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Hi I have been looking on the internet for startch free recipies for my dad who has ankolysing spondalitis. I can't find any I was wondering if you knew a site that would have some. More specifically starch free ways of making bread, biscuits, cakes and other such foods which you can grab on the run if pre made. Even a starch free pastry would be good. Thanks
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please supply starch free recipies
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| Re: starch free diet | Posted by Peter |
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Starch free bread, cakes and biscuits are almost impossible to make. You have only egg, fat, sugar to work with. Meringues are the only example I can think of. Even fruit and vegetables contain a proportion of starch - so how low in starch does the diet need to be - and who is recommending such a diet? Peter
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I believe starch to be problem. Can you helpRobert Miller wrote: > > please supply starch free recipies
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Does your father have a nutritionist? What about bread made from sprouted grains? It has a few names including: Essene bread, Manna bread and, guess what, Sprouted bread. There are recipes for both savoury and sweet varieties (added dried fruit and grated carrot, pear, etc.) on the net. The sprouting of grains makes them more easily digestible. I seem to remember that grains become more alkaline for the body once spouted? If so, this may well make them better for a person with Ankylosing Spondylitis (the idea being to cut down on body acid) - but please check with your dad's consultant or nutritionist. In food-combining a pastry made with nuts and/or seeds would be neutral but I am not 100 percent certain if it would still be counted as starch for a person with Ankylosing Spondylitis. Is your father allowed seeds and nuts? If he is I can give you a recipe for nut/seed pastry. If food-combining is not a priority, there are websites with recipes for those following low-carbohydrate diets, e.g. http://www.lowcarb.ca/recipes.html I haven't looked at the recipes on this site, it came up from a search on www.google.com along with a number of others. The site also has a link for purchasing some pre-made items such as low-carb 'brownies'. Finally, I just ran a search for 'Ankylosing Spondylitis diet' and found kickas website, they have a forum and a particularly loooong thread on low-starch recipes etc. at the following url: http://www.kickas.org/cgi-bin/w3t/postlist.pl?Cat=&Board=starch I wish your father well. My grandmother has the same illness and is IMPOSSIBLE to feed! Please share any 'new finds'. Alison
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Try buying Carol Sinclair's book 'The IBS starch free diet', previously published as 'The Sinclair diet system'. She has the same disease as your father and the book is at least two thirds recipes. It contains recipes for biscuits and cakes, but unfortunately no bread or pastry. For bread free 'sandwiches' take a lettuce leaf, a slice of something pliable (ham, turkey etc.) some soft cheese and a stick of a vegetable of some discription (red pepper is nice as it gives a sweet bite in with the cheese). Place the lettuce leaf on a flat surface, onto this place the meat, then spread the cheese and roll it all up around the stick of vegetable. Delicious! The basis for many sweet things is ground almonds. It contains no starch, but she explains everything in the book - it really is worth taking a look at. After you've had a go at the recipes, you may well be inspired to have a go at making your own concoction for the ones not covered. Also try www.fresh.co.uk (I think...it's the Fresh network, anyway, if you need to ask a search engine) as they are vegans who live by eating everything uncooked, and anything with starch in it has to be cooked, so no starch. They have loads of recipes. Very nice ones too, and you don't have to be vegan or vegetarian to enjoy them! Good luck
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| Re: starch free diet | Posted by Woz |
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http://www.fresh-network.com
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Hi To Whom this may concern, I really feel for all you sufferers As i know how awkward it is to have to eliminate starchy foods, Let alone find recipes & foods to replace the starch. I myself have become intolerant to starches, & are finding it very difficult to know what to eat, What is starchy & what isn't? Can anyone tell me if coffee is starchy or acidic? I am having difficulty breathing because of the inflammation, With burning skin, Itching, When eating just the smallest amount of starchy food. The overload was causing my hives, Which are now gone as iv'e reduced my starch intake.But the other symptoms above i still have as i am new to all this info, & don't really understand what foods to avoid, And which one's to eat. My diet consists of white bread & jam or marmite, apples, tomato soup, meat & veges, or fish, But i know i cannott tolerate foods which contain flour,potatoes,fizzy drinks,corn,chocolate,rice,peanuts, so if anyone has any idea's as to whats safe to eat, & whats not. That would be great. Best Regards Diane Blakemore
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| Re: starch free diet | Posted by Woz |
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All the grains are starches and so are the products made from them. Bread, breakfast cereals, cakes etc. wheat, barley, oats, rye, rice, quinoa, amaranth, millet. Are you sure you are intolerant to all starches? Millet is probably the easiest grain to get on with. Soak it overnight or longer. I soak it for up to 24 hours. Cook it the same way you would cook rice. You can flavour it and add to foods just as you would with rice. Eat as a delicious porridge or put in to a dish and leave it to set. You can then slice it up and lightly grill it or eat as is. I take this to work everyday. Coffee is acidic. Use the www.google.com search engine to find out more. insert terms like coffee acidic or starches or grain alternatives etc.You will be suprised what you can find out for yourself
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I recommend reading the book The Body Ecology Diet by Donna Gates. It has a wealth of information on diet and how to eat right and live right. I have MS and the info in this book has been wonderful help to get me on the right track to better health. Good Luck and God be with you. Kim
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I recommend reading the book The Body Ecology Diet by Donna Gates. It has a wealth of information on diet and how to eat right and live right. I have MS and the info in this book has been wonderful help to get me on the right track to better health. Good Luck and God be with you. Kim
