The Rice Ball from the Sea!

-Slowly but surely I'm gettin' into the groove of posting!

I would have posted last night but I was too tired after meeting up at my nieces gymnastics to discuss with my sister-in-law the plans for me going up to San Francisco with them on Friday and then the rest of the way up to Portland for my FMT.

But I need to figure out if I want to leave Saturday or stay for the Saturday Party Extravaganza!!!

There will be about 3 partys going on that day (that I can remember...lol)

1. My Niece Klara's Chuck-E-Cheese B-day party

2. A Sort of Baby shower BBQ  party

3. A German Sparkle Party ;)--This one I want to go to the most but its at night :S

Why its a German Sparkle Party?

Is because the couple who is having the party are Moving to Germany for the husband to receive his education soooo...

there going to exit out in Sparkles! 

-My Sister-in-law said its going to be about 100 people in a small little loft so its gonna get crazy and probably a lot of fun :D 

-I just need to figure out if I can go and if I do should I drive a portion of the way that night to Oregon or should I sleep and then get up and go (its about 10.5-11 hour drive from san fran)? hmmmmm... ugh... decisions decisions.... 

ok back to what I made last night....I dont really know what to call it or the name of the version I had at the Japanese restaurant called it....which had flaked salmon, salmon eggs, Hijik seaweed

I wanted to try to re-create it since it was sooo good but I couldn't find all the ingredients...

Dont know what to call it...so Ill call it.... 

The Rice Ball from the Sea!

(Flaked Salmon, Seaweed, Coconut Aminos, Fish Eggs/Caviar)

So funny thing about this recipe....

I got the Caviar for Free!

-How could I get something that has the stigma as being known only to pass the lips of rich snobby people for

Free?

Well you say...

"Have you tried this?" To a Sprouts Market Employee

Employee says, "Would you like to try it?"

Me--.......Yea I would like to try it.. (looks all confused of why he is scribbling all over the bar code then hands it to me)

Employee- Here you go!

Me-- What? You are just going to give me the whole thing for free?

Employee- Yeah I dont think anyone else in the store would like to try it anyway so yeah you get the whole thing

Me--....

Employee-- Its our store policy you can try anything in the store!

Me-- Wow well thank you! (still in disbelief and feel like I need to buy something in the store now lol)

So...Yeah... I got Caviar for Free at Sprouts Market!

Thank You Spouts Ill have to come to your store more now that I know I can do this ;)

So yeah that is the back story of the Caviar ;)

The Rice Ball from The Sea 

Ingredients

• Pre-cooked Brown Rice (I made mine a little more soft by cooking it with an extra cup of water then it asked for)
• Dried seaweed (I would have preferred hijik but I had dulse)
• Canned Wild Salmon
• Coconut Aminos (Tastes sweet and salty--> soy and wheat free)
• Fish eggs (would have preferred Salmon eggs but hey I can't complain with Free Caviar right?)

Directions

1. Re-warm your brown rice in a pan
2. cook up your dried seaweed according to the package directions (this one was cook in boiling water for 2 min)
3. Add cooked seaweed to brown rice
4. Drain water from canned wild salmon then flake with fork 
5. Add flaked salmon to brown rice
6. add coconut aminos to taste to the brown rice, Salmon, and seaweed mixture
7. Cook until everything is up to the temperature you prefer 
8. place in bowls and eat as is or form a ball with your spoon (to make it fancy looking lol)
9. Top with fish eggs and Enjoy the Mineral rich salty goodness from the Sea! ;)

With a German Sparkle Party going on in the background

Enjoy!

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Literally Instant Pudding-->Faster than Jello’s Instant Pudding also its healthier!-->Paleo and Allergy-Free

So I just made this by accident.... but I dont mind ;)

Sprinkled cinnamon on top ;)

(I also added more vanilla stevia, maple syrup, and sea salt later on to make it more dessert like)

I was just making one of the protein shake recipes that I had given you guys in the previous post from this one (Ive been switching up meals, these last two days, I've eaten dinner-like meals for breakast-today I had duck curry ;) while for dinner I have had my protein shakes) but today the shake turned out to be pudding LOL. What I did different was instead of using water I wanted to use some of my vanilla tea that I had just made.. well.... it was still kind of warm... and I guess it dissolved the gelatin.. since when I placed the ice cubes in it resulted in this: (picture below)

A big block of gelatin... so what do you do with a block of gelatin?

