On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 11:59 AM, claudiamb13 <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> thanks Heather
>
> Very interesting what you said about wheat being an issue even if you're not allergic to it. I'm weaning myself off of it as we speak. hopefully that solves some inflammation issues that i have
It was an eye-opener for me too. Actually what has been amazing to me
-- though it shouldn't be, once you think about it -- is that a lot of
foods are somewhat toxic actually, and your body has to deal with
that. When we are young and healthy, it's easier for your body to do
that! But I hang around now with people who have more problems, so
I've learned a bit more. If your digestion isn't up to par, here are
the things I've found that help:
1. Fast-5. Eating less often. My theory is that it gives your body
time to do housecleaning between meals. Bacterial overgrowths in the
gut die back when they aren't fed.
2. All seeds try to protect themselves. When you think about it, it
makes sense. Seeds want to get planted and grow, and animals and fungi
want to eat them because the seeds are loaded with nutrients. So the
seeds have hard shells, spikes, shells, and chemicals that make them
irritating to eat. Think about it: most of the major allergens are
seeds (wheat, corn, soy, tree nuts, peanuts). White rice is, I think,
the least irritating ... but brown rice bothers some people.
Wheat is an issue because (some people think) there is a peptide in it
that acts a lot like the candida yeast. Candida has a "sticky" part
that makes it stick to your gut ... gliadin has the same peptide. And
that peptide isn't digestible by human beings. Anything that sticks to
your gut wall is going to be somewhat irritating -- it's like pouring
glue on your skin. I think casein has a glue-like part to it too, but
casein should be more digestible (?) so probably it doesn't bother
people so much? Also these "sticky" proteins get less sticky when
combined with other foods sometimes.
3. Short-chain fats are easier to digest than long-chain fats. It
takes a good bile system to digest long-chain fats, and some people
don't have good bile. Coconut oil has very short-chain fats, and a
fair bit of it is MCT, which doesn't require bile at all.
4. Raw vegies are more problematic than cooked or fermented vegies. I
know this isn't "what people say", but some vegies have protective
stuff in them, like seeds do, and many of them are de-activated by
cooking. So cooked green beans are easy on the stomach: raw green
beans are not. Cabbage is very problematic for some people: but kraut
is good. I love raw lettuce and it doesn't bother me, but it does some
people.
5. Ginger is amazing. The "pickled ginger" that is sold to eat with
sushi? A few slices of that with a meal will make the meal digest a
lot better. Ginger is also great for nausea. You can make your own
pickled ginger by slicing up some fresh ginger thin and soaking it in
rice vinegar. It keeps forever that way.
6. Vinegar is amazing too. Your body reacts to it in ways that change
how your blood sugar/insulin works. Lemon juice too ... anything sour.
7. Be careful of tea on an empty stomach. Tannins are one of those
irritating substances.
8. Be careful of starches/sugars on an empty stomach. Some people
don't digest the "quickly digesting" starches well ... they get dumped
into the gut before they are really absorbed well and then feed
bacteria. Baked goods are the worst for this: the starch is finely
ground. "gelled" starches ... like pasta or steamed rice ... go
through a different digestive process. Also starches surrounded by
fats and fibers ... think stir fry on rice ... digest differently. So
the WORST thing you can eat for morning sickness is saltine crackers!
(what I ate!).
9. Fruits are one food that is "meant" to be eaten. The whole point of
a tree making fruit is to entice some animals to carry the seed away
somewhere else. So fruit tends to be easier on your gut. But it's also
better to eat it whole, with the fiber, not juiced, which like
cookies, absorb too quickly (and you can drink just too much of it!).
10. Avoid cheap hamburger. It's made from used-up dairy cows, and most
of us who get good beef can actually taste the difference. It tastes
like chemicals! Dairy cows are fed a lot of medications, and they are
full of hormones (natural or artificial: it takes hormones to make
milk). So the beef is sold cheap and made into hamburger. If you need
cheap beef, go to the business Costco and buy their big huge roasts,
which can go for $1.29/lb (depends on the cut) and cut it up and
freeze it. Or their frozen ground sirloin burgers. But don't get their
"bulk hamburger" rolls.
We buy one beef "on the hoof" per year, which is very economical if
you buy directly from the farmer ... the butchers come out and do all
the work and it's nearly as convenient as going to the store.
11. Be careful of packaged starchy foods. There is something about how
they make them ... the high heat, dryness, additives? ... that is
bothersome to some people, and they can be high in acrylamides, which
are bad news.
12. Be careful of vegie oils. Esp. Canola. It has erucic acid in it
... in smaller amounts than "rapeseed oil" had in the past, via
breeding ... but it still can be irritating. I noticed this a lot
after I stopped using it then tried it again. But it's in so many
foods these days! The other vegie oils ... corn/soy ... oxidize during
cooking and in your body. And most oils are hydrogenated into trans
fats, which is even worse. Olive oil and coconut oil are, I think, the
safest and easiest on your body.
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Anyway, sorry that this is so long and technical. I don't believe in
being "the food police" and everyone is different. But maybe it can
help cut down on your experimentation time to hear other's
experiences. If you listen to your body it will tell you what it wants
and needs. We don't "avoid all bad foods" by any means, but by
concentrating on what works for us, we sure feel a lot better! (and we
do have lots of yummy food, trust me).
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