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Hi Woz,Kim Diane here. Thanks for reply. Woz im not sure if im intolerant to all starches,but do know im allergic to rice. Chocolate gives me headaches,burning skin,(inflammation). Potatoe chips,Fizzy drinks(acid),corn,sugary foods. Eg biscuits,& Lollies,Spuds,Some medications all give me the same symptoms when i take them. Its got me stunned actually what to eat & what not to eat. :-) I Haven't seen an immunologist or allergist yet, Just had prick tests done. This is really frustrating to have. I was never allergic to foods before, untill my immune system became low,(which was a result of overprescribing un-nessesary medication) So now i take no medication now that ive got clued up on how it works, and what damage it does to the body. Unless i really have to. I beleive in getting to the root of the problem, To find the cause, rather than cover it up or suppress it with the use of drugs or ''medicine''.I can eat small amounts of white bread. But not brown bread.Thanks for your reply woz,and if you can give me any advice that you think could help that would be lovely. Thanks mate. Kim. How are you. In your email you said you get m.s What is M.S? Multiple sclirosis i guess? I will go and have a look at that book you told me about. Thanks for your help on this subject, Much Appreciated :-) Do you have to restrict your diet as well? Food Intolerance is new to me, as iv'e never had to deal with this before, and i most certainly beleive it exists now. Especially now that i have a better understanding of how the immune system plays a huge part in it. I Am truly greatfull for your emails. Thanks Kim. Best Regards Diane Blakemore
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| Re: starch free diet | Posted by Woz |
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Hello Dianne. Were you eating a lot of rice when you were on the medication or after? Get yourself along to a wholefood store and buy one or two of the grains I listed. Grains should be soaked overnight before cooking. This soon becomes a habit. It would be best if you only try one new thing out at a time. Make sure you do not eat anything else that day that you don't usualy eat. I had terrible trouble trying to find out what was causing me problems because I had multiple sorts of allergies/intolerances
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Hi Woz, Diane here Thanks for your last email, Im not sure of your email so ive just replyed to the phorum, Im not sure if emailing you that way goes direct to your inbox? Best Regards Diane
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| Re: starch free diet | Posted by Woz |
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Hello Diane. I don't get the emails, I just come here I'm in the mood to discus this kind of thing. If I got the emails, the chances are they wouldn't get answered straight away and then put on the back burner and eventualy forgotten about or deleted. I had some tests done using a vega machine by a clinical nutritionist. She diagnosed candida and a lot of allergies and intolerances. While I had candida it was impossible to do elimination tests because it seemed like everything would effect me but not all the time. I have since got rid of the candida although it did come back briefly. Some of the allergies and intolerances have gone but I did get a klebsiella infection in my stomach recently. It seems because I have a high iron count that I'm susceptible to these things. I always have the vega machine tests whenever I feel there is something wrong
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Hi Woz, Thanks for reply, Ive never heard of Vega Machine testing before. But I will keep that in mind. I have seen naturopaths, herbalists but the meds they gave me to use just seemed to make matters worse because of the allergys. I have been told to take Pantothenic Acid tablets for Acidosis but haven't yet as im a little sceptical about taking more meds, & definately dont want to make things worse. A little pill phobic now you could say. Ive Never heard of anyone having a high Iron Count before, How do you get that, Are you eating foods high in iron? My Iron Count is the opposite Low. Im open-minded & always willing to learn new things from others. :-) We all have different knowledge & Gifts that we can pass onto others who want to know. & I know what its like to have infections Not nice. You poor thing, How do you respond to Antibiotics woz with your allergys? I dont tolerate them but sometimes have no choice but to take them. Anyway Woz Have a lovely Day. Best Regards Diane
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Hi Woz, Thanks for reply, Ive never heard of Vega Machine testing before. But I will keep that in mind. I have seen naturopaths, herbalists but the meds they gave me to use just seemed to make matters worse because of the allergys. I have been told to take Pantothenic Acid tablets for Acidosis but haven't yet as im a little sceptical about taking more meds, & definately dont want to make things worse. A little pill phobic now you could say. Ive Never heard of anyone having a high Iron Count before, How do you get that, Are you eating foods high in iron? My Iron Count is the opposite Low. Im open-minded & always willing to learn new things from others. :-) We all have different knowledge & Gifts that we can pass onto others who want to know. & I know what its like to have infections Not nice. You poor thing, How do you respond to Antibiotics woz with your allergys? I dont tolerate them but sometimes have no choice but to take them. Anyway Woz Have a lovely Day. Best Regards Diane
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I havn't taken antibiotics in years. I stopped going to my Doctor a few years ago because the Health Service is too slow here and I don't like the pills as an answer for everything. I have no idea why my iron is high. I am taking Lactoferrin which is supposed to bind to the iron to get rid of some. I'm going to see my nutritionist again soon to see what's going on now. I only eat wild or organic foods. Are you able to eat meat, fish and eggs ok? I go for the fatty protein foods. The fats help bump up the calories I need
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I should have said that my food is always wholefoods as well so the fats I eat are what is naturaly in the food not some trans fatty rubbish or whatever. I also forgot to say.. Have a great weekend, Woz
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Hi Woz, Thanks for reply, Eating organic foods is a good idea, They put so much rubbish in our packed foods these days. What are Fatty Proteins Woz? Yes I can eat meat, fish & eggs & vege's. I seem to be having more trouble with starchy foods cos they work like an acid. Plus sugar & wheat is not good for me for some reason now. The Health service is slow here too woz, where do you live? I live in New Zealand. I agree with you that pills arn't the answer. They tend to create illness not cure it. Some doctors here are quick to put everything down to a so-called ''brain imbalance'' Which is rubbish. Its just too much work for them to get to the root of the problem, and easier to write out a script for drugs (they call medicine). I will have to go see a allergist I think, Naturopath. Thanks woz Best Regards Diane
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Hello Diane. It doesn't suprise me that you are now having trouble with wheat and sugar. Those two foods often cause a lot of trouble. When I say "fatty proteins" I'm talking about protein foods that have a lot of fat in them as well. Your body needs calories for fuel and fats can help if you are cutting down on starches. Rather than sit down to a plate of lard you can eat fatty fish like mackerel, salmon, tuna or red meat or poultry. A lot of people these days only eat chicken breast but that doesn't have as much fat as thighs etc (darker parts). I always buy whole chickens and eat all of the meat including the skin and any organs found inside. The skin has plenty of fat in it. Whole eggs are good as well. Yes you are right, you will have to see someone to get tested for allergies and intolerances. Btw, I live in the UK. Aaaah Sunday, relax. Woz