--You Re-blend it!!! to make Pudding! :P

This is the Amazing-Light-Fluffy-Mousse-Like-Protein-Packed-Faster-Than-Jello Pudding!

How do I know its faster than Jello's Pudding?

-Well I looked it up of course!

The Jello brand takes 5min for it to set while This Recipe is ready in Seconds!!

Recipe for Literally Instant Pudding

Ingredients:

• Use the same ingredients for my Protein-Packed-Allergy-Friendly Shake recipe which is in my previous post from this one just to let you know if the link doesn't work ;) (you can modify the recipe but just make sure you have the gelatin in there ;) )
• Hot-Warm water

Directions:

1. Put all ingredients as when making the shake but this time replace water with Hot-Warm water then blend
2. After liquid and dry ingredients are blended then add 6 Big Ice cubes blend untill smooth and creamy
3. If you wait a couple of seconds it forms the gelain block
4. If this does not happen you may need more Ice if it does form the block of gelatin proceed
5. Re-blend to fluff it up and make it into pudding!
6. Take out of blender fast since it may want to re-form again..
7. Enjoy your protein packed gut friendly pudding! ;)

-Susan Hamori, Wholistic Health Coach & Nutritionist
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FMT < 2 weeks & my Gut-Healing-Allergenic-Friendly-High-in-Protein-Potentially-Paleo-Protein Shake ;)

-Yes I know I need to get more into the grove when it comes to blogging

But I swear I’m trying and I’m gonna try harder!

Especially to keep you up to date on my travels and how FMT goes 

Well as you know I have been on this crazy journey after with preparing for FMT which is coming up in less than 2 weeks now! Ahh! I’m a bit scared….

Why I am scared is that supposedly on the agreement form I signed to get this done is that its not a guarantee that it will make it better…oh that’s not the scary part…..

Its that it could make it worse! :S Gah!!! Grumble grumble….

If this was last month I wouldn’t have flinched since it was still really bad but now that I have healed so much to practically normal it just makes me second guess what I am doing…

-The main reason why I am still going to do FMT “now” is so that I can expand upon what I am able to eat because right now I do notice certain reactions if I eat foods that have been contaminated or if I get too much of one food I am sensitive to headaches, brain fog, joint pain, etc…

My theory for this reaction is similar to my idea towards why some people develop celiac disease, IBD, IBS, allergies, and all supposedly “autoimmune diseases”…

Whats awesome is that I have finally seen some research being done on this idea:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11882-012-0291-2

Even some discussion on the idea here is in this NY times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/opinion/sunday/what-really-causes-celiac-disease.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1

You could probably guess that I would love to do research in this area since I have my own experience with my gut and being able to heal it (which I didn’t even know was possible; that is why I was going for FMT)

I now believe from working with the chiropractors and my own experience that a huge factor to "supposedly autoimmune attacks" are started from an imbalance within the microbiome in our gut which then leads to a leaky gut and therefore an autoimmune attack elsewhere in the body: Arthritis, MS, Celiac Disease, IBD, IBS, Alzheimer’s

like I promised I will give you another recipe this one I have practically everyday for breakfast or as a snack its my:

Gut-Healing-Allergenic-Friendly-High-in-Protein-

Potentially-Paleo-Protein Shake ;) 

Which can be made into many different flavors:

1. Chocolate milk shake
2. Dark Chocolate Decadence
3. Honey Lavender
4. Chocolate Honey Lavender 
5. Green Matcha Milk Tea
6. Root Beer Float

