Rediscovering Protein

In an effort to rid myself of hives, I've changed my diet from a starch heavy, protein light diet to a protein heavy starch light diet.  At first it wasn't easy, since I wasn't used to it.  Starting the day with a protein smoothie, I would later have some oatmeal.

I had been eating oatmeal (with dates or maple syrup), crackers throughout the day, later in the day some crackers with blackberry preserves and more recently bread.

Initially, I stopped putting sweet stuff on my oatmeal, and just added salt.  Then I started adding protein powder to my soups.

I was surprised at how good the protein made me feel.  I thought, from watching medical people discuss protein on You Tube that I was getting enough, and I was wrong because I could feel it.

I had to order more protein and it took a while to arrive, so I purchased some at Whole Foods.

It took a week to go through my first pound, I ordered more from Nuts.com because they have relatively inexpensive organic pea protein.   I stopped crackers, crackers and preserves, oatmeal, pasta and potatoes.  But I did prepare my soup;  I just put vegetables that didn't have much starch in them.

When I started I was adding small amounts of protein to my diet, which would have been about 30 grams per day.

Now I'm probably eating 150 grams per day, maybe more.

I have a protein hot drink which starts with water or vegetable broth to which I add about 30 grams of protein and about 1/4 teaspoon of spirulina, sometimes a 1/4 teaspoon of coconut oil, salt and spices.

It does have a strange flavor, it can be drunk.

The other drink (I have an Oster blender) I start with reverse osmosis water, I add a scoop of fiber, 30 grams protein, a handful of blueberries and a few cherries.

Enough to change the flavor but not enough to cause a reaction.

I'm almost used to this now.  I use about two pounds of protein powder a week and I've cut back on sugars and starches, and there is definitely an improvement.

Sometimes I relapse and have some pasta, potatoes or a cracker with preserves, but not all the time, and in spite of that I feel that I'm getting better.
Aside from the lack of welts, I've had at least one occasion where I ate what would have given me hives, and it did not give me hive.

So I guess, as long as I keep the amounts reasonable, I can still eat some sugars and starches and do fine.





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