Ingenious eggs!

Eggs are a "safety" food for me. They never upset my stomach when I had so much trouble with fructose. They're always there if I don't have anything else to make, and there are so many ways you can prepare them.

But have you ever thought about grilling your eggs in a muffin tin?!

It's almost summer and it's time to whip out the grill!

That's a tip/recipe I heard of recently. All you do is crack your eggs into a muffin tin and put them on a grill! Cook them to your liking.

I haven't tried this out yet, but I totally am going to the next time we've got the grill ready.

Happy grilling!

"A Very Sugary Diet Makes You Stupid"

Sometimes, I look at the Google News results for "fructose malabsorption" and "fructose intolerance" (the latter comes up with more results). Today I found this article:

It's a very worth-while, informative, interesting read. It's not directly related to FructMal, but it does talk about fructose a lot and how it can affect your body.

Excerpt from the article:

"Our findings illustrate that what you eat affects how you think ... Eating a high-fructose diet over the long term alters your brain's ability to learn and remember information. But adding omega-3 fatty acids to your meals can help minimize the damage."

Thoughts?



Further reading: 
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/this-is-your-brain-on-sugar-ucla-233992.aspx





Rupert Shepherd B.Sc. "A Very Sugary Diet Makes You Stupid." Medical News Today. MediLexicon, Intl., 18 May. 2012. Web.
18 May. 2012.

Quick Tip Time!

If you still want to have syrup on your pancakes/waffles, etc., try pure maple syrup. It's a bit expensive, but I find that I tolerate it much better than the cheaper kinds with HFCS and other stuff that may irritate you.

I'm back!

I wasn't aware that people actually could find this blog, but an awesome reader emailed me and asked if I was going to post anymore. I had been thinking lately that I wanted to blog again, but didn't feel like I could.

Because, I feel like I don't really suffer anymore from fructose malabsorption. Blogger is telling me that malabsorption isn't even a word. Sigh...

Anyways, what happened with me was that I basically completely cut out all fructose for about a year; Spring 2010-Spring 2011. Then I started to re-introduce certain foods into my diet. It started with fruits, and then I just picked other things I wanted to eat (like my beloved scotcharoos). I didn't really have any reactions, so I stopped watching what I ate and just started eating what I wanted; even stuff with high-fructose corn syrup. I don't consume much of that because I really do think it is terrible, but there are some foods I just really want, like cheese Ritz Bits.

I don't really even think about it anymore, except when the foods that do still give me a reaction come up. Like when we have ham at a family dinner...I can't eat it. My dad always gets one from work for Christmas and I want to eat it (always have loved ham), but I know I shouldn't because I'll be paying for it later.

Also, around the time I started eating fructose again, I got really sick and was in and out of doctors and hospitals. I was having pain in my side (which began when I wasn't eating fructose, so I knew it wasn't related.) and had lots of tests. My doctors decided on IBS, but I just knew that wasn't it. It was constant, severe pain. So I asked for exploratory surgery and got it. They ended up taking my appendix out, and a couple days after I was able to differentiate my surgery pain, I realized my side pain was gone. So that was the problem.

Meanwhile, I was also having a fast pulse, low blood pressure and fainting episodes. We are still working on that...

And during all this, my boyfriend joined the US Navy and proposed to me. We wanted to get married before he left for boot camp, so I planned what turned out to be an awesome, inexpensive wedding in less than 5 months. So needless to say, I was quite busy with that. We got married in November, 2011.

He has been at boot camp since January. He had some injuries so his graduation has been delayed by 2 months. He is *supposed* to graduate next week, and then I will be moving to be with him at a base.

So I have been busy, but I want to continue this blog. I will still be busy, but I will try to keep it up, with recipes, tips and other good stuff.

Look forward to new posts!

Getting better WITH fruit?

I've been having some diarrhea lately, and I thought I would try some orange juice and some clementines to see if it made it worse. But, amazingly, it got better! Has anyone had an experience with this before?

Pain

I've been experiencing a lot of pain in my stomach and intestines. Does anyone else have this problem?

Imitation Sweetened Condensed Milk

Sweetened condensed milk doesn't bother me, but if it bothers your system here is a good recipe.



Imitation Sweetened Condensed Milk


3/4 cup cane sugar (or 3/8 cup cane sugar + 3/8 cup dextrose or all dextrose, if desired)
1/3 cup water
1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick)
1 cup dry milk crystals (must be fresh)

In 2 cup glass measuring cup add sugar, water and butter. Microwave (high) 1 1/2 - 2 minutes until mixture boils, stirring every 30 seconds. Combine in blender with dry milk. Process until smooth. Refrigerate until needed. Makes 1 cup.

Hint: Double recipe to substitute for 14 ounce (1 2/3 cup) can