Weezl and friends Phase 2 -giving it a whirl for Shirl! Testing meal plan for a month

SusanC_2

On the vitamin B12, the FSA site does say:

Distribution and metabolism
Vitamin B12 is distributed into the liver, bone marrow and virtually all other tissues, including the
placenta and breast milk of nursing mothers. The liver is the predominant storage site for vitamin B12.
Uptake into cells occurs through receptor mediated endocytosis involving specific TC II cell wall
receptors. Once inside the tissues/cells, the complex is degraded by the lysosomes, and the
released cobalamin is metabolised either to methyl-cobalamin in the cytosol, where it binds to
methionine synthase, or to deoxyadenosyl-cobalamin in the mitochondria, where it binds to
methylmalonyl CoA mutase.
Excretion
Excretion occurs mainly via the faeces and urine, but also through the shedding of skin cells. Excretion is
very slow, with significant enterohepatic cycling.

From http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/evm_b12.pdf
(page 95 which is the third page in the PDF)

Allegra

SusanC wrote: »

But by the time you've driven to different supermarkets you may have lost any saving. (This is why I rarely shop at Asda - there's not enough which is cheaper by enough for it to be worth making the journey when other supermarkets are nearer.)

I know - it only works for those lucky enough to have most supermarkets within easy access. But I still can't help feeling that for the real hardcore planner we ought to put up the cheapes price available, not have someone end up driving to Asda cos they think they're cheapest when they could have walked to Tesco to get their lentils or whatever Then any petrol costs are down to the individual.

Weezl, dunno about the brain, but I can try and cost the list up in Sainsbug if the lappy continues to cooperate and see what we get ?

weezl74

Allegra wrote: »

Weezl, dunno about the brain, but I can try and cost the list up in Sainsbug if the lappy continues to cooperate and see what we get ?

be my guest

Lesley_Gaye

just back from relative visiting and had the skimmiest of skimmy reads, my goodness, you lot have been busy

must water the garden before everything expires, and tom DD and DGD are visiting, so won't be around much. Will catch up soon

Hope you get your ff issues sorted soon Howlin. When I was growing up, fridges weren't as common as they are now. We used a large biscuit tin, buried up to near the top in the garden, with the lid over the top. That kept the milk and butter cool. Might be a worth a try in this very hot weather

weezl74

Lesley_Gaye wrote: »

just back from relative visiting and had the skimmiest of skimmy reads, my goodness, you lot have been busy

must water the garden before everything expires, and tom DD and DGD are visiting, so won't be around much. Will catch up soon

Hope you get your ff issues sorted soon Howlin. When I was growing up, fridges weren't as common as they are now. We used a large biscuit tin, buried up to near the top in the garden, with the lid over the top. That kept the milk and butter cool. Might be a worth a try in this very hot weather

Lesley I hit a couple of snags today that it'd be great to get your wisdom on if I can. If you have some CFR energy at some point after your visitors are gone then do please give me a shout

shanks77

My totals came to the same as Allegras £71.70

polkadot

weezl74 wrote: »

nice one

polkadot, thanks loads for the spreadsheet are the amounts given all mg or are some mcg? ie did you just transpose the figure straight across from that box in the usda food database?

They're all mg-um...:pmust confess to not using the site for EVERYTHING. There were some items that I just couldnt find *what I felt* was a suitable match so I googled and used other pages-as well as my bigoven.

weezl74 wrote: »

sandra

When you're next around I wonder if you can advise on some more B12 info?

Do you remember how we figured b12 couldn't be water soluble and needed every day cos of that thing about it being stored for 6-20yrs?

well the FSA have published this which weirdly seems to contradict! I'm perplexed, cos I totally follow your logic and trust you, but this govt site should theoretically be very accurate...

Also I discovered via polkadot's spreadsheet that peanuts are very high in b12, so we might not need the expensive yeast extract for Kitty, YAY! :j:j:j

I noticed that and wondered if it was part of the reason why preggy woma (yes I would notice ) are advised off of them. When we started ttc, consultant had me lower B-12 intake and up B-50 in the luteal phase to encourage progesterone increase. I really wish now I had paid more attention to the why's of it all when I was doing it *rolls eyes*

Ive been off dealing with RL too. My fwiend is in labour :T bub wasnt due until 14th or so June but her waters just broke and when she got to hospital she was 1cm dilated. She is *overweight* and her bp is high so they're keeping her in - but Im all weepy...made me realise that I only have about 6 weeks to go.

ETA: I meant 14 Juy-not June

Allegra

Asda-Sainsbury side by side comparison, cheapest price in green

A grana padano 1£2.26 S £2.50
A Smart price UHT skimmed milk 1 litre x 5 £2.45 S £2.45
A SP pasta 4 £1.28 S £1.28
A SP 200g salted peanuts 8 £1.84 S £1.84
A Frozen spinach 2 £1.92 S £2.00
A SP tins peeled tomatoes 13 £4.03 S £4.03
A tom puree 1 £0.25 S £0.25
A carrots 10x 100g £0.76 S £0.77
A potatoes 16 x 2.5 kg £12.48 £15.84
A SP raisins 500g x 6 £3.84 S dried mixed fruit £3.84 (raisins much more)
A SP lemons bag x 4 £3.48 S 4 in a bag £3.48
A SP rice 3£2.19 S £2.19
A 3l veg oil x 4 £10.00 S £11.08
A allinsons dried yeast 1 £0.64 S £0.46
A SP sr flour x 2 £0.84 S £0.84
A wholemeal flour x 11 £10.78 S £10.45
A 500g chick peas x 4 £3.72 S £3.16
A 500g red lentils x 7 £7.00 S £6.16
A 500g green lentils x 1 £0.60 S £0.88
A SP lard x 3 £0.81 S £0.84
A 1 small bag sugar - silver spoon 500g )£0.53 S £0.54


A TOTAL £71.70 S total £74.88

Total using cheapest prices only - £69.79. And you are absolutely right, Susan - really not worth it if you have to drive out of your way to get to Sainsbug !

SusanC_2

polkadot wrote: »

I noticed that and wondered if it was part of the reason why preggy woma (yes I would notice ) are advised off of them.

Peanut advice was to do with allergies but they rescinded the advice last August as it didn't appear to make a difference, most people ignored the advice, and even though it was targetted only at those with family history of allergies, uptake of the advice was the same for everyone else as for the target group.

HowlinWolf

Weezl, spreadsheet emailed to you