ShannonM816

Pine nuts are fine.

You're not allowed to make pizza crust, it's specifically called out in the rules (https://whole30.com/whole30-program-rules/). There are options like meatza (http://meljoulwan.com/2010/02/16/dinner-and-a-movie™-meatza-pie-and-the-vancouver-olympics/) or frittatas made with pizza toppings if you're just wanting the flavors of pizza. As far as the cheese, here's the official word: Nut “Cheese”: Read your labels, use with caution Technically, almond “ricotta” or cashew “cheese” dips are allowed on the program, as long as their ingredients are compliant. But as with Larabars or nu

Normally for whole30, we're all about the ingredients list and basically ignore the nutrition info with its grams of this and percents of that, but when you're wondering whether something counts as protein or fat, it can be helpful to look at the numbers. I don't know if you're making your own flax milk to make the yogurt from, or buying it, but just to demonstrate how this might work, I'll use the info from this flax milk: https://goodkarmafoods.com/buy-flaxmilk/unsweetened-flaxmilk/ If you look at the nutrition info, this has 0 grams of protein. So clearly it doesn't count as protein.

Right, that would be out for Whole30.

Yes, once you've done reintroductions you can eat whatever you want.

The sodium bisulfite that looks like it's in the lemon juice wouldn't be naturally occurring.

You reintro a food group at each meal one day, then go back to whole30 without that food group for at least two days (or more if you had any reactions that leave you with lingering effects for more than that). Then you don't have that food group again until you are completely done with your reintroductions.

Corn is a non-gluten grain, it's still something you'd be reintroducing that you haven't had for 30 days. The reason to do reintroductions one food group at a time is so that if you have any reaction, you know what you reacted to, which can help you decide if that food is worth it to you going forward. If you reintroduce several food groups at once and end up feeling crappy afterward, you have no way of knowing which food group caused that, or if it's a combination of them.

If you buy hearts of palm and slice them into pasta shapes with a julienne peeler or a spiralizer, that's fine, that's cutting your vegetables into different shapes to make your meals a little more interesting. What I'm not 100% clear about is if that's what they've done for this product, or if they've processed it more by drying it and grinding it to a powder and then using that as a flour to make pasta. If they've done that, it would be against the rules ["Some specific foods that fall under this rule include: pancakes, crepes, waffles, bread, tortillas, biscuits, muffins, cupcakes, cookies,

Caffeine is okay, just double check all the other ingredients to make sure there's nothing off plan like sugar or other sweeteners.

You still eat carbs on whole30, they're in all plant-based foods to some degree, some have more than others (so, celery has fewer carbs than sweet potatoes or bananas, but there are carbs in all fruits, vegetables, and nuts). The body breaks down complex carbohydrates into simple forms, including glucose, which your body can use.

A good place to start for any restaurant is to Google the restaurant name plus the word ingredients -- that will usually bring up lists with allergens and ingredients, especially for chain restaurants. That gives you a place to start. Even if they only list major allergens like soy, wheat, and peanuts, you can rule out a lot of menu items. From there, you can ask the restaurant about things like sugar, honey, molasses, and other sweeteners. Even if someone replies to this and says, I just ate there, here's what I ordered -- double check. Recipes can change, or vary from location to locat

Maybe this strata: http://meljoulwan.com/2010/07/27/baked-eggplant-farmesan/ Or these look good: https://whitneybond.com/whole30-eggplant-roll-ups/ I think the baba ganoush ought to freeze pretty well, although I haven't actually tried it, so if you like it that might be a way to use some eggplants up now, but still have them to enjoy this winter.

You'll need to check the ingredients of the particular teas you're interested in. Tea in general is fine, but there are teas with soy or barley or stevia or sugar or other non-whole30 ingredients that would not be. If there's a particular ingredient you're not sure about, try googling whole30 plus that ingredient, more than likely it's been asked about before and forum discussions about it will be among the first results you get. If you don't find anything, then definitely come back here and ask about the ingredients you aren't sure about.

There is no official whole30 app. What are you wanting the app to do? Someone might have suggestions that could help.

At any restaurant you'll need to ask questions about any dish to verify ingredients. Even if the filling of the tamales is compliant (you'd have to ask to be sure) you'd need to carefully remove the masa, the dough part that the filling is in, which is made of corn meal, and which might be difficult to completely remove if it breaks apart as you try to get the filling out. The roasted pork might be ok, but it's possible the marinade has sugar in it. The chicken chimichurri might be ok, you'd have to ask about what is in the chimichurri sauce and any marinade, find out what oil t

Caramel color is made from sugar, which is why on the forum mods have always said avoid it. I am not sure why it didn't end up on any of the additives or sneaky sugars lists. What I would say is, avoid it going forward, but for now, just keep going.

You might want to browse this part of the forum: https://forum.whole30.com/forum/26-success-stories/ -- there are a lot of us who have felt better and more energetic after whole30. What I would say is, you have absolutely nothing to lose by trying. It's 30 days, plus 10 or so more for reintroductions, of eating lots of vegetables, protein, and healthy fats. If nothing else, it may help you find new recipes that you enjoy, and you may feel better at the end of 30 days than you've felt in years.

Sucralose is a sweetener -- you can download a Sneaky Sugars list for other words you might see that indicate sugar and sweeteners here: https://whole30.com/pdf-downloads/

Anything your doctor has told you to do, you should keep doing, doctor's orders always trump whole30 rules. As long as everything in the smoothie is whole30 compliant, it should be fine. Double check all your labels to be sure there's no soy or sweeteners in them, those are pretty common in some of the powders.

There's no guidance like that. We encourage you to follow the meal template and to learn to listen to your body. Each meal should keep you satisfied for about four or five hours. Some days you may be more hungry or some days less, and that is okay, eat as much as you need to each day. Meal template and other downloads available here: https://whole30.com/pdf-downloads/ More about whole30 and macro tracking here: https://whole30.com/tracking/

Yes, this is fine. Organic is not a requirement for whole30. The notice about being processed in a facility that also processes peanuts is for people who are so allergic to peanuts that even a tiny amount could cause issues.

These ingredients are technically all compliant. I'm not sure what you're planning to use this for, but for cooking with, regular olive oil, avocado oil, or coconut oil would probably work better.

Honey is definitely not whole30. Definitely save this one for after whole30.

Yeah, unfortunately there are always people out to profit off the Whole30 name who have no affiliation with the program. The official Whole30 sl9w cooker cookbook is supposed to have some instant pot recipes, but I haven't looked at the book so I'm not sure how many. Nom Nom Paleo has many instant pot recipes online, and they tend to be whole30 or easily modified to be. I hope you find something that works better for you.