The Garden Fence - help and support in tough times

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pollyanna_26 wrote: »

Kittie How odd, were we living parallel lives ? I was also a member of suma although an Foe and Gp friend started his own little delivery service a year later and I had the joy of the suma products and my beloved ecover brought to my door .
Was it you who lived originally in the nw ? If so I know you aren't a long lost sister because my mum did a nightly head count but we do seem to share similar thoughts and experiences .
polly

Oh you are making my day pollyanna. We went to the suma group in kendal, joined as soon as they started it, we had a rotating packing schedule. That is when I first learnt about some foods that I had never heard about. Do you happen to remember cheshire wholefoods too, they were based on a market stall in chester when they started up. You could then buy nuts etc cheaper and in bigger bags, then they went commercial

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Nargleblast wrote: »

As someone with colitis I found my symptoms greatly improved when I started eating gluten-free. If I have a sandwich with normal wheat bread it is lovely at the time but I pay for it later.
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my dh had ulcerative colitis when he was about 30, it was awful, he was so white and was hospitalised several times. I went to a naturopath and he got better slowly, lived on a very bland diet of stewed apple and rice while his gut healed. We took it a step at a time after that and never looked back. The episodes lasted about three years in all and stress from work and supporting a young family did it, also those terrible anxious years of living through the economic turmoil. We cut out all dairy completely for a long time, introducing them back slowly

GreyQueen

Monna, I had to re-level my washer and it'd only been pulled out to access the plug, ran really lumpily. Get a spirit level and send someone after the adjustable feet with a spanner. Even tiny adjustments to the feetses will see the washer running smoothly, as opposed to sounding like a concrete mixer..

Very interesting debates about fibre. I must admit I was surprised at people who'd never smoked, never lived with smokers etc still getting lung cancer.

For those who are interested in the debate, might I suggest reading Mark's Daily Apple, a fascinating website, and/ or reading his book Primal Blueprint?

Makes a lot of sense to me, this basing our diets on what we were actually evolved to eat, rather than frankenfoods and denatured versions of natural products and ridiculous quantities of sugar.

I am probably one of the few people ever advised by an NHS nutritionist studying on a month's worth of food diary to eat less fibre.

I have been thoroughly-investigated for gut issues and tested for celiac disease, even to having cameras where cameras don't naturally go, and the conclusion was IBS. A few things trigger it; MSG, lots of starch and, gawd only knows why, cauliflower. Not cabbage, not broccoli, but there's something different about cauli.

greenbee

Nargleblast wrote: »

As someone with colitis I found my symptoms greatly improved when I started eating gluten-free. If I have a sandwich with normal wheat bread it is lovely at the time but I pay for it later.

The comment about it being the yeast strikes a chord though. Yeast and sugar can cause candida infections, which can have all sorts of unpleasant symptoms. Maybe instead of buying GF stuff I should rethink my diet to reduce wheat, dairy and sugar? I only use cow's milk in tea and coffee, having discovered years ago that drinking glasses full of the stuff gives me the runs. And being a cheese lover, I got rid of a persistent phlegmy sensation in my throat by switching to lactose- free cheese.

What I wouldn't give for a good strong cheddar, though....

My mother has UC and steers clear of dairy as it seems to be the main cause of the problem. Along with fibre.

GreyQueen wrote: »

I am probably one of the few people ever advised by an NHS nutritionist studying on a month's worth of food diary to eat less fibre.

I have been thoroughly-investigated for gut issues and tested for celiac disease, even to having cameras where cameras don't naturally go, and the conclusion was IBS. A few things trigger it; MSG, lots of starch and, gawd only knows why, cauliflower. Not cabbage, not broccoli, but there's something different about cauli.

Reducing fibre is fairly common advice for IBS/UC as fibre can irritate the bowel. My mother has been told to eat white bread. Although proper white bread, not the mass produced stuff. Cauli seems to be a problem for lots of people. I LOVE raw cauli, but it gives me unbelievable indigestion so I can't eat it. Then again, I can't eat most raw veg (which annoys me) to the extent I'm still suffering from undercooking my stir-fried veg at lunchtime. Which is my own fault.

ivyleaf

fuddle wrote: »

when I was trying to introduce grains back into my diet I had success with tortilla wraps ivyleaf. Not being able to have a sandwich was hard and that helped in the short term. HTH

Oh, I wouldn't have thought of trying that! Thanks fuddle! :T I did actually have some bread at lunchtime and seem to be okay so far. We buy ours from the bakery and it seems a lot more digestible than supermarket sliced bread. I tried some gluten-free carrot cake too - our bakery sells it by the slice, GF chocolate cake too. It had a different topping/filling from their ordinary carrot cake topping, so presumably that contains gluten somehow!

Thanks kittie, I do like a bit of basmati

GreyQueen

I'm glad that I'm not the only one with cauli problems, I've never heard of it giving anyone else grief. Must be a chemical compound in cauli either not found in the other brassicas, or found much more in cauli.

I can eat about one cauli floret, anything more than that will sentence me to the most evil indigestion lasting about 12 hours with my gut audibly roiling like a pot on full boil; lovely - not!:rotfl:

nursemaggie

Was it cream cheese ivyleaf? You sound as if you may be sensitive to lactose.

I would try no sliced bread and no milk. Read all the ingredients of everything they put milk in all sorts of things. Sorry chocolate and many sweets are out and even ham unless you get it from a butcher who boils his own or you do your own. Nearly all the supermarket ones have milk in them.

After a few weeks try a little of one and then remove it again. Try the other after a few days and see if either is the problem. Sometimes wheat bran can be a problem but oat bran can be fine.

greenbee

GreyQueen wrote: »

I'm glad that I'm not the only one with cauli problems, I've never heard of it giving anyone else grief. Must be a chemical compound in cauli either not found in the other brassicas, or found much more in cauli.

I can eat about one cauli floret, anything more than that will sentence me to the most evil indigestion lasting about 12 hours with my gut audibly roiling like a pot on full boil; lovely - not!:rotfl:

I'm currently suffering similar effects from my 'al dente' stirfry So much so that I really don't want to go out (I go to an exercise class in the village hall on Tuesdays - not hugely demanding, but reminds me to finish work for the day and I see some of my neighbours). I expect it will help if I do go...

ArthriticOldThing

Oh nursemaggie I'm sorry if my response was too sharp and upset you. I didn't take offence and I'm with you all the way about those who eat GF because they suppose its healthier or think they are 'gluten sensitive'. As you say you can't be a little bit coeliac.


What annoys me the most is how that 99% colour the perceptions of others who then regard all of us who have to stay gluten free as just health fanatics!!! As nargleblast says we are condemned as faddy or wanna be celebrities. :mad:


My late husband was coeliac as well and it absolutely horrified me when, during his last long stay in hospital, I had to fight against the attitude among some 'health workers' that soup must be ok because it was soup or that a little bit of bread wouldn't hurt him. :eek:


He was so lovely and modest he would just eat what he was given then be ill. It took the ward sister to finally hang a notice above his bed and insist all his meals had to be checked with her or a staff nurse.

ivyleaf

mardatha wrote: »

I absolutely love wool - all my bedding inc the mattress is wool, but for knitting I buy wool from Norway like you fuddle. It washes better and isnt as dear- buying handspun hand dyed sock wool at £25 is not for me!
I love lamb as well and am surrounded by sheepies, I wish it was cheaper. We have one butcher down in Selkirk who sells fantastic mutton pies.

Mmm....mutton pies :drool:.....we were in Scotland last year for a few days, but didn't have time to go somewhere to buy me one Maybe next time!