Basic Ingredients for all the protein shakes-

• 1 TBS-Grass fed Gelatin (I used Great Lakes brand)
• 1 tsp- Glutamine pwd
• (can omit but Extra protein boost--I just started using nutribiotic brown rice protein pwd since I discovered I do really well with brown rice now.)
• 15 drops- of either vanilla creme or chocolate sweet leaf stevia
• 2 tsp- honey or grade B maple syrup (usually use maple syrup)
• 1 good pinch of Sea Salt
• 2/3 cup filtered water*-->*Root Beer recipe use fizzy mineral water
• 1 big spoonful of coconut milk from a can (I use Natural Value brand Guar gum & BPA free-I buy it from Amazon 
• 5-7 Ice cubes (depending on your preference start with less to see how many ice cubes you like )

 The ingredients above are the ones I used to make the chocolate honey lavender version

(Chocolate) Honey Lavender ingredients

• choose honey as sweetener of choice
• 1/2 tsp of dried lavender possibly could use a couple drops of essential oil in replacement (only a couple drops NOT TSPS!!! I recommend the herb over the oil since taking the oil internally can be dangerous)
• add cocoa pwd to make chocolate version

Chocolate milk shake

• 1 TBS Cocoa Pwd
• Choose Maple Syrup as sweetener
• vanilla stevia

Dark Chocolate Decadence

• 1 TBS Cocoa pwd.
• Maple syrup as sweetener
• chocolate stevia (makes it super chocolatey ;) )
• many many many dashes of cinnamon 
• small half a cap of the vanilla's lid with vanilla extract (if your protein pwd is not vanilla flavored!)

Green Matcha Milk Tea

• 1/8-1/4 tsp of matcha green tea pwd.
• use vanilla stevia
• maple syrup as sweetener

Root Beer Float

• Root Beer Stevia
• Maple syrup as sweetener
• Use fizzy Mineral water
• use less Ice to make it more like a root beer float

Directions-

1. Place all liquid and dry ingredients in a good quality blender & blend -----(***if doing the lavender version and you dont want/can't have the fiber then blend just the water & coconut milk with the lavender first then strain it to remove the marc AKA--> herbal fiber leftovers ;) rinse blender and place coconut-water-lavender-infusion back into blender and proceed.)
2. place the amount of ice cubes you want and blend until smooth and creamy
3. place in a large glass and enjoy! (the gelatin makes a nice foam on top) *if you want it to be a creamier foam make some gelatin ahead of time! (cook gelatin in water place in fridge so it gells up) just tried this today and it was awesome!

Why is this Protein shake so good for the Gut?

Glutamine- is an amino acid that your gut lining is really greedy about since this is its main energy source so with this in mind it helps give the intestinal lining energy to be able to repair itself.

Gelatin- is a protein that helps with repairing connective tissue since its a direct source of connective tissue from other animals we are able to use this protein which is usually really lacking in American's diets (ex: skinless chicken breast) to help connect the intestinal cells back together to re-form the tight junctions.

Low in sugar, easier to digest sugar, and low glycemic- with the pairing of stevia with natural sugars that are low in fructose its easier to digest for people with FODMAPS intolerance and also helps reduce sugar spikes in the blood which creates systemic inflammation and lessens the body's ability to heal. Also if using the Grade B Maple syrup you will also be receiving many essential minerals which are lacking in most of our conventional foods today and this will help reduce inflammation as well.

Coconut Milk- Easy to digest with its medium chain fatty acids and are easily used for direct energy because of their shorter chain length. Its also great for re-balancing the flora since its fatty acid profile actually helps kill off yeast/candida and other bad bacteria/pathogens.

Sea Salt- Especially for people who have diarrhea adding some sea salt can be really helpful to help re-establish your electrolyte balance in your body and will help you feel better. It also helps lessen the amount of sweetener you need since it helps your taste buds become more sensitive. Sea salt is high many other essential minerals the one I used in this picture is pink because its high in iron.

Water- is essential for your body to properly function:

All of your biochemical reactions within your body require water as a medium without it the reactions will not easily take place.

• Most people are not hydrated so why not start off with a good dose of water!

