Guest guest Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Hi all, My name is Kim I am a 39 year old wife and mom to 4 wonderful children. I am a sahm mom because one of my children has special needs and requires a lot of care. I have been a lacto ovo vegetarian for over 20 years but became vegan about 5 months ago after reading The China Study while trying to find nutritional help for my child. I then found Dr. McDougall's website and that has been helpful as well. The problem with both of those is they are so low in fat that it is low in taste and my family is very mixed in the diet category. My husband and oldest son (17) are meat eaters, my 14 year old daughter is and has been a lacto ovo vegetarian her whole life (tried meat a few times but did not really care for it) and my two youngest are now going to be vegans, they are almost 4 and 8 months old. My daughter (the almost 4 year old) was born with Down syndrome then developed systemic juvenile arthritis and a month ago was also diagnosed with autism. I started the GFCF diet for her around the same time as the vegan to try and see if it would help the arthritis. It really did not help that but we noticed a huge change in her attitude and cognitive abilities as most people who have children with autism do so we are keeping to it. I hate having to make 2 or 3 meals each night for dinner so I am hoping to find a lot of things here to keep it simple and nutritious. Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 You certainly have a mixed group there! It is challenging, especially at first, but it can be done! Just jump right in with any questions. Pam On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Kim <veggiegalkn wrote: > Hi all, > > My name is Kim I am a 39 year old wife and mom to 4 wonderful > children. I am a sahm mom because one of my children has special > needs and requires a lot of care. I have been a lacto ovo vegetarian > for over 20 years but became vegan about 5 months ago after reading > The China Study while trying to find nutritional help for my child. I > then found Dr. McDougall's website and that has been helpful as well. > The problem with both of those is they are so low in fat that it is > low in taste and my family is very mixed in the diet category. My > husband and oldest son (17) are meat eaters, my 14 year old daughter > is and has been a lacto ovo vegetarian her whole life (tried meat a > few times but did not really care for it) and my two youngest are now > going to be vegans, they are almost 4 and 8 months old. My daughter > (the almost 4 year old) was born with Down syndrome then developed > systemic juvenile arthritis and a month ago was also diagnosed with > autism. I started the GFCF diet for her around the same time as the > vegan to try and see if it would help the arthritis. It really did > not help that but we noticed a huge change in her attitude and > cognitive abilities as most people who have children with autism do so > we are keeping to it. I hate having to make 2 or 3 meals each night > for dinner so I am hoping to find a lot of things here to keep it > simple and nutritious. > > Kim > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Something we found that helps is to remember that you are in control of the seasonings. Add some more flavor in the form of herbs, and onion powder and garlic powders, etc. The next thing to remember is that tastes change. Just be patient, and keep trying recipes, make the ones that work again and again, and keep replacing the meat, and high fat foods, etc with other things. It won't be long before family members will find that they don't like the things they thought they did as much anymore. Barbara ______ On Behalf Of pdw [pdworkman] Thursday, February 05, 2009 2:51 PM Re: New to the group too You certainly have a mixed group there! It is challenging, especially at first, but it can be done! Just jump right in with any questions. Pam On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Kim <veggiegalkn<veggiegalkn%40gmail.com>> wrote: > Hi all, > > My name is Kim I am a 39 year old wife and mom to 4 wonderful > children. I am a sahm mom because one of my children has special > needs and requires a lot of care. I have been a lacto ovo vegetarian > for over 20 years but became vegan about 5 months ago after reading > The China Study while trying to find nutritional help for my child. I > then found Dr. McDougall's website and that has been helpful as well. > The problem with both of those is they are so low in fat that it is > low in taste and my family is very mixed in the diet category. My > husband and oldest son (17) are meat eaters, my 14 year old daughter > is and has been a lacto ovo vegetarian her whole life (tried meat a > few times but did not really care for it) and my two youngest are now > going to be vegans, they are almost 4 and 8 months old. My daughter > (the almost 4 year old) was born with Down syndrome then developed > systemic juvenile arthritis and a month ago was also diagnosed with > autism. I started the GFCF diet for her around the same time as the > vegan to try and see if it would help the arthritis. It really did > not help that but we noticed a huge change in her attitude and > cognitive abilities as most people who have children with autism do so > we are keeping to it. I hate having to make 2 or 3 meals each night > for dinner so I am hoping to find a lot of things here to keep it > simple and nutritious. > > Kim > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Thank you both for the welcome. I agree with you Barbara, tastes do change and mine certanly have the problem with the rest of the family is they still saturate their taste buds with all the bad stuff so they never get the chance to really taste the healthy food. I'm hoping with time it will change and they will see what they are doing to themselves. My 14 year old daughter definitely wants to