Need help - louise

[Guest guest]

hi louise,

i'm so sorry to hear of all your health problems. it

is really difficult when you have so many limitations

on your diet.

 

for breakfast, have you considered scrapping the

traditional notion of breakfast and eating homemade

soups, salads, stir fries, and other lunch/dinner type

things? broccoli and greens (like collards, kale,

mustard, turnip, etc...) are good sources of

nutrients, including calcium. fresh vegetable juices

(ones you juice yourself) are delicious and

nutritious. can you have nuts? nut milks like almond

milk are a nice alternative to dairy and soy.

 

i find it helpful to look at the things i can eat and

go from there...it's much positive and i realize that

there is really sooo much that i can eat.

 

check out our recipe files for inspiration and new

recipes. here's a link:

 

/files

 

well, good luck with everything. i hope you get

feeling better soon.

 

let us know how you are doing,

susie

 

--- Louise <lmfoster wrote:

 

> I haven't posted for a while, but boy has some

> stressful stuff being

> going down in my life.

>

> Okay, as a memory refresher, I am a 30 y.o. female

> lacto-ovo

> vegetarian. I suffer from renal failure, but am not

> on dialysis yet.

> I also have hypertension and osteoporosis.

>

> Just lately my renal specialist, during routine

> blood tests, has

> discovered very high phosphate levels and anaemia.

> My iron levels

> are fine though, in fact they are surprisingly high

> considering I

> don't supplement or even bother eating iron rich

> foods.

>

> So, with the aneamia I have to self-inject the

> hormone erythrepoiton

> weekly. Not a problem, just a bit stressful as

> nobody likes giving

> themselves needles.

>

> But the phosphate is a bigger problem. Here's what

> the renal unit

> dietitian has told me: cut dairy back to 1 cup

> (250ml) of milk per

> day, and do not eat cereals or wholegrain breads. I

> have to have

> white bread (!!! Which I don't like, and which is

> unhealthy anyway)

> and I'm also not allowed to eat legumes/beans at

> all. I'm only

> allowed 5 eggs a week.

>

> I'm finding it particularly difficult to find

> something I can eat

> for breakfast, and also to get enough calcium, when

> you consider my

> osteoporosis. I'm not a fan of fruit (for breakfast

> or any other

> time), and I certainly don't like soy products.

>

> I also hate white bread.

>

> So aside from fresh vegetables, I just can't think

> of anything I can

> eat, or want to eat! I guess I can have rice and

> pasta but there's

> only so often you want to eat those. I'm not a huge

> pasta fan.

>

> I just can't find the balance in all this (

>

> Any breakfast suggestions, and non-dairy, non-soy

> calcium

> suggestions?

>

> Louise

> South Australia

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

, " artichoke72x "

<artichoke72x wrote:

>

> can you have nuts? nut milks like almond

> milk are a nice alternative to dairy and soy.

>

 

No, that was something else I forgot to mention. Nuts are on the

completely-banned list due to phosphate.

 

Regards

Louise

South Australia