High Protein Foods

So my doctor started me on Welchol because of my eroded ileocecal valve. It's supposed to absorb excess bile/cholesterol. Apparently, all the bile I am secreting is ending up in my colon and is not digesting the fats in the small intestine. He said the more fat I eat, the more bile my gallbladder releases to digest it.

Well, I've followed a super high fat diet for the past few years because it's low in fiber and helps me keep my weight relatively stable (5'5" 102 lbs). He suggested cutting down my fat intake and now I am annoyed about what to eat. I eat steak, lamb, and pork 3x a day and an unlimited amount of bacon fat. My diet is so meat and butter based and I never realized that it was causing all this bile to end up in my colon.

I feel so stupid now but what do I eat? Fiber backs me up so much. I usually eat about 4 eggs a day but always with the yolks.

I need some good high protein foods/meals that are low in fat. Need some good suggestions.

The foods I don't include in my diet are grains, beans, and lactose (major lactose intolerance).

Hi bananagirl,

sorry to hear about this.. i'm not familiar with that problem, but i understand maybe it causes discomfort? Or just that your fats aren't being absorbed properly because of this. Can you look into any supplements that might help the ileocecal valve heal and absorb better?

I'm sensitive to fiber as well, but I eat an avocado a day (soluble fiber-stool forming) and lots of oats or Bobo's bars (soluble & insoluble fiber) and neither seems to bother me. As a side note, people like us should not eat as many raw fruits and veggies -- our digestive system has to work so hard to break them down already and thats the truth.

OK, high in protein:
I would suggest chunk light tuna fish (canned or fresh), wild pacific sockeye salmon (canned or fresh), mackerel, sardines, black, white, pinto, red, etc beans (canned, fresh) -- check all of these for fat, but you should be good.

If you're skeptical on canned fish, i've had it for years and love it because of how i prepare it -- EVOO, lemon, mayo, tons of spices. Same goes for beans, stir in quinoa, rice, corn... make a Chipotle meal.

Hope these help.

Snack foods:

Bison bars by Brick, Bobo's bars, Soy milk, soy yogurt, almond milk/yogurt...

I use Orgain brand protein shakes, protein powder too.

How did he determine the valve was eroded - scope ?

Easy recipe for salmon or tilapia ( salmon is high in fat)
Make a sauce with
1 tbsp of lemon juice
2tbsp vinegar
1-3 tbsp of sugar ( I like it with less but everyone else seems to like it with more so start with a little and add as you like)
1/3 cup yellow mustard
1/4 cup of oil
1 tsp paprika
4 cloves of minced garlic ( if you can't handle the fresh garlic just use about a teaspoon of garlic powder but it's not nearly as good)
So dip the fish in this sauce and than dip it in breadcrumbs
Bake at 375 till done
This sauce lasts a week or two in the fridge so I keep it on hand
I like to drizzle it on the fish when it's done
For tuna salad you can make it into patties
You can also add things like dill relish or capers to sneak some moisture in
Baking chicken breasts at 375 and shortening the cooking time will make for juicer meat
Also oven roasted turkey from a deli isn't usually dry

Banana, i've recently bought a slow cooker and today i cooked my first dish in it, it came out great! I love this device because it's extremely simple. You just put meat and vegeteables inside, turn it on and after several hours the dish is ready without any involvement on your part :) Today i cooked beef with vegeteables:
lean beef (any quantity you want)
3 carrots, 3 parsley roots, 1 celery root
1 cup of broth
You peel the vegeteables, put them together with beef into a slow cooker, add broth and put the cooker on high. You cook it for 6 hours, it was really delicious :)

One more thing- you can do tuna salad with mashed avocado instead of mayo. I actually like that better!

That's the one i've bought: http://www.electronic-star.pl/oneConcept-Bristol-65-Slow-Cooker-wolnowar-6-5l-300-wat-w-czerwony_i176949.htm?gclid=CK3A24fO-cUCFaPnwgod5oUAiw

Why not try cutting the animal protein completely? All flesh contains saturated fat. Try organic TVP by Rob's Red Mill, tastes just like burger, taco meat, whatever, with the proper spices. Quinoa has a complete amino acid profile and is very high in protein; it is not a grain but a seed--it's even better for you sprouted (soaked) I can easily digest it even in a flare. I also vote for pumpkin seed protein powder, it's caused no prob to my digestion and is super high in protein plus amino acids. I'm currently using hemp, but you need to eat a lot of it compared to the pumpkin. With a problem like yours I would steer clear of all animal products. And dang i am a mayo addict. Try the low fat Veganaise if you can find it, or make your own using silken tofu. Good luck!