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Hi Woz, How are you? thanks for reply, Im still learning about foods cos all this is new to me. As ive never been allergic to any foods in the past untill my immune system became weak from an excessive amount of antibiotic usage. so your advice is very much appreciated. :-) I do eat chicken whole, And i love the skin (my favourite part) I eat red meat so that obviously helps then. And also eat eggs but not as much. My biggest problem at the moment is ive lost too much weight because of having to cut down my starch intake, and im not really sure how to put it back on. Im usually quite thin but dont like to be any thinner or id look sick Hee. Did you have problems with wheat & sugar too woz? Best Regards Diane
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Hello Deb, Sounds to me like you really need to be tested. You might then be able to find out something new you can eat so you can put weight back on. I am allergic or intolerant to wheat, it always gave me a lot of mucus problems. Wheat affects a lot of people.I have never got on very well with sugar. I seem to absorb it too quickly and so it makes me feel bad
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Sorry Dianne I have called you Deb. I shouldn't have written this yet. I fell asleep in the lounge and only just woke up
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Hi Woz, how are you. Have you woke up yet :) Hard case, Yes for some reason im reacting to wheat & sugar too, They give me breathing problems ( inflammation) & sugar makes me shakey,fatigued. like hypoglycaemia. What kind of allergy specialist would you recommend woz? Thanks and best regards Diane
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Hello Diane. I came in from work yesterday feeling a little tired and like I said I fell asleep in the lounge. I was only asleep for about an hour but felt very groggy when I woke up. I don't like falling asleep during the day because of the way I feel afterwards. I saw the name Deb at the top of this thread and it must have got stuck in my head. Anyway, in answer to your question about allergy specialists. I am certainly no expert on who you should see but I went to someone that uses a vega machine to test for allergies, intolerances and infections. There are two links below that talk about vega machines, they both borrow from the same sources but one is cautious about how effective they really are and the other is for them. I found it an effective tool and don't care if there is proof or not. My health improved greatly after being tested with one of these and that's all I care about. I got the results of the test there and then but I also had a hair analysis some time later to be a bit more thorough. There are other methods of testing such as muscle testing etc but you will have to do a search at the library or on Google to find out about them. Originaly I went to the National Health Service but they are far to slow. http://www.mja.com.au/public/guides/vega/vega.html http://www.lemmo.com/side_navi/dia_test/vega.html All the best, Woz
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Houdy Doody Woz, how are you today? Thanks for the info on the Vega Machine, Im openminded and when all else fails I beleive there is always a solution to the problem if you look hard enough & dont give up. :-) I will go see an allergist of some sort. Yes Wheat has become a problem for me, White Flour, biscuits, Starchy foods, Its finding foods to replace those thats the hardest part. Ive been a bread eater all my life, I find that other foods just arn't filling enough. Anyway woz i hope you have a lovely day. Best Regards Diane
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my doctor has told me to try this to eliminate my Ankylosig Spondulitus problems (a rare form of Athritus) I know of other suffers who have tried this and it has worked but its imposilbe to get any one to tell you what to eat
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Hi Emma, Thanks for your email, Yes i do beleive that eliminating certain foods can reduce arthritis, I am suffering with muscle & joint pains & aches too because of the inflammation created from the starchy or acidic foods im eating, but like you said its hard to know what to eat to replace the starches. I have been eating a lot of fish & salad instead sometimes, but you soon get sick of that after a while too. what foods are you eating now emma, that you wernt eating b4? Best Regards Diane
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| Re: starch free diet | Posted by Peter |
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Diet related arthritis is often a symptom of gluten allergy. For a lot more details look at the celiac pages and forum on this site. Peter
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Hi Peter, thanks for your email, I have wandered about gluten allergy, my doctor has tested me for that via bloodtest & it showed negative reaction. so i ruled that out. I am also aware that some bloodtests dont always give an accurate reading, so do you know of other ways i can be tested for this gluten intolerance? I do get irritable bowel & burning skin when i eat brown bread which is made me wander if its the gluten, cos white bread doesnt affect my bowel the same. Do you have a gluten intolerance peter? Thanks for your email peter, and have a nice day. Kind Regards Diane
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| Re: starch free diet | Posted by Peter |
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Yes, I have a gluten intolerance, diagnosed mainly from a detailed record of what I was eating and the symptoms that appeared - long before any blood tests were available. I cannot eat anything with soya either, even the soya lecithin in chocolate bars is enough to make me ill. I wrote the book on gluten-free cookery because there was nothing written by a coeliac sufferer available (all the others were written by journalists / professional writers with no personal experience of having to live with the condition) This developed into an interest in other diets, and the realisation that the essence of the Hay diet had some merit. These web sites are maintained without any sponsorship in the hope that others may benefit from un-biassed information. I am a tutor with the Open University, but do not have any medical qualifications, so this is not medical advice - simply a guide to information for you to evaluate. Peter
