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Thanks for the info. that would not work for me, sadly, but I didn't even know that was a thing, and I have many friends who can't have milk who might be able to check it out. thanks. :-)

Hi! I have a number of issues that impact my health, but the ones most pertinent to diet and life style are celiac disease and a mast cell activation disorder. Wasn't sure if you've heard of the latter (it's pretty common, I know for folks to have MCAD, EDS, and POTS all at once, so you might've), but it's impacted my life…

Thanks, giys! I never would have thought to use potatoes foe a sauce base, or low sodium sites for recipes- I’ll check it out!

Oh, I hadn't even thought of that! I will totally be checking it out!

Ooh, I might be able to do that! I was going to grow some cumin and cilantro for the seeds this year again, so this looks potentially doable, thanks!! And Italian Gremolata I had never heard of, i'll check it out. :-) Thank you so much for all your ideas; they have helped a lot!

Sadly, true dairy allergy, so our 'no dairy' family members can't have it at all. :-(

The chimichurri recipes sound interesting, I'm so glad you and acpgee mentioned them. And sympathy on the onion powder - one of the family has an allium allergy and we've run into that issue, so I feel ya! It's frustrating because I try to dry my own spices, but so many times, the really fun spices (like cumin), I haven't…

Thank you for the new sauce names! :-) We sometimes make herb pestos with home grown pine nuts and herbs, but have not used romesco sauce at all. totally peel our own peppers, so that works great. Thank you again! Sometimes, it's just knowing the names of what to look for that make it so difficult, but with the names like…

Oooh, some of these look awesome, thank you! I had not heard of Khmer and Toum. I bet I could use a couple substitutions for the khmer to be workable and the Toum would be good as-is, as well as the aioli. Thanks! :-)

Oh, sorry I missed your previous reply! :-) Mayo, yes, I think I have all the ingredients we can do (I have mustard greens I do grow just for the seeds, LOL, so that would work. Do the same for coriander. ^_^). I was trying to remember why I have not done mayo before - does one have to use raw eggs, or is it cooked? We…

Ooh, thank you for the soy sauce link! That will be very helpful! Fresh ingredients - pretty much anything that is not preserved, dried, or gone through processing more than chopping it up. Maybe taking off a shell, for some nuts. But we can do veggies, fruits, uncured meats, fresh herbs, eggs, and fungus like mushrooms or…

Pretty much what I mentioned as what we can use: vegetables, fruits, uncured meats, eggs, fresh herbs. I guess I'd add on fresh mushrooms, and anything we can get as fresh roots, like ginger and turmeric root and galangal. In addition to fresh ingredients, could do raw, plain nuts or dried beans or seeds, sometimes (I have…

Monash university has studied this a lot, and has the best app on it out there I've seen. very helpful (https://www.monashfodmap.com/ibs-central/i-have-ibs/get-the-app/ ) The app was the best, I thought, because it distinguishes between the different issues people can have that are related to FODMAPs (not everyone has…

As someone whose whole family is gluten free, I'd give this suggestion: get tested for celiac disease (if you haven't been recently) and THEN go gluten free. Because the symptoms you mention are all on the list for celiac disease. IBS is a common misdiagnosis for celiac disease, actually, and joint issues due to…

Don't know the work set up where you are, but if room was available and management was amenable, maybe you could see if other staff would like to all pitch in and get some kind of mini-fridge for the break room? I would bet you aren't the only one who wishes there was one! For foods, I found bento boxes really helpful…

I'll have what tips I can at the end here, but the first part, unless you have a fairly high budget, you're going to be out of luck (but you may have a high budget, which is why I'll put some things below). It's pretty much this issue: organic food is going to cost more than conventionally grown food. I mean, it's…

intuitive eating relies on the premise that the body will naturally tend towards an equilibrium, in terms of weight, AND that this equilibrium is 'healthy by how we define it currently.' This ignores reality. Because intuitively, the body acts in the ways that will keep you alive long enough to breed, and unfortunately,…

There is a rule of thumb, buried deep down in the 'don't have food that has ingredients you can't pronounce' statement, that matters, I actually think. But like most things, it's easier to make a catchy phrase to summarize the entire concept, and then some folks start treating the catchy phrase as though it's reality…

Aside from the regular suggestions (dietary changes, weight changes if overweight, etc...) 1. You might want to check out adding some mesquite flour, agave, and/or prickly pear fruits or nopalitos to your diet. These are all foods found in the sonoran desert. There is a huge problem with diabetes on the reservations, and…

Lucky iron fish-reusable. created to be added to soup and such- boiled for 15 minutes- to help prevent iron deficiencies in poverty stricken areas. Studies have shown it works fairly well. It is basically like the cast iron concept, except it works. Actual Cast iron pans won’t do much because you have the seasoning coating…

Thanks for mentioning this. I would say that is what I have seen as well, that the studies themselves are less likely to make the typical sweeping generalizations that are all or nothing. Although I have seen a few scientists discuss the studies using more sweeping statements during interviews. Not the majority, certainly,…

I think one issue is that the media and even many scientists seem to be essentially stuck in black and white thinking. If ANYTHING is negative about a food, then the entire thing is bad. So far too often, information is disseminated as though it will only sell if it is the worst or the best. So if, say, eating fish A…

One thing that might be worth trying, just to experiment - maybe keep your carbs and calories up, but keep the wheat really low like you were doing during the diet? There is a thing called gluten withdrawal that people who are celiacs get when they first go gluten free (or gluten lite). This is just the layman's term for…

Spring roll wraps work well - easy to make more protein heavy, if desired, and lots of recipes for them. I tend to like tofu or chicken based one, with a little soy sauce for flavor, or a homemade peanut or teriyaki type sauce.

Congrats on the pregnancy! Some ideas- First- if hungry, eat what you are craving right now, while getting as many nutrients as possible, especially now, because having a ‘set’ amount of calories right now is actually not as good. Because every baby is different, and every mom is different. Like, mom can be pregnant with…

Ok, so first- ALL food intolerance can have basically similar symptoms. So if your symptoms are a sign of an intolerance, that could be to dairy, tonlactose, to gluten, to potatoes, etc... In other words, the only reason you are seeing these symtpoms come up online as gluten intolerance is because THAT intolerance is…

This article lists a few known studies on the concept, for a few different deficiencies, in a few different situations. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/nutrient-deficiencies-cravings#section5 I've had doctors tell me hunger can be triggered by nutritional deficiencies, but they never showed me studies. But just for…

Bentos - this would be the most intense, labor intensive ones, but wow are they more exciting. :wink: I make less intense bentos, but they are quite fun and help make veggies a bit better. http://mentalfloss.com/article/66472/11-delightful-bento-artists-and-their-creations

@kimny72 I have absolutely seen what you describe, where someone reads one article, and then basically stops there as though that one article is equivalent to a lot of research, knowledge, etc... And then they often make some sweeping changes that are not well thought out, and may not even really apply to their situation,…

Soooo, I'm just gonna share my opinion based on my own experience, for what it's worth. 1. Medical research into thyroid issues, ESPECIALLY in women, has a long way to go before we have it under wraps. As a great example, doctors aren't even in agreement over what test results are 'normal,'…