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I have read that fried foods may be a problem.

does this mean anything cooked in a frying pan or sauté?
chicken? fish? eggs? veggies?

in addition, if anyone can explain the problematic nature of such "fried" foods and how they may upset the gut, please let me know.

I have been working with my diet over the past 6 weeks with ups and downs but generally improving, thank G-d, as I tweak the diet more and more and become more knowledgeable about klebsiella, candidas, and what I seem to react to.

I appreciate any and all feedback.

blessings!

I think sauté-ing or stir frying veggies in a little oil is fine.

I think its the deep fried foods drenched in oil that they are talking about.

For Sure. Deep Fried, espeically anything battered is out. But you should be totally fine sauteing your fish, veggies, greens. I personally suggest coconut oil for cooking. It's anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, good with cooking heat, a great source of energy.

I agree with the comment on battered foods. That tends to be most problematic.

From a health standpoint, the types of oils you cook with can also be problematic - though not from a spondy standpoint.

Coconut oil is a great cooking oil because it has a very high smoke point. That's the downside of cooking with olive oil. If you heat it up enough, it breaks down and turns into bad cholesterol.

Another option is ghee. I particularly like to use ghee to sear fish or lamb in my cast iron skillet. Ghee is great because it has a very high smoke point.

For eggs, I fry in butter, sunny side up.

For veggies, I either use coconut oil (for most Asian vegetables, kale), olive oil (spinach, broccoli), or butter (chard). In my experience, the key with cooking with butter is cooking at a low heat so it doesn't burn. The same goes with olive oil.

Good luck!

Hello, MatthewPurple:



Some fried foods are not so bad, but in general frying denatures a portion of the fry oil, which creates compounds that affect the integrity of the gut. More importantly, the denatured oil changes character from "hydrophobic" to hydrophillic or hygroscopic; in such a case, instead of excluding moisture and excluding foods in the process of digestion which will naturally carry bacteria, the oil will coat the intestinal walls and conduct the wrong food characters directly into existing lesions.

It is important, when eating much fried food, to supplement with plenty of EFAs and especially EVOliveOil, borage seed oil (GLA), and flax and fish oils. These oils are more unctuous than deleterious, and serve a useful purpose.

Glad to have You join the group,
HEALTH,
John

thanks a lot. so I suppose it's best to minimize foods cooked in frying pan.

I second this post.

I agree with others: lightly sauteeing works best for me, high heat and charred spots equal trouble. Best wishes for cooking and enjoying!