WWoTE (Wise Women of TE)

[CorsairMac]

Corsair, how do you tolerate stuff like quinoa, amaranth, oats?

Have you every spoken with a sports nutrionist/registered dietician?

Sarah

oats are grain - the last time I ate oatmeal for breakfast - I was starving within 2 hrs, even down to the tummy growling and cramping like I hadn't just eaten recently. I haven't spoken with a sports nurtitionist but my intolerace was reconized by a registered medical nutritionist and she was the one that set my diet. At the time I wasn't riding but I was running 5 days a week (which I still am) so the question didn't come up.

I've never tried quinoa or amaranth - are they a grain??....the problem is: I seem to convert the starch to sugar which is what creates the imbalance. Depending on how starchy or "surgary" it is, it could even cause blood sugar spikes and drops - hence no carrots. I had a cup of pasta last night around 7:30 and by 9 I felt like I was hungover and I was very sleepy. The better the grain - like whole wheat - the worse the reaction.

[SadieKate]

http://www.quinoa.net/ Quinoa is very high in protein.

Someone else may be able to answer this but aren't there differences between grain, grass and rice?

[SadieKate]

More links randomly found on the web.

http://www.nuworldamaranth.com/conte...hyamaranth.asp

[CorsairMac]

http://www.quinoa.net/ Quinoa is very high in protein.

Someone else may be able to answer this but aren't there differences between grain, grass and rice?

hmmmmmmmmmm - 30 grams of carb.....this might be worth looking into. and yes - there is a difference between the 3 but I don't see where quinoa is a grass??...it's listing it as a grain - low glycemic but still a grain?.

Off to research quinoa - and thanks SK! *hugsssssssss SK hugssssssssss*

[SadieKate]

Somewhere in my little pea brain, I also recall that wild rice isn't really a rice. Anyone know more?

[MomOnBike]

Lessee, amaranth is not a grass, it's more related to lamb's quarters (yes, the weed) than anything else I can think of. It cooks much like a "real" grain though.

Quinoa, I don't think is a grass, either.

Wild rice isn't a "real" rice, but is a grass.

All three are "New World" crops.

Does that help?

As to whether or not Corsair can tolerate them, I'd guess some very careful experimentation is in order. I'd take any excess quinoa off her hands if it doesn't work for her.

[CorsairMac]

Lessee, amaranth is not a grass, it's more related to lamb's quarters (yes, the weed) than anything else I can think of. It cooks much like a "real" grain though.

Quinoa, I don't think is a grass, either.

Wild rice isn't a "real" rice, but is a grass.

All three are "New World" crops.

Does that help?

As to whether or not Corsair can tolerate them, I'd guess some very careful experimentation is in order. I'd take any excess quinoa off her hands if it doesn't work for her.

Wild Rice is a grass??................that might be worth looking into??

[spazzdog]

Instead of taters or rice can you eat squash, like acorn, butternut, spaghetti squash?

They can be filling; you can 1/2 'em and bake 'em like a tater or cube 'em and steam them, eat them cubed or mash them. And you can season them with whatever your palette desires.

spazz