PSA: 30 days of modified diet

[ilai]

So I consulted a dietitian last week who recommended that I try an elimination diet. This version cuts out all dairy, wheat, and corn for 30 days, after which I am to try introducing one type of food (except for dairy, which is known to be bad) for a week at a time. So I went to Trader Joe's yesterday afternoon, bought a whole bunch of food, and am planning on starting the diet today.

As those of you who've read Michael Pollan know, avoiding corn altogether is pretty darn hard in today's food industry. (Which reminds me--damselfrog, I'm done with your copy of the book; can gigglefest borrow it?) Luckily I'm already eating mostly unprocessed food, so hopefully this diet won't be too much effort.

I will probably have to figure out a way to make some kind of wheat-less, corn-less bread for convenience's sake. At some point I'll go looking for other fun grains to try, maybe at Whole Foods or Harvest Co-op; the Trader Joe's at Coolidge Corner was out of quinoa and didn't seem to have any alternative flours (arrowroot, barley, etc).

Comments

[damselfrog.livejournal.com]

re: book - sure! do you still have the book, or did you hand it back to me? (i recall someone doing so, but that might have been dana, before you borrowed it.)

regarding interesting grains, i've got a decent number of odd grains in my kitchen, which you're welcome to poke at if you're interested in trying something without getting a whole box or bag. (i'm afraid the catalog of grains will have to wait until i get home, though.)

[ilai]

I still have the book--if I was clever I would have passed off the book to gigglefest ahead of time since y'all live pretty close.

I managed to get myself some soy and brown rice flour, but I might poke at your grain collection for amusement :-) Do you sometimes add random grains to bread?