tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76535622017983153482011-09-14T14:02:53.087-04:00Kim Spezowkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730688935368603992noreply@blogger.comBlogger321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653562201798315348.post-55646789509713547612011-09-13T09:42:00.001-04:002011-09-13T09:59:01.236-04:00

Tuna salad is in this easy/lazy nori square but you can make these with just about anything. One of the things that really bothers me about this whole "don't eat salt" thing, is that certain populations of the planet only have access to iodine via iodized salt (the Great Lakes Region [GLR] being one such area... Pretty big area, huh?).  So after being advised to cut out salt, were you

Kim Spezowkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730688935368603992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653562201798315348.post-61888951004093748802010-06-28T11:10:00.005-04:002011-09-13T10:09:40.986-04:00

Scroll down below the stars to skip the whole parenting/acting experience and jump right into the Ugh-Dealing-With-Food-Sensitivities-In-A-Public-Forum part. One of the parents in our homeschool group decided to get an acting class/troupe together for our kids.  It was a lot of work for her and my hat's off.  I don't think I could've done it.  I'm sure I'd have been spitting nails half way

Kim Spezowkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730688935368603992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653562201798315348.post-53616499205073657542010-04-16T15:31:00.002-04:002010-04-16T15:31:32.475-04:00

Everyone likes to talk about recovery drinks these days.  Think about what they contain though and be careful about your choices.  Some of them contain more sugar than anything else. It is possible to make your own recovery drink but do think about your choices and research them before filling your body with them.  As always rotation gives the body breaks from ingredients that it needs

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I really want to know! In a culture that is rife with diabetes and heart disease, why is the government subsidizing things like milk and grain when fish is $8/lb???!!! Why not subsidize fish so that people can afford healthier food?

Kim Spezowkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730688935368603992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653562201798315348.post-41031943382431138282009-12-20T09:48:00.007-05:002009-12-20T10:01:58.126-05:00

Today I was made aware of a blog about a boy who got symptoms from eating gluten free wheat bread. First let me say, kudos to the parents of the blog,  for trying to keep a completely free gf house for their son! A surprising amount of parents/family members refuse to be gf at home. I find that very frustrating, on behalf of the suffering relative, spouse or child(ren). It's always SO

Kim Spezowkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730688935368603992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653562201798315348.post-4802377156037049392008-09-23T09:28:00.016-04:002008-09-23T11:52:06.742-04:00

I love crock pots!I have a girlfriend who insists that crock pots are for old ladies. Yes, she does have one but feels incredibly self-conscious about it.Well, if that's true, then hand me a cane and colour my hair blue... because I have TWO! I love them so much that I almost always have both of them going, all seasons of the year, never clean and empty, and never put away... and if I could, I'd

Kim Spezowkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730688935368603992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653562201798315348.post-62456148575121842082008-08-23T19:27:00.013-04:002008-08-23T21:00:22.155-04:00

We've been doing vitamin smoothies for a long time now.Smoothies are great for hiding all kinds of things in. I've hidden cabbage juice in them, celery juice, carrot juice and even pureed sea vegetables.But mostly I've used them to hide vitamins in.At the beginning of our diet, I noticed that every time we made a mistake (which happens a fair bit to everyone for about the first year), it took

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One of the things that I have never tired of doing over the years, is perusing books for new information that is either really new, or old and overlooked or forgotten.I have an enormous collection of diet books, not because I ever considered practising any of them, but because I wanted to look for commonalities in the reasoning for both their successes and their failures.I also wanted to be able

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2008-02-15Gluten, Cosmetics and SqualeneThis is a new warning out about products that include brand names from Unilever (for example, Pond’s, Dove and more).An ingredient called squalene is used for hair and skin products. Historically, it has been manufactured using shark liver. EWG (The Environmental Working Group) put some pressure on Unilever to change their source of squalene to a plant

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http://ocap.ca/rtr/diet/medic/tipsI'll be back later with more.

