I've been really sick lately (nausea, vomiting, and stomach pain) and a new doctor suggested that I change my medication. I'm on medication to reduce the amount of acid in my stomach which normally works but lately seemed to have stopped. I told him that I have also been avoiding deep fried foods and the only 'bad' thing I had been eating was chocolate. He reminded me that chocolate is one of the major stomach irritants (along with coffee, fried food etc) and also suggested that I also try to incorporate more alkaline foods and less acidic foods. I spend way too long reading conflicting info about what are alkaline foods before finally consulting with
Lidia who introduced me to this
site. So you will start to see more recipes listed here centred around alkaline foods like almonds, millet, lots of green vegies etc. It's in line with my 2011 goal to eat healthier as well.
The hard thing is that both rice and corn are considered acidic. Millet is a alkaline food but they didn't have any at my coles and safeway. Toby stumbled across these sweet potato noodles made with 100% sweet potato flour in the asian supermarket which finally solved our dinner issue..
The texture is a little strange, almost jelly like but they work perfectly well in the recipe for
Bitter Gourd and Tofu Stir Fry (we used broccoli and other green vegies instead of bitter gourd) from the Asian Vegan Kitchen. The recipe is not worth repeating since it's a simple stir fry which mostly consists or soy sauce and ginger.
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ReplyDeleteSweet potato noodles!? I love sweet potato, I am suprised theyre not orange though.
ReplyDeleteI really didnt know there were so many foods that could irritate the stomach.
Rose
I'm generally suspicious of all the talk about acid/alkaline eating as it is generally associated with the pseudo-science drenched world of raw foodism and people who read naturalnews.com, so I'm surprised a doctor suggested it. But I'll be surprised if eating more fruit and vegetables doesn't help you feel better, which is what an alkaline diet basically is :)
ReplyDeletethere's also the guy that toby put me onto - brendan brazier with his thrive in 30 (http://thrivein30.com/sign-up-now/) website which covers alkaline foods, and living a healthier lifestyle.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear you've been feeling unwell, so fingers crossed this eating style starts to help soon! I buy millet at Woolworths, in the kinda macro/healthfood aisle - do you have Woolies in Melbourne?
ReplyDeleteYou can get millet at Naturally On High on High Street, it's good stuff.
ReplyDeleteWhere oh where did you find those noodles?! I want some!!
Those sweet potato noodles look intriguing. Are bean vermicellis on the okay-list for you?
ReplyDeleteYou know I adore, no, am obssesed with these sweet potatoes noodles. The texture is nice and you can do so many things with it! Fab!
ReplyDeleteYou can also get millet at the health food shop in Coburg, though I bet Naturally on High is cheaper. Naturally on High is generally a much better shop in general.
ReplyDeleteRose, good point.
ReplyDeleteVeganator, me too and I even said is that real and he said yes.
Thanks Gusseting.
Hannah, yes safeway and woolworths are the same thing. They are starting to change name but mine doesn't have any.
Theresa, not sure. Dried beans are supposed to be ok but not canned. Not sure how noodles fit in.
Anh, I know they are really great cold too
Thanks Lisa and Lidia will check it out.
sorry to hear you have been unwell but hope this diet might be helpful - never heard of it before but am glad there are a few good proteins in it - esp almonds as all the acidic nuts were a bit worrying - and the sweet potato noodles sound like a good find
ReplyDeleteI've passed this link onto my Mum, who is having to learn about acidic/alkaline foods at the moment due to health problems. I'm sorry you've been in pain! :(
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