Newbie questions
 | Hi, Afola. You likely don’t need the Eco Drink, and it may not be the best thing for you right now. It contains an artificial sweetener that make work against your efforts here. |
 | Costco sells a powdered nutritional multivitamin called EcoDrink. |
| | Hi, pixie33. Yes, the program can definitely work for you. In the Menu Planner menu-building application, you can build menus based on foods you can eat and avoid those you can’t. Foods high in vitamin K that are recommended to limit while taking warfarin are listed in the following link: |
 | biegies are limted what i can have |
| | what to do if your on warfrin my veg is limmted will this plan still work |
 | DOes anyone know of a good app to use on an Iphone that you could scan a product and tell if it contains GMO and other useful info? |
 | I’m sorry, I just saw the link in your post. |
| | Hi, just joined. I drink a lot of tea, and I use Truvia. Any thoughts on that, or are a couple teaspoons of sugar better? Thanks, looking forward to getting started. |
| | Hi, Borries and welcome. We don’t recommend those diet drinks because they contain artificial sweeteners that may work against your efforts here. Fructose is the same, as its isolation from fruit and concentration to make a sweetener is something your liver cannot handle well. You can easily make your own sodas by mixing plain carbonated soda water, a few squeezes of fresh lemon and/or lime juice or drops of natural cola extract, and a natural sweetener such as xylitol or monk fruit. You can read more about sweeteners we recommend here – https://www.trimdownclub.com/the-best-way-to-sweeten-your-tea-2/. |
 | I have just subscribed today and have checked the list of drinks. Although you mention that you should be careful with sugar-free items, I was wondering about diet drinks like Tab and Sprite Zero? You also indicate that you can drink alcohol, what should I leave out if I would like to have a daily glass of dry white wine with supper? I have also found a liquid Vegetable Fructose, which has no after taste. Unfortunately there is no nutritional information on the bottle. Do you think that would be better than the normal sweeteners? |
| | Hi, acochrane. It can work for a vegan diet, but not in the omnivore setting, because they follow different patterns (the veg setting takes into account that you will be combining foods with mixed compositions, rather than anything with a “pure” protein). I suggest that you generate a set of vegan menus (select non-dairy and vegetarian in your profile, then just ignore egg dishes in the food lists) and a set of menus without any special diet but selecting fish, and then just pick the days you want to follow and when. |
 | Hi. Thanks, but still having issues. I did as you suggested and chose the foods I generally eat. But the menu plan has fish/seafood 2 or 3 times per day and very few beans etc etc. I eat fish/seafood once or twice per week at most. Swapping out foods seems to be quite complicated. The foods in the menu are listed, not in recipe format (apart from a few recipes I had selected) – which doesnt really matter in a fish meal, but for a vegetarian dish, doesnt look too tasty. I’m thinking that the menu planner might not work very well for a largely vegan diet? Or maybe I’m just not using the app very well, being a newbie. |
| | Hi, acochrane. The best thing would be to just deselect “vegetarian” from your profile if you have checked it, and fish will be an option for you. |
| | Hi |
 | lgislandgirl, you need to come to our group and talk to all the people who have lost98 pounds, 35 pounds, too any to count!! it isn’t a scam. I am the supervisor of Successful beginnings and support. We have almost 1,000members. I am a volunteer. I do it because I believe in it. I certainly wouldn’t spend the time and effort it takes to keep the group positive and encouraging if it were a scam.It is a lifestyle change. People don’t want to change… Haters gonna hate. |
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