Hey, I read this and was wondering what people think about it. I mean, obviously this is a horrid diet. Besides being devoid of nutrition, it’s loaded with acrylamides and advanced glycation end-products, which cause/accelerate cancer and the aging process. And it will be having an impact on the pancreas and bowels, to say the least. Do you think it lends credence to the calorie theory? I wish we knew specifically what type of diet he was eating before. He may have been a carb-heavy low-ish-fat ”healthy eater”. Was losing that 27 pounds even a good thing at all? Very intere ...
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I’d recommend T-Tapp, a workout system designed and led by Teresa Tapp. Excellent for the back and for people who are just starting exercise.   [End]
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Eat up! There’s not some ”safe” number, it would be hard to OD on eggs. No more than 4 a week sounds like some conventional medicine advice. The only people who try to scare you are the people who think cholesterol and fat are some evil villains. 2 a day should be no problem at all. That being said, you might want to rotate off and not eat any once a week or several days each month, just to make sure you don’t develop an allergy or intolerance. (That’s good advice for many foods that are daily staples.)   [End]
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I’d be interested to hear the answer to this, too. I don’t catch too many colds, perhaps one or two a year it seems. I am not sure I have ever had the flu. People say ”Oh, if you had the flu, you’d KNOW” but... either when I have the flu it’s milder than other people, or else I’ve just had some real bad colds involving muscle aches, fever, etc. such as you indicated, but I generally have a fast recovery time, it only lasts maybe 2 or 3 days. I really have no way of knowing what exactly it is. Some people always seem to have something or other. I don’t worry myself too much when I’m ...
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I’d recommend you read The Paleo Diet book (from the library, maybe?) to get a grasp of the whole concept. Or, at least, just google ”paleo blog” and you will find several that have articles and recipes. My general understanding is that Paleo and Weston A Price have a lot of overlap, but Paleo just may be slightly more restrictive, in that instead of eating fermented whole grains you just wouldn’t eat grains, for example. The difference between a LOT of diets is actually philosophical, such as the concept of how the diet got started. So, as you mentioned, one is based on actual tradit ...
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Wow, Molly, that’s fantastic! Exciting that you’re pursuing Holistic Nutrition! Keep us posted on how that is going for you.   [End]
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Just wanted to follow up that I’ve been using xylitol continuously since I started -- interesting to realize it’s been 6 years now! I still just put a pinch of granules in my mouth after I brush, let it dissolve, swish and then spit it back out. Seems to be great. On the odd occasion when I don’t use it (forgot to bring on an overnight trip for example), it feels very strange. I feel like my teeth don’t get nearly as clean without it. I haven’t found it to affect my teeth color any. If anything, it may whiten them slightly. (However, my passion for green tea is counteracting that). ...
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Just wanted to chime in and say I agree. I have been interested in health/nutrition for over 15 years and I would say this is the best book I have read on the subject. He spent 5 years researching this book and was surprised himself at the findings. It explains a lot of things that previously seemed confusing, or true but you didn’t know why, etc. For example, explains/debunks the whole ”a calorie is a calorie is a calorie” and ”calories in vs. calories out” thing we’ve heard drilled into us over the years. Besides weight loss, he addresses heart disease, cancer, and diabetes specifically, ...
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My advice would be to take a full spectrum digestive enzyme supplement with your meals - especially protease, but also lipase and amylase. You may not be digesting your nutrients well, including all those supplements you are taking, and particularly protein. I know ”take another supplement” isn’t necessarily what you want to hear, but I say it because I used to have soft, weak nails that would break off, and my aunt (who is into nutrition) recommended digestive enzymes. And what do you know? My nails fairly quickly became really strong.   [End]
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Trapper, just a note to inform you that your voice is heard and appreciated by some here in the land of the internet. Best wishes for you and your family.   [End]
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When consuming various healthy fats, such as fish oil, borage oil, coconut oil, etc., is it better to consume several all together? And thus the body can get what it needs from the mileau of availability? Or is it better to try to segregate the fats and take one at a time, say only fish oil with one meal, only borage with the next, and so on? Let’s say I’m eating a curry made with lots of coconut milk. Is taking a dose of borage oil or flax oil relatively futile, being such a small amount in that sea of coconut fat? - Or taking some cod liver oil at the same meal as eating a whole avoca ...
