116 Diet Wise
cases and scores of other illnesses caused or made worse by apparently
innocent helpings of mashed potatoes or fries.
Similarly, every daily food should be reviewed: just why are you
eating it so repetitively? This is a question that should always arouse suspicion.
At least reduce the frequency to one day in four as a safety precaution if you
can’t make up your mind whether or not to omit it altogether.
Will I be hungry?
No. This is not a slimming diet plan. You can eat all you want. It’s just what
you eat that is restricted, not quantity.
As I say to patients, if you are still hungry after a meal, cook it all
again and eat it twice! Have ten meals a day if you want.
You get the point.
Even fried food is allowed. You can have French fries! That’s good
news.
By the way, you probably will lose weight. Most people do. Expect
to shed about two lbs a week, without even depriving yourself.
Lots to eat!
Perhaps I should start by saying that you are not really restricted in reality
- only in your own head.
There are a dozen readily available meats, if you are willing to eat
rabbit and game.
There are several fowl other than the Fab Four (chicken, turkey,
duck and goose): if you search the Internet there are at least three suppliers
of ostrich meat to allergy patients, to which you can add quail, guinea fowl,
squab, Cornish game hens, pigeon and doves.
The numbers of available fish reach the hundreds, though many
are seasonal. Add shells and crustaceans and you have a huge variety of
shrimps, prawns, crabs, langoustine, lobsters, clams, abalone and tasty
nutritious foods galore. The added bonus is that omega-3 fatty acids from
fish will help damp down the inflammatory response and so help any allergic
or intolerant reaction.
Fruit was once very seasonal, as I remarked about Nature forcing
rotation of our foods in Chapter 15. But today with supermarkets flying
foods from all over the world to a counter just the next block from you,
it is possible to buy plenty of fruits the whole year ’round. Moreover,