By Sharon Natoli, Accredited Practising Dietitian and Director of Food & Nutrition Australia.
Continuing our series of blogs on the role of milk throughout the different life stages, this blog highlights why dairy foods, including milk, are essential for growing teenagers.
By Sharon Natoli, Accredited Practising Dietitian and Director of Food & Nutrition Australia.
From the time we are born, milk sustains us, providing us with the nutrients we need to grow and develop. However the source, type and amount of milk will vary during our lifetime. This blog explores the role of milk in the diet of babies and toddlers.
Are you holding out on us? You are aren’t you? There’s no point keeping that recipe to yourself – share it with us and we’ll share ours with you!
Whether it’s a great recipe you found on a blog the other day, or your grandmother’s secret instructions for the perfect dessert, share it with us in the comments section.
Here’s a few to whet your appetite:
http://www.zymil.com.au/blog/2009/03/15/pistachio-souffle/
http://www.zymil.com.au/blog/2009/03/16/curried-sweet-potato-soup/
http://www.zymil.com.au/blog/2009/03/22/creme-caramel/
By Sharon Natoli, Accredited Practising Dietitian and Director of Food & Nutrition Australia.
If you or your health professional suspects you have a food intolerance, an elimination diet may be recommended. There are different types of elimination diets and the most appropriate one for you will depend upon your symptoms and particular experiences with various foods.
An elimination diet involves avoiding foods and drinks suspected of causing your symptoms, generally for a period of 3-6 weeks, and seeing if your symptoms improve. For example, if it is suspected you may have lactose intolerance, a simple elimination of lactose may be recommended. In this case, your health professional may suggest substituting your usual milk and yoghurt with a lactose free alternative such as Pauls Zymil milk, and assessing any change in your digestive symptoms.
If your symptoms do improve, the next step is to reintroduce the suspect foods, or components of foods, to test if your symptoms return. If they do, this helps confirm the foods to which you have an intolerance. The final step in the process is to work out your tolerance level by experimenting with different amounts of the problem foods or substances[1-3]. It could be that while you may not tolerate a particular food, or component of foods, you may be able to tolerate it in small amounts. Alternatively, if you have an intolerance to a component of food such as lactose, and there is a nutritious alternative such as Pauls Zymil that is readily available it may be a simple matter of swapping one food for another in order to effectively manage your symptoms.
While your health professional will guide and support you when undertaking an elimination diet, here are 3 practical tips that will help[3]:
1. Ensure ‘allowed’ foods are easily accessible
When starting an elimination diet, check the foods you are allowed to eat and make sure your pantry and fridge are filled with them. Gather recipe and meal ideas so you are well prepared.
2. Planning ahead of time is key when eating out
When eating out while on an elimination diet, call the restaurant or café ahead of time to explain your needs and pre-order your meal.
3. Keep a food and symptom diary
Keep a diary to record what you eat and any symptoms you experience. This will be particularly useful in identifying problem foods during the challenge testing stage.
Suspect you have a food intolerance – what should you do?
Before you remove any foods from your diet, visit your health professional, to ensure you’re not removing foods unnecessarily from your diet and to rule out any other medical issues that could be causing your symptoms.
An Accredited Practising Dietitian will be able to assess your symptoms, their regularity, determine the best approach to identifying your problem foods and provide you with suitable alternatives to ensure your nutritional needs are met.
To find an Accredited Practising Dietitian visit: www.daa.asn.au
References:
1. Hark, L. and D. Deen, Nutrition: the definitive australian guide to eating for good health. 2005, Camberwell: Dorling Kindersley.
2. Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology Allergy. Food Intolerance. Information Bulletins 2010; Available from: http://www.allergy.org.au/aer/infobulletins/food_intolerence.htm.
3. Swain A, Soutter V, and Loblay R, RPAH Elimination Diet Handbook with food & shopping guide, Allergy Unit, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. 2009.
It’s officially winter, hot chocolate season. The hot chocolate mix you buy in the supermarket probably has a whole lot of unnecessary additives. It’s actually much easier (and much more delicious) to make your own using cocoa, a little sugar, and Pauls Zymil.
Ingredients:
If you’re reading this blog, chances are that you, or someone you’re close to, is lactose intolerant. When you suffer from lactose intolerance it affects your life in a lot of different ways, and we all develop our own ways to cope with some of the adverse effects, such as how to deal with eating out, what to do when you’re going around to a friend’s place for dinner, how to order coffee or tea etc.
We’d love it if you could share the love and let us and our other readers know about any tips, thoughts, suggestions or anecdotes about your lactose intolerance that you think might help, or provide some amount of amusement for, others reading this blog.
Does your local café stock Pauls Zymil and do a mean latté? What’s the most ridiculous thing a waiter has said to you? If someone had just been diagnosed with lactose intolerance, what advice would you give them?
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