Frustrations! GERD, Masks and Carrageenan

I'll start with the good news: my Thanksgiving vacation didn't give me COVID. Since I don't have any major risk factors and I'm not 80 years old, I'm not surprised. Yesterday I was able to whip the yard into shape with the mower, rake, hedge trimmers and a sawzall. It was a beautiful sunny day, like winter in Denver, and most of my coworkers who give me work were in training. I was outdoors in a t-shirt. The thyroid problems seem like they're behind me.

But my GERD is back. After coming back from Ohio, I bought a magazine full of delicious looking keto recipes and made some of them: keto pound cake, keto brunch, keto enchiladas, and keto broccoli soup. The last two were heavenly going down--then they started pushing up acid. It's thought to be too much bacteria that creates gas and causes GERD; I wonder if the culture in the cheese has something to do with it, too.

Cheese: my love for you is way out of line.

So I was suffering after having the enchiladas for lunch today. Then I went for training on some new machines at work, while standing and wearing a mask. After half an hour, I was so light-headed I had to lie down on the floor in my office for ten minutes. If I had to wear a mask all day, I'd have to find another job.

I've also had to either return or throw out groceries. This morning, it was a carton of organic cream contaminated with carrageenan. Readers may recall that carrageenan put me in an ambulance once. Yesterday, I had to return a raw chicken because it had carrageenan. When I went back to the store, I looked at the roast chickens. They were laced with carrageenan, too. WHY? I can understand adding salt for flavor and to preserve them. But an inflammatory? I ended up buying some thighs from what I knew to be an Amish farm.

Wanting some uncontaminated cream, I went to Trader Joe's on the way home from work tonight, but they were "close [sic] due to reasons beyond our control." I backtracked and went to Whole Paycheck. They had cream-that's-just-cream and chicken-that's-just-chicken. They may be about to get more business from me.

Comments

Lowcarb team member said…

Pleased to read that your Thanksgiving was all ok :)

So good that you were able to purchase some cream-that's-just-cream and chicken-that's-just-chicken!

All the best Jan

December 11, 2020

Lori Miller said…

I ran over something on the highway on the way to Trader Joe's and woke up to a flat tire this morning. At least my GERD is gone!

December 11, 2020

Lori Miller said…

Thanks, Jan. It shouldn't be that hard to find food that's just the food!

December 11, 2020

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