On Tuesday, November 19, 2013 9:14:49 PM UTC-6, Cheryl wrote:
> On 11/19/2013 12:45 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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> > "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> >> On 11/19/2013 11:53 AM, l not -l wrote:
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> >>> On 19-Nov-2013, jmcquown > wrote:
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> >>>> First, best wishes for your husband's full and speedy recovery.
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> >>>> Second, is there a dietitian on staff at the hospital? I'd be asking
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> >>>> for a consult with him/her.
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> >>>> Jill
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> >>> The smartest thing I ever did, related to health, was to consult a
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> >>> Dietician; she asked about what I like, what I don't like, when I eat,
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> >>> do I like an evening snack, etc. Then, she put together a strategy for
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> >>> me to follow that allows most of the foods I like, when I like, with
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> >>> seasoning alternatives to what I had been doing. That was 15 years
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> >>> ago; I still have the chart/poster she annotated with MY strategy (she
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> >>> got my buy-in through participation, not edict). The chart/poster is
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> >>> attached to the door of my freezer as a daily reminder of that strategy.
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> >> Thanks for backing me up. Seems like most, even small hospitals, have
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> >> a registered dietitian on staff. How could they not? Diet as related
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> >> to health is not a one-size-fits-all scenario.
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> >> And no, I don't think Nanzi and her husband will have to eat
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> >> cardboard, wallpaper paste or bland food for the rest of their lives.
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> >> A competent dietician will do exactly what you said, find out what
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> >> you like and help you map out a plan.
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> > Indeed) Your comment was exactly right!
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> I might have to find a dietician myself. I think I've narrowed down at
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> least one of my stomach problems diagnosed as IBS. Such a generic term.
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> After the white lasagna which was loaded with dairy, I think I have
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> lactose intolerance. I know, I know, everyone self diagnoses. But
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> within a half hour of eating that dairy enriched meal, I was cramping
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> and had diarrhea all night and the next morning. I'm going to cut out
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> dairy for a week or so, then gradually introduce it back in to find out.
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> It will be hard because I love cheese.
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Clueless people throw around the term, "lactose intolerance," and then lament having to give up cheese. REAL CHEESE DOESN'T HAVE MORE THAN TRACE AMOUNTS OF LACTOSE. That's what makes it cheese. The bacteria turn the lactose into lactic acid. Sure, some of the half-assed cheeses aren't fully cheesed, and still have some lactose, but not enough to worry about, and Lactaid works.

--Bryan