Weight Loss on Alpha Gal Diet

5:09 PM
I hate to call it an Alpha Gal diet but I don't know how else to term it. Basically, being forced to drop mammalian meat from my diet, has resulted in 16 pounds...

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For the Love of Legumes

12:02 PM
I've always wondered what is the difference between beans and legumes but I never had any incentive to look into it...until now. Being diagnosed with Alpha Gal has spurred me to careful assess...

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Holy Alpha Gal Horrors! Served Beef Enchilada By Mistake!

9:15 PM
Went to our favorite Mexican restaurant today. It's been a very stressful week running up and down the highway between my house and daughter's house -- she lives 65 miles away. I have...

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What is Alpha Gal?

6:36 PM
When you tell friends you can't eat meat, their first thoughts are 'oh, so you're vegetarian now? or are you vegan?' The answer is yes/no and maybe.... Then I tell them it is...

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Vegetable Lasagna at Mazzio's for the Adventurous Alpha Gal Diner

1:17 PM
Now with my Alpha Gal diagnosis, I have to consider my dining out options very carefully. First, I have to figure out which places might even have suitable vegetarian/vegan options and secondly, whether...

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Finger lickin' chicken

9:29 PM
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Emu - It's What's For Dinner

8:43 AM
Stay tuned on this one folks -- I've caught wind of an Emu farm 2 hours away so I've got a field trip in the works. And lots of details to come on...

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Starting Over in a Meatless World

11:38 PM
Diagnosis Alpha Gal means embarking into the realm of meatless meals or so it feels like as your rib eye steaks and bbq ribs are stripped away. However, in truth, although all mammalian...

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My Alpha Gal Story

6:57 AM
I've been plagued since my mid-teens with hives that would hit unexpectedly. We would run ourselves crazy trying to figure out what I *got into*.  We considered contact issues such as fiberglass insulation...

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I'm a semi-retired grandmother of two afflicted with Alpha-Gal. This blog documents the adventures of my journey to health and wellness since diagnosis. For more about me, see My Alpha Gal Story.

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