Sugar and Dairy Free recipes

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SailorSam wrote: »

I don't put sugar on my cereal of a morning, i'll put a small handful of raisins and that adds to the taste, So i daresay you could try adding different fruits to things. And would honey count as sugar if you added to a drink.

Many are loaded with sugar already, unless you are talking stuff like porridge , bran biscuits etc.

Rambosmum

My husband is sugar intolerant, his had and wrist swells up and when really bad so does his foot, he can't grip things because his hands swell so much it becomes immobile. We cut all sorts out under the advice of the doctor following the usual tests (arthritis, gout, bursa etc).

He can eat sugar in veg, because their isn't much and in most fruit, but he has to limit the amount of fruit - particularly grapes and banana's. Any refined sugar and he's out. The more he cuts it out the better he is at eating it- for example, if he has a sugar free week and then has a very small piece of birthday cake at the weekend he's ok, but if he has a very small piece of cake every day, by the end of the week he is seriously swollen and in pain.

I've found that atkins diet recipe's are ok - and can be easily made diary free and 'I quit sugar' and 'I quite sugar for good' have some great recipe's in them if you can get over the sanctimonious blurb in them. They are available from amazon and again can easily be made dairy free (as dairy actually has quite a bit of sugar in it).

The biggest issue we've found is eating out - chinese and pizza are totally out- take away pizza has so much sugar in it- it is worst savoury food hubby can eat and the pain afterwards just isn't worth it.

Good luck with it.

Also, a few friends of mine are dairy intolerant but cope well with goat dairy. Goat milk and butter is available in most supermarkets but waitrose also do goat cream.

LilElvis

*Robin* wrote: »

Evidence please.

My MIL was "diagnosed" with a dairy and wheat intolerance by a non medically qualified "nutritionist" after a lengthy period of suffering sporadic stomach aches, bloating and discomfort. She modified her diet as advised, but it didn't really alleviate the symptoms, so a few months ago she approached her GP who then referred her to hospital for proper testing. A month ago she was diagnosed with inoperable, untreatable pancreatic cancer with an anticipated life expectancy of 9 to 18 months. It's entirely likely that her condition would have been detected much sooner, and treatment been available, had she sought qualified medical health advice rather than an unqualified quack.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

LilElvis wrote: »

My MIL was "diagnosed" with a dairy and wheat intolerance by a non medically qualified "nutritionist" after a lengthy period of suffering sporadic stomach aches, bloating and discomfort. She modified her diet as advised, but it didn't really alleviate the symptoms, so a few months ago she approached her GP who then referred her to hospital for proper testing. A month ago she was diagnosed with inoperable, untreatable pancreatic cancer with an anticipated life expectancy of 9 to 18 months. It's entirely likely that her condition would have been detected much sooner, and treatment been available, had she sought qualified medical health advice rather than an unqualified quack.

I'm very sorry your MIL has this. But please don't dwell on what ifs - my grandmother had this and she only began having significant symptoms shortly before she died. The doctors were very clear that it's a very hard disease to treat, partly because the symptoms are so non specific, partly because of the location and, even if somebody sought medical advice at the first onset of symptoms, it's usually already inoperable by that point.

Of course, seeing a doctor should be the first stage if there are symptoms, but if there is nothing showing up, then I would think that easily 95% of people would benefit from cutting out a lot of sugary/high refined carb foods and increasing their intake of vegetables and pulses. (Obviously my opinion, not medical advice). It also has the benefits of reducing environmental impact and, as long as specialist substitutes for everyday junk are avoided, is significantly cheaper.

missbiggles1

Counting_Pennies wrote: »

I wonder if you can all help.


I have been unwell for quite a long time, and I was advised I should be allergy tested.


It has come back that I am dairy and sugar intolerant. The plan is to take these out of my diet for two months and then slowly reintroduce the foods back.


Has anyone had the same thing? Are there any recipes you could advise me to try? A good cook book?


Many thanks

You could just eat simply and traditionally with meat and two veg for dinner, soup or a sandwich for lunch and toast and fruit for breakfast (obviously switching to a non dairy spread). This way of eating has the advantage of allowing you to add individual foods to your diet and easily monitor the effects.

If you need to stay on it longer, that would be the time to experiment with more complicated recipes.

Counting_Pennies_2

Thank you all for your replies, however to most of you, I think if you read my post I said the following:


Intolerant (I did not say allergic!)


I am after recipes.


So thank you for the discussion but I was really not up for discussing my rational and reasons for it, but seeing as you have asked...


