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Recipes from
the Diet
This diet removes all IBS symptoms when
combined with a relaxation therapy. It is a high
performance diet, that is similar to the diet eaten by your
ancestors several thousand years ago before they started
eating cereals and legumes.
They had no IBS.They ate meat, fish, eggs, seafood,
dairy, fruits, vegetables, herbs & spices,
teas, nuts and seeds...
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Meat was from all types of animals
including insects and reptiles.Animal organs were eaten raw (liver
etc.). Animals were hunted when they were fat and the
fat was prized more than the meat. Marrow bones were
cracked for their fat content. Meat was cooked and eaten with
broth & sufficient fat. The
rest was dried for snacks on hunting
trips and similar. Large fat animals were made into
Pemmican. This is cooked, dried & powdered meat mixed
with fat, and it keeps without refrigeration. It is a
superb food for travelling and hunting. If they lived
in permafrost areas (Inuit) then meat and fat
was stored underground in rock caches where it
gradually became mouldy like blue cheeses. Meat and
fish could
also be preserved with a combination of drying,
smoking and salt.
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Seafood was much the same. Fish roes,
eyes and livers were eaten fresh immediately the fish
was caught. Fish frames were made into broth and eaten
with the flesh. Excess roe was preserved. Excess fish was
dried as meat was. Fish was buried underground and
allowed to ferment for several months, then eaten raw. If
marine animals like seals, walruses and whales were
available, then these have large fat supplies on them
and were greatly prized. The oils had many uses. They
were eaten, used for lamps, cooking and many
other uses. The Inuit on summer hunting trips, took
dried fish and a pouch of seal oil. The dried fish was
dipped into the oil before being eaten.
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Eggs were prized, but largely the
yolks which have about one third fat content. Yolks
were eaten raw and the whole egg cooked. Eggs were
from wild and free range birds.
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Dairy from all types of animal herds
was drunk fresh and never pasteurized! But mostly it
was made into cultured forms
that are easier to digest and keep longer.
Yoghurts, related fermented milks, butter and cheeses.
Cheese could be eaten fresh and unsalted, or salted
and stored until moulds had made them tasty and sharp.
There were no 'low fat' options!
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Fruits were gathered in season and
eaten fresh. Excess was dried or made into alcoholic
beverages (fruit beers & wine).
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Nuts and seeds (also olives) were
greatly prized for their high fat content (60-70%).
They were eaten with fruits and the excess was stored.
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Vegetables, teas, spices and herbs were
gathered from wild plants. They were made into soups
to complement the animal
foods and help to digest them. They could also be
fermented or dried and stored. Black tea, sauerkraut
and kimchi are examples.
This is just a small selection of the ways
in which your ancestors ate their food. Their life was
hard. There were many dangers to be overcome in their
daily life and no Supermarkets. BUT they did not suffer from IBS, IBD, Crohns,
asthma, auto-immune disorders, Alzheimers, heart problems,
cancer etc. etc.... These diseases only appeared when
cereals and legumes started to be eaten.
We
are supposed to eat high fat, low fibre diets, and NOT... low
fat, high fibre diets.
Download
the Optimum Anti-IBS Diet (PDF file 400kB)
This diet is a work in progress. You can
find out when new editions are published, and ask questions.
To do this, join the group 'IBS Explained' on Facebook.
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Go here for details on Relaxation Therapies.
It is essential to
practise one of these therapies with your new diet.
They help with the stress of coping with IBS and minimize
any remaining symptoms.
Bon appetite…
Brian C. Dobson January,
2010
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