Urinary Bladder Infection:
Recommended Dietary Changes
I. Basic UTI Eating Plan
A diet for ALL types of urinary tract infection, first of all omits sugar and alcohol - as they speed up the proliferation of bacteria.
Therefore, you should:
LIMIT or ELIMINATE:
ALL sugars such as:
- concentrated sweets: table sugar (sucrose), cane sugar,
brown sugar, Turbinado sugar, Demerara sugar, powdered sugar,
honey, syrups (especially high fructose corn syrup as a
substitute sweetener for sucrose-table sugar added to fruit juices,
sodas, and other beverages), preserves, molasses, jams, jellies, and
candies
- desserts-baked goods: pies, cakes, cookies, crackers,
frosting, pastries, doughnuts, ice cream, frozen yogurt, and regular or
sweetened gelatin
- beverages: fruit juices, fruit drinks, fruit punches,
regular sodas, carbonated pop, colas, aid drinks, smoothies, sports
drinks, sweetened coffee drinks, mocha, and chocolate drinks
- high-sweet and sweet fruits (fresh or dried):
grape (red and green), raisin, plum, fig, date, pineapple,
apricot, melons (cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon), banana,
orange
- other foods: sweetened cereals, flavored yogurts, and sports
or energy bars
Alcohol such as:
- beer
- wine
- hard liquor
- liqueurs (usually sweetened alcoholic liquors).
LIMIT:
- red meat, especially fried, changing it to broiled or
roasted poultry (turkey, chicken), preferably free-range.
ADD More:
- dark green leafy vegetables.
PLEASE NOTE: Although the dietary restrictions advised to help prevent
and remedy bladder infection may seem hard, it is heartening to realize
you can achieve significant improvement of your health without
prescription medicine - if you put your mind to it.
II. Advanced UTI Eating Plan
It is necessary to change your food habits and
preferences by paying more attention to the type, amount, and
quality of the foods you eat.
Re-educating your taste buds and re-programming your dietary patterns
is not actually hard to do - if you do it right. One good way to do
that - although this may require some preplanning - is to make
- your new food preferences delicious, and
- the experience fun.
Here are the optimal dietary guidelines that you should give
serious consideration. At first, they seem hard to follow. However, you
do not have to make yourself a social outcast with most of your family
and friends, by following all recommendations to the letter.
AVOID:
- Sugar (in ALL forms) - limiting sugar is CRITICAL!!!
- Aspartame (NutraSweet or Equal)
- Sucralose - (Splenda)
- Trans fatty acids (all fried foods and margarine)
- MSG - artificial chemical (may not be listed in ingredients)
- All artificial preservatives and chemicals, if possible.
*Aspartame: the technical name for the brand names, NutraSweet,
Equal, Spoonful, and Equal-Measure - is the common food additive found
in thousands of products such as diet soda, yogurt, and
over-the-counter medicines. However, this sugar substitute - in fact, a
chemical poison (neurotoxin) - should never been approved for
consumption as it poses a public health threat. (Aspartame accounts for
over 75 percent of the adverse reactions to food additives reported to
the US FDA. A few of the 90 (!) different documented symptoms caused by
the components of aspartame include: headaches/migraines, dizziness,
seizures, nausea, numbness, muscle spasms, weight gain (it actually
increases appetite!), rashes, depression, fatigue, irritability,
tachycardia, insomnia, vision problems, hearing loss, heart
palpitations, breathing difficulties, anxiety attacks, slurred speech,
loss of taste, tinnitus, vertigo, memory loss, and joint pain.)
** Sucralose: a relatively new artificial sweetener
(high-intensity sugar substitute; 50% sweeter than aspartame - but less
toxic than aspartame), sold under the name SplendaT. It is non-caloric
and about 600 times sweeter than sucrose (white table sugar), alredy
used in a variety of products (in the United States, approved for the
use in 15 food and beferage categories). However, sucralose is NOT
proven safe; it does NOT provide any benefit to the public (only for
the corporations making and using sucralose); it does NOT help with
weight loss (on the contrary: it my stimulate appetite); it has NOT
been shown to be safe for the environment, and, finaly, there are NO
long-term (12-24 months) human studies on sucralose (similar to several
years ago for aspartame). Its regular use may contribute to serious
chronic immunological or neurological disorders.