make a change and does so with little things like making smoothies but it is small. I look forward to learning more from you all Kim On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Barbara Frohne < barbara.frohne wrote: > Something we found that helps is to remember that you are in control of > the seasonings. Add some more flavor in the form of herbs, and onion powder > and garlic powders, etc. The next thing to remember is that tastes change. > Just be patient, and keep trying recipes, make the ones that work again and > again, and keep replacing the meat, and high fat foods, etc with other > things. It won't be long before family members will find that they don't > like the things they thought they did as much anymore. > > Barbara > ______ > <%40>[ > <%40>] > On Behalf Of pdw [pdworkman <pdworkman%40gmail.com>] > Thursday, February 05, 2009 2:51 PM > To: <%40> > Re: New to the group too > > > You certainly have a mixed group there! > > It is challenging, especially at first, but it can be done! Just jump > right in with any questions. > > Pam > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Kim <veggiegalkn<veggiegalkn%40gmail.com> > <veggiegalkn%40gmail.com <veggiegalkn%2540gmail.com>>> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > My name is Kim I am a 39 year old wife and mom to 4 wonderful > > children. I am a sahm mom because one of my children has special > > needs and requires a lot of care. I have been a lacto ovo vegetarian > > for over 20 years but became vegan about 5 months ago after reading > > The China Study while trying to find nutritional help for my child. I > > then found Dr. McDougall's website and that has been helpful as well. > > The problem with both of those is they are so low in fat that it is > > low in taste and my family is very mixed in the diet category. My > > husband and oldest son (17) are meat eaters, my 14 year old daughter > > is and has been a lacto ovo vegetarian her whole life (tried meat a > > few times but did not really care for it) and my two youngest are now > > going to be vegans, they are almost 4 and 8 months old. My daughter > > (the almost 4 year old) was born with Down syndrome then developed > > systemic juvenile arthritis and a month ago was also diagnosed with > > autism. I started the GFCF diet for her around the same time as the > > vegan to try and see if it would help the arthritis. It really did > > not help that but we noticed a huge change in her attitude and > > cognitive abilities as most people who have children with autism do so > > we are keeping to it. I hate having to make 2 or 3 meals each night > > for dinner so I am hoping to find a lot of things here to keep it > > simple and nutritious. > > > > Kim > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 I'm on an extremely low fat diet because of chronic pancreatitis. When I figured out that dairy, wheat and gluten where making me as sick as I was, I was quite depressed thinking that there would be nothing worth eating because fat=flavor! Since then I have experimented with a lot of herbs and ethnic foods and found a great deal of flavor that even my meat loving boyfriend is now considering becoming vegetarian now! Try making thai stir fry, curry rice and veggies, eggplant steaks with spinach and portabellos. If you can eat soy, try Follow your Heart soy cheese. There are tons of delicious low fat, healthy vegan meals that even the pickiest meat eaters will love! For your daughter with autism, have your ever heard of craniosacral therapy? There are a lot of promising results with autistic children and adults. I had heard of on severely autistic child making eye contact with his mother after only a few sessions. The therapy can also help with many other conditions and it's safe and gentile. If your interested I would suggest finding a qualified practitioner in your area (I can help you if you'd like. Just e-mail me personally if you want.) and then make an appointment for a free consultation so you can ask questions and be comfortable with and understand the the treatment and everything before you decide whether or not you'd like to try it. You could even request to have a mini treatment on yourself first, which shouldn't be an issue for a good craniosacral therapist. Good luck with your family and diets! On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Kim <veggiegalkn wrote: > Hi all, > > My name is Kim I am a 39 year old wife and mom to 4 wonderful > children. I am a sahm mom because one of my children has special > needs and requires a lot of care. I have been a lacto ovo vegetarian > for over 20 years but became vegan about 5 months ago after reading > The China Study while trying to find nutritional help for my child. I > then found Dr. McDougall's website and that has been helpful as well. > The problem with both of those is they are so low in fat that it is > low in taste and my family is very mixed in the diet category. My > husband and oldest son (17) are meat eaters, my 14 year old daughter > is and has been a lacto ovo vegetarian her whole life (tried meat a > few times but did not really care for it) and my two youngest are now > going to be vegans, they are almost 4 and 8 months old. My daughter > (the almost 4 year old) was born with Down syndrome then developed > systemic juvenile arthritis and a month ago was also diagnosed with > autism. I started the GFCF diet for her around the same time as the > vegan to try and see if it would help the arthritis. It really did > not help that but we noticed a huge change in her attitude and > cognitive abilities as most people who have children with autism do so > we are keeping to it. I hate having to make 2 or 3 meals each night > for dinner so I am hoping to find a lot of things here to keep it > simple and nutritious. > > Kim > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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