The Ice Cream Cake Test

We were at a birthday party today and Colson asked me if he could eat the cake. I asked him what he thought, given that it had white sugar and flour in it. He said that he thought we could do it. I told him that I agreed because we had done quite a bit of healing the last six months. We agreed that we would tell each other how we felt after eating it.

What was in the cake? It was our friend’s famous ice cream cake. It was so luscious last year, and we were excited to be having it again. It was loaded with Bryers ice cream, Oreos (they usually use a healthy version of these but didn’t this time, so we had all kinds of ultra-bad fake stuff), candy bars, you name it. Up until now, we had been eating in the top 99.99 percent of healthy eaters, so I had no idea what to expect as far as how our bodies would feel. Colson reported no adverse effects. I had an interesting 25 minutes of rapidly changing annoyances. It began with a strong burning sensation on my tongue, followed by a headache that quickly came and went several times, and then my lungs became irritated and I began coughing. The irritations quickly disappeared and I was fine 25 minutes later.

I knowingly and without trepidation put a toxic birthday stew into my body because I suspected that my body would face the challenge pretty well and I wanted to test it. I think the 25 minutes of irritation was an improvement compared to the last time I had ice cream. I had organic ice cream last August, six weeks into this eating adventure. Within ten minutes of finishing my heart started beating irregularly for about two hours, and I had a headache and muscle spasms. That ice cream was much, much healthier than today’s ice cream cake.

Today’s cake was a great experiment. It reminded me of how far I have come, and how bad that “food” is for my health. My body is stronger than when I had the first ice cream test, but clearly and emphatically it let me know that it will make me pay for putting unhealthy things into it. Needless to say, I came home, took a power walk, and ate some beef stew with bone broth.

We have another birthday party next week, and another one in February. I am not sure what I am going to do regarding Colson and his eating or not eating the cake. I will experiment this week with some healthy icing for dipping the chocolate coconut cookies, which he loves. If the icing makes the cookies seem extra special, I think that will be his birthday treat.

Comments

[Janice]

HI,
I made a homemade jello cake with fresh pressed juice for my son. Another option to consider. We found organic gelatin and all went very well.
Thanks for your posts, I appreciate reading all of them very much, more affirmation we are following a healthy path. Bless you with all the health challenges you have gone through the last bit. It does make us re-evaluate our lives.
Janice