Eat Less Fruit:
- High sweet fruit (fresh and dried), such as grape (red and green),
raisin, plum, fig, date, pineapple, apricot - high in sugar
- Melons, such as cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon - high in sugar
- Low sweet fruit, such as strawberry, raspberry, blueberry,
cranberry, lemon, lime - OK, in moderation
- Banana and orange to be avoided - highly allergenic and high in
sugars.
AVOID ALL fruit juices
- fresh and bottled, store-bought and homemade.
Eat More Vegetables:
- Kale, kohlrabi, Swiss chard, spinach
- Dandelion greens, mustard greens, collard greens, green and red cabbage, broccoli
- Red and green leaf lettuce, romaine lettuce, endive
- Chinese cabbage, bok choy, fennel (anise), celery, cucumbers
- Cauliflower, escarole, zucchini, brussel sprouts
- Onions, tomatoes, peppers, parsley.
Summary: The greener, the better.
AVOID:
- Iceberg and head lettuce: low nutritional value
- Carrots and underground vegetables, especially beet roots - high in
sugar
- White or red potatoes, beets - high in sugar
- Corn: popcorn, chips (it is a grain, not a vegetable; any food that
has corn in top five ingredients)
- Most grains - especially wheat (including durham flour and
semolina), rye, barley
- Lower other grains intake: rice (brown, short grain, and white),
millet, spelt, kamut, oats, quinoa, teff, amaranth
- Chewing gum (wastes digestive enzymes; source of sugar or
artificial sweetener).
Healthy Fats:
Have More Omega-3 Fatty Acids, DHA and EPA:
- Cod liver oil - especially during the winter, early spring and late
fall months
- High quality fish oil - preferably in capsules (standard size
90/180 mg of EPA and 60/120 mg of DHA)
- Organic flax seeds (not flax oil) - preferably freshly ground up,
mixed with salads or vegetables.
AVOID:
- ALL vegetable seed oils (high in omega-6 fatty acids!) with the
exception of cold pressed extra virgin olive oil for salads only (for
cooking or stir-frying use virgin coconut oil).
Beverages:
- Spring water or filtered
- Well water is generally OK
- Drink water at room temperature, not chilled or iced (shuts down the digestive system!)
- Lemon and lime juice can be added intermittently for flavor change
- Amount needed: ideally, one quart for every 50 pounds of body weight.
Drink Vegetable Juices
- Freshly processed vegetable juice (ALL fruit juices should be avoided!)
- Green tea (very limited amounts due to high fluoride content; accumulated by tea leaves from pollution of soil and
air, fluoride can also adversely affect the beneficial action of individual antioxidants found in green tea).
AVOID:
- Tap water
- Softened or distilled water
- Coffee, tea, colas, diet drinks
- Milk, especially skim (get vitamin D from supplements or sun exposure; get calcium from green vegetables or supplements).
Eat More Protein
- Meats, preferably grass fed (not grain fed) REAL beef, game meats (venison, buffalo, lamb), free range poultry (chicken, turkey, ostrich)
- Fish - with caution due to possible mercury contamination, preferably summer flounder, wild (not: farm-raised!) Pacific salmon, croaker, sardines, haddock, tilapia
- Eggs - organic ONLY; if poached or sunny-side up (never scrambled!) 3-6 per week, every other day; if raw (Rocky-style) 6-12 per week, every other day
- Seeds - raw only, unsalted, whole or ground up: sunflower, pumpkin, sesame (or tahini), flax (or flax meal)
- Nuts - raw only, unsalted, whole or ground up (nut butter): cashews, Brazil nuts, almonds, pecans (but in limited
quantities).
AVOID:
- Pork: ham, most bacon, pork roast and chops
- Shellfish: shrimp, lobster, crabs, clams
- Peanuts - any food that has peanuts.
