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3LittleMonkeys
on 3/14/16 5:59 pm - Aurora, CO
Topic: RE: Non-Dairy Suggestions
On March 14, 2016 at 8:02 PM Pacific Time, Talkingmountain wrote:

Have they checked you for Celiac Disease?  It could cause all the symptoms you are mentioning, including lactose intolerance. Many doctors still don't think to look for it if the patient is not having diarrhea, but the fact is that many celiac patients never have any gastrointestinal problems at all.  Celiac disease can be ruled out with a simple blood test nowadays.

As for non-dairy alternatives, here are my favorites (my family and I have tried just about every brand of every product on the market):

  • Blue Diamond Almond Breeze, Original Flavor (almond milk with no added sweeteners). Similar in taste/texture to lowfat milk. Everyone in my family loves it, kids & hubbie included.  Can use in any recipe that calls for dairy milk, though puddings will turn out a little less firm.
  • Hemp milk, unsweetened, any brand. Creamier than almond milk.  Can use in any recipe that calls for dairy milk.
  • SoDelicious yogurt, Plain (yogurt made from coconut milk, w/no added sweeteners).
  • Tofutti brand cream cheese and sour cream.  I've tried all the brands out there and these taste the most like the real thing.  Follow Your Heart brand is not bad either.  Some of the other brands are extremely unpleasant.
  • Cheese - Daiya brand has the most loyal following.  I personally find all the commercial non-dairy cheeses to be gross, but home-made ones are truly delicious and melt just like real cheese.  You need a good blender to make them.  Generally they contain tree nuts, which are full of healthy fat, but they can be made lowfat (to be honest though, it doesn't sound like you need to stick to lowfat unless that's essential for the SIBO). Feel free to PM me if you want some tried-and-true recipes.
  • Homemade soy yoghurt.  This is high in protein, unlike yoghurts made from other nondairy milks.  All it takes is a quart of unsweetened soy milk and a little box of yoghurt starter from any health food store. You can find recipes online.  Unfortunately the only unsweetened yoghurt on the market was made by WholeSoy and they have gone out of business.  There are great-tasting sweetened soy yoghurts on the market if you are able to digest that much sugar (I can't).
  • Nondairy creamers - Blue Diamond makes an almond milk creamer; SoDelicious makes a coconut milk creamer; and Silk and I think Pearl makes a soy milk creamer.  I think there are some unsweetened versions.  My favorites are the Pearl & Silk.
  • To substitute the fat, calories, & protein you were getting from cheese, consider raw unsalted nuts & seeds.  My favorites are pistachios, cashews, pecans, walnuts, almonds, brazil nuts, & sunflower seeds.  Eating a handful or two a day has been shown to have many health benefits (as long as they are raw, i.e. not roasted; and not salted).  Brazil nuts seem to go bad faster than others so I keep them in the freezer.  Some people love chia seeds.  Pumpkin seeds are great too but I think they pretty much have to be roasted.

Good luck to you!  I hope you feel better soon!

Actually, they did test me for it and I do not have that.

                
3LittleMonkeys
on 3/14/16 5:58 pm - Aurora, CO
Topic: RE: Non-Dairy Suggestions

The one GI I saw in the hospital thought that was what I had and put me on probotics and antibiotic round.  When I got out of the hospital, I made an appointment with a GI that I knew (I worked for a period of time filling  in at one of his offices and liked him).  When I went to see him, he reviewed the tests I already had and I was more than half-way through the course of antibiotics.  He agreed with the other GI I saw in the hospital.  He basically, we could do the test (its a breath test and not many facilities do it) but being more than half-way through the course of antibiotics, it didn't make sense.

 

After I finished the antibiotics, I do feel better.  He also said, don't be surprised if this comes back.  Once you get i*****pically will reoccur every now and then.  He also said, stay on a good probotic.   He mentioned i will probably need to mix that up every couple of months.

                
3LittleMonkeys
on 3/14/16 5:51 pm - Aurora, CO
Topic: RE: Non-Dairy Suggestions
On March 4, 2016 at 8:43 PM Pacific Time, MyBariatricLife wrote:

I am 12+ years out from my gastric bypass and I have ALL kinds of digestive issues, including lactose intolerance. Do not eat cheese and yogurt as they are full of lactose and will kill your gut. Take a good quality probiotic (see consumer reports here). And don't use whey protein if you are still using those. I use two non whey protein powders. One is a vegan protein powder. The other is beef collagen (I am a pescatarian but I make an exception for collagen as it helps my joints). The links that I embedded will take you to my reviews of those products that I published on my website. 

Do not eat low fat. Sugar not fat is the culprit in obesity. Many of the Key Opinion Leaders, doctors who are experts in diet, are telling us to eat many healthy fats like fresh water fish, walnuts, avocados, etc. I just posted under the diet and nutrition section my comments about Dr. Lustig's New York Times best seller Fat Chance: Beating the Odds against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity and DiseaseYou may read my post here.

Good luck to you! 

Fantastic information!  Thank you so much.

                
3LittleMonkeys
on 3/14/16 5:48 pm - Aurora, CO
Topic: RE: Non-Dairy Suggestions
On March 4, 2016 at 7:06 PM Pacific Time, H.a.l.a. B. wrote:

I have SIBO. Forget anything low fat. 

low fat is not good... for you or anyone else. I stay low carbs. 

look into low FODMAP diet (google that) plus google sibo... and diet for sibo. 