Mild symptoms of dehydration could be-

-lethargy

-depression/anxiety

-arthritic pain

-low blood pressure

Low in allergenic profile-

It does not contain any of the top 7 allergy inducing proteins: Wheat/Gluten, Egg, Dairy, Soy, seafood, peanuts, nuts

-This is helpful in knowing since anyone who has a gut problem has a leaky gut and will be reacting to all of these which creates inflammation and prevents healing

If you have any questions or comments please leave them below or if you would like to take an extra step towards your health check out my site at GutInstinctNutrition.Net at the moment I am offering a free 50 min consultation for any of you who are interested!

Trust your Gut ;)

Susan Hamori, Wholistic Health Coach and Nutritionist

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Why am I making this blog?

Hello my name is Susan Hamori, I am starting this blog to document my journey towards healing my gut! I also hope it helps others by bringing ideas, perspective, and a community that can help one another with similar digestive issues :). 

I have what the medical community like to call Inflammatory Bowel Disease aka--> IBD since I was 4 years old. Knowing this title does not give relief so I have done a plethora of tests and diets to figure out why I have this disease and to see what helps it: food allergy tests, colonoscopy & endoscopy, hydrogen breath test, etc... I now know what is causing the extreme inflammation in my gut... and that is...

Dysbiosis
-A dysbiosis is an imbalance of having more pathogenic species in the gut than the good guys called probiotics..

What caused this dysbiosis?
 the overuse of antibiotics...
when I was 4 years old I had a dog rip off my scalp and since they were not sure if it had penetrated the skull they gave me antibiotics to prevent a potential brain infection...(Thanks Kaiser! :S ) After this I had tons of ear infections which I was given....MORE ANTIBIOTICS!!! YEAH (sarcasm to the MAX! WOOT!) and because my gut was so messed up I would get sick constantly about 70% of your immune system is from the good bugs in your gut which I did not have anymore :( so MORE AND MORE ANTIBIOTICS!!!!WHHHEEEE!!!! (sarcasm again..)

-OK... so....you can see my thoughts towards antibiotics now... :S ... ONWARD!

Why dont I just take tons of probiotics then?
-Well according to the results from my Naturopathic Doctors stool sample the probiotics I need cant even come from over the counter probiotics.

-2nd of all when I take probiotics orally and up to a certain point that would be therapeutic it gives me extreme pain and gas.

-The only time I have noticed probiotics helping me was last year when I took antibiotics for C. Diff. Yes I had C. Diff and I still do...with a host of other bad bugs that the M.D.'s tests did not catch....

The antibiotics for C. Diff were torturous I had all the terrible side effects: metallic taste, extreme nausea, throwing up, headaches, the works..... every time my heart would beat it felt like poison running through my veins...the only way to escape the nausea and the potential of throwing up was to sleep...

-long story short--the probiotics after the last of the antibiotics made me almost normal (not complete diarrhea) but only lasted 3 days and reverted back to my normal diarrhea...

So what can I do about this horrible dysbiosis?

-Well my plan is to do FMT!

FMT- Fecal microbiota transplantation
also known as a stool transplant

So as you can probably tell by the second name....
Yes, it is literally transplanting someone who has healthy stool into someone who does not.

It is kind of the ultimate probiotic!!!

Since I found out that probiotic capsules wont work for me. I think this is my last resort on the potential to have a normal stool which will lead to hopefully not being in pain, not having to constantly think about how food will effect my bowels, and to be more spontaneous in my life ahead! :D

I first have to reduce the inflammation in my gut before the procedure since its too inflamed for good probiotics to want to even stay in there... I have been through a lot of different diets and have been constantly modifying it towards my own needs (about 4 months now) and I feel that each day I am getting closer to being able to do FMT. 

My goal is to be healed by Summer 2013! At least by the end of Summer so that I and so far one of my friends can travel!!!

We were thinking--> backpacking in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand!! :D

I'm considering moving to Australia and not just traveling there so we shall see where life takes me :)

With this blog I shall keep you updated on what foods help me feel better, life, and whatever I feel like sharing ;)

If you have any questions or just want to talk don't be afraid to email me personally or to leave a message on my blog

I am also a Nutritionist who has helped many people with many health conditions including weight loss, digestive problems (others who had reoccurring C. Diff infections-3months time, IBS, IBD- each condition varys greatly from one another on what is causing it and what helps it), and other chronic health issues

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