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Hi Peter, Thanks for your email, what you are doing sounds really great, good on you for helping others. I react to dairy milk chocolate now too since these allergys or intolerances have started, If i eat it i get headaches, & other symptoms. My dietician asked me if i see someone from mental health, which is a laugh to me cos i do not need a shrink to tell me what to think. this discusts me that the medical profession is so ignorant & want to prescribe countless drugs to inoccent people. I told her that i will not take drugs they like to call medicine, cos the drugs are the reason i have these intolerances now. id rather get to the root of the problem not cover it up or add to it. You see peter I was prescribed 12 courses of antibiotics over a period of a year which i know now was un-nessesary, and they stripped my immune system to only create allergys, not to mention the other un-nessesary pills prior to that i was prescribed. its no wander i have so many sentivities. but in my opinion most doctors here just wont take the time to find the real problem, instead they prescribe counless pills which only result in further sickness as a pill is not a magic bullet that only goes to the target area, it has unwanted actions elsewhere in the human body. (these are what they call side effects) all this totally discusts me. you see so many cases of iatrogenisis here in new zealand.the only people who benefit from the drugs are the doctors who have prescribed them, the drug company, not the patient. cos the patient once prescribed them gets sicker, then off he or she goes back to the doctor to only be prescribed more, its just a tragic roundabout. so that ticked me right off that the dietician asked me that. anyway peter keep up your great work, and have a lovely day. Best Regards Diane
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Plese issue help on the starch free diet mentioned. Thank you
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Hi David, how are you today? You asked me to issue help on the starch free diet. But no one has asked for help Kind Regards Diane
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hello i want to loose weight i hear that starct away is a good pill to lose weight and to keep it off i would like to try it is there any sigh i would buy it i dont want my mom to now but i will pay a lot of money if i could have the money i am 18 years old. Thanks write back to me when ever
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Hi Ana, how are you? Personally I wouldn't take a pill to lose weight, Sometimes medicating yourself to cover one problem, just creates another, you need to look for the reason why you have put on weight, then find a solution to help it. I would just watch the kind of foods you are eating, Cut out all junk food and see if that makes a difference. Some medications can make you put on weight too, so if you take any then take that into consideration too. Try eating fish, veges, fruit, meat,if you can eat these and watch your intake of bread, flour products, sugar. what do you usually eat ana? Best Regards Diane Blakemore
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Hello Ana. Please don't take drugs to lose weight. You need to orgaize a proper meal plan to keep weight off. Not something that just makes you lose weight. You can not possibly keep taking those pills for the rest of your life can you? I doubt it was drugs that made you put weight on was it? So you don't need drugs to lose it either. Eat more fruit and veg in place of bread, pasta and breakfast cereals. Eat a lot of fruit for breakfast. Enough to keep you going until mid morning. Gradualy make this the biggest meal of the day and make your last meal one of the smallest. You can do it if you give it time. Have a mid morning feed of wholesome food. Have a good midday meal. Maybe a snack late afternoon but not junk. Eat a healthy dinner which is low in grain products like bread and pasta and also low in potatoes but have plenty of other veg instead Copy and paste the URL below. It is just a little more diet advice I left on a board I use to frequent. There is nothing commercial there. http://pub86.ezboard.com/fcharlesatlasfellowshipfrm21.showMessage?topicID=152.topic Woz
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A friend of mine has been diagnosed with spondulitus. We are not so sure. Can anyone tell me exactley what are the symptoms
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A friend of mine has been diagnosed with spondulitus. We are not so sure. Can anyone tell me exactley what are the symptoms
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Starch and wheat allergy, if i eat either i have a form of cystitis within 20 minutes of eating the product. Should I have a food intolerance test
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My name is Esther and after 4 years of testing and misdiagnosis, I was diagnosed with Irritable bowel syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis. I was put on a high-fibre diet for IBS which worsened my conditions and high strength drugs for rheumatoid. I recently discovered Carol Sinclair’s low starch diet, and although she specifically talks about AS, rather than Rheumatoid, felt that our symptoms where correlated enough for me to try the diet, within two days of being on the diet found myself feeling 80\% better (particularly with the IBS) and after one month was off all my prescription drugs. I am fairly strict with the diet and have cut all three levels of starch from my diet and have found that the couple of times that I have weakened and cheated that the symptoms almost immediately re-present themselves quite severely. My problem is that I am also allergic to dairy and am finding that I’m getting quite bored of the limited amount of food that I CAN eat and am finding it especially difficult in winter to enjoy eating salads everyday and because I work and go to university find it difficult to find the time to prepare myself anything else. At the moment I make up salads for the week that I can grab in the morning and add dressing and ham/cold meat etc. I am finding it particularly difficult when I crave savoury food such as chips etc. I’m not much of a sweet tooth. I was thinking that if anyone else was interested in starting up an email based friendship group to share tested recipes and tips/ideas. If anyone is interested feel free to drop me an email: ekklintworth@yahoo.com.au One recipe that I did recently create and test is pancakes. Although Carol Sinclair’s book has soy flour as a starchy item when I tested it both raw and cooked, I found that in small quantities the iodine didn’t change colour at all, nor did the pancakes bring back any symptoms. Nor did the baking powder (in small quantities). I found though that the almond meal is quite sweet and 1 pancake was more than enough. This recipe was quite a good one as the pancakes taste pretty close to normal ones! Starch-Free/Dairy-Free Pancakes (makes 1) 1egg ¼ cup soy flour ¼ cup almond meal 4/3 teas. Baking powder water Beat egg lightly, then add soy flour, almond meal and baking powder. Beat to remove any lumps. Add extra water if needed to make a thick batter. Fry until golden brown in a little butter or oil
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try reading Carol Sinclair's book "The I B S low-starch diet" published by Ninox Publishing. 200 starch free recipes and some good advice
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Hi Diane I also live in NZ, in Wellington to be precise. I have AS and I am battling to find non-starchy foods. I bought the book IBS starch free diet and it helps a lot - the chocolate cake is devine!!! I have now been starch free for 30 days, but over the past week i had some starchy items and I have broken into very bad pimples on my face, wonder if it is a reaction to the starch. Regards Nicoleen
