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@marko82

Hi,
I have never been a milk lover. In the 90's before I was lactose I used grape juice on my dry cereal and my coffee was black. 1st time the grape juice tasted funny. By the 2nd time it tasted good. :O) My husband had to have something different every day so there was always a variety of box cereals, omelets or pancakes/waffles on the weekends. I'm different. I can eat the same thing day after day and not get tired of it. I nuke 1/4c dry oatmeal with 2/3 c of water then added 1/3 c of frozen blueberries to cool it every morning since he died 16 yrs ago until a few mos ago. Also have a microwave poached egg and black coffee w it. When I finally went off the oats my A1c went up a little. Yrs ago an MD told me to stay away from anything "diet". He said the sweeteners were pure poison so I do agree with you about the sorbitol, etc.. I use Stevia/Truvia to bake and a tspn of dark agave syrup (calories but non-glycemic & tastes just like pancake syrup - You mom can have it) on a slice of Eziekiel bread (grocery freezer) w the egg and coffee. I recently made a recipe of bran muffins to see how they'd be w my belly. It's gone from one extreme to the other since Jan. Went to a Gastro in Feb. Had a CT and MRI. Nothing! Idiopathic. She said take fiber capsules and probiotics. With the quarantine I'm home 95% of the time. No social life at all. I'm a bridge player and jewelry artisan. I ruined my discs & lumbars with 45 years of pottery.. Have lost 3" in height. I think that's what messed up my GI too. All squashed. All of these chronic ailments may be annoying but we are handling them and are very lucky they are not major, painful and possibly terminal. Gotta put things in perspective.
Take care.
Marsh

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Hi,

  I have never been a milk lover.  In the 90's before I was lactose I used grape juice on my dry cereal and my coffee was black. 1st time the grape juice tasted funny.  By the 2nd time it tasted good.  :O)  My husband had to have something different every day so there was always a variety
of box cereals, omelets or pancakes/waffles on the weekends. I'm different. I can eat the same thing day after day and not get tired of it.  I nuke 1/4c dry oatmeal with 2/3 c of water then added 1/3 c of frozen blueberries to cool it every morning since he died 16 yrs ago until a few mos ago.  Also have a microwave poached egg and black coffee w it.  When I finally went off the oats my A1c went up a little.  
Yrs ago an MD told me to stay away from anything "diet".  He said the sweeteners were pure poison so I do agree with you about the sorbitol, etc.. I use Stevia/Truvia to bake and a tspn of dark agave syrup (calories but non-glycemic & tastes just like pancake syrup - You mom can have it) on a slice of Eziekiel bread (grocery freezer) w the egg and coffee.  I recently made a recipe of bran muffins to see how they'd be w my belly.  It's gone from one extreme to the other since Jan. Went to a Gastro in Feb. Had a CT and MRI.  Nothing!  Idiopathic. She said take fiber capsules and probiotics. 
With the quarantine I'm home 95% of the time.  No social life at all.
I'm a bridge player and jewelry artisan. 
I ruined my discs & lumbars with 45 years of pottery.. Have lost 3" in height. I think that's what messed up my GI too. All squashed.  All of these chronic ailments may be annoying but we are handling them and are very lucky they are not major, painful and possibly terminal.  Gotta put things in perspective.

Take care.

Marsh

 

 

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@marko82 Hi Marsh! I am at home most of the time also. I use technology to contact family and friends. I also tutor high school students remotely. It keeps me busy along with 5 housebroken animals to keep me company. I don’t mind it at all. Hard to do things with dizziness. Short trips to a medical appointment or grocery store is doable. My husband drives. I am planning eye surgery next year to hopefully decrease my dizziness and motion sickness. That will make a big difference. In the meantime, as you say, I deal with the annoying ailments. So true. We put our bodies through so much while we are younger then pay the price for it later.
I can relate because I too was never a cow milk drinker. It took me years to try cheese and that was because I was threatened with punishment if I didn’t. I still don’t eat much dairy not even cheese. Unlike you I can tolerate the lactose. My main dairy milk consumption is with the yogurt I make. I do eat a few foods derived from animals like eggs to get enough Vitamin B12. I was never made aware of any nutrient deficiency so far.
Those alcohol sugars are natural and side effects can be gas or bloating. They have been around for many years (some since 1950s) without causing any known illnesses like cancer. I particularly stay away from aspartame and sucralose. Today so many foods contain the artificial sweeteners. That is why I prefer to make my own to avoid eating them.
I make hot oatmeal with oat milk for breakfast every day. I am the same way. I don’t need a variety of foods. My mother likes her oatmeal too. She adds peanut butter to hers. Good thing she never liked sweets. Her downfall was starchy foods like potatoes and breads. She is doing much better after knowing to be cautious.
I will try drinking lots of water after a meal to see if that makes a difference for me. Thank you for the suggestion. Your doctor gave you good advice to get plenty of fiber and probiotics in your diet. I agree gut health is so important. I knew about that years ago and took probiotic supplements along eating probiotic foods like yogurt and tempeh. I attribute my diet and exercise for my survival. The AVM has indeed taken a toll on my body but it is still fighting back. I am progressing slowly.
Do you keep in touch with family? My mother does not live with me but I video chat with her daily and let her know what is going on in the local news to be concerning for her. Keep healthy….Toni