Housekeeping: For the eagle eyes amongst us and those non Australians a Durry as mentioned in the image above, is Australian slang for a cigarette. Likely originates from the ANZAC forces where both a Dhurrie rug and a cigarette were rolled.
Today’s topic …
GRIT
When I wrote Easy Follow Easy Swallow it was, in part, a journey of discovery about the commercial formula I was given that arrived on a sack truck in uniform sized boxes every month or so.
Provided to me with no discussion I might add, just here, use this.
At the time I was so off the planet with opioids and all manner of drugs I didn’t question it.
I am not here to poo poo artificial formula (it did, after all keep me alive) but my journey of discovery did unearth what I knew to be true.
Sugar.
Lot’s and lot’s of sugar.
At time of writing there are three different categories of formula.
Standard
Elemental
Specialised
I had to really dig deep to find out any information about formulas and in particular what was in the “standard” formula which I was consuming (for 15 months) below L-R formula in 2018 through to fresh food oral eating 2022.
GAIN
So if you happen to be here at the beginning of your journey be brave, stay strong and keep fighting to get back to oral eating - no filters just direct filtered sunlight in my bathroom window, but I think you will agree the difference is there in skin tone alone.
GRIN
The main difference between the 3 categories is where their fat, protein and carbohydrate content are sourced, meaning cows milk for protein for example, sugars for carbohydrates and oils from palm & coconut.