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hi, Im a british new member and Im totally confused with some abbreviations or terminology. Can anybody help? What is ‘raw’ milk? what does swg short for? I’m sure all will become clear, and looking forward to spending the next few days reading and properly preparing for new year, new me… Thanks.
Glad I am not the only one!The podcast I listened to was spoken in an English accent so thought this was a British web site. As its not,I can already see there are going to be some issues.
A lot of the recipes have ingedients we dont have (moonfruit???), porrige made with other than oats! Canadian bacon is listed & am assuming it’s our bacon, but cant be sure & who uses dried egg or egg substitute? So please give us some help. Is raw milk unpasturised milk? what is swg? Many thanks in advance.Me too. I am a fellow Brit,and am frustrated with the weights and measures. I mean, what on earth is a ‘cup of vegetables’? Or fruit, etc. This site is not internationally ‘friendly’!!
Me too. I’m confused by some of the cheeses- what is string cheese for example and raw hard cheese? Is that unpasterised cheese?
I don’t think we can legally buy milk in this country that hasn’t been pasturised – at least that’s what a local farmer told me. I like milk with my cereal and in my tea and coffee. I can’t digest pasta or rice. It bloats me so I’m struggling with my menus. I have no problem with meat, veg or fruit. I like having homemade soups with wholegrain bread at lunchtime with fresh fruit or yogurt. I like potato with my evening meal. I need some help here. The menus I have been given just make me feel sick.
Raw dairy is indeed unpasteurized (and unhomogenized). You can see where to buy it through this site http://www.realmilk.com/where. However, organic fortified skim dairy can be substituted.
String cheese is mozzarella like a frankfurter,about four inches (10 cm) long – when you eat it, you can pull it apart in little strings. It is available in the UK, sometimes in supermarkets, often in Middle Eastern specialty shops.
1 cup means 8 fluid ounces or 240 ml (cc) – of cut pieces in the case of vegetables.
SWG is an abbreviation for sprouted whole grains, grains that were allowed to mature so that they are more easily digested and their nutritional value is more available to the body.
As for grain intolerances, the Menu Planner application is set up for these issues, and you can check out the variety of grains, including millet, quinoa, spelt, kamut, amaranth, barley, and bulgur, not to mention starch vegetables such as potatoes, yams, and corn – no need to be stuck with pasta or rice, just choose whatever you want for any meal you want.
I hope this helps.Thank you Ossie – unless living close to a dairy farm the real milk is not an option for most of us in the UK but the organic is. Still have our milk delivered by a milkman (glass bottles on the doorstep) so will also have a word with gim – he does deliver orgnanic.
Not too UK friendly! There seems to be an opion to add recipes – so when I next make favourite meals will take a photo and add to the list. That way we can have some British options.If more Brits share recipes then it will make life (& food shopping) easier! Dont see a curry anywhre! The SWG is a new one for me! If passing an Ikea they have a lovely wholegrain bread (boxed ingedients, easy & takes about 1.5 hours to make – delicious.
Hi everyone. Thankyou for your replies. I have sourced the bread on amazon, but ÂŁ28 for 6, so need to freeze and just use for toast with my scrambled eggs. Thanks for the tips on the ‘string cheese’ The cup measures, I find quite easy, they sell cup measures in most cookery shops and of course amazon. I have deleted some of my choices in the diet plan to make it a little easier. So getting my food in and sticking to my menu for next week. I completely understand the cooking from scratch being the best way, having read a little on how they disguse sugar as fructose etc. So thanks again and any further handy tips will be greatly received.
Hi Ossie, i’m in the UK, we have something here called cheese strings which sounds similar to what you are saying however I wouldn’t want to eat it. It’s made for kids and will be full of additives. Can we substitute with mozzarella? Thanks.
After listning to the video I was so positive this would be a great one to join…I am so disappointed none of the reciepies are Brit friendly..reading what my fellow Brit members are writing in this forum I think we all are having a problem with knowing what is what and if we substitute with a food that we think may be an equivalent we may be getting it all wrong and the diet will not work! Would be nice for some feed back from Trim Down Club personnel and not just its members
Hi, Phil – yes, absolutely. String cheese is indeed mozzarella, and it is better to eat the purest form, without additives.
Hi, SpecialAK. Do you have some specific questions? In the meantime, below are links that may help you find the foods on the program. People in all corners of the globe here acknowledge that many of the foods recommended are new to them – these are the foods found to be most supportive of optimal metabolism, and we want to encourage people to expand their horizons in this area.
Whole Foods Market (UK, US, Canada)
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/list
Stores and online shoppingNatural Food Finder (UK)
http://www.naturalfoodfinder.co.uk/
Links (including to raw dairy suppliers)Goodness Direct – “Shop By Aisle” (UK)
http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/frameset/script/home.html
OnlineHealthy Supplies (UK)
http://www.healthysupplies.co.uk/
OnlineSeeds of Health (UK)
http://www.seedsofhealth.co.uk/resources/
Links to grass-fed meat and raw dairy producersAthleat (UK)
Grass-fed meats (including some out-of-the-ordinary)Grass-Feed Beef Now (UK)
http://www.grassfedbeefnow.com/
LinksGreen Pasture Farms (UK)
http://www.greenpasturefarms.co.uk/
Grass-fed/free-range meatsWhitfield Farm Organics (UK)
http://www.whitfieldfarmorganics.co.uk/
Grass-fed/organic meats; onlineGrass-Fed Meats (UK)
http://paleohacks.com/questions/36288/grass-fed-meat-in-central-london-uk#axzz23tpC0WCE
List and linksBreadlink – The Home of Organic Sprouted Flours (UK)
http://www.breadlink.co.uk/
OnlineRaw dairy (Global)
http://www.realmilk.com/where03.html
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