a balanced meal for me is hard as my appetite is down....but I try to eat plenty of fresh fruits and veggies.I also limit my red meat intake to 2-3 times a weeks and eat more chicken and turkey. I hate fish but thats a good option as well.We also have a vegitarian night and eat a balanced veggie meal...and we try new things...I really like lenitil burgers and their healthy along with being vegitarian.I also don't eat alot of sweets as it fills me up so I don't want healthy stuff. If I want a snack I do what I tell my daughter and grab a piece of fruit or cheese or something like that.
Many hugs
Morgaine

I went to a nutritionist and am on a low carb high protein diet and it seems to work wonders (when I stick to it). I find if I eat too much sugar I really get sluggish, so I use a natural sweetener called "stevia" which you can find at health food stores, just get the clear and not the dark, the dark is a bit bitter. Good luck

I was wondering the same thing

I like stevia as well, my hubby can use it, and it does not affect his diabetes. My best advice to you is something you eat makes you feel bad write it down and try again later and check.If it truly is a trigger u can eliminate it. Thats what I do.
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Morgaine

I HAVE HEARD TO STAY AWAY FROM CARBS, AND FRIED FOODS, I TRY BUT ITS NOT EASY, I EAT A SALAD WHEN THE KIDS WANT FRIED CHICKEN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
JAV

chocolate/cocoa triggered a great majority of my allergy related exacerbations, especially the year I didn't know I was having it

I thought I was the only one that could not have a lot of chocolate...I was sooo addicted to the "good" stuff until I became a vegetarian and realized that you truly are what you eat....there's a reason for that saying....I was a Starbucks junkie...had to have my caffeine...my husband then boyfriend pulled me off of the stuff...glad he did....high protein in my diet works for me a lot....bad sugar really hurts me with MS but I am sooo hard headed until I pay for it and then become a "listener" again...lol...vrg.com is a great resource....recipes.com for a lot of healthy recipes is another website...if I think of more I'll send them your way.

What about the ingredients in diet soda? I've heard that aspartame is bad. Anyone aware of that?