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Even gf oats have proven to cause inflammation in celiacs (another one that says it causes inflammation in the general public). They have even been proven to cause villous atrophy. But let's just consider the inflammation aspect of this particular food.Now sure, inflammation isn't quite the same as a Marsh III lesion (considered for a celiac gold)... but still... if you're suffering

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2008 FebNew Food Test Established to Identify Gliadin (down to 0.5ppm)http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/87/2/405Canada, as far as I know, has the most proactive legislation to protect and support those with gluten sensitivity.Presently the CA (Codex Alimentarius - International medical standards body put in place in 1963 by the FAO and WHO) allows a 200ppm gliadin count in food content in

Kim Spezowkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730688935368603992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653562201798315348.post-25276491482056701062008-02-03T08:50:00.001-05:002009-04-03T13:07:04.461-04:00

When first on this diet, most of our 'treat' food turned out to be things that were fried, like donuts and chicken balls (because I was really missing Chinese food).Well, at first, I used peanut oil. However, my Dad began sneezing every time he ate my deep fried foods. So, I switched to grapeseed oil.The grapeseed oil I had found was cold-pressed, which I knew was good. So we started using it on

Kim Spezowkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730688935368603992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653562201798315348.post-82374927207889481572008-02-02T09:20:00.000-05:002008-02-02T10:42:51.209-05:00

Many areas of the world have a historical prevalence for thyroid issues due to iodine deficiency. One of those areas is the Great Lakes region which is rather heavily populated.Often people in these regions are misled to believe that their vegetables are a source of iodine when in fact, because the land is iodine deficient, so are the plants grown in that area.Iodine is often an ingredient in

Kim Spezowkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730688935368603992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653562201798315348.post-44076690671951078432008-01-16T08:04:00.000-05:002008-01-16T08:52:28.751-05:00

A Little Bloody Knowledge Goes A Long Way: What Do You Know About Your 'Phils'? When you have your blood checked (CBC - complete blood count), are you aware of your 'phil levels? (WebMD explains what's involved in a CBC.) Do you know why they're important?For people with food sensitivities, "phil" levels can help you to figure out how well you're doing with your diet.What are "phils

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Kim Spezowkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730688935368603992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653562201798315348.post-87467957831111182522007-12-16T10:05:00.003-05:002008-05-22T07:23:22.097-04:00

We have decided that we're going to celebrate our 'big' Christmas on the Ukrainian holiday (January) and so my schedule just got a little easier... still, with a developing business I'm busier than ever... mostly trying to get all the computer stuff in place and working well.Business notes (skip to bottom paragraph if not interested):A couple of new tutoring book outlines are in the works.

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I wouldn't touch oats with a ten foot pole (though I totally understand why people like them and want to keep them in their diet).It was the one food that (during our total elimination diet) had my son writhing and screaming on the floor within 20 minutes of ingestion.It's been at least five years since then and I've just never been able to bring myself to feed them to my family since then.To top

Kim Spezowkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730688935368603992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653562201798315348.post-81609358270046771282007-12-05T10:37:00.000-05:002007-12-06T12:42:07.747-05:00

One indicator I used to try and figure all this out were pop. culture beliefs with regards to losing weight. People do appear to lose weight on a calorie restriction diet on the surface. However, it if commonly noted that subsequent and often additional weight may be gained back later on.This brought me to decide that calorie restriction is not the answer to obesity. So, if people aren't fat

Kim Spezowkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730688935368603992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653562201798315348.post-38724696258833484972007-12-05T09:43:00.001-05:002007-12-05T09:50:17.132-05:00

Though this is a great practise for greening our lives on this earth, it's also a valuable tool for establishing food sensitivities in babies.In practising ec'ing (elimination communicating) you can actually see the colour, amount and stream of the infant's/baby's urine. This helps the caregiver to become more aware of which foods cause different colours and volume. Diapers leave caregivers

Kim Spezowkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730688935368603992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653562201798315348.post-33592414653315700422007-11-26T18:13:00.001-05:002007-11-26T19:31:59.432-05:00

This past weekend, we went to visit Granny and Pepe. It's really wonderful to visit with them! They pretty much let me take over their kitchen and they just eat the stuff that we eat, which makes the likelihood of any of us getting sick that much less.Years ago, when we first started this new path of a gluten free diet, this was not the case though. They would want to try to make something

Kim Spezowkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730688935368603992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653562201798315348.post-60106726349953070472007-11-25T20:00:00.001-05:002007-11-26T21:26:11.651-05:00

One of the things that I've become excruciatingly aware of is that in today's world, toys can be the most toxic of elements in our surroundings. Lately, in Canada, news reports are frequently being run stating that imported toys have lead in them among other toxic loads.Sensitive people, especially children, have to be more careful than most. This has led me to begin looking for alternatives to

Kim Spezowkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730688935368603992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653562201798315348.post-53262071409259916432007-11-18T09:45:00.000-05:002007-11-18T09:49:59.842-05:00

Here is an About.com article that shows there are misinformed doctors with 'God complexes' all around us... and I am not the only one who is chagrined, maligned and put in the position of having to move on to a more education physician... hoping that eventually the 'tunnel-vision-physician' will come around eventually:Mary Shomon's ArticleConsidering that doctors like this enjoy giving us labels.