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I like that drink, but then again I like vinegary things. You might try a ”sweeter” flavor, like grape, because cranberry drinks tend to be more tart anyway. Kombucha does have a bold taste.   [End]
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What foods do you eat? What are the main staples of your diet?   [End]
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I don’t know if this question is too hard or simply too boring for an answer!   [End]
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Whenever I exercise and get really hot and sweaty, or maybe just if I get really hot and sweaty on a hot, humid day outdoors, I will get little red rash splotches on the soft insides of my elbows. It is slightly itchy, and it goes away a little while after cooling down. I’ve been that way for so many years, I don’t even remember. Why do you think I get that rash??   [End]
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I will say that is very rude. However, depending on what the person is accustomed to, it may be more or less rude. For example, my great-aunts would all talk at the same time, they weren’t being rude, they would talk and listen and just have a good time. Then they would ask my mom why she was being so quiet. She prefers to wait until people stop talking to take her turn. Well, my sister and I also tend to talk at the same time, interrupt and talk over each other, we can have a conversation for 3 hours in a very loud, broadcasting voice, we aren’t being rude, we aren’t angry, we are jus ...
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I am not sure about your list of ingredients, most of them look good to me. I would say that using fresh, raw aloe vera should help a lot - it will be wet, so let it dry on your skin a few minutes and then apply your moisturizer on top. I find it helps a good deal. But beyond that, I have really had issues with dry skin this winter. I was trying various lotions and oils, but they didn’t really seem to be doing the right thing, mostly just a bandaid. So I went to the Whole Foods Market (in another town, we don’t have one) and after looking at all their selections, chose ”Shikai Borage D ...
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Mr. Steve, Thanks for sharing! I have multiple citrus plants, both indoors and out (in pots), and I’ve never had most of the leaves fall off any one of them, I was surprised when you said that. At this time of year (Christmas), the plants with fruit are ripe or almost ripe, and all of them seem to like the cool weather by growing. Do you fertilize your citrus? I’m glad to see how it turned out with your pruning. I intend to trim several of my plants around the beginning of spring. Squeaky   [End]
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Yes, and it’s also scary to realize that these drugs are tested under the situation/assumption that it would be the ONLY drug taken and the only variable. We see the harmful side effects of each drug alone -- but many people are taking multiples at the same time with unknown exponentional problems! I think it’s interesting that many contestants enter the ”Biggest Loser” taking multiple prescription drugs, and sometime during the process of losing weight they are able to get off of all or most of the drugs. That’s simple weight loss+exercise, and in the realm of conventional medicine, a ...
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LOL! I didn’t know about this drink! What a concept. Thanks for the write-up, Tony. One big problem is that people don’t look at ingredients. Just the big writing and maybe the nutrition info panel (calories/fat). But not ingredients, where the real story is told. I’m going to produce a junky cola that ”was once in the same room as a salad” and make some big bucks...   [End]
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This is an excellent post, and I think it makes an excellent point! That being said, I want to say a little in it’s defense. I don’t think it looks THAT hard. True, I don’t think I could successfully pass today. But I think if I studied these topics for a while, learned a list of the 9 parts of speech, the measurement of a bushel, history and geography, spelling rules, etc. then I could pass. In other words, if I’d just completed 7th and 8th grade. My point being that this is a little bit like ”Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?” -- there are some things that you learn, and then forg ...
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Anne, is that some sort of state law, that if you home school it has to be with approved curriculums? Or do you mean the group supervised ”home schooling”? I say that because there are many different curriculums out there, or you could put your own together from a wide variety of materials. I was home schooled and we did not use any set curriculum. My parents put their own together, subject by subject.   [End]
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Are you doing anything else differently? Changing your diet? 20 min 5 days a week is considered a bare minimum for good health maintenance/circulation. What sort of exercise are you doing? If it’s walking you definitely need more, but if it’s some type of very intense workout then 20 minutes may be fine. You can try it for a few weeks but if you don’t think you are getting any results, then you should probably increase your exercise sessions to 45 min - 1 hour each.   [End]
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Here is what I think many here at Curezone will consider a fun challenge/activity! Compose what you consider to be the optimal ideal diet for one day -- the healthiest possible things you could ingest! Disregard your personal taste, cost, and how you could actually work various items into reasonable dishes. Let’s say you are assigned to develop an optimal nutrition plan for a human to eat every day for a year, as a test. Yes, variety is important, but pretend this person must eat the exact same things every day. Just list all the food (as well as herbs/supplements) that you wish to ...
