You will notice in most of our recipes (www.novaspinalcarerecipes.blogspot.com) the substitution of certain ingredients and lack of things like wheat, dairy and sugar (also artificial sweeteners). The reason for this started with a naturopathic consultation my wife had 3 years ago in Toronto at the Eat Right For Your Blood Type clinic. She was advised to avoid wheat and dairy and substitute dairy with things like almond or rice milk and to replace wheat products with rice, spelt, buckwheat or almond products. Since I do most of the cooking we had to keep reading about how to replace certain things and do some experiments. Most of the time it is extremely simple to take out regular flour and add spelt flour or to take out milk and add almond milk (our favorite). So when I make pancakes I can look at a recipe and simply substitute the flour and milk out. If you see a recipe with almond flour it is simply blanched almonds that are ground up in a food processor or grinder. We still use eggs in our family as we are not aware of an egg sensitivity with anyone at this point. We do use butter as this is usually tolerated OK but in the case of an extreme dairy sensitivity you would likely want to avoid it. Avoid margarine as this is artificial and can be difficult for the body to process. We also use coconut oil to cook and bake with but you may need to experiment with the ratios as some of our cookies have turned out more like very flat pancakes. We will often use AGAVE NECTAR for sweetness as it has more fructose and less sucrose and is therefore much lower on the glycemic index. It is more expensive but can be found in the health food section of Superstore or in health food stores. Stevia is safe to use as it is just from a plant and is much sweeter than sugar. Just watch what else has been added to it as they often use corn byproducts which some people are sensitive to (ie corn maltodextrose). You will also find the different types of flours and dairy substitutes in the organic section of most large grocery stores.
This has been a continual journey for us and some of the things we recommended a few years ago we may not recommend anymore due to further knowledge and understanding. We are continually on the lookout for new information and will use this blog to pass along whatever we find out. Enjoy!
This has been a continual journey for us and some of the things we recommended a few years ago we may not recommend anymore due to further knowledge and understanding. We are continually on the lookout for new information and will use this blog to pass along whatever we find out. Enjoy!
