What do you eat for breakfast??

[bluesky]

Hi everyone... I do my best to eat healthy or what I believe is healthy but recently upon learning more and more I think it's the opposite effect as I just discovered the oatmeal I'm eating has about 40% daily value of niacin in it. So not good I guess as I've just learned here that niacin is bad for rosacea. In addition to this I see the cereal I sometimes eat has about 30% daily value of niacin... again, not good. So, what is it that everyone here eats for a typical morning breakfast as I need to begin implementing some different foods?? Either that or purchase steel cut oats as opposed to instant ones. Also I'm recently learning that strawberries and blueberries are high in hystamine? This is extremely frustrating and I'm left wondering what can one eat!??


Currently for breakfast I eat oatmeal prepared with milk, with a handful of cut up strawberries, and a handful of blueberries tossed in. I also mix in 1 or 2 tablespoons of olive oil as I can't taste it mixed in and it's a great way to get additional healthy fats.

[GJ]

2 cups of coffee.

BTW Niacin is not bad for rosacea per se. If you do not flush within minutes of eating your oatmeal - and note that most rosaceans do not react to the pretty small amounts of niacin in breakfast cereals - then you are not making your rosacea worse by eating it.

[Melissa W]

2 cups of coffee.

BTW Niacin is not bad for rosacea per se. If you do not flush within minutes of eating your oatmeal - and note that most rosaceans do not react to the pretty small amounts of niacin in breakfast cereals - then you are not making your rosacea worse by eating it.

That's a good point yes:

[Vanessa]

Acidic doesn't mean that foods are bad for you, it just means that you need to have a balance of alkaline foods in your diet. You need to eat both acidic and alkaline to maintain a proper PH in your body. Having a proper PH boosts your immune system and fights against free radicals. Blueberries and strawberries are very good for you and high in antioxidants. You should continue to eat them, unless you're having a reaction to them. They also fight against free radicals in your body. I believe that an 80/20 ratio is what helps to keep body's PH balanced.


http://www.buzzle.com/articles/diet-for-rosacea.html

This link may give you some info that helps. Not sure if I attached this the right way but here it is.

[Vanessa]

Oops, Just realized that its histamine that your concerned about and not acidic vs alkaline.
Sorry, disregard my post. The link may still help. smile:

[redKen]

A big bowl of porridge oats soaked in milk and eaten as a cereal.

Nothing on God's earth could induce me to suffer the horror of actual porridge.

Ghastly stuff.

[GJ]

. Blueberries and strawberries are very good for you and high in antioxidants. You should continue to eat them, unless you're having a reaction to them. They also fight against free radicals in your body.

yes:

Lists of supposed rosacea trigger foods are not especially helpful. They spread fears and doubts quite needlessly.

[valby]

I have oats and protein powder with some psyllium husk. I wouldn't get too caught up in the "banned" foods list. Just see what works for you!

[badeliots]

Eggs- nature's perfect food.

[MissD]

2 cups of coffee.

BTW Niacin is not bad for rosacea per se. If you do not flush within minutes of eating your oatmeal - and note that most rosaceans do not react to the pretty small amounts of niacin in breakfast cereals - then you are not making your rosacea worse by eating it.

Echoing this. I usually have cereal, toast with peanut butter, or eggs for breakfast, all of which have niacin. It doesn't make me flush and you have to remember that it's essential for your health so don't try to avoid it.

[Yvette]

Hi -

Fresh fruit, cup of green tea, water with chlorphyll. Yum.. :)

Note: for acne prones - peanut butter can aggravate and cause acne.

Yvette

[MissD]

Note: for acne prones - peanut butter can aggravate and cause acne.

Yvette

Any studies to confirm this? I eat peanut butter almost daily and my acne, if you could even call it that at this point, is extremely mild to non-existent and I used to be pretty damn acne prone.

[fut]

Well i've been living in vegas for the last two weeks at the Encore hotel and casino - i've either been eating an organic egg ommellette or an organic salmon, drenched in butter.

[bluesky]

Thanks everyone for the replies, I'm still eating my oatmeal and fruit, I don't notice any adverse affects aside from the initial during and after-post red from moving my mouth but that happens everytime I eat or move my mouth, smiling etc. I turn red, it doesn't really look like a flush, irritation or something from the movement, I'm not sure. Thanks again though!

[Crystal brian]

Eggs with bread perfect food.

[skwpt]

Two cups of black coffee.

I rarely eat breakfast during breakfast hours. I simply do not get hungry until around 11 AM, and I refuse to stuff food down just because it is the appointed hour.

