Low-carb diets support thread

SHEILA54

nuttybabe - glad to hear from you and welcome back. Sorry about the asthma attack, it can be quite scary

Mercy - busy lady again. Any plans for the weekend?

alias - sounds like the hypnotherapy helped; so glad

jerry - good to know that you are ok. Hard to give up smoking and change eating. How's life?

durham_mim - Hi. It always difficult letting our kids go. My thoughts are with you. Well done on 3lb loss!!

sweet - I have taken murphydog's advice this week and cut out flax mixture. I don't know if it is that but I have lost another 2lb :j That is 6 lb in 19 days, which is pretty amazing for me nowadays. A lb is good but perhaps try and see what happens?

Off away tomorrow until Thursday evening so may not be able to post. Have a good week everyone :hello:

sistercas - where are you?

andrewsmum

nutty and Mercy if the pointy cabbage is the same as I buy from Tesco its lovely and hardley any waste on it either. Normally 79p in Tesco when not on offer

andrewsmum

aliasjo I hope things continue improving for you after the hypnotist. Getting more sleep must be a good thing to start with

Gray_Malkin

I just had pointy cabbage with my dinner and I can confirm it's nice - and, well, cabbagey :rotfl:

I also had stuffed chicken thighs, portobello mushrooms, carrots, broccoli, cauli and green beans in a cheese sauce.

Well stuffed now

daska

Well well well done Alias and Nutty and everyone else.

Sorry I've been so quiet recently, firstly I was a tad pre-occupied with holidays and legal shenanigans (which will be ongoing until at least November ), and then the GP stuck me on gabapentin and apparently it's my good luck that it's dealing with some of the pain but I'm getting side-orders of insomnia and ataxia - that's "being bleedin clumsy" in real speak.

But anyway, news! The GP wants me to try a low-oxalate diet. Which initially looked to be very bad news but on further investigation appears to fit really well with primal/ low carb - with the exception that I can no longer have my cinnamon mocha with cream after I've put DS2 to bed. But I thought I'd mention it because it ties in quite neatly with what I've been looking at for DS2 given the growing support for the hypothesis that diet influences autistic behaviours AND there seems to be a deal of anecdotal evidence about it helping with ME/CFS, FM, PCOS. But my head hurts when I try to read the detailed bumph, I think the gabapentin is affecting my ability to concentrate - which hasn't been particularly good anyway since I developed ME. Oxalates are higher in vegetables, particularly things like soy (which gives me gyp), legumes, grains, very dark green veg such as spinach(!) but lower in meat and dairy. And as far as I can work out (given that I'm not in a fit state to take in anything from reading the research papers, or even the layman's versions) the oxalates build up in the body and cause various nasty symptoms. So having considered, albeit briefly and in a not particularly informed manner, I've decided to go for it and see if just cutting out those last few high oxalate parts of my diet helps at all. Not at all convinced that it will but the ratio of relative ease v. potential benefit is very tempting More here if anyone interested.

SHEILA54

daska - sorry that you are not too well
I hope that things pick up soon. If you really have side effects to gabapentin then tell your GP and see if there is an alternative or whether it is interacting with any other medication

Off for a few days now so have fun everyone :wave:

aliasojo

daska wrote: »

But anyway, news! The GP wants me to try a low-oxalate diet. Which initially looked to be very bad news but on further investigation appears to fit really well with primal/ low carb - with the exception that I can no longer have my cinnamon mocha with cream after I've put DS2 to bed. But I thought I'd mention it because it ties in quite neatly with what I've been looking at for DS2 given the growing support for the hypothesis that diet influences autistic behaviours AND there seems to be a deal of anecdotal evidence about it helping with ME/CFS, FM, PCOS. But my head hurts when I try to read the detailed bumph.......

I have never heard of oxalate diets, I must read up on this later.

My eldest has autistic tendencies in amongst his difficulties but he can't eat red meat/pork/dairy/fat because of his liver/gallbladder problems. It would be interesting to see if this diet had any effect on him.

No doubt it will take me eons to wade through all the info though.

Another decent night's sleep last night. So much so that I'm up and dressed (unheard of at this time on a Sunday morning usually) and I'm about to head off food shopping.

Get me, I'm acting like a normal organised person. :rotfl:

Have a happy Sunday everyone.

aliasojo

daska wrote: »

...... I can no longer have my cinnamon mocha with cream .....

Cinnamon is sooo overrated anyway.

You'll find a replacement. :grouphug: < Dodgy hug to cheer you up.

daska

Alias - There's a yahoo group through which you can access accurate information, there's a lot of contradictory info if you go by google. Trying_Low_Oxalates/.

Sheila - Hope you have fun and thank you, gabapentin is one we're trying because the others have also had side-effects, unfortunately I do seem to be quite sensitive to what I ingest. They have, variously, sedated me to the point that I couldn't move, caused exponential weight gain, given me feelings of permanent thrush, made me violent :eek: TBH the pain seems like the better option than any of those. We're hoping that I'll 'adapt' LOL

I'm working on what I can replace it with, I'm not so bothered about the coffee and cinnamon it's the cocoa/chocolate that's going to be a problem

sistercas

durham_mim wrote: »

Hi everyone, not posted for a while as been busy getting DD2 ready for Uni. We are going shopping today to get most of what she needs. She goes next Sunday

same here , DD1 goes to uni next saturday and its been a whirlwind getting everything organised, i will miss her so much we do everything together i think it has had an effect on my eating too as i have had a real carb fest

aliasjo it sounds like the hypno is working , keep us informed , i looked up a bloke on the internet who does hypnotherapy near me , i think i may be interested but im going to wait until you have had a few more sessions

daska sorry you have been ill

sweet you sound like you are doing well , dont knock a lb , its definitely going in the right direction

sheila enjoy your break x

mercy there are definitely benefits to broken scales , i cant help but get on mine everyday and thats not a good idea

nuttybabe sorry to hear about your asthma attack , the vit d is worth trying its good for all sorts of things , immune system , oral health and apparently we are all deficient in this country. i get mine from @m@zon 5000units and i read its best to chew them as the absorbtion is better through the oral cavity

i have just bought these

i need something to put butter on and im hoping they will help me get back into low carb , they are 4 carbs per slice so im only having 1 with a meal ( breakfast)