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Check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCDrecipes
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCDrecipes
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I once found a recipe for a starch-free pizza on the kick-ass website. Is anyone aware of it? Please help me, as im finding it hard. Regards, James
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i need to know what happens when you combine starch andiodine. i am only 12 years old in 6 grade
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Hi there, I too have ben having trouble finding suitable starch free recipes. Here are a few ideas I have worked out for myself that may help some people: Breakfast: Portions of preserved Apricots with chopped dates and a handful of raisins. (Amazingly filling!) Lunch: A very small portion of cold baked beans (not totally starch free but I need it for energy), chunks of celery filled with cottage cheese and chives (as much as you like) some black olives, dates and, or raisins. Dinner: Mixed salad (with everything you can think of in it!) gherkins and salmon (or, meat loaf, corned beef or chicken) I do very physical work on a vineyard and thought, initially, that this diet may affect my energy level. However, it seems to have improved it. I'm 68 years old and still working a 50 - 60 hour week and loving it. Hope this is of some help
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| starch free diet | Posted by |
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hi ya... im hopeing someone can help me... im looking for starch free diet and this seems to be the only website.. thing that has come up... I have a friend and her 3 year old has just been diagnosed as being starch intolerant... and was hopeing to find some information's for my friend to ease her brain... can anyone help me with some ideas or websites to turn to.. please
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Hey my partner has ankylosing spondylitis too in his sacroilliac joints and hes been eating starch free for about a year now and experiencing extensive relief, another useful nutritional thing which we have found has helped heaps with pain is Usana health supplements. they do an antioxident and glucosamine supplements which are pharmaceutical grade...fish oil is really good too...an my mother in law says to use almond flour instead of regular for starch free cakes and buscuits just add fruit, or raisins and Stevia a natural sweetner( as opposed to sugar which further increases the level of inflammation in the body) you can probably buy these ingrediants at your local organic store and or wholesale store. Hope some of this info mite help...im looking for new recipies too if you get any good ones can you please forward them to me, its hard when all the good stuff has starch in it and you have to eat the same every day all day!!! And it sux for us who live with them to hear them moaning that theres nothing to eat!!! Cheers!! Emma
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Hi I have Rheumatoid arthritis and have been pretty pain free for many years until recently when I've started getting joint pain again and also become allergic as in what seems to be hayfever or the like. I also get the occasional bad skin problems. I'm too heavy for my height which adds to the prob. I also suffer with what seems to be a sinus type or excess mucous problem. Could all these symptoms be alleviated by starting the starch free diet by Carol Sinclair? Would love to hear anyone's views.
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| Re starch free diet | Posted by Peter |
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There is a syndrome of symptoms that include arthritis that shows improvement on a gluten-free diet. Avoiding all starch may not be necessary. Have a look at http//www.peter-thomson.co.uk/glutenfree/index.html Peter
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| Re starch free diet | Posted by John |
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What an interesting and helpful thread. I've been starch free for quite some time now on a very minimal diet.
Back around mid 1997 I come down with what seemed like the usual winter flu that persisted for a couple weeks before visting the doctor, who put me on antibiotics for another 2 weeks and then ran a series of blood test for all sorts of diseases, viral infections, ceolliac, allergy skin prick etc etc. Many of the test being repeated by various specialists as time went on. At the worst stage symptoms were, sore throat without redness, diorrhea, sleep 16hrs instead of 8, total lethargy the rest of the time, itchy ear canal, reduced sense of balance, reduced memory and thought capability, mucus from every orifice, light red urine, insatiable thirst with normal blood glucose readings, occassional joint soreness, and muscle spasm after any attempt at work. Of all the tests, the ceolliac blood test was the only test that came back anything but normal. The part A of the test was in the normal range while part B was borderline at the high limit. Ignoring the doctors proclomation that I was not ceolliac I went gluten free unknowinlgy removing a great proportion of starch from my diet also. This provided some improvement for a few weeks. But I seemed slide back too illness within 3 months. A specialist then thought a rice elimination diet was in order, which was doing a fine job of eliminating me within a week. Giving up all manner of grains, seeds, nuts again bought some improvement for a short period. The upside of the rice starch overload was it highlighted the timing and order of the resulting symptoms. From this point I tried fruit and meats for a while resulting in a period of improvement then slow downhill slide over months. Eventually after getting down to meats, some fruit and a couple of veggies things were going along fine for longer periods, but still returning to illness over a longer period. I struck paydirt about 4 years when the allergy specialist suggested avoiding anything that reacted to iodine. My symptoms started 24hrs after starch ingestion and his field of expertise was for reactions within minutes of ingestion of the wrong thing. He sent me on my way with that suggestion which removed celery and mango from my diet. I've been on Cadbury white chocalate, lettuce, rockmellon, unprocessed meat ever since. Only occassionaly getting caught by chefs who don't listen and suffering a week of symptoms. Potions from the naturopath have failed to fix me, only catch me out due to starch content. After a long clean spell I felt careless enough to try almond meal after it passed the iodine test as best I could tell. I appeared Ok with it and thought I'd do a almond/starch google search resulting in finding this sight. Up too this point It seemed I was only person alive with starch intolerance, as all manner of searches didn't turn up anything previously. Plus most of the medical profession are too quick too call your mental health into question when they can't work it out. Hopefully the book and links will help me widen my diet without further illness. I hope my short novel helps others too stay well. Cheers John
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| Re starch free diet | Posted by cris |
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please i need some starch free recipes, someone please HELP.