I also have sensitivities to gluten and dairy, so that knocks out a lot of traditional breakfast foods. Eggs are fine, but I don't want to eat them every day lest I develop new sensitivities to them.

About the only "meat" I could handle before noon would be something disguised in soup or cold grilled salmon with blueberries.

I hope as my metabolism heals I'll develop a more normal appetite in the morning, but right now I go with my hunger levels and eat only when I feel hunger.

To the oatmeal eater: in the OP: Doesn't oatmeal contain just ... oats? I've never heard of fortified oatmeal, unless you count the envelopes of pre-sweetened Quaker Oat stuff, and I don't think of that as real food.

[Auburn]

I've never heard of fortified oatmeal, unless you count the envelopes of pre-sweetened Quaker Oat stuff, and I don't think of that as real food.

You piqued my curiosity smile: I eat a cup of steel cut oats a few times a week, to which I add a bit of raw honey and heavy cream, but I really had no idea that a cup of cooked plain oats was so nutritious. Take a look:

From NutritionData (http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/breakfast-cereals/1598/2): Oats, regular and quick and instant, unenriched, cooked with water (includes boiling and microwaving), without salt.

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http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/ss34/Ecott2009/Oats3.jpg

http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/ss34/Ecott2009/Oats1.jpg

[Barbara]

Banana or apple and water. I'm not hungry in the morning and actually feel sick in my stomach if I eat bread or cereals. Sometimes I really have the appetite to eat cooked vegetables but that would be a little bit to time consuming at that time of the day. Once my japanese friends cooked a traditional japanese breakfast for me. Rice, vegetables,eggrolls, tofu all extremly fat free. I really enjoyed that even without beeing hungry...but then it was on a sunday morning around 10AM, so more like a brunchgathering:

[skwpt]

Auburn-NH, it always surprised me at how much protein is in plain oat bran! Sometimes I mix an ounce (dry) into plain, full- fat yogurt with berries the night before and eat it for breakfast the next day.

Oh. My. God. It's like dessert.

[Auburn]

I mix an ounce (dry) into plain, full- fat yogurt with berries the night before and eat it for breakfast the next day. Oh. My. God. It's like dessert.

That sounds terrific, Skwpt! smile: You probably use (instant?) rolled oats, yes? I buy steel cut oats but I don't think that would work without cooking it first. I'll get some rolled oats soon.

How much yogurt per ounce of dry oat?

[skwpt]

That sounds terrific, Skwpt! smile: You probably use (instant?) rolled oats, yes? I buy steel cut oats but I don't think that would work without cooking it first. I'll get some rolled oats soon.

How much yogurt per ounce of dry oat?

No steel cut oats would be like chewing leather! I use organic oat bran, which I get from Trader Joe's. The texture is similar to Cream of Wheat. I bet Bob's Red Mill makes some, which you can get at any WFS.

Here's my actual magic combo:

8 ounces of plain, nonfat yogurt
1 ounce of oat bran
Sweetener to taste (I use stevia)
8 ounces cut-up fruit of choice

Mix all well and and let sit over night in the fridge to soften the bran.

In the summer, I use fresh berries, but after berry season passes, I just plop frozen, organic berries in, and they melt overnight.

[Melissa W]

That sounds delicious skwpt yes:

[Auburn]

Thanks a bunch, Skwpt smile:

I don't think I've ever had oat bran. Will look for it when I go to TJ's next week.

Your magic combo does sound like dessert. Can't wait to taste it.

BTW, how the heck do you pronounce your screen name? unsure:

[Twickle Purple]

I am always interested in what other people are eating. How pathetic is that? Don't answer. I really struggle with food and breakfast is the hardest. Right now I am having 2 cut up grapefruits. Interesting about the oatmeal. My husband eats it every morning and the smell makes me nauseous. Sometimes, I react terribly to the stuff. But given enough syrup or juice I can get it down well enough. I must give the steel cut oats a try to see if they are more tolerable.

I sound out skwpt as skwipt, like script with a lithp.

[Melissa W]

I sound out skwpt as skwipt, like script with a lithp.
laugh: Me too LOL



I don't think I ever answered the question about what I eat for breakfast so here it is:

I don't eat a formal breakfast per se. I wake up and have 2 cups of coffee and take my Oracea. About 2 hours later I have a banana and some almonds. On workdays I bring some fruit and dried cereal with me (I hate milk) and eat it in the late mornings. So I guess you could say I have breakfast all morning long laugh:

[Auburn]

So I guess you could say I have breakfast all morning long laugh:

laugh: grin: laugh:

Looks like I never answered the question, either, Melissa. (BTW, I know milk makes you sick: so just skip down!)

