[Magdalen] Diet whine

[Molly Wolf]

Plain unsweetened yogurt should have hardly any saccharides of any kind, as the good little bacteria have used up just about all the lactose, which is the main (only?) carb in milk.  I love Chobani's Greek, which has the additional gift of being Ethically Virtuous.  And I have no problems with Splenda.

Best with it, dollink --
Molly
p.s.  I'm making weird cross pendants in copper clay.

The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain

> On Feb 1, 2017, at 10:41 AM, Charles Wohlers <charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> Hmmmm - this sounds an awful lot like my dear wife's diet, who has found, after years of trial-and-error, that anything high in fructose is a no-no. Seems her father had much the same problem. So - little or no high fructose corn syrup, fruit, onions, and honey. She also tries to go light on bread, but that may be a separate issue. Maple syrup (the real thing, of course) is a savio(u)r - all glucose. Pretty much any veggie is fine (other than onions), and she lives on yogurt.
> 
> Food for thought -
> 
> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Jay Weigel
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2017 10:07 AM
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: [Magdalen] Diet whine
> 
> So after four mostly blissful trouble-free years of eating what I wanted,
> that ole debbil IBS seems to have shown up again, despite the fact that my
> surgeon had told me that in *most* cases like mine, after surgery it would
> not. This time I am on what is called a Low-FODMAP diet. FODMAP stands for
> "*F*ermentable, *O*ligo-, *D*i-, *M*ono-saccharides *A*nd *P*olyols"
> and FODMAP
> restriction has been found to improve symptom control in people with irritable
> bowel syndrome <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irritable_bowel_syndrome> (IBS)
> and other functional gastrointestinal disorders
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_gastrointestinal_disorder> (FGID).
> Yippee. It's actually not as hard to follow as the gluten-free business,
> which Did Not Work. Unfortunately, some of my dietary staples are no-nos at
> this time. What I miss most are onions, garlic, yogurt, and bread! I'm
> allowed gluten-free bread, which tastes like sawdust, and something called
> sourdough spelt bread, which I have yet to find anywhere. UGH. And
> vegetarian options have, for the most part, gone by the board, as beans of
> all kinds are prohibited. Interestingly, I have found that one culprit
> seems to be high-fructose corn syrup, which is damn near ubiquitous,
> including in my beloved Heinz chili sauce! I had some of that on fries the
> other night and suffered the night long...my fault for not reading the
> label as it is on the "bad" list (the corn syrup, not the sauce itself).
> 
> So, Cady, I join with you on the difficult diet train.......