I am having problems with food myself, so I know how awful it can be, to cheer you up I am passing on this recipe for coconut yogurt. Here is the link..

http://www.smallfootprintfamily.com/homemade-coconut-milk-yogurt


What I did slightly different to the recipe is to use 2 tins of coconut and 1 small pack of creamed coconut, which thickens it, and so you don't need Gelatin. I purchased it on Amazon, here is the link.....

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00113ZZ5U?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00


I cannot explain how happy and excited this yogurt has made me feel, it just looks like thick clotted cream!!! and tastes amazing, truly, you will be thanking me for this one!

I have been meaning to post on something as well.

I have been using a new product here in Canada as a meal replacement. I used to make them, but it's a pain in the @ss, and all the ones you can buy are loaded with sugars and you get this killer sugar rush as soon as you drink them. I was wandering through the health store to get a smoothie and this guy came up to me and asked if I wanted a sample. I looked at it and said I was hesitant because I have IBD and I never know how I am going to respond. After talking for a bit it turns out he is the actual owner of the company. He said he developed it for all the same concerns I had - to be very easy to digest, to not give that sugar rush and to easily maintain weight. There was a probiotic in it which also made me hold up as I respond weird to probiotics. Sometimes they set me off. He said he included it because it has some great studies behind it (which it actually does) and he also said is it a very small amount. Which makes sense. All of my bad probiotic reactions come from larger dose probiotics - 20 billion plus type doses. I never really gave much though to this before talking with him. Anyway he seemed very genuine.

Ultimately he said he wanted to create a meal replacement that does't hide a single thing on the ingredient list. He mentioned due to labelling laws and such all other product can hide things. Which turns out to be true as well.

His product is called N8ked - www.n8kedbrands.com

Honest to god - this stuff is perfect.

As mentioned earlier I was in the hospital with strep - I had no food or drink for ~6 days. Brutal. IV antibiotics with Clarymicin (The C-fff risk antibiotic). D was intense. I had my mom bring this up to me the first day I could sort of swallow. I had two shakes that day and within 24 hours the D was cut down dramatically. 24 hours after stopping antibiotic my poop was almost normal. 48 hours it was normal. This stuff did it's job and then some.

It works out to about 5 bucks a shake. I buy both the chocolate and vanilla and mix one scoop of each with water and Almond milk. Tastes quite good.

Also with other meal replacements I notice the weight goes on your belly... so your waist get's bigger. With this it has not happened. He wasn't kidding when he said "maintain lean muscle mass" was his goal.

Anyway - that's my super product review of the year! The stuff is awesome compared to any other meal replacement out there.

I think I should make this is own post actually. I will just copy and paste. Might help some. Hopefully no one reacts bad if they try it, but my system is pretty darn sensitive to a lot of stuff... this works perfect in my system. I've been having 2 shakes a day so that's ~600 calories plus whatever I can eat.

Hmm.. Maybe I can send you enough for a few shakes to try somehow if you'd like. Find out if it's the whey or something else that gave you the hives.

Good plan.

This is the only other protein powered my system loves. But since it's just protein it does't do much as a meal replacement unless you make a shake with fats, and fibre. Oddly it's not available in the US without a bunch of additives - on the Canadian site (and in stored here) you can get plain, unflavoured. Though it's quite expensive. I just mix it with orange juice or use it to make my own meal replacements - www.genuinehealth.com/store/proteins#.VXJ1uet9w22

all other protein powders I have tried give me crazy gas and severe uncomfortableness. Even lactose free ones for some reason.

I think it's trial and error for each...nuts can be hard for many to digest especially during a flare, but I also think eating oats for breakfast that don't have a bunch of junky stuff added to them (lots of preservatives/additives is better than the processed flavored kind in general for anyone healthy or sick, the less ingredients the better or avoiding processed foods all together, but again, to each their own and it's trial and error for each as well.

Also, for anyone that is lactose intolerant it's super important to read food labels because you'd be surprised where lactose shows up and for many, even in small amounts, it can be excruciating to deal with if you don't use lactaid pills.