Eat Beans and Legumes
- In limited quantities - not complete protein source, high in carbohydrates
- Soak beans (not lentils) for 48-72 hours
- Rinsing every 12 hours
- Cook them for 8-12 hours in a crock-pot
- If canned - on occasion only (less nutritional value), from a health food store
AVOID:
- All soy, unless fermented or sprouted
- Tofu, soy nuts, isolated soy protein (ISP) - soy milk, soy protein powder, soy flour
- Only miso and tempeh (fermented soy), and soy sprouts are acceptable - available in a health food store.
PLEASE NOTE: Although the dietary restrictions advised to help remedy
urinary bladder infection may seem hard, it is heartening to realize
you can achieve significant improvement without prescription medication
- if you put your mind to it.
What About Xylitol?
Xylitol is extracted from birch cellulose and is considered to be a
carbohydrate alcohol ("sugar alcohol").
Sugar alcohols are derived from monosaccharides by reduction of a
carbonyl group (CO), so that each carbon atom of the sugar has an
alcohol group (OH). That would lead most of us to believe that it is
still a sugar, and should be disclosed as sugar on our labels.
However, the FDA, in its wisdom, decided that only sugars that are
classified as monosaccharides and disaccharides would be disclosed as
sugar on labels.
Since a sugar alcohol is neither of these, then, according to the
prevailing food labeling laws, the Xylitol mints a gums are considered
"sugar free" by the FDA ("Sugar-Free" chewing gum contains xylitol
because it does not produce the bacterial support for increase of
cavity causing acids).
As to the glycemic index, when compared with other sugars, Xylitol's
effect on blood sugar levels is extremely low as it metabolizes in a
dissimilar manner and may be used safely for diabetics and
hypoglycemics. Bacterial salivary organisms do not feed, grow or
ferment on xylitol as they do on other simple sugars.
The following index numbers - averaged from several sources - make this
clear:
- Sucrose: 68
- Honey: 55
- Fructose: 20
- Xylitol: 8
Xylitol Safety
The scientific conclusions from 1996 indicate that the use of xylitol
in humans is safe. Therefore, it has been accepted as an approved food
additive for use in foods for special dietary uses.
Also an Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) of "not specified" has been
allocated for xylitol. An ADI - the amount of food additive that can be
taken daily in the diet over a lifetime without risk - of "not
specified" is the safest category in which a food additive can be
placed. Also in Europe, xylitol has been determined "acceptable" for
dietary uses.
If You Don't Want or Need to Lose Weight...
The above diet outline will generally cause you to lose weight.
However, if you do not want or need to lose weight you can
increase your intake of the following foods:
Add More:
- squash
- low sweet fruits
- seeds
- long grain brown rice (if fried, with NO oil - as the rice
structure changes, the rice sugar is released more slowly)
- quinoa
- millet
- yams, and
- shredded unsweetened coconut (added to some of your meals to
increase calories).
Five Food Types to Absolutely Avoid
The following foods are so bad for your body that there is no
any reason to eat them. Not only do they have zero
nutritional value, but they also give your body quite a dose of
toxins.
1. Doughnuts:
- fried in vegetable oils, therefore, high in trans fat (store-bought
doughnuts contain 35-40 per cent trans fat!)
- high in sugar (an average doughnut contains about 200-300 calories,
mostly from sugar, and few other nutrients)
- full of white flour (in most varieties).
Nutritionally speaking, eating a doughnut is one of the worst ways to
start off your day. It will through off your blood sugar and won't stay
with you so you'll be hungry again soon. You are better off eating no
breakfast at all...
2. Soda (both Regular and "Diet"):
- high in sugar (one can of soda has about 10 teaspoons of sugar -
150 calories)
- high in caffeine (30 to 55 mg of caffeine per one can of soda)
- loaded with artificial food colors and sulphites
- filled with harmful artificial sweeteners like aspartame -
NutraSweet, Equal (in the "diet" varieties).
