostonMike........picture painted well - I was in the moment with you!!!!!

"Do the Hustle"

Posted 6/26/2011 12:09 AM (GMT 0)
Connie - we're a foot difference! Breyers vanilla bean in a large frosty glass with rootbeer poured over top.
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