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This is probably overly simplistic, but I think eating carbs/sugars alone (without much fat or protein) makes people hungry. So, for example, eating fruit for breakfast makes me hungry an hour or so later, if I eat more fruit the cycle will repeat. (Whereas if I don’t eat breakfast, I probably won’t feel hungry all morning).   [End]
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Haha, yeah, another method is to distract everyone by saying ”HEY, what’s that over there?!?” and while they aren’t looking, dump all your food into your pocketbook! Or just under the table! haha   [End]
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Get menus for the places that your friends most commonly go. Figure out which of these places has items you can eat in good conscience, then suggest going there. Or, only accept when you are invited to one of these places - other times you can politely turn down the invitation. For example, Ruby Tuesday has a pretty good salad bar, so you might go there. You might want to bring your own dressing when you go places, that shouldn’t be too big of a deal. Also, figure out what modifications you can make to turn an item into something acceptable. For example, at a pizza place, you could a ...
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Well, to be fair, that is all in the terms and conditions listed on their website. You should have read the terms and conditions, the link is at the bottom of the main page. Here’s a direct link: http://www.resveratrolultra.com/offer/resveratrolultralp3/terms.html Also at the bottom of the main page is the clear indication that it is a 15-day free trial, not a free trial, period. They ship you a 30-day supply, so 15 days after your order they charge you $87.13 (the price for a 30-day supply), and they will continue sending you product and charging you every month. This information is al ...
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If you’re not too heavy and have a sturdy toilet, you can just squat standing ON your toilet seat. That’s what I do.   [End]
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I am no expert here, just throwing out a few ideas. One thought is slippery elm gruel. That is supposed to be very healing to the digestive tract, and it should fill you up somewhat. Another thought is a soaked/fermented porridge of millet, quinoa or oats. There are some recipes for this in Nourishing Traditions, I have not tried them myself. The last thought is flax seed crackers. You soak the flax seeds and mix them with any veggies and seasonings/spices you can tolerate in a food processor and then spread the thick mixture on dehydrator sheets and dehydrate until crispy. I k ...
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If you are going to add milk, then you might as well just not strain the yogurt instead. I think milk will make it more ”watery”. I think a lot has to do with the sweetness of the fruit you use. Fully ripe peaches are VERY SWEET. I made this with blackberries and even with stevia and a little xylitol it was very tart! (but still good) I do not think mango is quite as sweet as ripe peaches. Plus honey is not as sweet as stevia so you will need to add quite a lot of honey. Also I think adding 1 Tablespoon of regular sugar can help take the ”edge” off. Obviously some people wouldn’t ...
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I just wanted to share that I’ve recently started making my own frozen yogurt - it’s easy and good! Ingredients: 1 quart plain yogurt 3-4 ripe peaches Stevia First you strain your plain yogurt 2 hours (I use organic whole milk yogurt but lowfat will work). This will reduce the yogurt solid down to a little over half a quart. You throw out the liquid that is extracted and keep the solid. Then you chop up several very ripe peaches and puree with the yogurt and some stevia, to taste. Chill, then pour into ice cream maker. Once it thickens (20-30 minutes), add diced chunks of peach, p ...
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Yeah, I have noticed that before. What do I care if there is ”organic rosemary extract” mixed in some conventional product? The rosemary being organic is the least of my concerns and frankly, what a waste of an organic product! But it boils down to people not reading ingredient labels. I see it happen all the time, people read the rest of the label but don’t bother to actually read the ingredients list -- which is the MOST important information on the label!!   [End]
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To be fair... the Atkins Diet has 3 stages, but most people think of only the first one with extreme restriction. The intention is to go ”cold turkey” off the carbs, kick-start ketosis for 2 weeks, and then start adding carbs back, particularly in the form of green vegetables. Of course you’re not supposed to live a carb-crazy lifestyle, but you can have reasonable amounts of healthy carbs. But instead of reading the whole book and all the details, people would just be like, ”What’s the deal with Atkins? No carbs until you’re skinny? Got it.” But that’s not what Dr. Atkins was recommen ...
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haha, obviously that lady doesn’t know about restricting carbs!   [End]
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I thought I would mention vitamin D. I didn’t see that mentioned in your list of things you’ve tried. I don’t think it is a cure-all, but it might be an important component. My cousin is a nurse practitioner, and she and the doctor she works with are some of the few traditional medical professionals who are interested and informed in alternative medicine and natural healing (for example they do colon hydrotherapy in the office). They learned sometime last year at a seminar about how rampant Vitamin D deficiency is, particularly in about a 1-hour-drive area around where we live -- and w ...
