Hi all,
so, I am back home, eating herbs, cooking like a mad woman (it is freezing cold here, I don´t want to lose weight!):), baking rice basil shortbread (well, if one can´t have maple syrup, then just must be creative) and trying not to freak out, because I am feeling really bad (I think that travelling no matter how I love it is not really a good idea right now). Anyway, Dr. Brizman seems like she really knows what she is doing and I have met some really wonderful people who made my stay a heaven (or, as close to heaven as possible under given conditions):). And, some of them I have not met even...
And here is my, maybe silly, question - are we allowed ANY celery? Here in Czech Rep., the most common type of celery is this one: http://whatscookingamerica.net/Foto4/CeleryRoot2.jpg
e.g., you eat the root, not the green parts. I know that in the US, the most common celery are the green sticks (stalks). I can buy it here sometimes (and not during the summer), but I often use that white root stuff for cooking etc. I just wonder if it is allowed? It would be sad if not!:) Thank you!
hi aya. you got the hardest part out of the way and from now on, it will be sailing forward to healing. :o) anyway, celery is in food list 1, so i would say yes. celery is celery :o). i don't think it's a problem because it's a different part of a celery, but on the other hand, i'm no nutritionist.
Be careful with celery. It bothers me. Go slow with your diet so you can see what foods give you problems.
i asked Dr B about this exact thing last week in my appt and she was unsure. She is going to try and and get back to me, so i would hold fire until then. as it is still technically a root, so may give you trouble
N x
Hi Aya,
As someone that only restricted their food for a couple of months - except no longer eating the big NO NO's (sugar, alcohol, musthrooms, vinegar, and soy to name a few), while diet is important, you can still be helped if you don't seem to have food sensitivities. I am not saying to ditch the lists - as all of us are so completely different - I'm just saying that you're in the right place to get better even if food doesn't seem to bother you as much as others.
Take Care
Oh, thank you, Denise!! I so much hope so. I just love this forum & you, ladies! You know how it is - neverending doubts.
Thank you all! So, I will wait. I do not have a feeling that any food bothers me (well, I am gluten intolerant, but without medical testing I would not even know, now I know that it sometimes makes my stomach & intestines hurt, sometimes not, and it has apparently no impact on my bladder - I took it off my diet for 6 months, then tried spelt, no change). So, I eat gluten-free to make it easier for my body, but any other food make no difference. Some might say that it is great, I just feel that it is scary - like nothing has an impact, so nothing can be done about it. Eh.