I use unsweetened coconut milk or almond milk. The  only OK substitution for dairy- I found Kite Hill product. Not every WF carry them. My WF has some cream cheese. Anything else as substitution - is not really eatable IMO. 

I have dairy allergy, soy allergy and grain intolerance,. 

I tolerate some nuts, and some veggies.  Raw cucumbers, SF pickles, avocado. Coconut oil is great to fry or saute foods.. Eggs are great... 

Nuts that my body tolerate are almonds, coconuts, pecans, some peanuts, and a few walnuts.

Fruits - blueberries are the only ones I can really eat. 

 

 

  

 

Thank you!  I will look that up.

                
Talkingmountain
on 3/14/16 1:02 pm
RNY on 12/28/15
Topic: RE: Non-Dairy Suggestions

Have they checked you for Celiac Disease?  It could cause all the symptoms you are mentioning, including lactose intolerance. Many doctors still don't think to look for it if the patient is not having diarrhea, but the fact is that many celiac patients never have any gastrointestinal problems at all.  Celiac disease can be ruled out with a simple blood test nowadays.

As for non-dairy alternatives, here are my favorites (my family and I have tried just about every brand of every product on the market):

  • Blue Diamond Almond Breeze, Original Flavor (almond milk with no added sweeteners). Similar in taste/texture to lowfat milk. Everyone in my family loves it, kids & hubbie included.  Can use in any recipe that calls for dairy milk, though puddings will turn out a little less firm.
  • Hemp milk, unsweetened, any brand. Creamier than almond milk.  Can use in any recipe that calls for dairy milk.
  • SoDelicious yogurt, Plain (yogurt made from coconut milk, w/no added sweeteners).
  • Tofutti brand cream cheese and sour cream.  I've tried all the brands out there and these taste the most like the real thing.  Follow Your Heart brand is not bad either.  Some of the other brands are extremely unpleasant.
  • Cheese - Daiya brand has the most loyal following.  I personally find all the commercial non-dairy cheeses to be gross, but home-made ones are truly delicious and melt just like real cheese.  You need a good blender to make them.  Generally they contain tree nuts, which are full of healthy fat, but they can be made lowfat (to be honest though, it doesn't sound like you need to stick to lowfat unless that's essential for the SIBO). Feel free to PM me if you want some tried-and-true recipes.
  • Homemade soy yoghurt.  This is high in protein, unlike yoghurts made from other nondairy milks.  All it takes is a quart of unsweetened soy milk and a little box of yoghurt starter from any health food store. You can find recipes online.  Unfortunately the only unsweetened yoghurt on the market was made by WholeSoy and they have gone out of business.  There are great-tasting sweetened soy yoghurts on the market if you are able to digest that much sugar (I can't).
  • Nondairy creamers - Blue Diamond makes an almond milk creamer; SoDelicious makes a coconut milk creamer; and Silk and I think Pearl makes a soy milk creamer.  I think there are some unsweetened versions.  My favorites are the Pearl & Silk.
  • To substitute the fat, calories, & protein you were getting from cheese, consider raw unsalted nuts & seeds.  My favorites are pistachios, cashews, pecans, walnuts, almonds, brazil nuts, & sunflower seeds.  Eating a handful or two a day has been shown to have many health benefits (as long as they are raw, i.e. not roasted; and not salted).  Brazil nuts seem to go bad faster than others so I keep them in the freezer.  Some people love chia seeds.  Pumpkin seeds are great too but I think they pretty much have to be roasted.

Good luck to you!  I hope you feel better soon!

Ht 5'6" | HW 278 | SW 264, Size 28+/4-5X | GW 135ish, Size 10-12 | CW 132, Size 8-10
Surg Date 12/28/15 | NSV Goal: Go down slide w/kid! 

 

grey
on 3/14/16 11:17 am - dalton, GA
Topic: RE: Appetite & Nausea

hey I am so sorry to hear this. I am so nausea everyday its just horrible nothing helps! I hate feeling this way.I just want to cry, most days I do I am 3 weeks post op.I am thinking about going to the patches see if that will help. Keep in touch.

Grey

cupofjavaVSG
on 3/12/16 12:53 pm
Topic: RE: How many calories should be in your protein powder?

My dietician told me...

Things to remember when picking out an appropriate protein shake:
Nutrition per serving:

ncarter
on 3/11/16 10:57 am
Topic: Greek Yogurt

Thoughts on Oikos Triple Zero Greek Yogurt? My RNY is May 9.

120 calories

15g Protein

7g Sugars

15g total Carbs

CMR1075
on 3/11/16 6:26 am
VSG on 01/15/16
Topic: RE: How do you all manage to drink so much water?

I'd like to know as well because I can barely get in 32 oz some days. I'm only 2 months post op though so I don't know if that makes a difference. Plus my job makes it a little difficult to me to get to a drink at times. I could go half the day and realize I haven't drank any water. I can't take but more than 2-3 sips at a time though so I try to grab that in between patients. 

(deactivated member)
on 3/9/16 7:47 pm
Topic: RE: What is the ratio that you follow... For protein, carbs, calories etc?

It depends on the type of surgery you had. A DS procedure has much different requirements than say a lap band.

In general, aim for high protein, some good fats, lower carbs and sugar.

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