RE: Can dairy make you anxious? OR non-vegan blips!

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Hi

 

 

 

Sorry it's taken me so long to reply to you.

 

 

 

I seem to be giving in to milk chocolate on a daily basis at the mo, and

it's gotta stop!! I am really aware that my heart rate speeds up after I've

had chocolate, and I don't know if it's the caffeine of the sugar, but I

reckon it's actually the dairy. I think I've built up an intolerance to it.

 

Dunno what compels me to eat it anyway. What's crazy is that I bought a bar

of Green and Blacks dark chocolate with ginger only to find that it now

contains Whole milk!!! But I can't bring myself to open it...even though

I'll gobble a bag of minstrels. Crazy!! Just crazy!!

 

 

 

I think I put barriers in the way of eating properly, I've just got no self

discipline..maybe I need to start telling myself that I do though, cos it's

our thoughts that can change our behaviour.

 

I get so much joy and a sense of achievement if I cook something really

healthy and nutritious. Just not very good at holding onto that feeling I

guess.

 

 

 

Re the rice milk.yeah it was ok, no taste really, but also it didn't contain

any calcium or B12 cos it was organic, and although the larger one contains

calcium, It kind of felt like there wasn't any goodness in it, cos I don't

consider rice to have that many nutritional qualities although I know brown

rice is wonderful for digestion.

 

So I bought a carton of oat-milk and that's tastier I think, still quite

watery but I don't mind that, and it has more added vitamins etc than rice

milk. So I've been having that on my porridge oats/quinoa pops/banana/dried

fruit/bashed nuts/ mixed seeds/ground hemp and flax seeds!! J

 

 

 

I don't even enjoy the ruddy chocolate, and the thought of what's in it

makes me gurn!

 

I shall make a powerful attempt to go cold turkey from today, i know that

I'll feel much better if I can.

 

 

 

Best Wishes

 

 

 

 

 

Jo

 

On Behalf Of

Underwood-Fowler Cindy

17 September 2009 14:15

 

RE: Can dairy make you anxious?

 

 

 

 

 

I have the same cravings to eat junk, too.. I think it's like a

withdrawal symptom, the same as if you give up smoking! I have noticed

that the more often I give in, the more often I have the cravings...

when I lived on take away food and cheese, I craved them all the time.

I'd have pizza leftovers for breakfast, then by tea time I'd be

thinking, I could murder another pizza! That's one of the reasons I

decided to give up dairy... I figured since I was craving it so

irrationally all the time, it was probably bad for me.

But it's two weeks since I had any junk food now and I'm doing great. My

self discipline is usually terrible - but this time, I've planned around

the things I know will be hardest (like making sure I have a big

breakfast so I won't get the mid morning munchies, and making sure I

prepare a healthy snack in advance for me to eat as soon as I get home

from work, so I won't be tempted to binge on cheese before dinner time.

And it's really helped! I don't really crave the junk like I used to,

and it's taken much less time than I thought it would (last time I went

vegan it took months to get this far, I guess the difference is the more

sensible way I'm approaching it this time). I know it's only been two

weeks so it may yet go wrong - but so far, so good.

Oh and one other thing I've found is really helping me, is this. I make

sure that for dinner each day, I cook something really yummy (but

healthy). I decide what it's going to be the night before, picking

something that I really fancy, then I look forward to it all day long.

Since I've planned it in advance I can make sure it's something that

won't cost much but is still tasty. I use the nicest plates I can find,

arrange the food nicely on the plate, add a garnish to make it look

inviting, like a pinch of dried herbs, sesame seeds etc, so that it

looks as delicious as possible and is a treat to eat. I even take a

photo and put it on my food blog, so it feels like what I'm eating is

really special even if it's just baked potato and beans! Looking forward

to that one meal seems to take the focus off what I'm eating for the

rest of the day, and I get my daily dose of indulgence so I don't feel

like I'm missing out on anything. Like last night... I had wholemeal

penne pasta with alfredo sauce, made from silken tofu, soya milk,

tahini, garlic, nutmeg, miso and a little chilli powder. It was soooo

creamy and delicious, but also it was healthy and it cost next to

nothing since I had most of the stuff in the cupboard anyway. And during

the day, if I felt like eating some junk, I just told myself that I was

getting a really nice dinner later so I shouldn't spoil it by eating

rubbish now!

 

How was the rice milk? I've tried a couple of brands now and I like them

both

 

Opalline

 

 

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16 September 2009 11:48

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RE: Can dairy make you anxious?

 

The problem really is having no self-discipline! I know enough about

nutrition to know what's best for me but when I see cake, the child in

me

takes over!!

 

Sometimes I'm just compelled to eat rubbish! And I don't think about the

consequences, it's like a drug! But one that makes me feel ill.

 

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[Guest guest]

Wow, sounds like an actual addiction - feeling compelled to eat something you

don't actually want to eat! Poor you. I think being firm with yourself is the

only way.

 

Regarding the G & B's ginger chocolate, the whole milk in the ingredients is a bit

misleading. They apparently haven't actually changed the recipe or process in

any way from what it was before, when they used to put " may contain traces

of... " on the packaging. They just decided that as they can't guarantee the

equipment is completely clean of milk products (due to manufacturing their milk

bars) and the chances are that some milk does sneak in, they'd add it to the

ingredients list, even though it's not actually part of the recipe. I think it's

more for people who are incredibly allergic to dairy. Anyway, I haven't bought

any since they changed it, but it's no less vegan than it was before, so maybe

finally break into the G & B's next time you reach for the Minstrels?

 

 

 

 

, " Jo Kay " <purplejo1 wrote:

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> Dunno what compels me to eat it anyway. What's crazy is that I bought a bar

> of Green and Blacks dark chocolate with ginger only to find that it now

> contains Whole milk!!! But I can't bring myself to open it...even though

> I'll gobble a bag of minstrels. Crazy!! Just crazy!!

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