No Wheat No Sugar No Dairy No Alcohol

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  • lizblizz28
    lizblizz28 Posts: 166
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    BUMP
  • MelissaPhippsFeagins
    MelissaPhippsFeagins Posts: 8,063 Member
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    I enjoy starting each year with a fast. This year I omitted flour, meat, dairy, caffeine, alcohol, sugar, TV and Facebook. I will continue this for a full 40 days. As I don't eat a lot of any of these food groups through out the year, I did not have any withdrawal issues. You can consider doing an enema or a colonic, if you feel you need to too. Either will typically offset headaches or withdrawal symptoms.

    Personally I wait until Lent, but good for you if you're doing it for spirtual reasons or to build self discipline.

    OP - I have gone two years and two months plus a few days without eating wheat, barley or rye on purpose. I haven't eaten shellfish on purpose since I was 18. I did eat a salad once at a restaurant that had "crab juice" in the dressing. That was by far one of the scariest moments of my adult life. It didn't hurt, but I could feel the swelling start in my mouth and throat and I knew I was dying. I don't even buy iodized salt since then. Can you eliminate those things from your diet successfully - sure. Should you? Not just to cleanse or jump start a diet.
  • toddis
    toddis Posts: 941 Member
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    This foodist thing isn't a cleanse. It's more of an elimination diet/taste bud reset.

    I've tried it twice, neither for a full two weeks. I found after the first one I did have less of
    a craving/tolerance for sweeter things. I actually lost the craving for normal soda as it's
    too sweet for me. It doesn't really take long to re-acclimatize yourself to sugar again though.

    After the first three days it gets a lot better. I did find that I really didn't have any issues with
    the foods that I was avoiding from an allergy standpoint.
  • toddis
    toddis Posts: 941 Member
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    This is the link to the premise behind it, some of it is a bit...weird...but:

    http://summertomato.com/health-recalibration/
  • MaryJane_8810002
    MaryJane_8810002 Posts: 2,082 Member
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    = no life.
  • elfo
    elfo Posts: 353 Member
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    I do this but add NO animal products at all. I've never felt better in my life.
  • davert123
    davert123 Posts: 1,568 Member
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    Sounds very sensible as an experiment to see its effect on you. If you feel different after a couple of weeks you would know at least one of the ingredients you cut out was causing you grief
  • SummerIsis
    SummerIsis Posts: 141 Member
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    I gave up grain and sugar in August for two weeks that turned into roughly 5 months (minus a week during the holidays). In January I gave up alcohol, legumes, and dairy (except Greek yogurt). I will continue with the no grain and no sugar. I'll continue with the no alcohol.

    I have more energy -- no more mid-day Diet Coke. But other than that, I've seen no real health benefits other than I no longer crave sweet foods or carbs. I like that.
  • SugaryLynx
    SugaryLynx Posts: 2,640 Member
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    No sugar and no alcohol? I'm out.
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
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    Really.....food is your fun??? Please......unless I'm eating it off a sexy body of course. :wink: I'll get my kicks away from the dinner table!

    what's wrong with enjoying food? Do you seriously not enjoy food at all, ever, unless it's in a sexual context? Is eating in non-sexual contexts is just a chore to you; something you have to do to stay nourished, but don't enjoy?
  • SunofaBeach14
    SunofaBeach14 Posts: 4,932 Member
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    Thanks but no thanks. Life is too short.
  • lhintz13
    lhintz13 Posts: 1
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    I'm doing a very similar program...no grains, no dairy or eggs. I'm also taking Dr. prescribed detox supplements. I had blood, stool and saliva tests done and this was the protocol prescribed for me, based on food allergies, autoimmune diseases, etc.
    If you are eating for health reasons and doing what is best for your body, it's not difficult at all. It's a commitment.
    I may never eat the way I used to, but I'm looking to take care of my body, not satisfy emotional cravings.
  • DamePiglet
    DamePiglet Posts: 3,730 Member
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    I enjoy starting each year with a fast. This year I omitted flour, meat, dairy, caffeine, alcohol, sugar, TV and Facebook. I will continue this for a full 40 days. As I don't eat a lot of any of these food groups through out the year, I did not have any withdrawal issues. You can consider doing an enema or a colonic, if you feel you need to too. Either will typically offset headaches or withdrawal symptoms.

    Wanna give things up for spiritual reasons? Okay.

    But shoving fluids up your poor little starfish???
    No indeed.

