shanifaye
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So Im wondering if there are other people here that might have medical reasons they have to work around when "dieting" and how they do it?
Take me....I have two things
#1 is artificial sweetner is a MAJOR migraine trigger for me which means that I cant touch just about anything labeled "sugar free" because even the tiniest bit of AS will send me to sleep in a dark closet with a bucket.
#2 is that I have hemochromatosis (which is the opposite of anemia...my liver wont process iron and I have too much) and I have to be VERY careful of eating foods with iron...drives me batty because I adore spinach and broccoli but I cant have them (well...broccoli in VERY small amounts, but never spinach). Beans are bad, red meat is almost always out along with anything "whole grain"
As for how I do it? Well I dont eat/drink anything "sugar free", there is no way around that one. Fortunately the meats I need to be eating (the white meats) dont give me a problem and there are other veggies that are just as healthy....or I give into temptation and eat iron stuff and suffer the consequences lol
how about anyone else? Anything that inhibits "traditional" dieting for you?
Take me....I have two things
#1 is artificial sweetner is a MAJOR migraine trigger for me which means that I cant touch just about anything labeled "sugar free" because even the tiniest bit of AS will send me to sleep in a dark closet with a bucket.
#2 is that I have hemochromatosis (which is the opposite of anemia...my liver wont process iron and I have too much) and I have to be VERY careful of eating foods with iron...drives me batty because I adore spinach and broccoli but I cant have them (well...broccoli in VERY small amounts, but never spinach). Beans are bad, red meat is almost always out along with anything "whole grain"
As for how I do it? Well I dont eat/drink anything "sugar free", there is no way around that one. Fortunately the meats I need to be eating (the white meats) dont give me a problem and there are other veggies that are just as healthy....or I give into temptation and eat iron stuff and suffer the consequences lol
how about anyone else? Anything that inhibits "traditional" dieting for you?