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| Re starch free diet | Posted by Jan Plotkin |
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Hi,
I am trying to find out more about the starch free diet. I am already gluten and dairy free due to allergies and am afraid I will loose too much weight if I give up all starch. Does anyone know if beans are allowed? I have severe AS pain in my back and pelvis and would like to try a non-drug approach. THanks
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| Re starch free diet | Posted by Mary |
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My daughter is now 26 years old and she has ankylosing spondylitis.It is more common in men than in women. Go to the web site www.kickas.org Her signs started out with her big toe swelling up. Then it moved to both of her feet.They swelled up so bad that her bones started breaking. The doctors found out it was A.S. She went on Predison to get the swelling down .Her feet are back to normal and most of her pain is in her neck and back. Her feet do hurt time to time. This all happen when she was 19 years old . She has been on other medications too. She is on no medication other than two aleave in the morning and two at night. She also has muscle pain. Not sure if that is AS. WE think that is fibromylgia. She is going to give the starch free diet a chance. That must mean she is in a lot of pain because she is the type that says she would reather die than give up her potatos and bread. By looking at her, you would never know that there is anything wrong.Only her close friends really know how much pain she is in. It is easy to forget because of this. Hope this helps.
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| Re starch free diet | Posted by andrew |
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Can anyone suggest what it is about ingesting cooked starch that causes inflammation ? It seems to me that cooked starch is very quickly turned to maltose and maltose into glucose if we are producing enzymes as we should. Could it be that the real problem is something associated with starchy food sources,e.g.lectins, rather than the starch or its metabolites ? And has anyone successfully reduced their inflammation by treating themselves with digestive enzymes ? I get inflammation in numerous parts of my body when I ingest starch but I have found that enzymes tend to irritate my alredy irritated GI tract.
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| Re: starch free diet | Posted by rosa |
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Hi I've had AS for about 20 years. I've had many flareups in that time but bascially I fight the disease with lots of movement and exercise on the good days & NSAIDS to help me sleep at night. I've recently heard of the Non Starch approach and am flabergatsed to see just how much of my diet actually is starch based (too much!). I'm now trying to find a list of all starchy foods. I've found the basics such as wheat, pasta, rice but I'm sure there is starch hidden in many many others. Is there a list or a counter (sauch as a calorie counter) available?? I'm considering getting the IBS Strach free diet book, but wonder if the UK based book will be relevant to Australian availablitlity and products??
Any info welcomed. Rosa
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| Re: starch free diet | Posted by Amy |
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Hi i have a friend who is starch free she camer over for dinner that i cooked just for her the other night and this is an EASY way to tell if the food you are eating contains starch.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Iodine !!!!!!!! Take food to be tested and put aside into a small plate. Drop a drop of Iodine on the food and presto!!! If the food turns black it contains starch! Try a potatoe to see exactly what your looking for and then try it with everytihing in the kitchen.
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| Re: starch free diet | Posted by Rae |
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my husband has been suffering severe abdominal cramps and diarrhea for years now. every time we go to the drs they are amazed and cant seem to diagnose his problem. his reaction to certain foods occurs 12-24 hours and often lasts half a day. he is constantly on the toilet and it is really beginning to affect his mood and worklife.a new symptom is eczema on the inside of his legs.the foods he has reactions to that we have identified are potatoes, rice and pasta, also gravy and fizzy drinks.if i boil the starch out of the poatoes and rice he is ok, but if this doesnt happen and he eats these foods prepared another way eg roasted or steamed he will be sick. please suggest ways we can avoid these problems.
thankyou
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| Re: starch free diet | Posted by Kary |
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I am a diabetic with an allergy to all grains. Recently, I found a book by Bruce Fife,N.D. called Cooking with Coconut Flour. Although not everything tastes the same as wheat products, the cake recipes are delicious. Hope this is useful.
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| Re: starch free diet | Posted by Harriet McDonald |
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Hi there, I just came across your posting and as a sufferer of AS I understand the frustration that comes with trying to work out what you can and can't eat!
If you feel you have to eliminate all starch from your diet, the best way to conclusively know if a certain food contains any is to use pure iodine and drop a couple of drops onto the food. If there is starch present, it will turn anywhere from a dark brown to blue-black, depending on the level of starch in it. For oily foods, like peanut butter, it may take a little while for a colour change while it soaks in, but generally it's an instantaneous reaction. You can get iodine from some pharmacies, but you may have to track down a pharmaceutical company that stocks laboratories and the like. I find that you have to be careful with fruit and vegetables. If they have been picked and cold stored before they ripen, they will contain lots of starch, whereas a naturally ripened piece of fruit has converted the starch into fructose sugars. For example, I can only eat bananas when they're really ripe, like borderline banana cake material! Also, coffee is fine, as is tea- neither have starch. I hope this helps!
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| starch free diet | Posted by joan-patricia parris |
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Hi,
>> I'm starch intolerant here what i found on the net. >> >>the IBS low-starch diet by Carol Sinclair if order on her site it about 22.00 >>canadian dollars. >>I can finally say the nightmare is over . >>Good cooking and let me know how it went
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| starch free diet | Posted by Karen Corliss |
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Hello,
Did you ever find recipes for starch-free foods? My son also has AS, and it is very difficult cooking for him. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance
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| Re starch free diet | Posted by heather |
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I agree with Peter, please look into gluten free way of eating before eliminating all starches.
I have RA and have faired alot better by eliminating gluten from my diet. This doesn't mean a bland diet, thankfully rice is acceptable, also quinoa and other grains. I make my own bread from gluten free flours that are readily available. Gluten is a protein in many grains that people are either sensitive or highly allergic to. Number one grain that is in almost everything is wheat and it will be listed in the ingredients as wheat and sometimes in the form of modified food starch. If you are not sure what grains to avoid, just google celiac or go to the celiac society website, they will give accurate info on gluten free food. Celiacs are those who suffer terribly with digestive/colon problems and are highly allergic to the gluten in certain grains. Many people are out there who are suffering from various health problems and are unaware that they could be sensitive to gluten or just to wheat. Hope you find a solution and feel alot better soon Heather
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| Re starch free diet | Posted by Ricky |
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I am a competitive Mountainbiker, and was diagnosed with AS over a year ago. After being on ani-inflammetories and painkillers for the previous year once I knew what I had I just researched the hell out of it. I've been starch free (aside from the odd hiccup) for 13 months, and drug free for 12.5.
