PCOS Messages for July, 2002: Re: FOOD SUGGESTIONS

Re: FOOD SUGGESTIONS

From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 14 Jul 2002 20:48:13 -0500 (CDT)

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My favs (I hope this is helpful):

Unsweetened, lime-flavored sparkling water is very refreshing. Another couple naturally sweet beverages are Bengal Spice tea from Celestial Seasonings and Licorice Spice tea from Stash. Peppermint, wintermint, or spearmint tea...especially iced...is also good even w/o sweetener.

Egg and cheese omelettes with veggies (or ketchup) are total comfort food.

1/4-1/8 an avocado is DIVINE.

1/2 a serving of regular oatmeal.

Yves brand soy deli is great.

Lots of fresh and cooked veggies should be eaten daily (just watch out for the tricky high-carb ones like potatoes, corn, too many carrots).

Morningstar Farms breakfast links warmed in a pan with a squirt of olive oil are awesome at breakfast...the grillers are also good.

I second (third? fourth?) the baked/broiled fish and chicken recommendations.

I don't recommend cutting out carbs entirely, not just for health reasons, but because it can make you feel CRAZY...just keep track and don't overdue. Make sure you combine your carbs with a protein or a fat to slow down absorption. Of all sweet treats, the one that (surprisingly) has the least effect on my blood sugar is full-fat, non-diet, regular (NO chunks, cookies, syrup, etc. )old Breyer's ice cream. I try to only have about 1/2 cup a day...it only has about 14-17 g carbs in a serving that size. Almost any plain, smooth ice cream will do. The doctor and nurse/nutritionist said that most IR people, as long as they regulate their portion size, have a similar result. Surprisingly, some of the "sugar-free" ice creams have more carbs than plain regular ice cream!

At Mon, 8 Jul 2002, Dave wrote: >
>Meat, fish, green leafy veg, sugar free jello, macadamia nuts, eggs, salad,
>strawberries.
>
>Snacks = string cheese, celery, cucumber.
>
>Typical breakfast could be egg and bacon. Lunch could be salad, and dinner
>meat and veg.
>
>My dessert is one I concocted myself, I mix marscapone cheese and cream
>cheese in a blender. Then in a jug I make up some raspberry sugar free jello
>with 1/3 pint hot water and 1/3 pint cold water, and add it to the blender.
>Mix well, and then pour into a flan dish and put in the fridge to set. Top
>with a few chopped pecan nuts and serve with thick cream. (I think it is
>delicious!)
>
>A lot depends on how low carb you want to go. I started off on Atkins, but
>find it easier to do in the winter than summer. So I've decided to try carb
>addicts over the summer and see how I get on. But what I'll do until I've
>managed to read the book is limit the cabs in the "reward meal" to better
>ones - i.e. whole grains etc rather than white flour carbs.
>
>What ever you do, I seriously recommend planning your meals a week at a
>time, that way you are less likely to cheat!
>
>Good Luck
>
>Cathy
>

>>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Lauren" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list PCOS" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 4:45 AM
>Subject: FOOD SUGGESTIONS
>
>> Hey there!
>>
>> I shot this question out there in another email but I will try again.
>> Can you guys send back some foods you eat on a regular day low in carbs?
>> I am looking to stock up and really want to get the right stuff. I also
>> want to know what are some good snacks!
>>
>> Lauren
>>

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