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Old 05-09-2016, 15:39
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Nuts and pulses, quinoa, pearl barley? I too am concerned about this Twass. P is still recovering from a serious injury/illness and in my opinion needs calories and especially protein to fuel the recovery. P are you getting support with these dietary restrictions? Its just not practical to airily tell someone to avoid so many major food groups. Who is doing the joined up thinking here?
You are so right An! You need fats, proteins, carbs and all manner of minerals and nutrients to get well and remain well. Peanut butter on ricecakes or corn cakes comes to mind!

There should be detailed dietary advice with menus, suggestions, info about where to source the acceptable foods, etc.
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Old 05-09-2016, 17:35
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How about stuffed peppers? Fill halved red peppers with rice you've mixed with oven roasted onions, garlic, courgettes, mushrooms, tomatoes etc etc and bake. Can you have Veese? As in vegan cheese which is not dairy? Also can you have non wheat bread like mini twass has, Gluten free spelt or rye loaves? You can get all manner of non wheat stuff these days. Also oats....can you have porridge made with nut milks?

You can get non wheat pastas as well. I get them for herself and have eaten them. Perfectly nice with a tasty veggie sauce of tomatoes and bits and bobs. Can you have Quorn mince?

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Nuts and pulses, quinoa, pearl barley? I too am concerned about this Twass. P is still recovering from a serious injury/illness and in my opinion needs calories and especially protein to fuel the recovery. P are you getting support with these dietary restrictions? Its just not practical to airily tell someone to avoid so many major food groups. Who is doing the joined up thinking here?
Thanks for the advice guys!!

I'm going to spoiler the answers so they don't take up the whole page and bore everyone to death.

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I came up with an idea while shopping that i haven't cooked for ages which is sweet potato bhajis, that i bake rather than fry so there's very little fat: roasted sweet potatoes, roasted garlics , red onions and carrots in the bhaji batter (which is just gram flour and spices and water) eaten with no fat yogurt and salad!!! it will make a change anyway!
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Old 05-09-2016, 17:51
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Thanks for the advice guys!!

I'm going to spoiler the answers so they don't take up the whole page and bore everyone to death.

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I came up with an idea while shopping that i haven't cooked for ages which is sweet potato bhajis, that i bake rather than fry so there's very little fat: roasted sweet potatoes, roasted garlics , red onions and carrots in the bhaji batter (which is just gram flour and spices and water) eaten with no fat yogurt and salad!!! it will make a change anyway!
Crikey....bit of a nightmare The bhajias sound very tasty though! I guess you can also eat gram flour chappatis dry pan cooked with veg curry and rice. Can you have coconut oil? Said to be very nutritious, as is the nut and the milk
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Old 05-09-2016, 18:20
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Crikey....bit of a nightmare The bhajias sound very tasty though! I guess you can also eat gram flour chappatis dry pan cooked with veg curry and rice. Can you have coconut oil? Said to be very nutritious, as is the nut and the milk
Yeah i invented them when my mum had a problem with her gall bladder and had to be low fat for a while she loves curry so i invented a bake rather than fry bhaji!

I used to make thai food with coconut milk and oil but then i got confused about whether i should be eating it because of the effect it could have on cholesterol because i have to limit a lot of hdl consumption the merest hint of ldl makes my cholesterol go mental. So i'm not sure what to d about it at the moment.

i love rice but it is classed as a refined carbohydrate so i have to limit how much i eat of it.

Can you see how it drives me nuts?It's so effing complicated!!! i've been going okay for 6 months or so but i just suddenly woke up this morning hating everything i've been eating.
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Old 05-09-2016, 18:27
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Yeah i invented them when my mum had a problem with her gall bladder and had to be low fat for a while she loves curry so i invented a bake rather than fry bhaji!

I used to make thai food with coconut milk and oil but then i got confused about whether i should be eating it because of the effect it could have on cholesterol because i have to limit a lot of hdl consumption the merest hint of ldl makes my cholesterol go mental. So i'm not sure what to d about it at the moment.

i love rice but it is classed as a refined carbohydrate so i have to limit how much i eat of it.

Can you see how it drives me nuts?It's so effing complicated!!! i've been going okay for 6 months or so but i just suddenly woke up this morning hating everything i've been eating.
Do you have the support of a dietician cos your needs are very complex? Avocadoes are said to reduce the bad sort of cholesterol, they are lush on crispbread or toast!
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Old 05-09-2016, 18:33
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Do you have the support of a dietician cos your needs are very complex? Avocadoes are said to reduce the bad sort of cholesterol, they are lush on crispbread or toast!
I spoke with a dietitian and a nutritionist in hospital and to be honest they were worse than useless. The medical issues i have are rare and they had no idea about them at all and kept suggesting foods that would make me really ill/hospitalise me! i do have the occasional avocado, i like to make guacamole!
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Old 05-09-2016, 18:46
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You are so right An! You need fats, proteins, carbs and all manner of minerals and nutrients to get well and remain well. Peanut butter on ricecakes or corn cakes comes to mind!

