When people ask my wife and me what we feed Graeme, our toddler with multiple food allergies, we tell them that he eats better than anyone else in the house. He does so well, in fact, that I’m about to adopt his diet to see what it can do for my health.
Here’s a day in the life of Graeme’s diet:
Breakfast:
Oatmeal, banana, cup of milk
Lunch:
Mandarin oranges, ham, cheddar cheese, green beans, cup of apple juice
Snack:
Terra Chips or applesauce
Dinner:
Roast beef, potatoes, carrots, yogurt, cup of milk
With this menu, he’s getting most of the nutrients he needs without any of the allergens. Occasionally, he gets bread and cookies, which I make from scratch or with allergen-free mixes. The only heavily processed food he gets is a brand of rice pasta mac ‘n’ cheese. Even the Terra Chips are just fried veggies and roots.
When I look at this snapshot, I don’t see a lot of unnecessary fat. There are several servings of fruit and veggies. Even the carbohydrates are largely complex. He does eat better than the rest of us.
Starting tomorrow, I’m going on Graeme’s diet. As a diabetic, I could definitely ditch some carbs from my diet. Plus, following his diet will eliminate a lot of guilty-pleasure foods (brownies!). And it means giving up a lot of things I don’t need anyway: alcohol (obviously not in Graeme’s diet), dessert and bread (unless I make them from scratch), and random snacking.
Of course I’ll have to eat bigger portions, but could his simple, allergy-free diet help me lose weight and manage my diabetes better? Stay tuned.
Comments (2)
Graeme’s diet sounds except I am allergic to all citrus. But I will definately look into the Terra Chips….
I have a question???? I have an unusual allergy.
Floride: Each time I get it accidentely on my teeth, the allergy is 10 times worse.
First time: We lived in Fenton MO. They put it in the water. I lost weight to 105 pounds, could not sleep, was highly nervous day and night. Got pregant during that time, child was born with a learning disability. My daughter was about 4, her teeth look like they have thick glue stuck on them.
I think floride causes an irritation in people and wonder if possibly that is why so much violence in the cities. It sure caused irritation in me.
The second time, I could not stop throwing up. The dentist in that office told me, “Don’t ever let anyone put floride on your teeth again.”
The last time it was put on my teeth. (The girl cleaning them thought she knew more about me than I knew about myself.) But, I made it to a resturant about 9:30 in the morning, sat at a table, until about 1:30, sipping cola. I could not stand up, just lifting the glass with the cola felt like it weighed 50 pounds. I felt like I was sitting in the middle of a big fog. I thought it was low sugar. But, I didn’t realize she had put floride on my teeth, because it was on my chart. I was so sick for a week, that I just had to stay home. I had driven home very slowly, but did go back over there and told them. The dentist called me a couple of time, saying, “It won’t happen again.” For sure, it won’t because I would never go back there.
We then moved where we had a well. My health improved greatly, I was healthy again.
I had a beauty shop in a small town in Sullivan, MO.
In approx.1993 they put floride in the water. I had been drinking 8-10 glasses of water a day. Back to the same old thing.
Also, people all over Sullivan lost their hair. One lady never went to the Beauty shop lost almost every hair on her head. Another group of people had sores on their lower legs.
I believe that floride is a dangerous product. I believe that it causes cavities instead of stopping them. It is an acid.
If you notice, you may have 2 dentist in town, you put floride in the water and all of a sudden you have 5-6 dentist.
In this town, when people move here especially from a town that will not allow floride in their water, I have heard many say, “HOW come no one has teeth over here.” One small child got a cavity on the front of his front tooth after having a floride treatment.
We need a new investigation into this practice.