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It is not accurate for people to say that eliminating gluten will 'cause' gluten sensitivity.As a matter of fact is has been "proven" that one of the three things required to "cause" celiac disease is ingestion of gluten.Of course this makes sense because ingestion of gluten is what causes damage:Gluten Ingestion A Cause of Activation in Intestinal Damage"immune-mediated enteropathy triggered by

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So, here's number one. Not the first time. Definitely not the last. But it's a pretty good 'put-me-in-my-place' kind of treatment from a, certain-type-of (see Trashed!! reference to Mary Shomon's article), medical professional that I've experienced and heard other people experiencing themselves, in the past (Forgive me, I'll have to come back and make it pretty at a later date):Here's my first

Kim Spezowkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730688935368603992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653562201798315348.post-70750544287600618672007-11-10T10:27:00.000-05:002007-11-10T10:43:24.616-05:00

I spent a long time being angry with the medical system... allowing my son to become so ill that at one point (when they thought he had meningitis but it wasn't meningitis and they didn't know what it was or what to do) I prayed for him to be taken that very night just to stop his suffering.I spent a whole night praying, over and over again:"Please God, if you're going to take him, take him now.

Kim Spezowkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730688935368603992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653562201798315348.post-69145717788256264382007-11-09T11:32:00.001-05:002007-11-09T11:48:11.849-05:00

I wanted to post a really good yeast recipe for this weekend at The Goblet but felt the need to post some caveats about yeast sensitivity and what it might entail.For me, the only reaction I've been able to confirm is completely mood/behaviourally oriented.I get really *itchy. Putting it nicely, my patience becomes almost zero.I became really aware of this last year when I decided to try

Kim Spezowkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730688935368603992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653562201798315348.post-81222117655925115392007-10-30T02:25:00.000-04:002007-11-10T11:14:49.544-05:00

Sometimes when I try to spread-the-word, I get shut-down... and sometimes worse.Here are some examples in which I've hidden the name of the criticizer to protect them... After all, there was a time in my life when I didn't believe diet has the profound impact it does. I'd like to leave lots of room for these people to come around too.What's the purpose of sharing these posts? Well, first to set

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I have been struggling with the creation of a breakfast bar recipe that is worth making again.Voila! HazelnutFig Breakfast BarIt's not for a gut that's still healing but once stable, this is a real tummy filler...The best thing is that my kids love it... and they don't even like figs!No eggs, no grain, no soy, SCD friendly...Yum!!

Kim Spezowkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730688935368603992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653562201798315348.post-3696082064053912712007-07-08T18:46:00.000-04:002007-07-10T17:08:47.112-04:00

Ducklings are new for us this year.The flyer said you don't need a pond... but that just kind of seems mean to us... So, we filled our kiddie pool with rocks and water and some feeder fish.I fully expected the ducklings to eat the feeder fish right away... but that didn't happen.I fully expected the ducklings to think that swimming was their favourite thing to do... but they didn't.I fully

Kim Spezowkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730688935368603992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653562201798315348.post-38130956818753586802007-07-08T16:36:00.000-04:002007-07-10T17:11:23.846-04:00

Our house is a bit of a menagerie these days. And if you come for a visit, you are more likely to be greeted by a dog, chicken or duck, than a person.We've just recently added ducks to our repertoire in hopes of having gluten free duck eggs, after a few years of successful gluten free egg growing via chickens.The chickens came before our gluten free days because my preoccupation with studying

Kim Spezowkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730688935368603992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653562201798315348.post-11260634769545006692007-06-30T09:05:00.001-04:002008-04-13T20:56:18.529-04:00

I found out about most of my food sensitivities completely by mistake.I thought I was a happy, healthy 35 year old with no food allergy (sensitivity) issues whatsoever.However, I had a son who had been ill for three years (recurrent virals and failure to thrive). No professional medical person in all the different 'specialties' that we went to see, seemed to know what to do with him.

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