WHAT do you eat?

hi folks,

I'm often asked "what do you eat?" and then I have to explain myself.

About 20 years ago I was diagnosed with lactose intolerance. Lactose is milkprotein derived from cow's milk ... it's a sweetener.
I remember as a youngster now and then having to vomit after drinking hot chocolate or feeling really lousy after eating cream, butter, ... suffering from headaches, fatigue and bloating... with the years the symptoms became more severe : the fatigueness seemed never to leave me and I had always diarrhea.
My social life suffered, my self-esteem suffered, my schoolresults suffered... but no one knew what was wrong with me.

Then my GP put me on different diets. Two diets immediately helped, eliminating wheat products and milkproducts. I wish it was that easy.
Have you ever read the small print on your food packages?
You should, half of it is not understandable if you haven't studied nutrition. And almost every product contains milk protein in some form; milk powder, milk sugar... and so I discovered lactose is almost in everything that goes in our mouth, check it out, crisps, ham, margarine, müesli, spaghettisauce, sports drinks ... even medications.

Since then I have been battling with food, a love-hate relationschip.
I have eliminated everything sometime in my life.
There was my vegetarian time, my vegan time, my wheatfree time, my soy-free time, and always my lactose-free time. Last year I realized I cannot digest eggs anymore. People got/get tired with me, what is it this time you are not eating? And then they ask me WHAT DO YOU EAT?

So the second picture at the top is a meal I prepared for myself inspired by lovely Elena Brower, an anusara yogateacher from US.
Most of the time I try to prepare meals with vegetables, legumes, potatoes, spelt, quinoa, rice, soy... This picture has sauerkraut, avocado, cucumber, beansprouts, pumpkin seeds... And after eating it I felt nourished and healthy.

One kitchen item has brought me a lot of delight and that is my MAGIMIX juicer. In a whink I juice green drinks from celery, cucumber, broccoli stems... (see my first entry 'a sunny day') or selfmade applejuice (see top picture)... absolutely delicious. I recommend a juicer to everyone ... especially if you feel like you have eaten too little vegetables lately, a green drink quickly fixes that.

I will tell you more about my foodadventures ( raw food) in coming blogs.

Bon appetit,
Kristina