Support for low-fat high-fiber diet

look at all that hair rose..! gorgeous!

i got some red pepper hummus yesterday. very spicey.

look forward to trying recipes from here, thank you...

laura

Rose,
I love the Thomas Light english muffins, and I think they actually taste better than the wraps. 8 grams of fiber, and 100 calories. Maybe you could call the wrap company or write to them to see where they are sold-----Flat-Out Saline, Michigan. 48176, and their website is www.flatoutbread.com.
Denise

Denise - I'm glad to have had your comparison. Neither Giant or Whole Foods had them. The wraps can be kind of chewy sometimes so I'll have to be happy with a toasted muffin.

I did see tortillas. At the time I was in pursuit of wraps. The plus is that the tortillas were smaller.

All the wraps I saw were 200 calories. I'm looking for something in the 100 and under range. I'm a frequent customer so I'll check that out.

Somebody in a thread above was posting about high cholestrol. Aren't we all the good range here? Seems to me fiber is supposed to help that too.

I just bought a glocosamine supplement with boron. The book I read mentioned MSM as another thing they mix in with glucosamine. Do you think it relieves pain? DH has a bad back and we're always looking for fixes.

Do you do fish oil? DH bought this big bottle and was taking multiple capsules per day. He had the flu, threw up a couple of times. So he calls the health center and they had him come in to re-hydrate. You can tell he's not a woman, I would never even call about throwing up a couple of times! For him throwing up is the end of the world.

So they send him for blood work before he gets the IV, and it comes back high on the glucose. They told him to have a repeat. I went to Whole Foods and consulted in their big book. I looked diabetes and a small mention of fish oil elevating glucose was mentioned. Like maybe don't take it if you're diabetic. So I googled around and eventually found something that suggested fish oil could result in higher readings. DH quit taking the fish oil (I finished the bottle off recently), re-did the test and all was well!

I think he must have been taking a lot of it because I was immediately suspicious about it when he had the odd lab result.

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MSM as another thing they mix in with glucosamine. Do you think it relieves pain? DH has a bad back and we're always looking for fixes.

Do you do fish oil?

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yes, i totally think that glucosamine/chondrodine aka msm helps with joint creakiness and repetitive action weakness and pain...and i find the emergenc-c with 500 mgs of g/c does great and is so easy to consume in tangerine flavor...yum...(at whole foods,on sale regularly)

i do fish oil, mostly for woman stuff and moisture...

coq10 is another constant...i think that it is great for heart and b/p...

along with two cups of tulsi (holy basil tea, to stay calm) and green tea (antioxidant)...

and tumeric and selenium..

but it is the antioxidants and the fiber that i swear by...

for the antioxidants, i swear by the einstein drink that i get at least twice a week at whole foods...
beets, carrots, parsley, spinach and tasty!!!
the einstein for antioxidants, in addition to everyday fiber of greens and technicolor...

i am all about keeping my immune system buffed up now...

isn't that what caused the bc, in the big picture, anyway?

laura
i have been cautious about sharing the supplements i take, cause i don't recommend them to anyone else but myself. it has been trial and error.... but due to dx of bc and my own research and trial i take them and i feel good.

That's your real color? You are lucky.

I'm not sure I want to know what color my hair is. It used to be brown.

Does the emergenc-c have gelatin in it? Another book I picked up touted that as a remedy for joints.

I read where olive oil acts to down regulate her2 and so I began lightly drizzling it on everything.

I do like using the chickenbroth though Rose.

I have been RL Swamped Laura, I wish I had more time to ponder here. But RL has RL responsibilities I really love. We have over 8 goats now, TD is dealing with gearing up for dual courses in HS and College. Middle son is gearing up for Football! Youngest is completing his Record Book for 4 H. Hopefully it will all get done! Yikes!!!

I am buying more and more veggies, intergrating them in wierd ways so the kids have no choice. They really dispise it but it seems to be working for their health.

I also do a fiber pill, it just seems to help me reach my fiber content that is best for me.

I am off of soda for good! Found out the hard way I am allergic, was off it for a while and drank some and thought I would die on the toilet like Elvis!

I mix Green tea with regular tea, it helps me get more green tea down! Hopefully I will drink less tea eventually.

My low fat is a slow progress but what I do I do for good. No butter, no soda, no donuts. On to the goats!

Well I got a hair cut today! I feel like a new woman! Not sure what is for dinner, I am so tired. I did errands all day and Hubby is working tonight!

Funny Laura what takes the longest I really feel the best about. My life is just a place I enjoy living each day!

Youngest turns 9 on Sunday and it is our 18th Wedding Anniversary, as well as Mother's day. I am going to cook a dinner tomorrow to be served on Sunday and make the cake tomorrow too.

What a year it has been!

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Not sure what is for dinner, I am so tired. I did errands all day and Hubby is working tonight!

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That's what canned soup is for!

Finally remembered to do my 100 calorie bags of popcorn. Those are nice, just the right size for two. I've become an addict of 'CSI' re-runs, and on Friday night they have three in a row. One was sooooo gross -

Rose...Are you sure you're not married to my husband? He is addicted to CSI reruns too, every night

Tina

Tina - Last I looked my husband was sitting in the chair next to me. I thought I'd seen all the CSI episodes but then a bunch of new ones showed up.

Eveybody in my family is going to see 'The Di Vinci Code' so we're looking forward to that next weekend.

I am addicted to Frasier, so I spent my anniversary cooking, baking and watching Frasier DVDs. It was shear bless, my family and me just "chillin".

So I have gained weight. I am not to that magic number that gets me scared silly though, but I knew I was overeating. I know it is stress, but hopefully I can pull back and take it one meal at a time.

I did find some of that dark chocolate at Sam's. It is 130 calories for 4 pieces. I know it can handle my chocolate cravings now. Plus I am the only eater of it!