Thread: Starting P3

And can you use olive or vegetable oil? I only see people saying that they are using coconut oil, does that give the food a coconut flavor?

and if you are sensitive to a food in P3 does that mean you can no longer eat it? Or you just can't eat it for the duration of P3?

Hopefully I'll hit them all here...

1) NO MELBA OR BREADSTICKS!
2) Read the ingredients label. If it has sugar or starches in it, stay away! Some people say if it has less than 1 gram of sugar in the nutrition info it should be ok, but I avoid them at all costs. BTW, something may say it has 6 grams of sugar in the nutrition info but no sugars listed in the ingredients, that is fine, that should be natural sugars (like dairy). Keep them in moderation tho.
3) You need to do some research before you go out to eat. I've even gone as far as to email the restaurant manager (or the corporate website if it's a chain) to ask them specifically what they have that is sugar free. Like, the regular shrimp fajitas at Chevy's are sugar free but not the chicken or the steak (because of the marinade they use). You can also go to www.dietfacts.com and find many fast food and chain restaurants' ingredient lists, but beware because some may be outdated.
4) You CAN use olive oil, but coconut oil is really the best kind of fat you can use (and don't use vegetable oil, it's so awful for you!). If you get Refined CO it doesn't taste at all like coconut (really doesn't taste like anything and it's much less heavy than olive oil). Unrefined CO does taste a bit like coconut from what I've heard, tho I've never tried it. It's supposed to be better for you tho.
5) If you are sensitive you need to wait awhile before you re-introduce it. I found that after the first 2 weeks of P3, if I tried something once or twice a week (NOT twice in a row!), by the end of my P4 I was usually able to eat it, at least in moderation, without trouble.

There are a gazillion threads in the P3 forum, I know, but your best bet for success is to READ READ READ. I was scared to death of P3 the first time and couldn't have done it without the info in this forum! Good luck!

What she said.

Understand what is a starch: corn, wheat, legumes, peanuts, beans, bananas, potato, pasta. This includes starches in sauces.

Read labels. Watch out for hidden sugars, starches in everything. The less you eat from a box the better.

Your best fat is coconut oil.

Yeasts too, right? Like, autolyzed yeast extract (that's one I see a lot). Even Baking Powder is (tho you can substitute by using 2/3 Baking Soda and 1/3 Cream of Tartar and it works). Ya know, I've always avoided them in P3 but now I can't remember ever reading that for sure...