Comments on: Non-Meat Breakfast Choices Offering Protein (GF, DF, EF) http://gnowfglins.com/2008/07/10/non-meat-breakfast-choices-offering-protein-gf-df-e/ Enjoying "God's Natural, Organic, Whole Foods, Grown Locally, In Season" Thu, 24 May 2012 04:35:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kelly http://gnowfglins.com/2008/07/10/non-meat-breakfast-choices-offering-protein-gf-df-e/comment-page-1/#comment-12686 Kelly Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:38:50 +0000 http://gnowfglins.com/?p=1176#comment-12686 This has been a challenge for my family. We follow the diet plan of Dr. Schwarzbein (www.schwarzbeinprinciple.com), and she explains the reasons why it's important to eat protein and carbohydrates (and veggies too), together. We used to eat eggs every day along with our breakfast carb, but decided we needed more variety. We've found that the typical American breakfast is very carb-heavy. We haven't found a cheap way to have protein every morning, so we've resigned ourselves to spending the extra money to eat protein for breakfast. Our breakfast proteins change daily. Here are some examples: chicken burgers (from Trader Joe's), natural and nitrate free sausage, salmon patties, fish sticks made with red snapper, and eggs. People sometimes think we're crazy for eating fish at breakfast, but it really doesn't seem strange or weird anymore now that we've been doing it for so long. We also eat vegetables every morning to accompany our carbs and proteins. The Four-Grain Breakfast Cereal looks so delicious! That would work well for our family as our carb, but we would still need a more substantial protein to go along with it. I'm especially sensitive to carb amounts since there is diabetes in my family. Dr. Schwarzbein writes a lot about avoiding insulin spikes. Eating a good protein along with my carb helps to avoid such spikes. So, I guess I didn't follow your instructions for posting ideas not including eggs, dairy or meats, but I just haven't found a way to boost the protein otherwise unless I'm also boosting the carbs even more. This has been a challenge for my family. We follow the diet plan of Dr. Schwarzbein (www.schwarzbeinprinciple.com), and she explains the reasons why it’s important to eat protein and carbohydrates (and veggies too), together. We used to eat eggs every day along with our breakfast carb, but decided we needed more variety. We’ve found that the typical American breakfast is very carb-heavy. We haven’t found a cheap way to have protein every morning, so we’ve resigned ourselves to spending the extra money to eat protein for breakfast. Our breakfast proteins change daily. Here are some examples: chicken burgers (from Trader Joe’s), natural and nitrate free sausage, salmon patties, fish sticks made with red snapper, and eggs. People sometimes think we’re crazy for eating fish at breakfast, but it really doesn’t seem strange or weird anymore now that we’ve been doing it for so long. We also eat vegetables every morning to accompany our carbs and proteins.

The Four-Grain Breakfast Cereal looks so delicious! That would work well for our family as our carb, but we would still need a more substantial protein to go along with it. I’m especially sensitive to carb amounts since there is diabetes in my family. Dr. Schwarzbein writes a lot about avoiding insulin spikes. Eating a good protein along with my carb helps to avoid such spikes.

So, I guess I didn’t follow your instructions for posting ideas not including eggs, dairy or meats, but I just haven’t found a way to boost the protein otherwise unless I’m also boosting the carbs even more.

]]> By: Wardeh http://gnowfglins.com/2008/07/10/non-meat-breakfast-choices-offering-protein-gf-df-e/comment-page-1/#comment-11852 Wardeh Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:00:14 +0000 http://gnowfglins.com/?p=1176#comment-11852 <em>Sara, thank you for the yeast cleanse link! We have an okay ND around here. I would be tempted to go about it myself. ;) I really, really hope the breakfast options will help you. You will be the "canary" so to speak. Please do let me know how it goes for you, whether or not it works. I don't want you to black out! My husband is very sensitive to "crashing" (his words) and he hasn't crashed after breakfast for the longest time! </em> Sara, thank you for the yeast cleanse link! We have an okay ND around here. I would be tempted to go about it myself. ;)

I really, really hope the breakfast options will help you. You will be the “canary” so to speak. Please do let me know how it goes for you, whether or not it works. I don’t want you to black out! My husband is very sensitive to “crashing” (his words) and he hasn’t crashed after breakfast for the longest time!

]]> By: sara kay http://gnowfglins.com/2008/07/10/non-meat-breakfast-choices-offering-protein-gf-df-e/comment-page-1/#comment-11850 sara kay Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:48:30 +0000 http://gnowfglins.com/?p=1176#comment-11850 And here's a blog post I found about yeast cleanses. I see a Naturopathic Doctor fairly regularly, and he's the one who helped my husband. Finding a good ND where you are would probably be very helpful, but here's a start: http://sassifer.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/candidayeast-cleanse/ And here’s a blog post I found about yeast cleanses. I see a Naturopathic Doctor fairly regularly, and he’s the one who helped my husband. Finding a good ND where you are would probably be very helpful, but here’s a start: http://sassifer.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/candidayeast-cleanse/

]]> By: sara kay http://gnowfglins.com/2008/07/10/non-meat-breakfast-choices-offering-protein-gf-df-e/comment-page-1/#comment-11841 sara kay Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:00:19 +0000 http://gnowfglins.com/?p=1176#comment-11841 Thanks Wardeh! I will try this and let you know how it goes. Typically if I don't eat protein at breakfast, I begin "blacking out" as the day goes on. Maybe because these options include complete protein it will work for us though! It sure would save us some money... Thanks Wardeh!
I will try this and let you know how it goes. Typically if I don’t eat protein at breakfast, I begin “blacking out” as the day goes on. Maybe because these options include complete protein it will work for us though! It sure would save us some money…

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