food questions

[harma]

Hello Everybody, also a very good and healthy 2010!!!






A have a couple of food questions. One thing I miss in my daily eating routine after starting the diet is my cappuccino, coffee is not the problem, but the milk. I am also soy free. I have tried rice milk, but was not really a success. Does anybody has another alternative? Any suggestion is welcome.

In a food allergy cooking book I read something about hypo allergenic milk powder as a replacement for milk. This is new for me. Has anybody ever heard of this? And is it save to use in casein free diet.

Further I eat a lot of fish, mostly (wild) salmon. Mainly because I like it and it is easy to store and prepare. I buy it frozen in portion of 125 grams. In books and magazines I sometimes read, you should only eat fat fish twice a week. I eat it at least 5 till 7 times a week. Is this something to worry about? Do I eat to much fish every week? Or does the two times a week mean, at least?

My diet is still going quite well. For Christmas my mother prepared wild duck backed in olive oil. Tasted great together with rice, vegetables and water ice as desert. But as soon as I try to make my food a bit more interesting it get worse. I made lintel soup, wrong idea. Hummus, in very little portions maybe. Mustard to give my food some taste, not sure about that too. Other experiments, kiwi no, pine apple no, sugar snaps no, rasp and blackberries no.

Most people understand the food intolerances. But that it is even more complicated than that, is for some a bit more difficult to follow. But how can I blame them, sometimes even I don't understand it.

[tex]

Hi Harma,

As far as I can tell, most hypoallergenic milk powders appear to be made from rice. Have you tried almond milk? Some members use it, I believe. Also, coconut milk can be substituted for cow's milk in many situations, and it may taste better than rice milk, and almond milk, (but I'm not a coffee drinker, so I'm just guessing about how it would taste in coffee). I used to use it a lot in smoothies, and it worked great for that. It's pretty rich, though, (high calorie), but that wouldn't matter for coffee, since you wouldn't be using very much.

I think you are pretty safe with the wild salmon, (depending on where it originates), and you can probably safely eat as much of it as you want. Consider this quote, from the article at the following link, (of course, you have to realize that the article was written by people who sell Alaskan seafood):

In a chart accompanying their article, the researchers showed how many meals of each kind of salmon one could eat per month and still stay below the low end of the range of safe Total Daily Intake levels for DLCs set by the World Health Organization (WHO).

The differences they found between farmed and wild salmon were dramatic.

Using the most stringent WHO standard for intake of for DLC and PCB toxins, even the least contaminated farmed salmon they tested (from the US and Chile) should be eaten only about 15 times per month, while the average farmed salmon tested should be eaten only about five times per month. (The most contaminated samples came from farms in Scotland and Norway.)

This contrasts sharply with their finding that you can safely enjoy a bountiful 40-60 meals per month (one to two meals per day) of any of the wild Pacific salmon species sampled. This is a tremendous tribute to the pristine quality of Alaskan waters.

http://www.imakenews.com/vitalchoicesea ... b1WDcdgD,w

Hopefully, after your intestines heal for a year or two, you will be able to eat most of those foods that you have been experimenting with.

Happy New Year to you, too.

Tex

[Jan]

Dear Harma,

Happy New Year back to you.

I saw that you were trying to make your menu more interesting with lentils and hummas. Some folks with MC react to legumes (peas and beans). That might explain why you are having problems with these two items. You might need to wait a while until your intestines heal a little more.

Regarding fish. There have been reports of wild fish, including salmon, being contaminated with mercury and other toxins in the sea. I don't see a problem with eating as much as you are. I would just suggest that you vary the fish that you eat. Do you like tuna, herring or sardines? These are all high in Omega 3 (like salmon) and could give you a variety.

Good luck as you explore new foods. Keep us posted on how you are doing.

Jan

[ant]

Dear Harma,

And a Happy New Year to you too. Can you tolerate shellfish? If so, I find that fresh shrimp, prawns or mussels gives a different taste experience.

All best, Ant

[Dee]

Hi Harma!
Do you make your cappuccino with regular coffee or instant????
If regular, I'd go the coconut milk route.
I was mssing a good ole cup of Bailey's Irish Cream and coffee and used coconut milk as my base to make up a recipe. I can't detect the taste of coconut milk at all in the recipe.
As far as your other question, I can't help you out, as I am allergic to fish...


Dee~~

[harma]

Hi everybody thanks for the replies and suggestions. When I was wondering about my fish question, I was almost 100% sure I would get the right answer here. This is just like a wikipedia (I mean this as a BIG compliment)

the coconut milk is a valuable suggestion I will try that one out. I hadn't thought about that yet. I make my coffee with regular decaf coffee.

Also other seafoods, I like shrimps and prawns I eat time too from time to time. Tuna is not my favorite fish.

[shekoe]

Dear Harma,

Sorry you are having so much trouble with your dietary restrictions. You noted tuna was not a favorite. Try draining it well, then running water over it. Then squeeze it dry, drip either lemon, lime juice or both over it. Then I add chopped onion, green pepper, mayonnaise and a bit of curry powder to the mix. I eat it with potato chips instead of bread. Now, I admit, I'm an American. I don't know how you like tuna in the Netherlands, however, we MC patients must learn a whole new way of eating, regardless of where we live. Hope this helps and that you try cocoanut milk with your coffee. I am lucky that I can tolerate lactose, so I still enjoy my coffee with cream. Good luck and hope your health continues to improve in this new year. PS-I use curry powder on all white fish I poach in a bit of wine. Tastes good. At least wine does not contain gluten. LOL Sheila

[Rosie]

Sheila, your comment about potato chips with tuna took me back to my youth. I was addicted to tuna with potato chips (along with dill pickles).

Dee, thanks so much for the suggestion of using coconut milk for lattes and cappachinos. It hadn't occurred to me to try that. The rice milk just is too thin to work, and for me hemp milk just gives a bad taste to the coffee. I can't have soy, and the other alternatives have guar gum or carageenan, which I don't tolerate very well. BTW, I just noticed a new product, hazelnut milk, at Market of Choice. I'll bet it provides a nice flavor as a milk substitute, although it does contain guar gum, a legume, so I'm avoiding it for now. Also, I always check the can of coconut milk, because I've discovered that many of them contain a thickener so some sort, like guar or carageenan, especially the "lite" versions. I use an organic variety that is just plain coconut milk.

Rosie

[harma]

I tried somethings out with my coffee. Rice milk I already knew not a very good replacer. My experiences with coconut milk were not that great, the foam was quite sad and the taste wasn't great. Almond milk seems to be a good replacement. I use less espresso and a little more almond milk than I did with normal milk and the taste is okay. It makes great foam. I haven't tried hazelnut milk yet. Next puzzle will be where to get it.

Also every day I enjoy eating a big piece of alaska wild salmon. Probably not good for the oceans and the fish population. Eating a lot of meat is not good for the environment, but with no wheat, soy or dairy we have to get our proteins from somewhere.