There should be detailed dietary advice with menus, suggestions, info about where to source the acceptable foods, etc.
Indeed either that or supply her with the nutricous white goo they feed people in intensive care. I don't suppose its a very enticing menu but at least they are being fed unlike our poor P.

Haven't read the spoiler yet. Hope there will be some comfort in there. If not I will have to share my left overs/ night before shopping supper which conatined no meat, wheat, milk, cheese etc and was a wierd combination of ingredients but not that bad.
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Old 05-09-2016, 18:56
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Have lots of avocadoes! THey are very good for you. Either as guacamole or just mashed onto hot toast, you don't need butter. Bit of black pepper and lemon juice over and ....divine

Do you have those Ensure drinks? THey are pretty foul but they have all the good stuff in them.
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Old 05-09-2016, 18:57
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Well the suppliments of Vitamin A C D cod liver oil etc are all very well but you could do with a protein tablet not to mention a few good old fashioned energy pills.

Tonight I had a weird meal and thought of you. It was lots of left over bits Baked potato filled with left over Aldi artichokes in herby olive oil and sweet corn (tinned) served with stir fried onions and cabbage with cumin and garlic. Plus some slow roasted beetroot slces. Odd but better than it sounded.

So fridge empty - Aldi tomorrow plus Birmingham markets. How about ratatouille Planets could you have that? Its the sheer lack of calories that concerns me really but if you did Rat the proper way stewed vegtables in olive oil that will give you some fuel. I will get some virtual treats of course.
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Old 05-09-2016, 19:05
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I spoke with a dietitian and a nutritionist in hospital and to be honest they were worse than useless. The medical issues i have are rare and they had no idea about them at all and kept suggesting foods that would make me really ill/hospitalise me! i do have the occasional avocado, i like to make guacamole!
They are rare which is why I feel you of all people need a good dietician who can take a holistic view. Its all very well one consultant saying avoid this this and this or you will be ill and another saying avoid that, the other and some such or you will be ill. Unless they coordinate, trying to avoid illness is pointlesss, because you will be ill through starvation.
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Old 05-09-2016, 19:24
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Cor I love proper ratatouille.

I think a proper dietitcian would be able to take an overview and look into food combinations that would level each other out a bit. Also you need variety to give you an appetite. The same old same old, no wonder you don't fancy it.

Unusual sounding dinner An.....but I've often found odd mixtures are very nice!
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Old 05-09-2016, 19:59
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They are rare which is why I feel you of all people need a good dietician who can take a holistic view. Its all very well one consultant saying avoid this this and this or you will be ill and another saying avoid that, the other and some such or you will be ill. Unless they coordinate, trying to avoid illness is pointlesss, because you will be ill through starvation.
I forgot i also have folic acid because of not being able to eat green things!

The trouble with protein is it raises the uric acid levels. When i had the big hole i was on a high protein diet to heal the wound, this may have contributed to the state i'm in now.

Ah the restrictions for gut were done by exclusion diet. So for six months lived on rice and limited known to be safe veggies and then when stabilised, introduced one food at a time to see which had a bad effect and made me ill.

The uric acid restrictions are a work in progress! But i am going by the mayo clinic advice as well as GP and rheumatologist. It's a last resort because the doctor wanted me to go into hospital because the levels were so high he was worried about kidney failure (hospital food would prove fatal if my experiences of it are anything to go by) i'm allergic to the medication so i had to come off it for 2 months but then levels were worse than before so i've had to go back on a lower dose of the stuff i'm allergic to (started at the weekend) and we're just waiting to see how ill i get on this reduced dose. It's all so boring

