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[Dax Moy]

What's your number one elimination diet question?

Post it here and I'll answer it every time I come online

[Dax Moy]

Hi Rachel

Yes, I fully appreciate the balancing of costs alongside family eating preferences AND trying to maintain a healthy eating approach. We have 4 kids from 20 down to 8 years and believe me, we didn't always find this easy of cost effective. Especially years ago when I had more kids than money : )

The way we figured it is this...

Most denatured food is expensive. It doesn't seem it but it is.

Because the food is low in nutrients it means that we tend to eat more of the stuff in order to get our daily nutrition from it. We eat more frequently AND more in terms of portion size too.

But we never really get full.

When we eat healthier, purer organic based foods it costs more initially, but the nutrients get into our bodies faster and do their job quicker meaning that we are satiated faster and we don't feel the need for more food.

What we found as a family was that although we seemed to buy less for our money when buying organic, it lasted longer and, in the long run, was far cheaper than buying biscuits, cakes and all the other stuff all the time.

We actually saved money by buying organic.

Give it a go for a week and see how it goes.

Hope that helps : )

Dax
www.londonpersonaltrainingstudio.com

[Martyn Pugh]

Whats the full shopping list for week 1 of the plan ?

I am unemployed with a wife & 2 kids (they are not overweight) so I cant clear out the cupboards. I plan to have my own area in the kitchen so I wont touch their stuff.

With such a small food budget I need a rough idea of how much money I need to spend on the plan each week. Also I have the michelle mcmanus dvd is this the exercise routines I should follow as my main problem areas is the belly & chest, I read your article about cortisole so I assume these exercises will be what I need to do

I know I can do this I just need to get started, look forward to your advice

many thanks

Martyn

[Rachel Guest]

Dax,

I am not the main earner in the family, at the moment all I get are tax credits, so it is very much up to my other half whether or not I do this. He said he would support me so long as I got the thumbs up from my diet nurse.

She doesn't think it's a good idea. (But yet she wants me to cut things like ham, butter etc from my diet and practically have me on 0 fat, and wants me on diet pills.)

Is there someone you can recommend I talk to, or some kind of letter/tactic that I can use to convince my diet nurse?

I'd been waiting for this diet appointment to start the diet and I'm so disappointed now. :(

[Dax Moy]

Hi Rachel

I wonder what her objections are. It's just a clean diet...

Dax

[Rachel Guest]

Her objection is that she doesn't believe omitting things from my diet like that is a good idea. I explained everything to her. I'd have printed it off but I'm out of ink.

Next time I see her I'll take a printed copy and make her look at it. I'm going to try her approach so it doesn't look like I'm being unreasonable (she wants me on a low-fat diet with diet pills). When that doesn't work I'll push harder.

[Dax Moy]

Hmm, a NURSE wants you on diet pills rather than switching to a healthy eating plan?

I'm a little baffled as to how any health practitioner can prescribe pills as a FIRST resort?

If this were your child would you tell them to eat clean, healthy fruit, veg lean meats and fish or would you encourage them to take pills?

Odd, is all I can say!

Odd, is all I can say

[Deanna Spangler]

Quick question.....Is brown rice, sweet potatoes and yams allowed. If soo how much? and what time of day do you recommend eating them. thanks deanna

[Stefanie F]

Am I ok to have 'Pertwood Farm organics' wheat free Museli's?

And also Nairns oatcakes?

Many Thanks!

[jennifer mooney]

I don't have the exercises i need to be doing . How do I get them?