I tend to mainly eat steak and salad for dinner, lots of homemade yogurt, dried fruit, normal fruit, bacon and eggs (mmmmmm), other egg made things, and various other meats. It's a main pain in the ass with not a massive amount of variety, but it is far far far better than the pain. I enjoy being able to roll over in bed, or to even get out of it. All my muscles work properly (ish). Before, not so much. I haven't been able to find a good starch free pastry recipe tho, I miss pie more than anything. My hips don't tho, and the bakeries where I live lost a lot of buisness when I stopped eating starch. I do find tho, due to the limited amount of carbs I can get, that my recovery is slower than it used to be from hard riders and races. But, it's a small sacrifice to pay
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| Re: starch free diet - cakes | Posted by Boudicca |
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It is possible to have cakes on a totally starch free diet, as long as one uses coconut flour (or ground almonds but coconut is best).
Lemon Drizzle cake for one: approx: 300 cals 1 egg 2 tbs coconut flour 25g sugar (fructose) lemon juice (approx half lemon) 1ts lemon essence (with icing) icing sugar lemon juice/essence add: 100 cals. mix egg, sugar and lemon essence together; add flour through sieve; mix until consistency is sponge like (add more lemon juice if too stiff). In a baking tin, put greace proof paper; add the cake mixture; bake in over for 15-25 minutes - put knife in side to check if cooked; if no crumbs come off knife, cake is ready. Take out of oven. Let cool. When ready make icing sugar and pour over. Other non-starch cakes can be made in same way: for coffee and walnut cake, simply subsitute strong coffee liquid for lemon juice (I use decaf coffee) and add walnuts; for chocolate cake, use water/cocoa powder etc. Experiment. These cakes are great! There is NO NEED TO SUFFER!
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| Re: starch free diet | Posted by Betsy |
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You can drop Iodine solution on things to find out if they are starchy. If there is starch the iodine turns blue/black
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| Re: starch free diet onion | Posted by lynda |
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Hope this helps someone please note onions when cooked become starch so stay clear if you are starch resistant raw onion is a different matter so eat your onions raw best of luck
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| Re: starch free diet | Posted by Jen |
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Hi Esther, and others on Starch fee diet.
I recently read Carole Sinclair's book and it is GREAT. Watch out for baking powder. When tested with iodine it seemed safe at first, but within 5 mins it had gone black. I'm trying a small amount of bicarb of soda instead. I too didn't find any starch in soya flour but it makes hopeless bread. A lady in a health food store suggested psyllium and also xanthum gum powder to give a better texture but i have no idea of the quantities required. Any ideas out there?? I have been totally starch free for a month now. my IBS is heaps better but i gave in to hip pains and had two cortisone injections as i could no longer stand on my right leg. AHHHHHH the relief! Cheers, Jen
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| starch free diet | Posted by Paula |
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Hi. I was wondering if you had had any luck finding some of these recipes. I would love to find some also. I am completely new to this no starch diet and am at a bit of a loss for creative ways to omit starch from obvious foods and recipes.
Help? Paula from Canada
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| starch free diet | Posted by Mandy |
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I also have AS and i've started a new diet and it works great. No starch is hard, but i found a way to make bread and pastries.
Almond butter and Almond ground or flours works great
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| Re: starch free diet- pizza for James | Posted by Mandy |
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Hey James.
Starch free pizza 1 cup of almond ground, 2 eggs, 2 tsp of olive oil, 1 tsp of italian seasoning, a little bit of salt and grated cheese ( romano or parmesan) . Mix everything together and spread (thin) on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 325 for about 18 minutes. Remove from oven, and add a pesto sauce ( olive oil, fresh basil, cheese, a little bit of almond ground or pine nuts and mix in a blender or even by hand) Add that to the pizza crust and add pineapple, cooked chicken, onions, pepppers. Bake for another 15 minutes. Mmmmm, it's so good. I add some mushrooms, since they don't seem to affect me. I also use the crust for crackers and cheese sometimes
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| starch free diet | Posted by Rebecca |
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My doctor had me switch to starch free a few months ago and I've been looking ever since. I did find some recipes for flour free cookies and I'm experimenting with those now. It's hard to find sweets that are starch free, but the worst starch in these cookies is peanut butter. So give it a shot, your father may really like them.
