Comments on: New member. What to feed my kids??

By: Terri Regan

Terri Regan — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 04:44:26 +0000

And I’ve never seen you judge the people that don’t agree with
you.

By: jacobs100

jacobs100 — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:44:33 +0000

In a message dated 3/14/2004 2:59:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Hestia@… writes:
I don’t do both and I’m very serious about this diet. If you ask questions
on this list, you’ll get answers. That’s what makes this list so great. I’ve
learned a great deal about better health (and great recipes) that has nothing
to do with the BTD and I say keep it coming.

By: Terri Regan

Terri Regan — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:23:15 +0000

I can handle disagreement. “Suggesting” a different way of
eating in combination with BTD is fine. But the sense given here
is that if you DON’T do both, then you aren’t serious about doing
the BTD. And, as someone else besides myself pointed out, Dr
D’Adamo doesn’t promote food combining in his books or even on
his website.
I’m here for information on BTD, NOT food combining. Hence my
suggestion that if people feel the need to follow both then
another list wouldn’t be out of order.

By: jacobs100

jacobs100 — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 04:16:20 +0000

In a message dated 3/14/2004 1:42:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Hestia@… writes:
Just because they disagreed with you doesn’t mean they were thinking you were
a stupid idiot. We assume you are here for help and information. Bad
information does not get supported here because it leads to bad health. Email
posts
tend to be terse because you can’t see the person’s face. No one here thinks
you’re stupid but they won’t agree with you just to make you feel better if
they feel you’re wrong. Hey, I get handed my head about once a month but
that’s good because I want to be healthy not smoozed.

By: Terri Regan

Terri Regan — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 23:55:02 +0000

Well I certainly wouldn’t say you were being supportive. The
attitude that NOT doing it made me a stupid idiot shone right
through.
People that are just starting to eat the BTD, and learn all the
idiosyncricies and change the way they look at food, don’t need
the added complications of combining. Sure, once they’ve gotten
it down and have seen how they react to it they may want to add a
level. Or if the reason for this IS totally digestive it may
give a little more of an edge to the recovery. But not everyone
is doing this for the same reasons or want the same outcome.
Maybe a list for people doing BOTH BTD and combining is in order.

By: Terri Regan

Terri Regan — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:47:59 +0000

From: “Axel Hultman” Gretch the retch. Yeah! That’s it! You’re “Gretch the Retch!” Hey
hey, kids! Whoah whoah whoah whoah whoah! Ughhhh! I hope your
biegn mdniful of prepor food-cumbining, Gretchy-poo!
voice] Are you insane? [/Alec-Baldwin-whisper voice]
Check it out. Axel and Thomas agree on something. It’s fun to
pick on people that may not follow their food combining rules
along with the BTD.

By: Norman Kaufman

Norman Kaufman — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:46:06 +0000

Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 13:27:29 -0800
From: Subject: Re: New member. What to feed my kids??
Breakfast:
There are breakfast cereals that are without wheat and corn. Lately I have been
heating a little soy milk in the microwave, to pour over flax seed meal. It
thickens up pretty quick and make a tiny dish of hot cereal!Eggs. Pineapple. You
don’t have to insist that they eat what’s on the plate, but if there’s nothing
else *to* eat, they will be more likely to try new things. I didn’t give my five
children choices of junk food, and they all learned to eat everything. Four of
the five became salad freaks very young! I admit it is hard if the father is
eating junk all the time; that is my grandchildren’s problem, and they have a
hard time liking anything green.
You can slice bananas and spread each little disc with almond butter. These
are cute, too! Have they tried roasted pumpkin seeds? I have a jar of prunes on

my kitchen counter and it has become a tradition for the grandboys to ask for
one when they come over.
Even the picky grandchildren eat salad and raw veggies when they can use a
dressing or dip they like, so if you can find one without dairy that would be a
possibility…How about making an almond butter-based dressing, or just using
straight almond butter to dip raw veggies in? (I realize the two-year old
probably can’t handle the raw foods too well, yet.) The kids might be willing to
forego the grains if they could have a slice of dried pineapple–a real treat!
You could also slice sweet potatoes and bake them in the oven in pineapple
juice, to add sweetness and flavor. Most children like sweet potatoes if they
aren’t mushed up too much.
It’s all the rage these days to wrap lunchmeat in lettuce leaves….
Those are some ideas–but they key is, as one list member wrote about his
childhood, not to have junk in the house. Hunger is the best appetizer!
Good luck!
Gretchen
~~~~~~~~~
Uh oh. I don’t know… I just don’t know about you, Gretch. Gretch the retch.
Yeah! That’s it! You’re “Gretch the Retch!” Hey hey, kids! Whoah whoah whoah
whoah whoah! Ughhhh! I hope your biegn mdniful of prepor food-cumbining,
Gretchy-poo!
[looking directly into Gretchen’s eyes] [Alec-Baldwin-whisper voice] Are you
insane? [/Alec-Baldwin-whisper voice]

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:41:34 +0000

I lived for that morning glass of oj, but I switched cold turkey to
Organic Pineapple juice and within a week, the oj didn’t even look
edible to me. Now I also drink black cherry mixed 1/2 and 1/2 with
seltzer. I am currently only 50% compliant, partly because I am a
longtime vegetarian in a mixed A/O household and mostly because I’m
wimp who is resistant to change.
As for the two little ones not eating their veggies, I’m inclined to
say it’s a phase they will grow out of so just keep offering and
don’t force them to eat anything. A survey of my friends seems to
indicate that those of us who were forced to sit in front of a cold
plate of icky vegetables grew up with an unhealthy attitude towards
food and those who were never pressured were all eating well by thier
early teens. This seems to be true of my friends’ children as well.
One 13yo who lived off of mac&cheese, icecream and peanutbutter when
he was 3yo now prefers salads, steaks and has even been known to eat

sushi.
-Robin