Vegetarian LID (was Re: My Surgery Went Great!!!)

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I should have written " packaged " . I went through a gigantic health

food store, read through at least a thousand labels (!) (I'm a

stubborn person) without finding a single *health store* product

that I thought was OK. It seems that the manufacturers need to add

soy stuff, sea-salt, seaweed stuff, ingredients in oriental languages,

and other LID contraband. Try it when you have a free evening

sometime - it could become the new mall sport. (Yes, I was hypo

at the time).

What I found in my last hypo, is that as you read packaged foods

labels there is a trend. Cheap bulk products, such as pasta, tend

to have good ingedient lists. Expensive stuff in frilly packages are

sure to fail the ingredient test. You'll probably find nothing in

the gourmet isle, and find heaven in the store brand one.

I used your cookbook (appreciatively!) while LID. The product lists

are great, but a lot of the packaged stuff are so regional/transient.

Most recipes in veggie cookbooks work on LID.

Happy holidays!

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> > ... *everything* in a health/veggie store

> > is not allowed! Every prepared product uses sea salt

> > as a luxury, an LID no-no. I spent hours in a huge

> > " Whole Foods " and came out without anything!

>

> When you say " prepared product " , do you mean deli counter, cooked

foods, or do you mean anything that comes in a package? I assume

that you mean the first, and I agree; it's not likely one will

> find ready-to-eat, prepared dishes that are acceptable on the LID.

>

> However, if you mean the latter, then I beg to differ. There are

lots of packaged foods that are acceptable on the LID. It does take

a lot of work, reading every little label, particularly

> tricky with hypo fog and hypo eyes.

>

> I have a growing list of commercial products that are acceptable

on the LID, and will happily send it out to anyone who asks. I found

Whole Foods to be a great resource of LID items.

>

> > If anyone gets a veggie diet together - we should share it.

>

> Well, , there's only one way to make it happen ... get out

that pencil and notebook ;-)

> A vegetarian LID cookbook would be a great addition to the current

one on the ThyCa web page.

>

> good luck and happy holidays to all

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