The Experiment Begins

I got a call from the Naturopath doctor yesterday and my stool tests came back all negative! Praise the Lord! They still don't know what's wrong, though. She asked if I knew of anything for sure that my body doesn't like and I said, "Corn and high amounts of corn starch." She said to stay on the diet and then if I've had a good week, to try a food that I'm not supposed to have and see what my body does. I'm supposed to keep a detailed food journal of what I've eaten and how my body felt and I'm meeting with her in 4 weeks to discuss it. I'm praying the list of foods my body doesn't like will be very short. This morning, I put maple syrup on my buckwheat + rice flour pancakes, so I have already started the experiment. On a side note, it was so great to actually talk to the doctor instead of the receptionist! With medical doctors, that rarely ever happens.

I have also discovered in my research that corn is hidden in SO many foods. I found out that baking powder is made from corn. How do you bake without baking powder? Put in half the amount of baking soda and a tiny bit of vinegar and it works perfectly! You would never be able to tell! The first ingredient of my egg substitute is corn starch, so for every egg in a recipe, you just add one tbsp of olive oil instead. Again, it works great! I'm so thankful that there are so many substitutes and alternatives.

Here are a couple of short videos of the kids, just because I haven't put any on here in a while! The first one is from October and the 2nd one is from November.