PCOS Diet

[skillet04]

Posting here in case someone down the road has the same question:

After reading the best-worst foods and post on fats and how they sway,

I wonder about making baked goods with almond or coconut flour....would one or the other be pink and AFD friendly? Or if one forgos wheat in favor of white rice/potato, would rice or potato flour work in recipes and still work the same way?

Of course any "baking" done this way would have egg whites that need to be factored into the days tally (unless egg replacer or equavilant could be used?)

Any bakers out there and others with macro know how have tips?

TIA

[maidentomother]

Yep, rice/potato flours in place of wheat in baking is the same principle. Tapioca flour is another good replacement for wheat that is pink friendly.

I'd say both almond & coconut flour sway blue, with almond being more pink friendly. Some almond flour/meal in moderation is fine for pink though. Garbanzo bean or other ground legume meal would be a good pink alternative to nut/coconut flour, and works well in baking.

Any egg white used in baking needs to be counted, yes.

[skillet04]

Re beans for flour...probably not ok on AFD since it says no beans or legumes...?

But if anyone is having an egg white as a protein source here is a recipe to have chocolate cake...no flour...says can use milk of choice...and sweetener too as I have used Splenda packet.

“All for One” Grain Free Chocolate Cake

[maidentomother]

Oops yep no legumes on AFD.

[atomic sagebrush]

Posting here in case someone down the road has the same question:

After reading the best-worst foods and post on fats and how they sway,

I wonder about making baked goods with almond or coconut flour....would one or the other be pink and AFD friendly? Or if one forgos wheat in favor of white rice/potato, would rice or potato flour work in recipes and still work the same way?

Of course any "baking" done this way would have egg whites that need to be factored into the days tally (unless egg replacer or equavilant could be used?)

Any bakers out there and others with macro know how have tips?

TIA

On the AFD they are ok to use but I would probably not have them more than 3-5 times a week. Jsut because they are very nutritious.

Potato and rice flour are ok. But if you are on AFD for PCOS, it might be better to eat whole potatoes instead because they ahve the fiber and will be better for your blood sugar levels.

Egg whites do need to be counted but are a good way to get protein if you are lacking it.

[skillet04]

Had another thought ..I know it says to have yogurt once a day...but yogurt has probiotics in it...and this forum says probiotics sway blue...just confused is all...thanks for understanding how I could be confused.

[atomic sagebrush]

The probiotics that are in yogurt are virtually all killed off by your stomach acid and do not make it into your intestines to set up shop. Probiotic PILLS are designed either to be the type of microbe that can withstand stomach acid or else in a pill form where the pill is designed to survive the stomach acid and not dissolve to release the microbes until it's in your intestine.

It is not the probiotics alone that sway, it is that they hang out in your intestines and make nutrients and also help you absorb other nutrients.

The reason why I have you guys do yogurt is because it is well tolerated by virtually everyone. People who are lactose intolerant can eat yogurt but not milk. The trick is the full fat dairy, it does't have to be yogurt if you don't like it.

[skillet04]

Atomic thank you for clearing up how the different forms of delivery to the gut ensure the probiotic live a bility...now activia has been debunked hahaha

Does stomach acid kill the good probiotics in kombucha or other fermented food/drinks?

[atomic sagebrush]

Well, a little bit makes it through but not enough to affect a sway. Most people are eating yogurt but it was only the probiotics in pill form that seemed to be affecting sways negatively. So Activia may help over time with stomach issues and it may have the kind of probiotics that are more likely to surivive stomach acid in them.

Yes, it can kill probiotics in other fermented foods as well but there are tons of different types and we are not sure how any of them sway.