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Well, I’m just speculating here, I would think corn starch is to make it thick, smooth and ”creamy”... even though it’s lowfat/nofat buttermilk   [End]
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One nice thing about Stonyfield Farm is that they make whole milk yogurt with the cream on the top - not only is it delicious, it is also rare in this world of low and no fat!   [End]
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I’d say it boils down to one main thing: HORMONES. All of them play a part, the most important one usually being insulin, but of course also the thyroid and estrogen and others. Food = the way different food and amounts affect hormones, particularly insulin. Exercise = the way it affects hormones. There is even a rare disorder that exemplifies this -- a person can be starving and emaciated on parts of their bodies, let’s say the upper body, and be very obese on another part, for example the buttocks and upper legs. How? Why? Hormones. I recommend you read a book that rocked my vi ...
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Scientists ’map DNA of common cold for the first time’ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/4601932/Scientists-map-DNA-of-common-cold-for-the-first-time.html Cold cure confusion? http://www.nhs.uk/news/2009/02February/Pages/Commoncoldresearch.aspx Some people are heralding this achievement as indicating the cure for the common cold is just around the corner, probably through ”vaccines”... oh goody, now we can have yet another vaccine thrusted on us, probably one that is even more bogus than the flu vaccine!   [End]
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That’s crazy! Considering those very same herbs are IN the vast majority of food (curries) in southeast asia! Eaten daily!   [End]
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I was recently made aware of these Corn Syrup Commercials! That shocked me a little. They essentially consist of a not-very-informed person with the good intention of avoiding corn syrup, who becomes easily convinced by someone who spouts off the ”glories” of corn syrup. Corn syrup commercial 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEbRxTOyGf0 Corn syrup commercial 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVsgXPt564Q I also found these rebuttal spoofs: Spoof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYiEFu54o1E&feature=related Another spoof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRicUInkYQM& ...
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Interesting - none of those top 10 cities is in the South (excepting, debatably, El Paso, and Texas is not always considered to be part of the South). Then again, the South is much more Republican than the rest of the country (as a whole).   [End]
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Don’t worry, you’re not alone - I never scroll down that far and look at those ads. I did know it was there but I really don’t know why those people pay to be hidden way at the bottom where most people probably don’t look! But it’s cool that they do. I want Curezone to do well.   [End]
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Then what do you recommend as optimal countertops? Granite? Large ceramic tiles? Or...?   [End]
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You will need the specifics to do it right, but here’s the overview; Buy a starter culture or a bottle of raw kombucha tea. Keep everything sterile. Make some fresh tea using black tea, and add white sugar in the proper amount. Cool off tea to room temperature. Pour in glass container. Add the starter culture. Put a screen or cloth on the top so that it can breathe but stuff can’t fall in it. Put it in a dark, medium cool, quiet place. Let it sit for a week or two. Check on it. At some point, it’s ready to go, and you’ll take make some more fresh sweet tea, take out ...
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1) Eat them faster! 2) When you buy them, are they green, or are they ripe? Perhaps you could buy a few that are somewhat green and a few ripe. Eat the ripe ones while the green ones are ripening. 3) Bananas aren’t really ripe until they are fully golden (no green) with brown speckles. Some people consider that to be ”too ripe” or bad, but it isn’t. 4) Sit them on the counter. If you keep them in a bag they will ripen faster. 5) Once they are ripe or even all brown, if you can’t eat them then, you can put them in the freezer, to use later in smoothies or banana bread. It sh ...
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You are giving people sub shop gift certificates for gifts?!?!?   [End]
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Most prescription medications specify whether you are supposed to take them with food or on an empty stomach. If not sure, then ask a pharmacist, it’s part of their job to know that information.   [End]
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I have never noticed that. Sometimes after vigorous exercise, my sweat smells like that fake movie popcorn butter! I don’t like popcorn so have probably only eaten that stuff maybe 10 times in my life, but I know the smell from going in theaters.   [End]
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Thanks. I guess that makes sense. I tried regular Nair on my legs once and it didn’t do anything, either, so I guess I wouldn’t try it on my face. I do end up shaving off what Nair doesn’t get on my upper lip, but I feel this makes it come back in more coarse. Or, at least, the ends are straight instead of fine and whispy, and it feels ”prickly” which really gets on my nerves!   [End]
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Why doesn’t ”Nair” work on my female moustache? I KNOW Nair is probably bad. But that little patch is so annoying! It’s blonde (a few browns) although somewhat coarse and really shows in the light. They seem to be VERY strong and resilient hairs. I put the Nair on and even though the bottle says to leave it on I think 10 minutes max, I can leave it on for 30 minutes and it still doesn’t do anything to half the hairs (it also doesn’t seem to affect my skin). And before you say, maybe it’s an old batch, I thought of that and went out and bought another bottle and it also seems to not real ...
