Soul Food!

Romans 12:1  ....by the mercies of God, present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God which is your spiritual worship. 

Food, food, food!  This is definitely a subject that is an on-going project.  If you haven’t already watched the web page on how Lyme disease attacks your body, do it now,  then you’ll understand why food is so important.  The days of ordering a pizza are over for a long time.  Everything Lynde eats and drinks has to have a medicinal purpose.  One of the things Brad’s mom, Helenann, has done this week is peruse a website called - www.ziplist.com.  If you like (or need) to cook, you’ll love it.  It has every kind of recipe you’d want - the ones Lynde can eat as well as “normal” recipes, and it helps you even make a shopping list at your favorite grocery store.  She’s working on a collection of recipes from this site that are as simple as possible to prepare and extremely healthy in order to fight the Lyme disease.  The trick; however, is everything needs to be chopped, sliced, and put together.  This takes time - no pre-prepped food from the supermarket.  As a result, our goal has been to leave Brad (a great cook, but with a full time job) with some veggies already cut up and stored in the freezer, so when we’re on our way back to Michigan, Brad & Lynde will have a small storehouse for a few recipes.  By the grace of God, it also looks like some of God’s helpers are going to do some cutting and freezing for him once our supply runs out.  Praise God again.  He’s amazing how He works in the hearts of His people.

The basic rule for all her food is:

Protein, Low Carb, Gluten free, Sugar free & Organic

No Nightshade Foods: tomato products, eggplant, bell peppers (red or green), chili pepper, paprika

And, No Deadly Whites: white rice, white flour, white sugar, white potatoes

What basics can she eat?

Organic Vegetables - anything green
Organic Fruits (Fresh/Frozen): Green Apples, Lemon, small amounts of berries

Organic Meats (Chicken/Beef)

Low Mercury Fish - Sockeye Salmon

Nuts (Sunflower, Almonds, Pumpkin Seeds, chestnuts, brazil nuts, coconut) - NO PEANUT or peanut based products

Dairy (Organic Eggs, Goat cheese and other various cheeses, unsweetened milks - rice milk, almond milk, coconut milk) - NO Regular Milk

Organic canned Beans (any kind of beans, but not too much because of starch and candida)

Grains (Quinoa, Lundberg rice cakes, Wild Rice, Black Rice)

Condiments - No=Mayo, Ketchup, Syrup / Yes=Mustard, Garlic, seasonings (No red/bell pepper based seasonings)

As you can see, meals seem limited; however, it takes a lot of research, and researching is just what Helenann and Lynde (on good days) are doing.   This eating style will need to last for years.  Lyme disease is not a disease that is quickly over, the bacteria (cooties as Lynde refers to them) hang on and multiply when the “wrong” foods feed them. 

Meanwhile, the cost of organic foods are a high expense (compare the prices at Krogers).  The pantry at Brad and Lynde’s has been revamped.  The ketchup and sodas have been thrown out.  No more green bean casserole unless it is modified to be gluten free!!