What kind of diet is best??

Help! I am a healthy eater but not healthy enough.  Help guide me to the right diet!

Thanks!!

 

Oatmeal is wheat?? And, gluten-free rice? Brown rice?

Oatmeal in the USA is cross-contaminated with gluten (usually from wheat) due to how the grains are stored/transported. Gluten-free oats are available, but are very expensive. All rice is considered gluten-free because it does not contain the same proteins that cause Celiac Disease that wheat/rye/barley contain. Brown rice is whole grain, whereas white rice usually has been processed to remove the bran (fiber).

Take care,

My LLMD actually told me to have oatmeal for breakfast and that she has lyme and has it every morning?

Following a wheat free diet can really help your body by decreasing the foods you eat which are causing inflamation. If you look at the gluten free diet, which is what people who are sensitive or allergic to gluten(aka wheat, rye, barley and oats) follow you will learn alot. There is so much wonderful information at Celiac.com.
I have been gluten free for 4 years and for me, my allergy is so severe I look at any product with gluten as posion. I use soy, rice and potatoe flours for my baking and enjoy many of my traditional recipes that I converted to gluten free.
So you don't have to be allergic to gluten to follow the diet. It's simply a true whole food way of eating by avoiding the processed foods and enjoying more fruits and veggies.
Maggie

Hi lita31~

Ezekial bread is sprouted so it is easier to digest than other processed wheat/grain products. I haven'te seen any that are gluten free.

Flowerpoddess said...
Some doctors don't seem to know anything, that's what I can say but I don't know if Oatmeal is bad.

Razzle - The Oatmeal I get is Quaker brand and it's made from whole grain or something, is that bad? You mentioned gluten and you mentioned grain free oats but brown rice is also a whole grain, I'm so confused.

"Whole grain" just means that the fiber (bran) has not been milled away; it is a term that can apply to any grain (wheat, rye, barley, oats, corn, rice, etc.).  I actually said oats are often cross-contaminated with gluten from wheat/rye/barley here in the USA, but there are companies who sell oats which do not have this cross-contamination and therefore are safe for those trying to avoid gluten.

"Gluten" is a type of protein found in wheat, rye, and barley (and in cross-contaminated oats); this is the protein that causes the inflammation and symptoms seen in those with Celiac Disease.

I hope this helps clarify...take care,

What can you eat????
Here it is
Meats (oranic and grassfed)
lamb
turkey
fish( deep water and water fish)
game meats (wild)
beef
chicken

Dairy:
Goat or sheep cheese
rice or Nut Milk
Eggs (oranic)

Grains:
Brown rice
Buskwheet
Oats
Quinoa
Splet
Millet

Vegatables:
Legumes
Peas
All vegs, but not ones on aviod list

Fruits:
Apples
Pears
Berries
peaches
All fruits but not ones on avoid list

Drinks:
Water
Fruit juice ( fresh or no sugar added)
Veg. Juice (not canned)
Tea (green or herbal)

Others / tips
Fresh seasonal oranic fruits and veg.

At least 8-10 glasses of fresh purified water daily

ok...my eyes ar hurting now..lol

Vegetables (lettuce, zucchini, celery, etc.), meats, eggs - do these things bother your bladder? You might also look up the Specific Carbohydrate Diet and see what kind of recipes they have available for ideas, and you could probably adapt any of their recipes that contain the other things you're trying to avoid. Another thing you might be able to eat is the bran from grains, such as rice bran or oat bran - the bran is the fiber part and it does not contain the starch (sugar) or protein parts of the grain. The advantage is that the bran is good for your intestinal tract and helps regulate blood sugar when eaten with foods that contain natural sugars.

I hope this helps - take care,

This is the diet that was given to me by one of the top LLMD's in the country. He also has had lyme.
So I am sharing it with you all.
But don't shoot the messenger..I almost got a headache typing all of that out....LoL
:>0

Maggie, you cannot take amoxy for 8 years. It does not work. ABX for a long term can kill you. And now the flu could kill you. Look into something else....like silver.
amoxy can work if you find the tick and then take 1,200 for 30-40 days..but then that is it.
taking pills just go through your stomach, can ruin your stomach and make you pee blood through your rectum..been there...done that...lol
too many abx can also cause severe nuerological problems...lol...been there and done that.
One only has to look on line and see how many deaths are caused a year by over dosing on abx.
You could get re infected every year..unless you are going to live in a padded room. Getting your mail.
Oral abx do not pennetrate your brian. It does not go deep tissue. Lyme does. It uses your blood like a subway. It does not hang there. It is a cork screw, it goes deep tissue.
You need silver that is a arrow shape that will go deep after it.

Hello Martha and Razzle,

Sorry I haven't responded in a long time. The diet you mentioned thanks for it but let's see with my bladder condition.

What can you eat????
Here it is
Meats (oranic and grassfed)
lamb
turkey
fish( deep water and water fish)
game meats (wild)
beef
chicken

(I only eat fish [fish fillets, sardines and salmon are those okay?], chicken and shrimp which you didn't state? Hotdogs are a no no huh . . . blah) Problem is many chicken is cooked with lemon or honey and they irritate the bladder and same goes for bbq sauce so? I'm clueless.

Dairy:
Goat or sheep cheese
rice or Nut Milk
Eggs (oranic)

(Rice milk is okay? Razzle is that true? I'm abit confused with avoiding rice and the milk being okay. Oat milk is too? Goat Milk? Butter and Margarine are bad so that means lightly buttered popcorn is no good? What about organic rice cake and I see in the ingredients of some things there is orangic evapourated cane sugar, a no no? I'll look into organic egg)

Grains:
Brown rice
Buskwheet
Oats
Quinoa
Splet
Millet

(but don't breads contain yeast? like Buskwheet. Many ingredients of products have flour in it . . . so that's bad then?)

Vegatables:
Legumes
Peas
All vegs, but not ones on aviod list

(Well you mentioned corn so that means popcorn is out then . . )

Fruits:
Apples
Pears
Berries
peaches
All fruits but not ones on avoid list

(I can't eat any fruits)

Drinks:
Water
Fruit juice ( fresh or no sugar added)
Veg. Juice (not canned)
Tea (green or herbal)

(Can't have any tea or fruit juice)

Others / tips
Fresh seasonal oranic fruits and veg.

(Can't eat fruits)

Christmas is coming up and I can't seem to find friendly chicken recipes. I see butter or citrus in them, so any suggestions?

Flowerpoddess said...
Some doctors don't seem to know anything, that's what I can say but I don't know if Oatmeal is bad.

Razzle - The Oatmeal I get is Quaker brand and it's made from whole grain or something, is that bad? You mentioned gluten and you mentioned grain free oats but brown rice is also a whole grain, I'm so confused.

Flower, unless you are extremely sensitive to gluten, the very small trace amounts that end up in a cannister of Quaker oats is not going to be enough to cause a problem. The oats we eat have teeny amounts of gluten that would only cause a problem for someone with severe sensitivity to it, like with Celiac's or UC.

I have been experimenting with a gluten free diet for some time now, and have definitely noticed a symptom reduction. I also eat two cups of Quaker oats every day. Now yesterday I ate two hot dogs, on wheat buns, and holy crap my joints are killing me today. That's the king of gluten intake to avoid! (be a looooong time before I eat wheat again)