Totally stuck!! Protein/kidney issues

[nicoleh]

yes thanks for those ideas. We have bought some pure salt-cure ham, but I hadn't tried her on pork yet as my other kids didn't go so well with it. however it's time! we're buying a half organic pig straight from farmer and salt-only cured ham, next month. she'll def be on pork then!

I have been wanting to make some biscuit like things. didn't know if it could work with just tapioca and cornstarch. will try. unfortunately all instant mash has sulphites which our family are violently allergic too, so that's out. potato starch might be ok, I'll try it on her after dairy and pork!

I think marmite is different from our vegemite. I'll see if I can find some in the international section.

thanks!

[kmart]

Update...

Hi everyone, so i'm finally starting to feel better after figuring out what was going on (which took ages!!)

It turns out i had Refeeding Syndrome - long story short, when you've been malnourished for some time and then start to eat properly, your body struggles to cope with the carbs. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refeeding_syndrome

It usually starts within 4 days of starting to eat properly again. this can cause all sorts of symptoms and serious complications, like severe water retention (i put on 4-5 kgs, which has now gone), lethargy, confusion, kidney problems, vomiting, headaches etc. (Some very similar to HFI reactions) This explains why i felt better immediately after cutting out fructose, but then started to feel gradually worse... all of a sudden i was eating properly for the first time in years and i was suddenly free of the HFI symptoms (still awaiting genetic results, but prof cox thinks i;m a very strong case). I couldn't understand why i couldn't tolerate even small amounts of safe carbs... but with refeeding syndrome... it's carbs that are the problem.

Anyway... my nutritionist put me on a diet... 50% of usual required calorie intake; very low levels of carbs (no more than 20% of intake); and splitting this into 5-6 small meals per day. I've gradually increased this over the past couple of weeks and am glad to report that i'm nearly back to full daily calorie requirement and slowly upping the amount of carbs i eat. I'm still feel wiped out, but so so much better than i was.

I thought some of you may be interested in reading more - my nutritionist gave me this article...


Hisham M Mehanna, Jamil Moledina, Jane Travis Refeeding syndrome: what it is, and how
to prevent and treat itHisham M Mehanna, Jamil Moledina, Jane Travis BMJ | 28 JUNE 2008 | VOLUME 336

My nutritionist, Lucy, has been amazing... she went way above and beyond to help me try and figure this out and has spent a lot of time researching HFI.... and throughly researches any supplements (including phoning the producers about processing methods) to ensure they are HFI safe. I'd highly recommend her - i really wouldn't be feeling how i do now without her dedication and support. She is based in London and have pasted a link below:

www.revaclinic.com/

[charlie]

Hey, that is really interesting, I have never heard of that but it makes sense. I hope you get your answers soon, good luck with the diet changes and start to feel better.

[ukbill]

Yes that makes sense it also explains why after not eating a particular food group for some time digestion problems occur when food is re-introduced.

I point to Vegetarians starting to eat meat again, and I have also suffered some problems if I over indulge in salad leaves and watercress after a long time off them.

It would also explain why people who have never tried certain foods have "gut" problems after trying them for the first time, and a lot of the problems we all suffer when we first try another HFI'ers staple foods (like me with Avocados)

I had thought it was because of gut flora not being able to cope with the different types of food.

But it looks like the liver / pancreas / intestines also has to adapt the enzymes thay release also, or something like that