Hi Vicki,
I stopped eating sugar and refined flour products about 11 months ago. At first I thought there was no way I could go without pasta, bread, pizza etc. The only thing I eat now that resembles bread is "Flat Out" brand thin breads. Thea are low carb and look like wrap. I use them for sandwiches and if I get a hankering for crackers, I heat them up in the oven until they are crispy - don't let them get brown though, it changes the taste.
I lost 125 pounds in 7 months and my cravings have changed. Instead of cravings for bread or pasta,I get a serious craving for salad with feta cheese and walnuts, or chicken wings. I also get cravings for sugar free jello which is about the only thing that has a sweet taste that I eat.
I have tasted some muffins made with soy flour that my sister made.I think the recipe came from the Stellastyle.org website.
Steve W
I've been gluten free for only seven days and already lost 10 lbs. Still drinking beer, diet pepsi, meat, etc., pretty much everything I have always eaten. When I get a hankering for bread or crackers, which I do every hour, it seems, I eat a Nature Valley Oats and Honey crunchy granola bar. It does have sugar and honey in it, so its not a perfect food source, but it's wheat free. So it keeps me from reaching for bread.
Was wondering if sources such as hempmilk/hempseed or flax are as effective in delivering the Omegas as is fish oil? A cup of hempmilk has about as much of the omegas as the Dr.'s recommendation in the article.
Cheers!
No. The Omega 3s in hemp or flax are ALA and this, while beneficial in other respects, does not have the same benefits as the DHA and EPA Omega 3s in fish oil or algae. You can get DHA and EPA supplements extracted from Algae now. Use a search engine to find them. Fish do not synthesize DHA and EPA. They get it from eating algae.
I have dry eye problems. Taking flax oil and hemp oil was no help. Taking fish oil capsules was dramatically beneficial.
These comments are the first time I've heard that rice is a good substitute for wheat. It is probably worse than wheat.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycemic_index
Right. I am completely puzzled by Dr. Davis's recommendation to cut wheat from the diet (unless one has Celiac's). It is absolutely sensible to reduce or eliminate the intake of white flour, white flour products, and pastas because of their high glycemic loads. However, most whole grain flours, including wheat flour have relatively low glycemic loads. See, for example, Harvard Medical School's chart:
http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsweek/Glycemic_index_and_glycemic_load_for_100_foods.htm
A typical slice of whole wheat bread or 100% whole grain bread has a glycemic load of 7 to 9, whereas white rice and cous cous each have a glycemic load of 23. If Dr. Davis want to make a case for eliminating all wheat including whole wheat from the diet, I'd like to see him cite peer-reviewed studies demonstrating a clear link between their consumption and lipid levels, otherwise it seems to me a hypothesis thrown in without a shred of evidence amongst a lot of other sensible advice.
I have always been healthy but have had a problem with high tryglycerides....last number was 395!!! So I cut out sugars (no more dessert) and started taking Niacin, 5oo mg/day. After 2 months my number is 133....the only problem is that my LDL also went up 40 points.I can't tell if these are related results.
So, I am a fit looking individual who never eats junk food, excercises a lot and am at the perfect body weight (almost skinny) for my height. (132 Lbs, 5.6'). I used to like meat but would only eat lean chicken or turkey. But 4 months ago I became completely vegetarian and introduced lot of veggies into my diet plus I drink vegetable juice 3 times a week. I eliminated eggs from my diet too.
Guess what my triglycerides went from 675 to 650. And my cholesterol readings are unreliable due to such high levels. But my cholesterol normally is around 300+ easily. At this point my doctor says that it is 95% out of my control and 5% in my control because it is mostly genetic. My doctor has worked with me for past few years and he has seen my lifestyle and dedication but he is clueless.
PS: At one point my Trigs were 1200, then they were 900 but now they float around 600 all the time.
Thought, I will provide a little more info:
I only eat whole wheat bread, pasta etc. Almost never eat white rice. or any refined/white carbs at all. My wife calls me weird but I never eat sweets (I just don't have the taste for anything sweet). Also, I try very hard to choose low glycemic index foods.
Finally, my doctor has tried putting me on Niaspan and Lovaza and it has hardly budged any numbers.
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I would like to know what patients substitute for bread. I can buy wheat free bread (tastes awful!) but even that has cornflour in it. I find going without bread for any length of time really unpleasant so am looking for a good substitute. Has anyone made bread with rise flour for example? Help!
using rice flour and eating rice cakes help. You can put much the same food on rice cake as you can bread. Bread your fish with rice flour. Very light and crispy.