I have been under consultants for Gastro and ENT for various chronic issues. They have not been able to find a cause and their prescription medicines are not working. I have been rattling about with the various treatments, and I have to keep a diary of all the treatments, there are so many.


My illnesses have not been caused by these treatments, they have been prescribed because of the chronic symptoms, clearly these are not working it has been for the whole of 2015 I have been unwell.


I was advised my a medical practitioner to be tested, I was tested by a certified Allergy UK practitioner.


It is interesting how so many respondents have fixated themselves on questioning the sugar intolerance, this in my mind is such a common avoidance food with all the diabetics about I am amazed at some of the replies, it is the diary and sugar free combined that I am interested in.

Cereals have processed sugar in them, even the healthiest of them such as Weetabix. The only one I have found so far is porridge, but I am hopeful of a bit of a variety. I am getting somewhat fed up with meat and three veg and was hopeful I might be able to find some recipes of some interesting fun things to cook as a change.



It is all added sugar I have to avoid, so no grains of sugar, fructose etc. I can have the sugar in natural grown foods such as fruit and veg, although dates with the higher sugar content are recommended to be avoided. All dairy, milk, cheese, yoghurts etc are to also be avoided.

So please as per my original request, if anyone has a cook book they have used (there are so many it is a minefield) or a specific recipe you recommend I would love to hear from you.

Counting_Pennies_2

Rambosmum wrote: »

My husband is sugar intolerant, his had and wrist swells up and when really bad so does his foot, he can't grip things because his hands swell so much it becomes immobile. We cut all sorts out under the advice of the doctor following the usual tests (arthritis, gout, bursa etc).

He can eat sugar in veg, because their isn't much and in most fruit, but he has to limit the amount of fruit - particularly grapes and banana's. Any refined sugar and he's out. The more he cuts it out the better he is at eating it- for example, if he has a sugar free week and then has a very small piece of birthday cake at the weekend he's ok, but if he has a very small piece of cake every day, by the end of the week he is seriously swollen and in pain.

I've found that atkins diet recipe's are ok - and can be easily made diary free and 'I quit sugar' and 'I quite sugar for good' have some great recipe's in them if you can get over the sanctimonious blurb in them. They are available from amazon and again can easily be made dairy free (as dairy actually has quite a bit of sugar in it).

The biggest issue we've found is eating out - chinese and pizza are totally out- take away pizza has so much sugar in it- it is worst savoury food hubby can eat and the pain afterwards just isn't worth it.

Good luck with it.

Also, a few friends of mine are dairy intolerant but cope well with goat dairy. Goat milk and butter is available in most supermarkets but waitrose also do goat cream.

Thank you for your reply, most helpful

Counting_Pennies_2

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

I'm very sorry your MIL has this. But please don't dwell on what ifs - my grandmother had this and she only began having significant symptoms shortly before she died. The doctors were very clear that it's a very hard disease to treat, partly because the symptoms are so non specific, partly because of the location and, even if somebody sought medical advice at the first onset of symptoms, it's usually already inoperable by that point.

Of course, seeing a doctor should be the first stage if there are symptoms, but if there is nothing showing up, then I would think that easily 95% of people would benefit from cutting out a lot of sugary/high refined carb foods and increasing their intake of vegetables and pulses. (Obviously my opinion, not medical advice). It also has the benefits of reducing environmental impact and, as long as specialist substitutes for everyday junk are avoided, is significantly cheaper.

Thank you, yes recipes for increased pulses etc would be fantastic if you have any

Counting_Pennies_2

missbiggles1 wrote: »

You could just eat simply and traditionally with meat and two veg for dinner, soup or a sandwich for lunch and toast and fruit for breakfast (obviously switching to a non dairy spread). This way of eating has the advantage of allowing you to add individual foods to your diet and easily monitor the effects.

If you need to stay on it longer, that would be the time to experiment with more complicated recipes.

Thank you, hopeful for some more fun things to try

Counting_Pennies_2

LilElvis wrote: »

My MIL was "diagnosed" with a dairy and wheat intolerance by a non medically qualified "nutritionist" after a lengthy period of suffering sporadic stomach aches, bloating and discomfort. She modified her diet as advised, but it didn't really alleviate the symptoms, so a few months ago she approached her GP who then referred her to hospital for proper testing. A month ago she was diagnosed with inoperable, untreatable pancreatic cancer with an anticipated life expectancy of 9 to 18 months. It's entirely likely that her condition would have been detected much sooner, and treatment been available, had she sought qualified medical health advice rather than an unqualified quack.

I am sorry to hear about your MIL. I am hopeful having had thorough investigations that all suspicious things have been ruled out.