Grilled Cheese
Ingredients
2 slices of non yeasted spelt bread or gluten free bread
1 glove of garlic
Sprinkling of finely chopped parsley, oregano, or thyme
Cheese:
Slice almond herb cheese
Slice Almond Milk cheese(commercial variety contains casein NOT vegan) or
Follow Your Heart cheese non-dairy products
Preparation
Brush with olive oil 2 slices of bread. If you wish rub garlic that has been chopped or press a clove of garlic on the inside of the bread. Place one slice of thinly sliced white cheese in the middle. Rub between your fingers some finely chopped fresh herbs. Enclose this in a sandwich griller or place in a pan on the stove top. The advantage of the griller is one can walk away and it will beep when ready. On the stove top I use a weighted cast iron heavy pan to melt and seal the edges.
Notes on Cheese
Generally cheese is harmful both for kidney cysts and liver cysts. It has too many large size proteins that make it difficult for cystic kidneys to filter. There are many large solutes that increase the workload upon cystic kidneys. Cheese is very high in phosphorus, a mineral that needs to be limited to prevent a secondary hyperthyroidism that sometimes develops late with kidney disease.
Liver cysts grow when hormones are introduced into the body. This includes false hormones, xenoestrogens, phytoestrogens (i.e. soy) and dairy and cheese. Milk comes from cows or goats with high levels of lactating hormone. This can contribute to liver cyst growth and pain.
There are some occasions when we might be asked to eat a small amount of cheese by our doctors. One example might be if ones bleeding time is prolonged and the doctors suspect a low vitamin K or malabsorption as the cause. For these exceptions, here are a few recipes about cheese. The soft white cheeses are better for us than hard yellow cheeses.
Cultured Dairy
If animal milk is something you cannot live without and are not willing to make your own plant milk from almond, coconut or cashews (I can well understand as this is a long process) an alternative is organic skim milk or goat milk limiting this to 2 ounces only 2 times a week. Soy milk is harmful to cystic livers.
CHEESES In preference order for health:
White soft cheeses
Goat cheese
Ementhaler or Swiss light cheese (with a low fat content) Jarlsberg Lite thin sliced deli reduced fat Swiss cheese 1 slice 3/4 ounce 2.5 grams fat,100 mg sodium
White smooth soft cheeses with a low fat content. Other white cheeses are preferable to hard yellow cheese.
Low sodium white cheese soft.
Monterrey Jack cheese has 9 grams of fat whereas light swiss cheese has 2.5 grams of fat. Estrogen is concentrated in the fatty portions of animal products such as milk and meats.
AVOID Soy milk and soy cheese. Asians who eat a lot of soy, are known to go much more quickly toward dementia.
