RE: Whole30 - Day 30 – All done.....sort of
Hi ducksaplenty, it was nice meeting you at Caffetto the other day! Congrats on the whole30 challenge! I worked at a Raw Vegan Restaurant named Ecopolitan for ten years, have eaten a plant based diet for 12, and now for the past year, my wife Natasha is on the Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) diet in a battle with psoriatic arthritis. So, dietary restrictions have been a focal point for me for a long time and now more than ever because of Natasha’s arthritis. The AIP diet has helped her immensely with controlling inflammation. If you are not familiar, AIP is on the same track as what whole 30 is, kind of like paleo but even more restrictive. No sugar, alcohol, grains, etc. She went this route as a way not to have to take icky chemo drugs that would further compromise her immune system in the long run. It is a constant battle and it is worth eating mindfully, so thumbs up to you for taking charge of your health!
Very interesting, @boxcar. @ducksaplenty and I have another sister who may benefit from that diet (if she's willing to make life-altering changes; as this post describes, it is very difficult to do). I'm very appreciative that you mentioned it!
It is challenging in many different ways. It may be helpful to just start with eliminating one or a few things at first and go from there. Refined sugar would be a good place to start of course.
Thank you very much. I have passed on the information to her. She has been doing some work on her diet with a health practitioner, and is realizing just how extreme it must be to get results. This info may really help!
Thanks @boxcar. Nice meeting you too. Caffetto has nice ambiance and that almond milk latte was heaven. I'm happy to hear your wife has had such good results with the AIP diet. I will definitely take a look. @jayna is right, autoimmune appears to run in our family, rheumatoid arthritis with our dad and Epstein Barr and other diseases with our oldest sis. If diet can help, I'm in. I'm interested in your choice of a plant based diet. Was that driven by health, conscience, religious or other considerations?
With the whole grain free thing, it is difficult to find foods that are filling and satisfying all of the time. A couple of tricks that we recently discovered I want to share with you. Frozen yuca is really cheap and delicious and fairly easy to prepare. I buy it at Little India in NE Minneapolis but have also found them at a mexican grocery store too. Its a good option instead of potatoes for starchiness. I am currently trying my hand at writing a steemit food blog with yuca and a cilantro sauce. We'll see how it goes. Also, sweet potato noodles can be found at asian grocery stores. They have the same texture as rice noodles. These are some of our new comfort foods.
I started eating plant based for a few reasons. I first stopped eating meat in my early 20's after reading Gandhi's Autobiography. I thought that Gandhi was pretty cool. Then I got into environmental and animal rights stuff a little bit and when I gave up dairy, i felt much better and just kind of stuck with it ever since.
Thanks @boxcar, just seeing this now. Sweet potatoes noodles and frozen yucca. I’ll temember that. I have a good food co-op near me that would carry them. Is your food blog in Steemit? I’ll take a look. I’m Interested in how the yucca is prepared.
My fave plant comfort food right now is roasted butternut squash. Doused in olive oil, garlic and herbs and slow roasted, it is sweet and crispy on the outside and, at least to me, almost irresistible.
Happy cooking!
Actually, I think I can make the sweet potatoe noodle myself with a spiralizer. I’m making beet noodles with it this week. Better and better.