Hello, wle1:
maltodextrin, guar gum, and soy should be avoided. I don't know about corboxymethycellulose but there are many people who react to casein so sodium caseinate would not be a good thing at first, either.
When I first learned about the NSD, I was still taking my protein powder that had "soya isolate" and it was a DISASTER; my shoulder bursitis raged on for weeks after that! Whey has casein and plenty of it.
I do not trust anything in powder form, but Carol Sinclair said she does not react to mustard "flour" or garlic powder, so I will suppose they are somewhat safe, but even additives that adulterate our foods and are not shared with us--like starch in salt to keep it from clumping--are sometimes there in enough quantity to cause a severe flare.
Deli meats are very dangerous for all the added starch to hold the mixed up meats together. Careful with ALL fried foods, they rip up the intestines something fierce and any of our nemesis bacterium is drawn like a magnet into our active lesions, thanks to the denatured fry oils.
To put weight on, do the reverse of Atkins but stay within the NSD: Eat dessert after every meal if possible, work out and eat plenty of eggs and cheese is Your friend now, but try hard cheeses over the soft variety; in the early stages sometimes milk products can cause a flare.
Good Luck with it and don't worry at first the weight will come off; I have been NSD for over 10 years and the weight no longer comes off so easily (You can have all my excess if You want it...what's that shipping address?).
Bon appetit,
John
ATM I drink a lot of soy milk should I switch back to dairy milk? I started drinking soy because my doctor was saying that dairy milk was causing mucus to build up in my bronchiols (sp?).
About the "reverse atkins", it seems to me that would be putting on unhealthy weight no?
Wow so much new information... But now I look at my kitchen and cry.