1 cup sugar 1 egg 1 cup peanut butter Mix egg and sugar together till creamy, then add peanut butter (chunky or creamy) till smooth. Roll into balls and use fork to pat down the top of the cookie. Bake for 10-12 mins at 350. Let cool a minute. Enjoy! Sorry I can't be more help but I've just been staying away from what I can't have. Good luck on your search and I wish your father the best
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| Re: starch free diet | Posted by Joni Aarden |
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Hi,
Coffee is definitely acidic. I think the main thing for you would be to avoid acid foods-which means meat, dairy, sugar (other than sugar from fruits), WHIte bread (VERY Acidic), and simple carbs. Any bread should be from sprouted grains. Your system is probably acid and needs to be alkalised. I think that would help you a lot. You can also take Acidophilus, and/or drink kefir. Candida can keep your system acid, and make you have all these reactions. A yeast (or candida) die-off should take about 3 months, wherein you take acidophilus daily. If it is working you will have some gas and bloating, but dont worry-that means its working. If this does not happen, switch brands of acidophilus and/or increase your intake until it does. You may want to order a PH test strip. You pee on it every morning and it will tell you how acid/alkaline you are. You will start to see a difference as you change your habits. A major help to you will be juicing if you can get into it. Fresh juice of fruits and veggies is one of the best ways to alkalise your system. Also, drink water (warm or cool) with one whole lemon squeezed in it at least once a day. That will majorly help alkalise. Best of luck! We all need to alkalise our systems
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| Re starch free diet | Posted by Angela |
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Hi
Have you tried enzymes that are only for starch. If you use a combined enzime for protein and fats you may not need these. I am thinking of using carbozyme which is only for starch. Will let you know if it works Angela
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| Re starch free diet | Posted by Virginia |
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Hello All
Due to digestive problems, muscle/joint pain, sinus, heart palpitations, reflux etc. I started to search the internet for answers and came across the "Specific Carbohydrate Diet" which is designed primarily with Crohns, Ulcerative Colitis issues in mind so because I had digestive problems and was desperate I tried it. NO starch (grains), sugar, dairy allowed. Within a very short time ALL the above problems had disappeared. The book that describes the diet and the reasons for it is called "Breaking the Vicious Cycle" by Elaine Gottschall. There are many recipes in the book but quite difficult to stick to ..very restrictive... but I felt so bad that I was willing to do it and it paid off. I also read the book by Carol Sinclair "The low starch cookbook " (I think thats its name) and it was very helpful. From my research there is evidence that all auto immune diseases like M.S., A.S. R.A. Crohns. U.C. celiac disease, fibromyalgia etc etc as well as autism, "brain fog", poor memory etc are linked to a digestive system that is not working properly which means that certain foods are not properly digested and things like "leaky gut' syndrome come into play which means that undigested food gets into the bloodstream causing the immune system to attack the body causing these auto immune diseases. YES YES YES I absolutely believe that diet is the answer to many many chronic debilitating diseases and that through diet we can regain our health again! I know I have proved it! As for recipes I make the most fantastic tasty cakes, biscuits and even a pastry with almond meal, many better than "normal" cakes. Not so much joy with breads etc but still good enough to substitue. Just google almond meal recipes or go to the Specific Carbohydrate Diet website www.scdiet.org to find info and links to recipes. I have experimented lots..... God's best to all of you...my heart goes out to you that are struggling .....but "I cried out to God and He helped me" He'll do the same for you...."ask and keep on asking....." With love from Virginia
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| starch free diet | Posted by Belle |
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Did you click on the 'AS Food Guide" link on the kickas.org website? It gives you a list of all the foods your Dad can eat. We AS sufferers pretty much need to go without any breads. For snacks I like baked apples with honey and cinnamon on them, sugar free jello, raisins, a bowl of berries, cooked berries with honey and cinnamon, carrots, tuna salad (made with tuna from a pouch, not the can, celery,and real mayonaise). If you spend one day a week preparing some meals and snacks, you can just grab and go the rest of the week.
-Belle
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| starch free diet | Posted by Mary |
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I make bread, muffins, crackers, etc., with almond flour. Usually, I mix flaxseed meal with it. There are many, many recipes on Internet
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| Re: starch free diet | Posted by darryn yates |
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you can test any food for starch using iodine. if the colour turns blue or black the food item contains starch. if it doesnt change colour - food item has no starch
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| starch free diet | Posted by Maria |
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Greetings and sympathies to everyone on this page. I discovered I was seriously intolerant of starches (and other things) about 8 years ago and in this age where the promotion of wholegrains as the basis for a healthy diet is the paramount received wisdom I have found it very frustrating as I have yet to find a healthcare professional who believes me. As a consequence I have had to conduct my own little experiments and I have found that sticking to a low-carb diet has had a very positive effect physically and emotionally.
Before I blather on further, the reason I have posted this is to mention that my arthritis is aggravated (within the hour) by fruit. I know it's hard to accept because once again it defies conventional thinking, but I thought it might be of interest to others who are also looking for solutions outside of the System. Best wishes and good health to all. Maria
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| Re: starch free diet | Posted by Brianna |
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Diane,
I just wanted to let you know that Pantothenic acid is vitamin B5. The B vitamins are great healers and energy boosters for the body. Most of them are water soluble so its really hard to ever over dose on them. Don't worry, its not a new medication, it's just a b vitamin. I know the B-complex vitamins are great! I hope this helps you out a little bit. Truly, Brianna- esthetician and nutrition advocate
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| starch free diet | Posted by adele |
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Hi all,
What a helpful and interesting thread. I am 34 years old ans also have AS and have been on a starch-free diet for 1 year now and have noticed a huge difference. Carol Sinclairs book on the IBS Low starch diet has been a massive help and I'm still learning. Alison- Did you have a pastry recipe using seeds? Peanuts contain starch (apparantly they are not even a nut) blanched almonds and walnuts are starch free. I think flaxseed and sesame seeds are starch free too but sunflower seeds apparantly contain starch. Mary- Can you post some links for the recipes for bread, muffins and crackers using almond flour (and flaxseed meal)? I find coconut flour is great for sweet recipes but it does obviously taste of coconut (delicious in a home-made chicken korma) but I find that almond flour seems to be less dominant in it's taste and better for savouries and pancakes. Baking powder contains starch but 1/2 ts cream of tartar and 1/2 bicarbonate of soda is supposed to be the equivalent of 1ts baking powder. I think there is a starch-free baking powder on the market somewhere too but I haven't found it yet as I live in Norway and food variety is limited here so I order coconut flour on the net from the UK. Boudicca- Is there an icing sugar that doesn't contain cornstarch? Thanks for the pizza recipe Mandy! Good Luck Everyone! Adele
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