RE: I'm hooked on oat bran oatmeal--Help please!

[Guest guest]

I like buckwheat pancakes (I listed my recipe here a while back) and eggs

fixed just about every way you can imagine but without any dairy products

except butter.

I saw some breakfast sausage made from turkey at the local grocer's that

looks like it doesn't have anything in it I can't eat. I'll have to try

it and see how it goes.

I've fixed quinoa or millet with butter for breakfast a few times, too.

Zack

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, oohthisloveis wrote:

> I've been eating oat bran oatmeal everyday for the last year or so.

> I've just recently found out that Oat bran is a no-no for candida

> suffers like myself.

>

> Can you guys recommend a subsitute for me? What do you guys eat for

> breakfast?

>

[Guest guest]

This is not an idea you'll probably even want to consider but here goes: You

might want reconsider what " breakfast " really means. This idea of

carbohydrates-and-fruit-first-thing-in-the-morning is not necessarily the

only way to go. The diets of many other cultures will attest to this. For

example, when I lived in Tokyo in the early 70's I had the rather

rude-at-the-time awakening of miso soup and salted fish for breakfast. I've

since been glad for this as it's helped me with my Candida diet. Oddly

enough, you can develop a real taste for the stuff and even crave it from

time to time.

My Candida breakfasts now are: juice of a lemon/hot water with a dash of

cayenne pepper upon rising. Then I have half an apple with a handful of

soaked almonds. (That is my only fruit for the day.) An hour or two later,

when my body is more awake and my digestion is up and running, I make a big

protein-based breakfast. This morning it happened to be ahi tuna and

spinach. Other days it's chicken livers with greens.

What I'm getting at is this: instead of trying to replace everything you ate

before you had this Candida problem with some kind of imitator that you

know will never be as good, try an entirely new direction.

Of course, you won't get that morning zing! you get from high-powered carb

food but that's why we're sick. We can't have that now. So if you try to

accept the fact that breakfast is just another meal in the day maybe it'll

be less stress-ful and you won't miss the " real thing " of your oatmeal. That

was also my favorite breakfast and I miss it so very much. I'd put apple and

raisins and cinnamon in it. Yum!

But I miss it so much I want to get back to where I can eat that from time

to time. The imitators don't even come close and I personally don't want to

risk having this Candida even one day longer than I have to. I figure the

sooner I eliminate the starches, the sugars and thence the Candida, the

sooner I can have these great whole grain foods again.

I'm working at home now so these meals are easier for me to plan and carry

out. If I had my old job, I would have to make a meat and greens type meal

to have at work during a mid-morning break. Good luck!

~Robin

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From: Zack Widup [mailto:w9sz@...]

Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 1:05 PM

Subject: Re: [ ] I'm hooked on oat bran oatmeal--Help please!

I like buckwheat pancakes (I listed my recipe here a while back) and eggs

fixed just about every way you can imagine but without any dairy products

except butter.

I saw some breakfast sausage made from turkey at the local grocer's that

looks like it doesn't have anything in it I can't eat. I'll have to try

it and see how it goes.

I've fixed quinoa or millet with butter for breakfast a few times, too.

Zack

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, oohthisloveis wrote:

> I've been eating oat bran oatmeal everyday for the last year or so.

> I've just recently found out that Oat bran is a no-no for candida

> suffers like myself.

>

> Can you guys recommend a subsitute for me? What do you guys eat for

> breakfast?

>

[Guest guest]

Hi. The title of your post says you're hooked on oat bran oatmeal --

but I'm thinking, maybe it's not the oat bran oatmeal you're hooked

on, but rather the things you add to it. Do you add sugars, fruits,

spices, butter, or what? Or do you eat it totally plain? If

you're in the habit of putting tasty things on it, and you switch to

just having it totally plain, it might be that you don't like the

taste at all -- if that's what happens, you're not hooked on the

oatmeal, you're just hooked on the goodies you add to it. To me, a

lot of food is just an excuse to eat sugar, LOL Like oatmeal -- I

like it, but ONLY if it's loaded with sugar and cinnamon. And

coffee -- I like coffee too but ONLY if it's loaded with sugar.

As far as other breakfast ideas -- when i'm eating healthy, i eat

scrambled eggs, nuts, or a banana-kefir " smoothie " or whatever

healthy leftovers happen to be in the fridge, such as raw fruit or

leftover chicken or raw carrot sticks. In summertime when we have

fresh garden tomatoes i love just slicing some for a raw breakfast,

sprinkle them with a little bit of RealSalt, and a bit of organic

extra-virgin olive oil -- fresh summer tomatoes make a great meal all

by themselves, or chopped into chunks and eaten with ripe olives and

avocado.

But that doesn't happen often, because usually I'm not eating

healthy, i'm just eating junk, in which case my breakfasts consist of

anything from ice cream to Swiss cheese to pie to beans and

cornbread, to pancakes (drowning in syrup and butter of course)

Compared to that, oat bran oatmeal would be an improvement!

For a lot of yummy non-grain menu ideas great for a Candida diet,

check out the recipes at paleodiet.org (i think that's it, but i'll

have to check as it's been a while since i was there and i've loaned

my NeanderThin book to somebody who has forgotten to return it!)

> I've been eating oat bran oatmeal everyday for the last year or so.

> I've just recently found out that Oat bran is a no-no for candida

> suffers like myself.

>

> Can you guys recommend a subsitute for me? What do you guys eat for

> breakfast?

[Guest guest]

I prepare my oatmeal with flax seed meal and some apple. I just love

the combo. Maybe you're right melee. Maybe I'm hooked on the sugar

thats added to the oatmeal. I just finished off the rest of my oat

bran today. I'll be looking forward to switching to some of the

suggestions you guys gave me. I really appreciate all of your help.

Thanks so much!

Sincerely,

Tim

> > I've been eating oat bran oatmeal everyday for the last year or

so.

> > I've just recently found out that Oat bran is a no-no for candida

> > suffers like myself.

> >

> > Can you guys recommend a subsitute for me? What do you guys eat

for

> > breakfast?

[Guest guest]

Dear Tim,

It shouldn't take long to curb your cravings once you go off all

grains and sugars. I've read that it only takes about 3 days. But

in the meantime you need to find things you can eat and feel

satisfied with, i.e. lots of eggs, good meats, fresh healthy veggies,

with good oils, lemon juice, herbs, spices and good ocean sea salt.

Don't forget that good fats like coconut oil and butter also are a

great source of energy and makes you feel more full and satisfied.

Exercise also helps curb cravings, so does extra vitamin C. Every

time you feel you want something that is bad for you have 500 mgs. of

vitamin C.

You can do it. Take good care.

The best,

Bee

> > > I've been eating oat bran oatmeal everyday for the last year or

> so.

> > > I've just recently found out that Oat bran is a no-no for

candida

> > > suffers like myself.

> > >

> > > Can you guys recommend a subsitute for me? What do you guys eat

> for

> > > breakfast?