Crohns, Gout and now Diabetes

Hello @smyler you sure are doing it tough.

It is not all doom and gloom tho

I get gout and I have been given warnings about plaque in my arteries (also known as hardened arteries) and it killed my brother with help from lots of booze.

First the bad news
Pasta, rice and potatoes are limited or off the menu if you are serious about a T2 friendly diet. Because carbs is what sends us high.

You are lucky, because you like cooking and the four specialist ingredients I use are.

Almond meal/flour - which is made from ground almond kernels
Coconut flour - which is made from coconut after the oil is removed
Xanthan gum - you can read about this on Wikipedia and it is a gluten replacement for nut flours
Fake sugar - you need a cooking one.

All these are available from our local major supermarket and enable me to make lo carb bakery products and other food.
If you have doubt about weight loss benefits of lo carb this is worth a read. http://authoritynutrition.com/23-studies-on-low-carb-and-low-fat-diets/

My next trick is I use some kitchen plug-ins to make cooking faster and easier.
microwave
flat sandwich toaster press I use it as a grease free frying pan it cooks from both sides I use spray oil for crisping and release
piemaker I use it to make cakes not pies

Other tips
Xanthan gum 1 teaspoon dissolved makes something like a cup of egg whites and can be used in cold mixed food as well as cooked food.

I bought wholesale bulk nut flours and nuts

The net has plenty of lo carb recipes but I am learning to adapt lo carb from ordinary recipes.

I treat experimental cooking as fun.








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I forgot we use a slow cooker and cook and freeze leftover for another day

You can avoid gout attacks if you reduce intake of purines so read up on purines. There are plenty of old wives tales about gout but it is all about purines and nothing much other than purines. Alc and caffeine aggravate it but purines cause gout.. We need some uric acid but excess brings on gout attacks purines are cumulative.

Might seem a silly suggestion but invest in some bedsocks. My understanding is that gout is casued by an excess of uric acid in the blood. The UA crystallises when an extremity, like feet, get cold. And the UA crystals build up in joints where the blood flow is constricted.

Think of it being similar to your water pipes in the middle of winter if not lagged. Over time the ice crystals which form as the water cools will block the pipe. By keeping your feet warm at all times it will reduce the potential for UA crystals forming and blocking the blood supply to toes and the like, reducing probability of gout attacks.