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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 583751" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>In college it took months of food diaries and statistical analysis of them to figure out my migraine triggers. Mine are some of the typical and more than a few atypicall. Sometimes it if two days later that the migraine happens, which is supremely annoying esp when you are working to figure out what is going on. That is the main reason I started cooking from scratch. Well, my gma was put on a low sodium diet in my early teens and I enjoyed finding food she could eat and making things that were safe for her also. When thank you came along I was so glad I already cooked from scratch faster than many people use a mix. His food allergies as a baby could have sent me around the bend otherwise. husband had the hardest time with them and often Jess was the one who would tell him that thank you can't have this or that and why. By around his 4th birthday he could also tell you, which I thought was quite awesome. it made it far easier to send him to school and to play with friends. </p><p></p><p>DDD, check your area for food coops. A food coop often gets a regular shipment in and you can order at the wholesale prices. There are also services that will let you buy a bag of certified organic veggies for a set price each week. We did this for a while, but given the level of picky eating, much of it was given away. Our area has had the coop for decades and many towns around us also have them. The veggie service has been here for five or six yrs and now there are three of them that are thriving. I think they are popping up in lots of areas. </p><p></p><p>As for low salt, ALWAYS read the label. Don't rely on a doctor telling you it has 'bad stuff' in it. Make them tell you the name of the 'bad stuff' so you can make your own decisions about your food. Doctors are generally the LAST people to know much about nutrition. They get very little training in nutrition in medication school. Many will still deny thatthe food you eat makes a big impact on your health. I have had more than a few tell me that the ingredients don't really matter, all you need to pay attention to are the calories, protein, sugars, fiber, fat, sodium and vitamins. And that if you take a multivitamin you don't have to worry about the vitamins/nutrients at all! This isn't docs a decade ago, I have heard it from my own, my kiids and husband's docs plus my parents' doctors in the last three years. The docs just don't have the training to really understand nutrition. </p><p></p><p>For someone needing a low sodium diet, or other specific diet, insurance will normally cover a nutritionist/dietician, at least for one or two visits. I would push for this. Medicaid and Medicare cover it here if you have heart issues, diabetes, kidney problems, or other problems that diet can make worse. You have to get your reg doctor to refer you, of course. One thing that blew me away was that for more than a few years insurance covered gastric surgery for morbid obesity but they didn't cover seeing a nutritionist before the surgery.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 583751, member: 1233"] In college it took months of food diaries and statistical analysis of them to figure out my migraine triggers. Mine are some of the typical and more than a few atypicall. Sometimes it if two days later that the migraine happens, which is supremely annoying esp when you are working to figure out what is going on. That is the main reason I started cooking from scratch. Well, my gma was put on a low sodium diet in my early teens and I enjoyed finding food she could eat and making things that were safe for her also. When thank you came along I was so glad I already cooked from scratch faster than many people use a mix. His food allergies as a baby could have sent me around the bend otherwise. husband had the hardest time with them and often Jess was the one who would tell him that thank you can't have this or that and why. By around his 4th birthday he could also tell you, which I thought was quite awesome. it made it far easier to send him to school and to play with friends. DDD, check your area for food coops. A food coop often gets a regular shipment in and you can order at the wholesale prices. There are also services that will let you buy a bag of certified organic veggies for a set price each week. We did this for a while, but given the level of picky eating, much of it was given away. Our area has had the coop for decades and many towns around us also have them. The veggie service has been here for five or six yrs and now there are three of them that are thriving. I think they are popping up in lots of areas. As for low salt, ALWAYS read the label. Don't rely on a doctor telling you it has 'bad stuff' in it. Make them tell you the name of the 'bad stuff' so you can make your own decisions about your food. Doctors are generally the LAST people to know much about nutrition. They get very little training in nutrition in medication school. Many will still deny thatthe food you eat makes a big impact on your health. I have had more than a few tell me that the ingredients don't really matter, all you need to pay attention to are the calories, protein, sugars, fiber, fat, sodium and vitamins. And that if you take a multivitamin you don't have to worry about the vitamins/nutrients at all! This isn't docs a decade ago, I have heard it from my own, my kiids and husband's docs plus my parents' doctors in the last three years. The docs just don't have the training to really understand nutrition. For someone needing a low sodium diet, or other specific diet, insurance will normally cover a nutritionist/dietician, at least for one or two visits. I would push for this. Medicaid and Medicare cover it here if you have heart issues, diabetes, kidney problems, or other problems that diet can make worse. You have to get your reg doctor to refer you, of course. One thing that blew me away was that for more than a few years insurance covered gastric surgery for morbid obesity but they didn't cover seeing a nutritionist before the surgery. [/QUOTE]
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