How does everyone make sure that they get enough protein in their diets? I try to only eat one serving of meat per day, so I've added egg beaters and a soy-based protein drink (bolthouse farms vanilla chai - delicious!) to make up for the difference. Just looking for more ideas...

Vegan sources of protein
* Amaranth*
* Cereals and grains - buckwheat*, rye, corn, rice, pasta...
* Leafy green vegetables, including spinach
* Legumes - beans, lentils, peas, peanuts
* Nutritional yeast*
* Nuts - almonds, walnuts, cashews...
* Quinoa*
* Seaweed - spirulina*, kelp ...
* Seeds - hemp*, sesame, sunflower...
* Soy* products - tofu, tempeh, soy milk...
* Vegetables - Brussel sprouts, potatoes, yuca
I eat lots of mixed nuts...
http://www.theveggietable.com/articles/protein.html

Kim,
Now I was under the impression that nuts werent a good thing?
FB

Tom, most fissure sufferers do avoid them like the plague. I can have them now since my fissure is healed and I should have clarified that.
If foods are chewed finely, even potato chips *may* not be a problem. It depends on the individual and probably the location of their fissure.

Did you heal with surgery or just a change in diet and creams?

And my next question would be when you healed did you go back to your same eating habits?

I find that nut butters are a good substitute for whole nuts. I have them on a rice cake. My current favorite is cashew macademia butter. They are yummy, filling and digestible. And you don't need to worry about rough edges.

I had to have surgery, after seven months. It appears that longer one goes without healing, the more likely it will take surgery to heal the fissure. I have read that the edges of the fissure form scar tissue and just won't heal. That is why a fissurectomy is sometimes performed. I did not go back to my old eating habits, at least not completely. I will have a burger or nuts and potato chips occasionally, but for the most part I eat like I did during my fissure.

Oh, BG, that sounds good! I haven't tried any of the nut butters, but I'll have to look for some next time I go shopping.
Julie

I love nutter butters~