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Let’s Talk About Substitutes!
N
ow, having spent so much time in the previous chapters dwelling
on what not to eat, it’s time we turned to the positive and looked
at what you can eat.There is no question that when deprived of corn flakes, bread, tea,
coffee, muffins, pasta, pizza and so forth that people start to panic slightly.
“But what can I eat?” was the question I probably encountered most.
Usually it was said in such woeful tones that the interrogator clearly believed
there was no reasonable and redeeming answer likely to be forthcoming.
So we will celebrate the kitchen in this chapter. I will offer you a
variety of suggestions for what to eat, to show you what can be done. You
can use these as a starting point and learn to make your own way, following
your own preferences in what to eat and how you like it prepared.
These are necessary skills I’m afraid because, as I taught the majority
of my patients, “I may cure you of migraine (arthritis, colitis, urticaria or
whatever) but I can’t cure you of allergies. It’s a tendency you will always
have and you need to live with it.” Nowadays this is even more true, when
we take genetic food intolerances into account. You can suppress the faulty
genes by eating properly, as I have suggested. But those genes are still there
and will manifest once again if you start to take too many liberties.
Substitutes
The key to it all, of course, is substitutes. If you can’t eat a certain food, what
could take its place? In the early eighties, it was a much bleaker situation than
today. With the rise of health food stores and supermarkets enriching the
possibilities by importing exotic foods from all over the world on a constant
daily basis, things are much easier today. This is equally true in the USA.