Nutritionally speaking, drinking soda leads to nutrient deficiencies,
osteoporosis, obesity, tooth decay and heart disease; yet, the average
American drinks an estimated 56 gallons of soft drinks each year (!)
Especially threatening is the consumption of soft drinks among
children. Unfortunately, schools often make marketing deals with
leading soft drink companies in exchange for their students' health
(most school hallways are lined with soda-filled vending
machines!).
3. French Fries (and Nearly All Commercially Fried Foods)
- high in trans fat (potatoes cooked at high temperatures in
vegetable oils)
- high in free radicals harmful to the body
- high in acrylamide (up to 82 mcg per serving), a potent
cancer-causing chemical formed as a result of unknown chemical
reactions during high-temperature frying or baking.
Nutritionally speaking, consuming foods that are fried in vegetable
oils contributes to aging, clotting, inflammation, cancer and weight gain.
One French fry is worse for your health than... one cigarette, so you
may want to consider this before you order your next 'Biggie' order.
4. Chips (Corn, Potato, Tortilla, etc.)
- high in trans fat (present in most commercial chips)
- high carcinogenic acrylamide (up to 25 mcg per serving).
5. Fried Non-Fish Seafood (Shrimp, Clams, Oysters, Lobsters, etc.).
- high in trans fat
- high in carcinogenic acrylamide
- high in mercury
- contaminated with parasites and resistant viruses (they may not
even be killed with high heat).
Eating these scavenger animals gives you with every bite a quadruple
dose of toxins.
PLEASE NOTE: One of the simplest and most profound health
improvements you can make is to eliminate soda from your diet.
Food Types to Favor
In your journey to a better health, there are quite a few food types to
favour.
For beverages, drink mainly water. Among meats, fish is
best, especially "safe," or less contaminated, fish such as summer
flounder, wild (not: farm-raised!) Pacific salmon, croaker, sardines,
haddock, and tilapia.
Then, dark green vegetables. Especially, the cruciferous
vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, collard greens, kale, mustard
greens, turnip greens, Brussels sprouts) are foods to be favoured. The
other, so-called "cooking greens" - i.e. not cruciferous - include beet
greens, dandelion greens, spinach, and Swiss chard.
Are raw foods more nutritious than cooked foods? In general, yes,
moderately so, as far as vitamins are concerned. However, the
distinction between raw and cooked (but not "overcooked"!) foods is
probably not worth making.
The goal of this journey to a better health is to devise each day's
food intake so as to optimize nutrition and minimize calories from
carbohydrates - grains, legumes, starches and, of course, sugars.
There can be "off" days when you eat something from your old habits,
but these should gradually be decreased until only about every tenth
day is an "off" day at home.
When Eating Out
Eating out should not be a major problem - do as you like. No fancy
desserts, however, except, if you must, on the "off" day or when dining
out. In general, if you eat out often, you must be somewhat restrictive.
But when dining out, concentrate mainly on the quality of
the diet. For example, don't eat the white bread and butter most
restaurant put on the table for you to nibble while you await the main
course. Either don't choose a high-fat meat (roast duck, pork, or the like).
Look on the menu for items cooked without added fat: steamed,
cooked in own juice, broiled, roasted, or poached would be okay. Avoid
items sauteed, fried, braised, creamed, escalloped, pickled, or smoked.
In other words, concentrate on switching toward the highest possible
quality of food. You will find it far easier to limit your calories if
the quality is high - until you will become accustomed to a better quality diet.
Try your best to adapt to such a diet, or something like it. And don't
give up too easily.
What Am I Supposed to Eat?!
There is no question that healthier food choices will work for you.
However, following any dietary recommendations is a challenge.
Most probably, you don't have the time to:
- go to a library or a bookstore and pick up a few cookbooks, so
you could start the program, or
- compile the recipes (if any) to implement the food recommendations.
Therefore, as a result, you may not be able to successfully carry out
recommended dietary changes.
However, if you really want to eat right to control (and prevent)
urinary tract infection (UTI), here's great news... The ANSWER to your
question: "What am I going to eat?"