    Something tells me that the enemas & colonics offset the symptoms of sanity.
  • spartangod
    spartangod Posts: 14
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    If you are thinking of doing this, then why not just go Paleo and try that out instead?
  • Snow3y
    Snow3y Posts: 1,412 Member
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    'cleansing' lol..

    anyway, good luck finding any foods without sugar in em :)
  • SummerIsis
    SummerIsis Posts: 141 Member
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    Really.....food is your fun??? Please......unless I'm eating it off a sexy body of course. :wink: I'll get my kicks away from the dinner table!

    what's wrong with enjoying food? Do you seriously not enjoy food at all, ever, unless it's in a sexual context? Is eating in non-sexual contexts is just a chore to you; something you have to do to stay nourished, but don't enjoy?



    Of course I enjoy food. It's what nourishes me and I look forward it. I rarely eat things I don't enjoy, but by the same token do not think of food as entertainment. The further one moves from food for fuel to, food for joy or reward, the closer the possibility of problem eating habits. I focus more on the joy of those that I share my dinner table with than what's on it. Eating for me is just a necessary means for me to be able to live and experience an awesome life. Again, it doesn't mean by any means I torture myself and deprive myself that which tastes good, I just don't get caught up in thinking life is more fun by what type food passes my gums.

    :) I agree. Eat to live. Don't live to eat. ;)
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
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    Really.....food is your fun??? Please......unless I'm eating it off a sexy body of course. :wink: I'll get my kicks away from the dinner table!

    what's wrong with enjoying food? Do you seriously not enjoy food at all, ever, unless it's in a sexual context? Is eating in non-sexual contexts is just a chore to you; something you have to do to stay nourished, but don't enjoy?

    Of course I enjoy food. It's what nourishes me and I look forward it. I rarely eat things I don't enjoy, but by the same token do not think of food as entertainment. The further one moves from food for fuel to, food for joy or reward, the closer the possibility of problem eating habits. I focus more on the joy of those that I share my dinner table with than what's on it. Eating for me is just a necessary means for me to be able to live and experience an awesome life. Again, it doesn't mean by any means I torture myself and deprive myself that which tastes good, I just don't get caught up in thinking life is more fun by what type food passes my gums.

    Social eating (aka partying, feasting etc) has been a form of entertainment for humans/hominins for possibly as long as 7 million years, and is a major factor in human evolution, i.e. we evolved as social food-sharers. It's part of being human and part of what makes us human, and absolutely makes life more fun (although it's not the only thing that does this). I can't imagine life with no more social events that revolve around food.

    Of course, this needs to be done as part of a healthy lifestyle and people need to learn moderation. Our ancestors had their food intake moderated for them by the fact they had to exert themselves to get it and it wasn't always easily available. But in modern times we're surrounded by an excess of food, and need to learn moderation. There are many ways to fit special meals/events into a weekly calorie budget and ways to time your workouts so there's more likelihood of a day's excess calories going to your muscles rather than your waist line. Enjoying food solely for the sake of enjoying food and/or socialising/entertainment that centres around food is not a bad thing and need not lead to bad eating habits or bad health, with a little planning and forethought.
  • Booksandbeaches
    Booksandbeaches Posts: 1,791 Member
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    I am also doing No Wheat, no sugar no dairy, no alcohol. my reason is that my husband was diagnosed with lymphoma. And I have known for years ( learned in 1979, and have been studying since) that a vegan diet helps with chemo sickness. We became vegan the minute he was diagnosed. And he has not been sick for more than a couple of hours per treatment. And since Cancer loves sugar, cutting out sugar we are starving the cancer.

    It's a myth that cancer loves sugar. I say that as a cancer survivor too. Here's a link that debunks a lot of the myths surrounding cancer. http://www.cancer.net/all-about-cancer/cancernet-feature-articles/cancer-basics/cancer-myths

    MYTH: Cancer loves sugar.

    Many people with cancer wonder if they should stop eating sugar because they have heard sugar feeds cancer growth. However, there is no conclusive evidence that proves eating sugar will make cancer grow and spread more quickly. All cells in the body, both healthy cells and cancer cells, depend on sugar (glucose) to grow and function. However, providing cancer cells with sugar won't speed up their growth, just as cutting out sugar completely won’t slow down their growth. This doesn’t mean you should eat a high sugar diet, though. Consuming too many calories from sugar has been linked to weight gain, obesity, and diabetes, which increase the risk of developing cancer and other diseases.
  • NRSPAM
    NRSPAM Posts: 961 Member
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    I wonder what's left after you cut all that stuff out???

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