A Word About My New Diet

[la_samtyr]

MY new diet is essentially a low acid or GERD diet. It's based on the ph level of various foods, and I am working with an RD (Registered Dietician) to get used to such a major transition. (Basically, I eat rabbit food, lol.)

Below is a partial list of what I can't (and the things that I *can*) have:

Some of the things I *can not* have:

NO: Coke, Pepsi or other cola products (be they regular diet or otherwise), energy drinks and sparkling water. None.

NO: Lemon, lime, pineapple, mango, kiwi, orange, grapefruit, peaches, pomegranate, certain apples, cherries, cranberries, strawberries, blueberries and blackberries. Oddly enough, I can have raspberries and pears. Go figure.

NO: Tomatoes or peppers or anything containing them. This means BBQ sauce, V8 or tomato juice, ketchup, spaghetti sauce, salsa -- which means almost everything I love: pizza, lasagna, nachos -- you get the picture. ::sobs::

Nothing deep-fried or even fried, unless no-stick spray is used. Grilled and baked is ok though.

NO: condiments, such as ketchup (already mentioned), mustard, pickles, most onions, mayo or mayo-related products -- and most dressings, such as ranch, Russian, Caesar (and probably a whole lot more too.)

NO: Whole milk or cream

NO: alcohol

NO: prepackaged or fast foods

What I *can* have:

Agave nectar
Apples -- Red Delicious, Fuji, Gala
Avocado
Banana
Beets (red)
Bell Peppers
Broccoli
Cabbage
Carrots
Corn
Cucumber
Eggplant
Endive
Fennel
Gherkin
Green beans
Legumes
Melon (cantaloupe)
Milk (soy or 'other' preferred, otherwise anything less than whole milk or cream)
Mushrooms (portobello, domestic)
Oatmeal
Olives
Parsley (Italian flat leaf)
Parsnip
Pears
Peas
Potatoes
Pumpkin
Radish
Squash (Acorn, spaghetti, etc.)
Turnip
Yams/sweet potatoes
Zuchinni

Also, *One* (and only one) cup of coffee or tea per day

So there you have it. Most guys, upon hearing this diet, promptly ask if I can still have red meat. This is a source of deep concern to them (deep concern as in a potential source of freak-out, lol). So I tell them yes, as long as it's lean and grilled or baked, not fried. (Actually I'm supposed to cut out as much meat as soon as possible (by at least half) but I don't tell them that.)

What I can tell you is that I have felt better since I started this and I have lost a lot of bloat too. And I do feel better. :)