Many clients in our practice have found one particular cookbook
exceptionally helpful in preventing and controlling urinary track
infections:
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The Low-Grain, Low-Sugar Delight
Over 260 Simple Recipes
Beginners and Experienced Users
Edited by Josh Paretzky, RHN
Registered Nutritionist
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This superb cookbook - not available in stores at the moment -
contains over 260 simple, hypoallergenic and delicious recipes
(guaranteed!). It can help to get you started on your journey to
improved urinary health in no time.
All recipes follow food choice recommendations outlined in our
basic and advanced eating plan. You should be able to open the book and
- just cook.
An Alternative to Standard Low-Carb Diets
As you may know, the mainstream medical community has just recently
started to come around to the fact that low-carb diets do work and are
safe. The Low-Grain, Low-Sugar Delight definitely falls into
this category.
As a great alternative to standard low-carb diets, it offers you many
benefits. First of all, it can help you control and/or prevent
recurrent bladder infection.
In addition, The Low-Grain, Low-Sugar Delight can help you loose
unnecessary weight - up to 30 pounds(!) - depending on your
commitment.
However, what sets this cookbook apart from the standard low-carb diets
is that it promotes moderate - not high - consumption of fat,
with a complete elimination of so called "trans-fat" typical in North
American diet.
The Low-Grain, Low-Sugar Delight also overcomes another culprit
of typical low-carb diets which is a low consumption of vegetables
which may cause shortages of important vitamins and minerals. We
promote "the greener, the better" philosophy of eating.
Everyone Is Different
However, everyone is different. Your environment, body chemistry, and
psychology are unique. So it may take time to find out what exactly
will work for you.
Dietary changes are usually about lifestyle changes - new ways to think
about food, exercise and relationships.
In order not to get bored because of the limited (still) choices of
foods, you need to try to design your meals and eat regularly - do not
eat by accident. And experiment by trying new recipes.
Make A Menu
Most likely, you will have difficulty implementing the dietary
suggestions - unless you sit down once a week to prepare a
menu. This will allow you to
- purchase the items you need and
- have them on hand for preparing your meals.
If you don't do this, you may slip back into your old, more
comfortable and less healthy, eating habits...
Twenty-Five Sections
The Low-Grain, Low-Sugar Delight cookbook consists of over 260 recipes
divided into twenty-five (25) sections:
- Stock/Broth
- Soup
- Salad Dressing
- Mayonnaise
- Vinaigrette Dressing
- Salad
- Dip
- Pesto
- Pâté
- Salsa
- Sauce
- Vegetables
- Quinoa
- Kasha
- Tempeh
- Egg
- Turkey
- Chicken
- Duck
- Rabbit
- Fish
- Beef
- Veal
- Lamb
- Miscellanea: Cookie, Pancake, Pizza, Waffle, etc.
You Can Do It
Although this cookbook does not give you specific menu combinations, it
is quite easy - with its help - to create your own menus, as it allows
for variety.
So, what you need to do first, is to find at least fifteen (15)
recipes you like. It should not be that difficult to do - actually,
that's all most families use.
Then, do your best to have a variety. Variety is the key here!
If you are going to rotate between two or three meals you will
simply burn out.
You will see that eating right to be independently healthy is
possible. It may seem overwhelming at first and, at times, will feel
impossible - but you can do it.
At Full Health Int'l, we are sure this superb cookbook will do as much
for you as it has done for our clients and customers. If other people
have benefited from it you will benefit as well.
All UTI Sufferers Benefit
The Low-Grain, Low-Sugar Delight is a satisfying way to cook so
you never have to choose between good health and great taste!
We hope you will consider it as a part of your diet plan. Although
The Low-Grain, Low-Sugar Delight is not (yet) on the best
sellers list - it does work without clever marketing campaigns!
Therefore, we are confident it will work for you as it has worked for
thousands who have been able to control urinary tract infections and
lose unnecessary weight in a healthy, safe way.
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