Question about veggies etc....

[tiggerjbc]

HI,
I have a few questions, hope somebody can help me. I know we are allowed green bell peppers, but why cant we have red bell peppers? I have only been on this diet for three days and I am already sick of green peppers. 2nd question: Are we allowed to eat the roasted chickens you can get at the grocery store deli?(the ones that are already cooked). 3rd Question: Did anyone else feel bloated this early on in the diet? why is this, am I not drinking enough water? or is it something else? Any kind of help would be greatly appreciated.:)

[MrsPeel]

This is from Shasha's post in Recipes under "Say Cheese":

"Green peppers are allowed on the 1st Personal Diet Program, but not red or yellow... that is because the red and yellow ones contain more sugar than the green ones. Typically you can actually taste that they are sweeter too.

Same with green chillies, if you leave them long enough, they actually become red...

Dr Cohen says that no red peppers are allowed and I believe it's due to the increased sugar content - that is why cayenne pepper is not allowed nor is paprika etc. I believe these foods can trigger hunger and they interfere with Human Growth Hormone production - remember this is your fat burning hormone and the success of the program is related to increasing this very hormone."

I don't think you can have the supermarket roasted chicken because you don't know what ingredients were used to season it and you can't weigh it raw, as it's already cooked. Certainly, you'd have to remove the skin - moderators, any comments?

I never experienced bloating - I think some others did, though. When you ask if you aren't drinking enough water, only you can answer that - 2 liters per day is the amount required.

Hope this helps! Happy Easter - :)