Geez Vicki
I hope you recover real soon and get back to enjoying your food again. And
Coffee!
Sounds like your onto it with well researched efficiency.
Best wishes
Steve
From: oz-food-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oz-food-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Vicki Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, 3 November 2021 7:15 PM
To: oz-food@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [oz-food] Re: [oz-food] [oz-food] Re: [oz-food] Once again…
Hi Susan,
No the konjac has nothing to do with GERD directly. But acid reflux is caused
by low acidity in the stomach (which is meant to have extremely high levels of
acid), which means the stomach can’t digest carbohydrates as it should, which
leads to gas and reflux, so I’m reducing my carbs to make it a bit easier on
myself. Konjac noodles are simply a low carb alternative and Kelly’s dish
looked yummy!
I’m actually voluntarily foregoing my morning coffees (boo!) and my evening
wine to help reduce symptoms. Most days I can’t face breakfast, even when I’m
feeling okay because I haven’t eaten since the day before. I force myself to
eat one small meal a day, and I know that is absolutely not enough in terms of
nutrients. But in addition to not wanting the after-effects, keto’s natural
appetite-suppressing effect has kicked in. Under-eating on keto was always a
problem for me. It’s just that consuming anything is just not attractive
anymore – it fills me with dread! 😭
I’m also taking digestive bitters before meals, and Betain HCl with Pepsin and
digestive enzymes with meals. I have just had an h.pylori test so that can be
eradicated if it’s present. (H.pylori is very common and suppresses acid in the
stomach, so getting rid of it will help maintain higher levels of stomach
acid.) Hopefully this multi-pronged approach will have a degree of success over
time!
Thanks for the commiserations. 🙂
Vicki. :-)
On 3 Nov 2021, at 6:33 pm, Susan Yuen
<susan.yuen@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:susan.yuen@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Oh no Vicki,
GERDS is horrid. Does Konjac help?
I remember having to give up all my favourite food for about 6 months:
no coffee, no chillis (for someone who eats bird eye chillies as is, that was
terrible),
no tomatoes (which I thought I could use to somehow deal with lack of spice in
my life),
nothing with any acid at all which meant no alcohol whatsoever.
Do not remember how I survived.
Hope you recover soon.
Susan
On Wed, 3 Nov 2021 at 15:18, Vicki Taylor
<vicki@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:vicki@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
That looks delicious. What noodles did you use?
I’m back on keto now (trying to manage terrible GORD – or GERD for you
Americans 🙂) and need to stock up on konjac/shirataki noodles I think!
Vicki. :-)
On 2 Nov 2021, at 10:21 am, Chilecayenne
<chilecayenne@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:chilecayenne@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Ok, aside from a bit of fish sauce, this Thai Coconut milk eggplant stir fry
is vegetarian!!
Just something I’ve kinda made up…A little different variation of a dish I’ve
really been enjoying as I develop it.
This was great!!
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