Let's see... This is what I've been having for breakfast for the past two months. Every day I have a few ounces of either kombucha or beet kvass plus:

A slice of 100% whole wheat bread with butter or peanut butter; topped with a bit of raw honey and a cup of coffee with raw cream or just a glass of raw milk.

or

A cup of steel cut oatmeal with either raw cream or butter and sweetened with natural maple syrup.

or

A cup of quinoa with coconut butter or raw cream and natural maple syrup.

[skwpt]

My screen name is an old college joke, but I'd be too embarrassed to tell you what it means. How about you just call me Kelly. ;-)

Meanwhile, would it be completely out of the question to leave a subliminal hint with the SuperMODels that we want an area on this forum to swap food ideas/recipes?

(ugh. did I just write that horribly constructed sentence?)

[Auburn]

Hi Twickle Purple hi:,

I must give the steel cut oats a try to see if they are more tolerable.

You know, when I decided to incorporate a number of new (to me) foods into my diet, I was pretty sure that some of them would be pretty hard to get used to and steel cut oats and quinoa sounded like it might take a lifetime to develop a taste for. Cry: Actually, it wasn't that bad at all.

The steel cut oats taste like, well, oats, of course, but their texture is completely different. If you decide to give them a try, soaking them overnight will help. Stir a 1/2 cup of oats in a 1/2 cup of water plus a 1/4 cup of whey. Cover and leave on the counter. Next morning transfer to a pot, add 1/2 cup of water and bring to a boil. Cook on low for a few minutes or until desired "chewiness." Sweeten with syrup.

By the way, TP, in a recent post you wrote that 95% of the people here don't know you. Well, I'm happy to be in the 5% who do and I am even happier to see you posting here again because it was one of your great posts what caught my attention one day back in March, when I was trying to figure out what the heck had just happened to my face. A few days later I joined the forum. glomp:

[Twickle Purple]

Hi Auburn-NH,

Thank you for your kind comment, you made my day. kiss: You landed in a fantastic place. The wealth of information contained on this site is amazing. It's been a real life saver for me.

Perfect timing on the steel cut oats tip! laugh: Thanks! I am sitting in bed and was planning to google what I am supposed to do with that strange looking bag of oats I bought at the health food store tonight. After reading your instructions I do wonder how palatable this is going to be tongue: . I'm game though, so I'm off to get them soaking.

[phlika29]

I have never heard of steel cut oats and nor have I ever seen whey for sale in the shop. Other countries have much better food availablemad1:laugh:

I have porridge oats in the winter to which I add soya milk, bring to the boil and then stir in some honey and banana. In the summer I just have the banana.

[Melissa W]

leave a subliminal hint with the SuperMODels that we want an area on this forum to swap food ideas/recipes?
I like this idea. I wonder if the diet and lifestyle section could work for this?
We could make the thread a sticky so it appears at the top and is easy to find.
Thoughts and improvements on this idea are welcome yes:

[Auburn]

I have never heard of steel cut oats and nor have I ever seen whey for sale in the shop. Other countries have much better food availablemad1:laugh:

It's an Irish thing (http://www.mccanns.ie/).

I don't know if many stores carry whey. It's not something most people would buy, I guess, because it's easily made at home (http://www.healthy-green-lifestyle.com/whey.html).

[phlika29]

This is great, thankyou very much. I am going to try making wheyyes: will have to have a search around for the steel cut oats, I wonder if it goes by the name of something else in the UK.

The quinoa breakfast sounds intriguing but again not sure I can get coconut butter

[skwpt]

will have to have a search around for the steel cut oats, I wonder if it goes by the name of something else in the UK.

Just look for oatmeal or Irish oatmeal. The 'steel cut' part will probably in smaller print.

The quinoa breakfast sounds intriguing but again not sure I can get coconut butter

What is coconut butter? I know of coconut cream (the lovely fatty stuff on top of the cans of coconut milk) and coconut oil, which is solid at room temperature (unless it's really hot in the house), but I do not know what coconut butter is.

Coconut oil should be easy to find.

[Auburn]

This is great, thankyou very much. I am going to try making wheyyes:

You'll love the resulting yogurt cheese (same as "Greek style" yogurt that stores charge so much for! wink1:)

Incidentally, if you weigh down the yogurt, you'll get a thicker cheese and more whey (place a saucer over the yogurt in the colander, fill a jar with water and balance it on the saucer).

will have to have a search around for the steel cut oats, I wonder if it goes by the name of something else in the UK.

