Today, I thought I would photograph everything I ate and show you in picture form what a low Fodmap day looks like. You will see that I eat less that the permitted amounts of each food but that's because I eat what keeps my weight stable. You may need more than me, but this will show you safe combinations. The photos are not masterpieces - I snapped them quickly before I ate. Because I have been doing this for so long, I don't have to check the clock since my stomach tells me when it's time to eat. It is well trained to a routine. However, ideal meal times could be: 7.30am Breakfast 10.30am Morning snack 1.30pm Lunch 4.30pm Afternoon snack 7.30pm Dinner Meals are eaten three hours apart with breakfast within 30 minutes of waking and the last meal eaten three hours before bed. … [Read more...] about What I ate today – all Low Fodmap
Multi-Tasking will Aggravate Your IBS
Walking down the street and texting, driving and talking on the phone, emailing during meetings, reading and watching the television. What do those things have in common? Multitasking. But what you call multitasking is really task-switching. “When it comes to attention and productivity, our brains have a finite amount. It’s like a pie chart, and whatever we’re working on is going to take up the majority of that pie. There’s not a lot left over for other things, with the exception of automatic behaviours like walking or chewing gum, ” said Guy Winch, PhD, author of Emotional First Aid: Practical Strategies for Treating Failure, Rejection, Guilt and Other Everyday Psychological Injuries. Earl Miller, a neuroscientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, scanned volunteers’ heads while they performed different tasks and found that the human brain has a hard time frantically switching between tasks, and it puts far more demand on our brains than if we did them one after … [Read more...] about Multi-Tasking will Aggravate Your IBS
Safe Cooking oils
I think you will be surprised at what I tell you in this video. Many people have a precise cooking oil that they use on a daily basis and I can guarantee you that the majority of people reading this post are using an oil that is harmful to their health. My video will tell exactly which ones are safe, which ones are not and why that is the case. I am currently studying to become a nutritional therapist and I thought this information was too important not to pass on. … [Read more...] about Safe Cooking oils
Tuna, Tomato and Rice Stir Fry – Low Fodmap
In our household we often have leftover rice because I find it difficult to calculate it correctly. I always eat a small amount but my husband is the wild card and will sometimes eat for four but sometimes only for two so I often make too much. Since we mustn't keep cooked rice for too long because bacteria grows on it really quickly, the next day I use it in invented dishes and that is how this one came about. It is one of the quickest I have made in a while because the protein meat was canned tuna. With the herbs and spices I used, it was delicious and no one would have guessed it took me around 10 minutes for the entire preparation and cooking process. Next time you have some leftover rice, give this a go. It is low Fodmap and gluten-free and will keep your gut calm. Watch the tomatoes though if you have reflux. 4.7 from 3 reviews Tuna, Tomato and Rice Stir Fry - low Fodmap Print Author: Suzanne Perazzini Ingredients 1 tbsp oil 1 spring onion, green part only, … [Read more...] about Tuna, Tomato and Rice Stir Fry – Low Fodmap
Birthday Party for an Octogenarian
We celebrated my mother's 87th birthday on Sunday at a beautiful restaurant with cake/dessert afterwards at her home. I thought I would share a couple of photos of the day. I chose eggs Benedict for my lunch meal because it was low Fodmap except for the buns underneath but I can tolerate a certain amount of wheat so it was fine. My niece, Dana, made the lemon meringue pie as the birthday cake and it was delicious. Again it was low Fodmap except for the pastry. Naturally we can only have a small amount because of the sugar content but my tummy was calm afterwards so I gauged it well. As you can see there is no need to miss out on the pleasure of food if you choose wisely. I am sure I could have asked for gluten-free buns at the restaurant if I had wanted to. … [Read more...] about Birthday Party for an Octogenarian
4 Ways to Slow Your Day Down
I have written an article HERE about busyness. Jessica Stillman also wrote a great article called the Cold Hard Truth: you’re overwhelmed because you want to be. Being busy has become a sign of status – we are proud of it. We bitch about how busy we are to assert our importance. The answer to feeling oppressively busy is to stop telling yourself that you’re oppressively busy, because the truth is that we are all much less busy than we think we are. And our consistent insistence that we are busy has created a host of personal and social ills: unnecessary stress, exhaustion, bad decision-making – all of which affect your IBS. I won’t go on about it any longer because you all, if you put down your defensiveness just for a moment, will recognize you do this to yourself. You are a part of the latest cult of busyness. So, the first step towards reforming your ways is to stop complaining about your busyness cold turkey. Now let’s look at a few ways to make you feel less … [Read more...] about 4 Ways to Slow Your Day Down
