Well, we've come to a crossroads in our dietary journey... Dee developed a bad migraine (the fourth in four days) after breakfast this morning, and we were suddenly struck by a conversation we'd had with a co-worker about her migraines and not being able to eat hot dogs because of nitrates.
At our office party on Thursday, Dee ate a hot dog. She got a headache. Friday morning, Dee had deli ham with breakfast. She got a headache. Saturday morning, more deli ham. More headache. Sunday morning, ditto. Ditto. Light bulb. We started thinking back, and were able to connect past headaches with other events involving processed meats, and especially trips to buffets, Chinese food, etc.
We had connected the buffet-headache trend before, especially after Chinese buffets, and thought the problem might be MSG, so I started reading up on it, and had never realized all the other names that MSG can go by! Autolyzed yeast, sodium caseinate, carrageenan, and a whole host of other things that may indicate the presence or creation of MSG in food!
So, we're pulling Dee (and myself) off anything that we think may have nitrates/nitrites (such as hot dogs, lunch meat, ham, pepperoni, sausage) or MSG. We're going to try to cook fresh, and be super-conscious of ingredients on nutrition labels. We would like to find some deli meat, be it ham or turkey, that doesn't contain any warning words, as we do like that with our breakfast.
We're choosing the road less traveled... which may be a slightly more expensive road than grabbing the latest frozen healthy meals on sale each week... but we know the benefit will be greater in the long run. I've heard over and over again to know exactly what you're putting into your body, and now it's all making sense. I'm tired of eating chemicals... :)
--Jay :)
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