Looks like (http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=%22coarse+grain+oatmeal%22+uk&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8) over there it's called "coarse grain oatmeal" and Holland and Barrett carries it (your local health food shop may have).

The quinoa breakfast sounds intriguing but again not sure I can get coconut butter

In the UK it's available online here (http://www.red23.co.uk/Raw-Organic-Coconut-Butter-454g_p_1129.html), hopefully the health food shops carry it too.

BTW, the quinoa needs to be rinsed and soaked overnight: 1 cup quinoa, 1/4 cup whey, 1 cup water. In the morning transfer to a pot and add 1/2 cup water, bring to a boil and then simmer on low until it thickens. Remove from heat and add the coconut butter (or regular butter or cream) and sweeten to taste (the coconut butter is slightly sweet).

[Auburn]

What is coconut butter?

It's made from fresh coconut meat. The Artisana brand is excellent, health food stores carry it. Here it is (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000WV153I/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=3725102487&ref=pd_sl_a6dqr7w6f_e), on Amazon.

[Auburn]

I like this idea. I wonder if the diet and lifestyle section could work for this?
We could make the thread a sticky so it appears at the top and is easy to find.
Thoughts and improvements on this idea are welcome yes:

Is there a way to make a sub-forum for "rosacea friendly meals" and then divide it into, say, "breakfast and snacks" and "main meals"? I think it'd be easier for people to search (and, hopefully, not too complicated for the mods). smile:

[Twickle Purple]

Auburn-NH, thanks so much for the great tips!

I made the steel cut oats, 4 to 1, and it was awesome! I did some more digging through google to get an idea of what to add to it. Whey makes me break out -- as do most things that are delicious and nutritious it seems. mad1:

I did learn though that I would need to add a bit of protein to realize the full nutritional benefit of the oats and went out to look for Greek Yoghurt this morning. No luck. So I bought Balkin style and hung it in cheese clothe while the oatmeal was cooking. What an awesome combination of flavours. We added a maple syrup and it was perfect. This is surely going to be what I will have in the mornings for as long as I can tolerate it. I have tins of coconut milk so will experiment -- maybe even add some cardamom and go for pure decandence!

Last night I had a salad of curried quinoa with raisins and pine nuts with dinner. The quinoa is bland but takes flavours well. Certainly something I will play with.

I have never heard of steel cut oats and nor have I ever seen whey for sale in the shop. Other countries have much better food available

I have porridge oats in the winter to which I add soya milk, bring to the boil and then stir in some honey and banana. In the summer I just have the banana.


Sarah, porridge oats are whole oats (groats) that have been steamed, rolled, toasted then steamed again (someone please correct that if I've got it wrong). Groats look like rice and take a long time to cook. The steel cut oats are groats chopped course with blades. Sounds fancier calling them "steel" cut oats instead of boring old cut oats I suppose.

[phlika29]

Thankyou for the explanation TPsidehug:

Now can anyone explain the difference between between oatbran and oatmealblink: are they the same thing?

[Auburn]

Oat bran is the outer husk of the oat grain. Oatmeal is ground oat groats.

[phlika29]

thankyou for your reply, so they arent the same huh: I love all these great recipe ideas yes: and will draw the thread to warren's attention, he might have some suggestions as to the best way to set up a sticky/sub forum.

[Auburn]

Auburn-NH, thanks so much for the great tips!

You are very welcome! smile:

This is surely going to be what I will have in the mornings for as long as I can tolerate it.

That's wonderful! smile:

If you think you'll be eating the oats regularly, consider soaking overnight (this neutralizes phytic acid -mostly found in the outer hull of seeds- thus enhancing vitamin absorption by significantly increasing enzymes which allows the nutrients to be more easily metabolized) with a little piece of the cheese, if straight whey is a no-no.

Last night I had a salad of curried quinoa with raisins and pine nuts with dinner. The quinoa is bland but takes flavours well. Certainly something I will play with.

That sounds delicious! I'll make it tomorrow, as a side dish.

[Auburn]

thankyou for your reply

You are welcome! smile:

will draw the thread to warren's attention, he might have some suggestions as to the best way to set up a sticky/sub forum.

Great! Thanks. yes:

[Melissa W]

Is there a way to make a sub-forum for "rosacea friendly meals" and then divide it into, say, "breakfast and snacks" and "main meals"? I think it'd be easier for people to search (and, hopefully, not too complicated for the mods). smile:

The thing is we don't want too many subsections as then it gets a bit confusing to navigate around. I have posted your suggestion for the rest of the mods and Warren to read and let's see what they think yes: