I placed an order with Cambrook foods. I'll let you know what I think of the food. Also, I have seen Ener-G brand foods in Whole Foods Markets. I thought it might be useful to make some recommendations concerning lower protein foods that can be purchase in normal grocery stores or health/specialty food markets. I'm finding that most of my shopping happens at health/speciality markets such as Whole Foods and Mother's. I found a brand of granola bar that has just 2 grams of protein per bar and 200 kcals from Health Valley brand. They are cookie bars with vanilla creme. They are super tasty, but the sugar can sometimes gives me heartburn. I didn't used to eat so much sugar. This new diet is a big change. I will get my blood checked next Friday and find out whether it's making any difference. Maybe this blog will help someone else find out about low protein diets BEFORE their kidneys are too far gone.
Friday, April 27, 2007
Back at it
I've been back to the gym now 2 weeks in a row. Tonight I'll go for a quick cardio workout. Just 30 minutes and not too strenuous. I've read that a rigorous workout can make you hungrier afterwards. Even though it's better to work out w/ greater rigor because it has a longer term impact on raising your metabolism, in the short term, the impacts on hunger are greater. In order to stick with my low-protein diet, I have to really limit my caloric intake. I'm struggling with hunger and a strenuous workout would just make it more difficult. As it is I just manage to get about 1800-1900 kcals per day. I'm limiting my protein to just 30 grams per day, but I have gone over several times 5-6 grams or so. Today I discovered a several companies that manufacture low protein foods. They are kind of expensive, but considering the situation, it's worth it. Here they are:
http://www.cambrookefoods.com http://www.ener-g.com http://www.shsna.com http://www.dietspec.com
I placed an order with Cambrook foods. I'll let you know what I think of the food. Also, I have seen Ener-G brand foods in Whole Foods Markets. I thought it might be useful to make some recommendations concerning lower protein foods that can be purchase in normal grocery stores or health/specialty food markets. I'm finding that most of my shopping happens at health/speciality markets such as Whole Foods and Mother's. I found a brand of granola bar that has just 2 grams of protein per bar and 200 kcals from Health Valley brand. They are cookie bars with vanilla creme. They are super tasty, but the sugar can sometimes gives me heartburn. I didn't used to eat so much sugar. This new diet is a big change. I will get my blood checked next Friday and find out whether it's making any difference. Maybe this blog will help someone else find out about low protein diets BEFORE their kidneys are too far gone.
I placed an order with Cambrook foods. I'll let you know what I think of the food. Also, I have seen Ener-G brand foods in Whole Foods Markets. I thought it might be useful to make some recommendations concerning lower protein foods that can be purchase in normal grocery stores or health/specialty food markets. I'm finding that most of my shopping happens at health/speciality markets such as Whole Foods and Mother's. I found a brand of granola bar that has just 2 grams of protein per bar and 200 kcals from Health Valley brand. They are cookie bars with vanilla creme. They are super tasty, but the sugar can sometimes gives me heartburn. I didn't used to eat so much sugar. This new diet is a big change. I will get my blood checked next Friday and find out whether it's making any difference. Maybe this blog will help someone else find out about low protein diets BEFORE their kidneys are too far gone.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment