Re: elimination diet/wheat germ

[Guest guest]

Emma,

The milk and cashew butter are very fresh, with new inventory every

week, and I'm buying right on delivery day. The cashew butter was just

purchased on a whim, I doubt I'll even eat it. Just nice to know *I

could* if I wanted to, for some reason.

Re: wheat germ, I'm wondering which of the available choices I have

is the wisest--can you help with that?

It comes down to:

not organic in good packaging or organic in mediocre packaging--are

they both unsatisfactory?

B.

[Guest guest]

> *Personally* I would go for non-organic in good packaging (as long as

> it's GM free), for the sake of freshness.

Emma,

Okay, I'm set with the wheat germ, but when you say 3 oz. wheat germ,

do you mean by weight or volume?

I'm guessing weight?

B.

[Guest guest]

Hi Emma,

> By weight I think. You're not planning to eat it every day are you?

> You might not like it unless the bran content is low.

Actually, I like it. I was using some raw oats before, that or

another another grain mix, but I much prefer this.

Bran content? Ut-oh, what's that about? The carb count in this stuff

is 19 g/serving with 4 g fiber--is that high or low? In between?

bad/good? wah!

> Uh... Just want to clarify... the post I made that gave an example on

> how to reach your RDAs wasn't the *only* way to reach your RDAs by

> far, just a particularly easy way. For a lot of nutrients, the more

> eggs or meat you eat, the less wheatgerm you need.

I realize it was just one way, but it made it easy to start things

off, so I wouldn't get carried away in my head with options. Also,

it's something I can eat for a while before I get too bored and then

it'll be simple to add some variety.

Also, I see how far I've gotten removed from whole, simple foods in

some ways. It's nice not to be eating the exotic foods and

supplements I've accumulated over time. Shame on me.

> Also, you are no more or less likely to become vitamin deficient on

> this diet compared to any other wholefoods diet. Veggies really don't

> contain much in the way of essential nutrients, you are probably

> already getting 3/4ths of them from animal foods anyway.

>

> So, don't panic. Also, I wouldn't change the quantities of dairy and

> wheat in your diet compared to normal, since failsafers are usually

> more sensitive to them than the general population. The failsafe

> advice is to remove them if you suspect an intolerance.

>

Thing is, I like vegetables and milk/dairy gives me a heavy feeling.

I don't eat all that many vegetables because they can get inconvenient

when I've got a heavy work load. Just whatever I fancy. More in the

summer.

I'm wondering if you have any suggestions how I to minimize the

milk--what to eat instead? More meat/eggs? I added some saffron to

the milk and maybe that will help, but what I miss in these heavy

animal food diets are the light bitter tastes to balance things for

me--I end up feeling sluggish. It's true I am now drinking milk when I

didn't before, but I'll adjust it down over the next few days.

Is chamomile infusion an okay thing to drink, by any chance? You said

chamomile e.o. was low chemical in another post?

> If you're worried about nutrition, how about getting a fitday account

> or download their software?

I have FitDay; I'm quite short on time lately and can get lost in the

program adjusting foods/nutrients. Because you have done so much of

the work already on yourself, I hope I hope you can throw me some menu

tips and save me about a hundred hours of jerking around online.

Actually, I'm about to begin a four-week course of training and I'm

looking to this elimination diet to streamline things and make what

I'm eating less of an issue than usual, so I can put more attention

elsewhere.

Thanks for your time,

B.

[Guest guest]

....what I miss in these heavy

> animal food diets are the light bitter tastes to balance things for

> me--I end up feeling sluggish.

Cool. I just noticed parsley was on the list--had assumed it was no go.

Also, what they call shallots are what I call green onions--real

shallots (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shallots) are no good, I suppose?

B.

[Guest guest]

> Eating too much?

I don't think so, usually about 1400-1500 calories, sometimes a little

more. I'm solidly built, and nutrient-dense foods increase the

weight-y feeling, while lighter foods feel better, but it's hard to

get nutrition, as we all know, yawn. Anyway, my past exerience is that

I will feel heavy and possibly even gain weight--even with a low

calorie-count. we'll see what happens in a month.

If you have a craving for something sour, citric acid

> and sugar is an option.

Citric acid--how can that be acceptable? It seems like such

an...irritant. How peculiar is this failsafe world. You use a

particular brand?

Just offhand:

http://www.westonaprice.org/msg/msgfree.html

" 'Citric acid' is produced by fermentation of crude sugars. When

'citric acid' is produced from corn, manufacturers do not take the

time or undertake the expense to remove all corn protein. During

processing, the remaining protein is hydrolyzed, resulting in some

processed free glutamic acid (MSG). " Citric acid " may also interact

with any protein in the food to which it is added, freeing up more

glutamic acid. "

> I'll try and put together some more example menus and post them over

> the next few days.

That would be so helpful to me, thanks.

B.

>

[Guest guest]

HI Emma

How did you find out about the following? Is there any diet that underlines

this or is it just personal observation? I seem to struggle with sudden

weight gains with no explanation too...

> - I have weight gain problems if I am getting amines like histamine

> and serotonin in my diet.

Cordialement

Taty Lauwers

taty@...

www.taty.be/nouveau.htm

[Guest guest]

> ... the post I made that gave an example on how to reach your RDAs...

Hi Emma,

I'm trying to find this post that you refer to above, but I'm not having any

luck. Can you

point me there? I'm really interested in your approach, which I assume is

obtaining RDA's

through superfoods using a WAPF foundation.

Thanks,

Tamara