yes i often do a version of ratatouille!!! toms, courgettes onions and garlic.
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Old 05-09-2016, 20:04
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One thing i forgot, you mentioned sweetcorn An, i couldn't eat sweetcorn for the 4 years i had a stoma but i'm addicted now it's so delicious!!
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Old 05-09-2016, 20:15
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One thing i forgot, you mentioned sweetcorn An, i couldn't eat sweetcorn for the 4 years i had a stoma but i'm addicted now it's so delicious!!
I'm going to regret this aren't I? but .. What happens to sweetcorn in a stoma? I think I can hazard a guess because one uses sweetcorn to assess digestive transit. Something I meaned to have a look for this morning as it happens - I forgot and flushed! Can you add aubergine to your ratatouille. I have a feeling Aubergine is high in purines actually. Also it conatins quite high proportions of nicotine - little known fact there.
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Old 05-09-2016, 20:27
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I'm going to regret this aren't I? but .. What happens to sweetcorn in a stoma. I think I can hazard a guess because one uses sweetcorn to assess digestive transit. Something I meaned to have a look for this morning as it happens - I forgot and flushed! Can you add aubergine to your ratatouille. I have a feeling Aubergine is high in purines actually. Also it conatins quite high proportions of nicotine - little known fact there.
It was excruciating. My stoma had retracted (nothing ever works properly!!) and sweetcorn was like being stabbed in the stomach with a serrated knife repeatedly! i never knew aubergine had nicotine in!!!! i wonder if they ever recommend it for people trying to give up smoking?
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Old 05-09-2016, 21:37
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So ..... now there is no stoma and your innards are connected back up and working sort of like a normal person's?

Sounds like you've had the expert advice I think we panicked a bit with the lettuce and strawberry diet

If sweetcorn comes out the other end more or less as it went in, are you getting the nutrients from it?
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Old 05-09-2016, 21:45
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So ..... now there is no stoma and your innards are connected back up and working sort of like a normal person's?

Sounds like you've had the expert advice I think we panicked a bit with the lettuce and strawberry diet

If sweetcorn comes out the other end more or less as it went in, are you getting the nutrients from it?
innards connected up with lots of sections missing and other bits permanently damaged, so will never work like a normal person *swoons in despair onto chaise longue dramatically*

re sweetcorn, not sure i'm guessing not much nutrition but they make the stuff i don't like (fish) taste nice and they are on the very short list of Good Foods
anything which tastes nice that i can eat i will eat
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Old 05-09-2016, 21:49
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It was excruciating. My stoma had retracted (nothing ever works properly!!) and sweetcorn was like being stabbed in the stomach with a serrated knife repeatedly! i never knew aubergine had nicotine in!!!! i wonder if they ever recommend it for people trying to give up smoking?
Probably not very practical. You need to eat 20lbs to get the equivilent of one ciggy.
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Old 05-09-2016, 21:52
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Probably not very practical. You need to eat 20lbs to get the equivilent of one ciggy.
hmmmmm that's a lot of aubergines to carry around in place of a packet of fags
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Old 06-09-2016, 06:58
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hmmmmm that's a lot of aubergines to carry around in place of a packet of fags
Just nipping out for 20lbs of aubergines hasn't quite the same ring to it, has it

Well I suppose having a more or less working digestive tract is SOMETHING. Are cornflakes OK? After all, they are made from corn? Cornflakes are lush
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Old 06-09-2016, 21:43
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Just nipping out for 20lbs of aubergines hasn't quite the same ring to it, has it

Well I suppose having a more or less working digestive tract is SOMETHING. Are cornflakes OK? After all, they are made from corn? Cornflakes are lush
it's taken me all this time to work my way through the aubergines

i went out and got some avocados thanks to you Twass!!! looking forward to having something different off to look at recipes definitely making guacamole with one though!
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Old 06-09-2016, 21:48
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it's taken me all this time to work my way through the aubergines

i went out and got some avocados thanks to you Twass!!! looking forward to having something different off to look at recipes definitely making guacamole with one though!
YOu can make all sorts with them But they are smashing just squashed onto hot toast, with a squirt of lemon juice or lime and black pepper. No salt necessary. I've converted quite a few peeps to this culinary delight They even sex up a salad.
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Old 06-09-2016, 22:15
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YOu can make all sorts with them But they are smashing just squashed onto hot toast, with a squirt of lemon juice or lime and black pepper. No salt necessary. I've converted quite a few peeps to this culinary delight They even sex up a salad.
yeah i love them in salad they work well with feta yum! never had them on toast though!!
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Old 06-09-2016, 23:02
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Popping in for a mo while I pack, up at 4.30 for flight home. Have only skimmed, but planets I don't know how you have the energy to even breathe

Will catch up tomorrow x
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Old 06-09-2016, 23:05
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Popping in for a mo while I pack, up at 4.30 for flight home. Have only skimmed, but planets I don't know how you have the energy to even breathe

Will catch up tomorrow x
have a safe flight!!! i was thinking about you and mr tk flamenco-ing around the place when i was cooking dinner lovely pair of casternets you've got there

need something sweet and uplifting to watch.....Salmon Fishing in the Yemen has anyone seen it?
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