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for breakfast...I just have leftovers. Maybe put them together with something breafasty, like if there was curry the night before, could have curried eggs for breakfast. But if you have the calories down well for lunch and dinner, then having leftovers of them will leave you in a good spot to still be doing well for…

eggs - tamagoyaki - japanese rolled omelets - are quite nice. This one has both the vegetarian and non-vegetarian version and helpful tips on how to make (https://www.justonecookbook.com/tamagoyaki-japanese-rolled-omelette/ ) taco soup - super easy. 1 15-16 oz can, each, of pinto beans, black beans, kidney beans, garbanzo…

I got an electric ice cream maker (I think you can sometimes find $30-$40 ones on sale) and basically, I blend up soft fruit until smooth and make it into a sorbet with the ice cream maker, or I cook harder fruit until soft, and then do the same thing. I make sure to get ripe, sweet fruit, so I don't add sweetener, and I…

If you have a family history of certain disorders or diseases, it may impact how much of a concern pesticide residue may be. My GI, whose focus is on auto-immune disorders, said he started noticing that his AI patients seem more likely to have or develop sensitivities to artificial dyes, preservatives, and to conventional…

rest and anti-inflammatories helped mine (both medicinal AND adding a lot of anti-inflammatory foods to my diet). But...just in case this ends up relevant...what really helped me was finding out I had an undiagnosed condition that was causing excess inflammation. Taking care of that was what really helped tremendously.…

1. If I make something, I always make more of it than I need for that meal. Like, if I cook meat, I cook extra and freeze it, and I can thaw it to add to a meal later. If I chop veggies, I chop extra. make rice, make extra. That helps a lot. 2. crockpot - I use this for a lot of things, but one of the most useful has been…

I'd recommend finding a list of your trigger foods, which usually involves doing an elimination diet of some kind (FODMAP, as a few folks mentioned, is a good starting one) and keeping a food journal. Once you have that, managing stress to help avoid stress triggers is another good way to do things.

Oh man, hugs, hon. It does sound like your body is under a lot of stress, including physical with what you describe as your food. But all that said, I just wanted to add one thing re: becoming super sensitive to scents and such. While there can obviously be a lot of reasons for this, one that is possible is the physical…

Except the reason that mice are used is not just because they are small and make lots of babies, but because weirdly, a lot of physical things in mice DO transfer over into people. "their genetic, biological and behavior characteristics closely resemble those of humans, and many symptoms of human conditions can be…

Think of it this way. Your body is a machine that has a certain level of fuel (calories) and fuel additives(nutrients) it needs to keep it functioning properly, keep all the gears and computer parts and such working. And now your machine has added on a new part: breastfeeding. And the breastfeeding part requires it's OWN…

re: the sweating - it could be a histamine reaction, potentially. Which can be allergy related OR can be related to something else due to histamine elevation (a histamine flush is one thing that can happen with lower level allergies. It causes heat, so possibly could cause sweating?). One way to check this would be to get…

If you are willing to do a bit of extra work, I've found a not-too-difficult cheat that will work. at the website nutritiondata.self.com you can get a free account, and enter in your own recipes. Doing that has 2 parts - typing out the recipe, and then choosing from their list of foods for the recipe (so that they have the…

Eating 'healthy' doesn't really help you lose weight, or gain weight, specifically. As folks have said, it really depends on how many calories you eat. I know two gals who eat super healthy, and they are both a bit chubby because they tend to eat healthy foods with lots of calories (like whole grain and seed breads with…

From my own experience, I would go and get your nutrient levels tested. Having good nutrient levels pre-pregnancy can be VERY helpful to make things go smoothly. If there are any levels that are down, then if you have the money, I'd recommend getting a celiac blood test, just in case. Celiac disease doesn't affect a large…

While there is definitely a difficulty with appetite and activity level changes with some antidepressants, from what I understand, the research on this is still ongoing, as there are still some unanswered questions. Some research seems to indicate that with some antidepressants, there are other factors at work as well.…

I was not aware until reading this discussion that some people view the concept of starvation mode as something that literally made you stop losing weight ever...I did not think something that ridiculous could be something believed. 0.o So, yeah, as people have said, starvation mode is real IF it's what people are calling…

But I would also mention that the OP said that fatigue is the real killer in their case, rather than pain. And while sometimes just pushing through can help with that, for many chronic conditions, if you push through the fatigue through sheer force of will, then your body will just mess you up further until you are so…

I really struggle with this as well, even having the energy TO prep all at once is too hard, sometimes. Something I have been trying, and am only partway to having done, is to use the crockpot overnight or during day while gone, or one big pot on the stove, most days. Sometimes, it's a meal all together - like a soup or…

bento boxes - they're so often made up of very small bits and pieces that it's a great way to save leftovers, even when very small. So there can be one section of bento with a couple Tb of leftover green beans, 1-2 meatballs and a Tb of sauce, a rolled omelet, and maybe another 1-2 Tb of leftover greens, say. Usually,…

I am allergic to soy, too. I don't have a severe allergy, so ingested soy is mainly my issue, so there may be some things that might have contamination that I miss, but for what it's worth, for labeling and trying to avoid soy in food... - in the USA, soy is one of the 8 major allergens and soy ingredients will typically…

I look at it this way: we're going to age in mind, and we're going to age in body, and there is not a darned thing we can do about either of these. It's going to happen. This doesn't mean it's bad; it just means it's inevitable. At the same time I honestly do believe that old saying: grant me the serenity to accept the…

I'm sorry, but giving them the benefit of the doubt, your doc's advice, at a minimum, seems like they are maybe not listening to you, unless there is a lot of medical history you've left out. - Constant burping and nausea - yeah, could be related to fructose malabsorption, which would require a low FODMAP diet, but there…

Although does anyone have the fodmap app from Monash university? They added in a recipe section now, so that's helpful.

If you are in the category of being able to tolerate mannitol a bit, cauliflower rice is lovely- blend up raw cauliflower florets until the size of rice (ish). Then put in a frying pan with a teeny bit of either water or oil, plus some spices (I like finely grated ginger and turmeric and salt) and fry for a couple minutes,…

I think it's important to note that first, it's pretty irrelevant whether or not 'nature's foods' are complete. It's relevant how much a person GETS of 'nature's foods,' as it were. An apple can be full of every vitamin in the world but it doesn't matter a bit unless a person EATS that apple, you know? Second, this matters…

Heya! I will add you, and see what I can suggest!! (I have big ole allergies as well, and while I can now do rice sometimes, I couldn't for quite a while, nor do dairy, gluten, eggs...and other things. So most of what I have to suggest is pretty much personal experience. :-) Also, just wanted to say, based on some of the…

My background: I was very active, into numerous sports. Enjoyed food a lot, even if I wasn't too fond of cooking - it's something I really enjoyed sharing with friends, especially. I dance and sing as my stress relief - cannot hear music without starting to move. Then I got pregnant, and it triggered an auto-immune…

Hugs for your daughter - mine has a variety of diseases/disorders, including celiac disease. It's hard to see them have to deal with all this crud, yeah? Re: celiac disease, just in case you are like my family and don't get an expert in celiac disease diagnosing your daughter... If everyone else in the family has not been…

To be fair, there are some diets that have legitimate origins when they were used for medical purposes, like the keto diet and the gluten free diet, that Dr. Oz jumped on when they started getting faddish. So while my opinion of him ain't high, his support of a diet doesn't ALWAYS mean it's a bunch of BS. If 'metabolic…

I understand now - you were commenting on the the debate about metabolism, that I referenced, being pointless, based on the current evidence, yes? So sorry, totally misunderstood what you were saying!