Does anyone know if and where on Bonaire one can buy the following?
Whole grain brown rice
Whole grain bread
Whole grain pasta
Non-fat plain yogurt
Non-fat milk
Bittersweet chocolate (O.K., I'm trying hard to stay off cholesterol meds, but no-one's perfect)

Thanks

i think cultamara might have the bread and the milk. it would be the boxed milk but i know i've seen non-fat milk there, as well as soy milk in a box. not sure of the other stuff.

I have seen yogurt in More For Less at times.

Over the last two years we have looked for whole grain pasta at most of the grocery stores on island but have not found any. Knowing the way the supplies work in Bonaire that does not mean that it was not available the week before or the week after. We have had great whole grain bread from Warehouse and have foundnon fat plain yogurt at most stores -- it is just packaged differently than in the US so took some hunting and guessing. Have found non fat milk at Cultimara.

There is a locally owned health shop in Nikiboko that we used to visit but the name escapes me. I am sure that someone on here will know the address.

More for Less usually stocks brown rice and whole grain pasta (at least in 2006 and 2007 they did). The "best" bread that comes anywhere near whole grain bread is available at Cultimara. It may be a good idea for the last Bite Bakery to start baking/selling good whole grain sourdough bread...

Thank to all for the helpful suggestions.

Truly non-fat milk is hard to come by - the Dutch milk is usually "halfvolle" and the Latin American milk is usually "semidecremesda", both of which are about 1.5% fat. The most reliable source of true skim milk is Firgos, the office supply store next to Wing Cheung (I kid you not). They sell UHT skim milk. Warehouse Bonaire sells plain yoghurt and plain kwark, which is a very yoghurt-like substance (it has a faint sour-cream-like flavor to it).

Skim milk will be labeled "leche decremesda" or "mageremelk" when you find it.

(Message edited by kww on January 13, 2008)

As a matter of fact, many Dutch dairy or meat products that are skimmed or very low on fat will be labeled "mager" or "magere". More often than not, "kwark" will be "mager".

Thanks, I'll check Firgos. It wouldn't have occurred to me. I'm familiar with halfvolle melk and leche semi-descremada, but for those of us accustomed to or needing skim milk, they seem almost like cream.

Antony, could the health shop you used to visit be Roselords? It's not on Kaya Nikiboko Noord, but pretty near, on Kaya Kanari 42. Never been there myself, so I'm not sure.

The Voice.

I think that is the one. It is a right turn off Kaya Nikiboko Noord and a few blocks down on the right.

It is really just a converted house. The lady who runs it speaks English and is very helpful, apart from health foods, she has a selection of veggie products.

Nathalie:
Congratulations on your lifestyle commitment. I hope that it works. Just a little information to keep in mind when trying to achieve your goal. Research has shown that dietary intervention can lower your LDL by no better than 20%. Most people with high LDL have it due to the way that their liver produces it and not so much based on how they eat. If lowering your LDL by 20% can achieve an LDL of 100 mg/dl or less than diet alone may be the answer. If your LDL is 150 mg/dl or greater than continue to talk to your Doctor. I realize that your Doctor may have suggested this lifestyle change. This is often necessary to prove to their patients and or the insurance company that a statin medication is of benefit. Triglyceride levels on the other hand can be greatly effected by diet and that alone warrants as much healthy eating as is posable. I did not sleep in a Holiday Inn Express last night; but, I am an RN of 25 years who works in cardiovascular research not funded by the drug companies.

other low fat foods - am thinking of bringing 1%low fat cottage cheese and sour cream but don't know if I can carry this on a cooler through customs? Any advice?

Customs does not care if you bring food.