Guest guest Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Hi, I am instrested also. It seems like when I eat protein that I hurt. Thanks, So Much! Lyncia Subject: Diet information To: livercirrhosissupport Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2009, 2:04 AM Hello everyone, I'm looking for any good websites or cookbooks for low sodium and pre- diabetic diets. It's not so much that I can't find any recipe information out there, it's more of a there's so much information out there regarding diets. I was hoping that someone in the group already maybe has some favorite recipe website or cookbook that they've found and why they like it. Also, if anyone has any recomendations on reading material regarding maintaining a healthy lifestyle and coping with cirrhosis. I've been finding out that there's alot more to living with cirrhosis then just making the Dr's appointments and abstaining from alcahol. So I figure it's time for me to try and make the time I have left as long and as healthy as possible, so if anyone has any good reads I'd appreaciate it. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 I can count the years since eating certain foods. I will swell up short term any time I deviate from my low sodium diet. I meant to answer this person's (realise's) post, but now I cant find it. So here are my answers. I will eat a simple meal of steamed vegetables, and broiled fish on a bed of white rice. Brown rice would help the lactulose, but sometimes we don't need any help. Any protien always causes me problems. Tonight I had Chili with a smattering of steak in it. Meat is now a garnish. All meat. My staples are Canadian granola which has dried fruit in it. Bananas. Coffee coffee coffee. Did I mention coffee? Nachos where you use salt free tortilla chips, measured colby cheese, measured meat, completely measured diced pickled jalapenos. Normally a hepatologist would cringe, and say NO NO!! No pickles!! But I have proven to myself that sodium restriction does not mean zero sodium. Sometimes a pickle is a necessity .The only time I would ever actually use salt is for eating a fried egg. I ate one. A year ago. I keep open the option of eating one whenever I feel like it. I just mostly choose healthier options. A low sodium gazpacho can be made with little effort by pouring a small can of low sodium V8 into a bowl. Add a table spoon of the following- chopped green pepper, chopped onion, chopped red onion, chopped celery, chopped cucumbers, and chopped cherry tomatoes. stir in a tsp of mrs dash and Add a garnish of avocado, if your liver can take some fat. If I am having a liver ache, I skip the avocado. It is almost time for Chinese new years. You can use spray pam on to a skillet with an ounce or two of diced chicken, saute, and add a couple of table spoons of peanuts, some crushed red pepper and add crushed ginger, and garlic, and scallions chopped, two tablespoons (240mg sodium per two tbsp) of IRON CHEF GENERAL TSAO'S CHICKEN sauce to splash on and you have kung pao chicken. The way I do it is to skip other sodium foods that day. Then I put 4 tabelspoons of sauce on my kung pao chicken. OOOOOOWEE! is it good!! I could make the sauce from scratch, and make it even lower sodium, but my original recipe called for 3 table spoons of cream cherry to substitute a chinese cooking wine called Shaoxing. I stopped cooking with alcohol after detox for my alcoholism. But this new recipe is the BOMB! Kung pao chicken in and of itself makes life worth living. long life, old age, everything good-Apache prayer ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 9:45:55 PM Subject: Re: Diet information Salt substitutes or sodium free have a lot of potassium in it and is not good for liver patients. Penny > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > I'm looking for any good websites or cookbooks for low sodium and pre- > > > diabetic diets. It's not so much that I can't find any recipe > > > information out there, it's more of a there's so much information out > > > there regarding diets. I was hoping that someone in the group already > > > maybe has some favorite recipe website or cookbook that they've found > > > and why they like it. Also, if anyone has any recomendations on > reading > > > material regarding maintaining a healthy lifestyle and coping with > > > cirrhosis. > > > > > > I've been finding out that there's alot more to living with cirrhosis > > > then just making the Dr's appointments and abstaining from alcahol. So > > > I figure it's time for me to try and make the time I have left as long > > > and as healthy as possible, so if anyone has any good reads I'd > > > appreaciate it. Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jan H > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Ed's doctors told him the same thing. We use Mrs.Dash. He has to watch his sodium levels.....at times they are too low. Ed just wants to scream.... he'll say, " he told me not to use salt and now I have LOW sodium levels! " He feels like he can't win....buut he still follows his docs orders. Love,Jill We don't remember days, we remember moments. Life is not measured by the breaths we take,but by the moments that take our breath away. From: dotty_giusti <no_reply > Subject: Re: Diet information To: livercirrhosissupport Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2009, 11:13 PM Jan - When we worked closely with the nutritionist at the transplant center - she cautioned us NEVER to use salt substitute - that it was worse than salt. We use Mrs. Dash products - no salt or MSG and great flavor! And lots of lemon juice in place of salt in vegetables, with fish or chicken. Dotty > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I'm looking for any good websites or cookbooks for low sodium and pre- > > diabetic diets. It's not so much that I can't find any recipe > > information out there, it's more of a there's so much information out > > there regarding diets. I was hoping that someone in the group already > > maybe has some favorite recipe website or cookbook that they've found > > and why they like it. Also, if anyone has any recomendations on reading > > material regarding maintaining a healthy lifestyle and coping with > > cirrhosis. > > > > I've been finding out that there's alot more to living with cirrhosis > > then just making the Dr's appointments and abstaining from alcahol. So > > I figure it's time for me to try and make the time I have left as long > > and as healthy as possible, so if anyone has any good reads I'd > > appreaciate it. Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > > > -- > Jan H > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 After Abijann mentioned that, I remembered I had heard that before. But, my doctors have me on potassium/Vitamin K because I take medications which strip the body of potassium. I have a question. Do most of you take a multivitamin every day? I was told to do so years ago, and then have had other supplements added over the years because there aren't enough of them in the multis. I also buy the men's vitamins so I don't get the extra iron in the women's multis. For a while, my iron levels were too high. Will get the results of my last tests on Friday, so will look very closely at them. I am considering making a spread sheet of my blood tests and maybe connecting it to a graph to show how they vary. Has anyone done this? Jan H On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 9:45 PM, preciouspenny3 wrote: > Salt substitutes or sodium free have a lot of potassium in it and is > not good for liver patients. > > Penny > > > > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > > > I'm looking for any good websites or cookbooks for low sodium > and pre- > > > > diabetic diets. It's not so much that I can't find any recipe > > > > information out there, it's more of a there's so much > information out > > > > there regarding diets. I was hoping that someone in the group > already > > > > maybe has some favorite recipe website or cookbook that they've > found > > > > and why they like it. Also, if anyone has any recomendations on > > reading > > > > material regarding maintaining a healthy lifestyle and coping > with > > > > cirrhosis. > > > > > > > > I've been finding out that there's alot more to living with > cirrhosis > > > > then just making the Dr's appointments and abstaining from > alcahol. So > > > > I figure it's time for me to try and make the time I have left > as long > > > > and as healthy as possible, so if anyone has any good reads I'd > > > > appreaciate it. Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Jan H > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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