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Post by Trailpal on Jan 18, 2007 23:19:33 GMT -5
Something that I read and seems to be true, for me at least, is that many things I crave are actually not good for me. Something about the food/drink doesn't agree with me, but instead of avoiding it, I seem to crave it. Maybe my system likes to be "shook up"?
An example is milk. Logically, it's really dumb. Humans are the only creature that drinks milk after weaning, and the only one who habitually drinks milk from another species. (eww drinking human milk after weaning sounds worse!) The way we commercially produce cow's milk is pretty unhealthy too. Most adults are unable to digest milk. I know all this - yet I crave milk! I went for a year or so (some diet) where I drank no milk and rarely had cheese. I felt good. But I started slipping in various areas, and soon I was eating cereal with milk. I'm always bloated, and I know it's directly related to milk (if I eat eggs or toast for breakfast I'm fine).
Ok, that's it. No milk for me!
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Post by LoriB on Jan 19, 2007 7:23:01 GMT -5
Trailpal, switch to soy milk. When you crave milk, you are probably craving something IN the milk. Calcium? Vitamin D?
We use the vanilla soymilk, but it really helps to make the substitution.
Took my hubby weeks to get used to it, and now he could never go back.
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Post by Mary Ann on Jan 19, 2007 7:50:21 GMT -5
My understanding is that with food allergies, many times we crave the very thing we're allergic to. Have you tried the lactose free kind? That's usually the thing people can't digest.
And it seems like if you avoid all dairy, you'll need to do doubletime elsewhere to take care of your bones. A calcium supplement, and lots of greens like spinach would help.
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Post by Trailpal on Jan 19, 2007 9:47:16 GMT -5
This morning, I had plain low-fat yogurt (I like the tartness and happened to have it on hand) in my oatmeal, I know the yogurt doesn't give me problems. (at a 90 mile round trip to groceries, I limit myself to once a week, especially given the current road condition.) Lori - I'll be going in tomorrow and get get some Silk or whatever then. I rarely drink milk, just have it on cereal.
MA, I had done some reading a couple of years ago, and it said that although milk contains calcium, the amount of protein in it pretty much limits how much your body can grab. Broccoli and dark greens are a better source. I don't know if that's still the current thinking though. Tofu is high in calcium as well, because of the way it's made (Calcium something-or-other is added during manufacture.
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Post by Mary Ann on Jan 19, 2007 10:02:37 GMT -5
Isn't it true that the lactose is broken down by the yogurt bacteria?
I agree with your assessment of milk and proteins; but without milk, most folks still don't get enough calcium; and those of us who are on the middle age train have to be concerned about gradual bone loss. I'm trying to remember about tofu too. I used to make my own, but other than remembering grinding the beans and pressing them, I can't for the life of me recall how I did it, or if I added anything.
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Post by Trailpal on Jan 19, 2007 12:05:38 GMT -5
Isn't it true that the lactose is broken down by the yogurt bacteria? That's my understanding. Seems like only liquid milk bothers me, cheeses, yogurt, butter do fine (maybe too fine) in my system. And I bet you're right about getting the acidopholous (sp?) milk, but... I checked into the tofu/calcium thing. It's the coaguating agent that can really add the calcium, and I was surprised that different manufacturers use different ones. Other sources of veggie calcium are listed here - and they mention the uncertainty of protien's role in the body regarding calcium: www.vrg.org/nutrition/calcium.htm |
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Post by Mary Ann on Jan 19, 2007 12:29:41 GMT -5
Good link! The nigari looks familiar to me. I probably didn't worry much about calcium in those days because we had a dairy cow, and we had milk products more different ways than I can tell you.
I had forgotten about the oxalic acid in spinach, too. I appreciate you refreshing my memory!
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