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Maybe toasted Ezekiel bread?   [End]
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1 - 1.5 lbs ground beef 1 egg 1 can stewed tomatoes, chopped 1/4 - 1/2 onion, minced 1/2 bell pepper, minced 1/2 c. old fashioned oatmeal 1 - 2 Tbl. Worcestershire sauce 1 - 2 Tbl. Yellow mustard mix together, put in a pan, cook in 350F oven until done, about 45 minutes? This is delicious!   [End]
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It’s sortof like Santa Claus... and the Tooth Fairy... and Tinker Bell. You just have to believe!   [End]
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Okay, has anyone heard of or TRIED the Epila (DIY laser hair removal device)? I’m seeing a lot of ads for it. http://epilalaserhairremover.com/ I want to know WOULD IT WORK and IS IT SAFE? (by Curezone standards) I have some dark coarse hairs on my chin that I’d love to take care of, as it is, I’m plucking some out every day. Also, coarse hair on inner thighs and near the ankles makes me very itchy unless it is recently shaved. It really is uncomfortable and annoying and I’d like to get rid of it. This thing only costs $200. ***I don’t sell these or have any interest in th ...
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Oh, I have some french green clay that I simply mix with water and use as a face mask from time to time. It definitely helps clean out my pores. Also good is dissolving sea salt into warm water and washing/rinsing my face with that. Never tried the facial exercises.   [End]
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Good stuff, DQ and all I also like extra virgin olive oil rubbed into my skin to moisturize it. Eating omega 3’s and good fats (and avoiding bad fats) seems to really give good results, that would include eating flax seeds, organic butter, cod liver oil, borage seed oil, evening primrose oil, olive oil. To answer the original question, I’d say: Depends on what you want the cream to do!   [End]
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AWWWW, that’s such a cute photo of the turtle in the picture!!!   [End]
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boatman, just curious: take 10,000 mg a day of WHAT? I believe you left out the name of the supplement.   [End]
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Wow, that really sucks!!!!!   [End]
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Cute! ...and sad.   [End]
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I like arugula in salad! Maybe 50/50 mixed with romaine. But it’s not for everyone. I like bitter things. Thanks for sharing the picture and your experience!   [End]
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Here where I live in the South (USA), wisteria is mostly a weed. A very pretty weed, of course. It spreads like crazy. It grows all over the place, on the sides of roads and in untended places. This summer, driving down the interstate, you could see purple wisteria covering trees alongside the road all over the place! It was growing in our backyard, draped over the shrubs and ”taking over”! Like you said, when it’s cut down to the ground, it just comes back. That being said, I don’t know about propagation. Hope you figure that out.   [End]
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fluorescent lighting immediately makes my eyes VERY ”tired” feeling and if I’m around them for a while I’ll start getting a headache - and I NEVER get headaches, not head-ache prone. Excluding fluorescent lights, I only get perhaps 1 or 2 headaches a year, those would be sinus related.   [End]
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This might be of interest to you: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2641-ozone-treatment-for-tooth-decay.html http://www.drcerny.co.za/DentalServices/ozone-treatment.htm Also, this information in general: http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2004/04/13/good_teeth_from_birth_to_death.htm Tooth enamel (essentially calcium phosphate) reacts with all acids to form cavities (see any chemistry text dealing with solubilities). The proton of the acid pulls the phosphate right out of the enamel, and fast. By drinking a sip of water along with the acid during eating, the ...
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It depends on if you’re talking about the teeth wiggling in their socket (as in, moving when your finger or tongue pushes them), or if you mean repositioning in general, as in the reverse of your orthodontic treatment. If you’re talking about loose as in wiggling, then: Dr. Christopher’s or the Barefoot Herbalist’s tooth powder herbs White oak bark in particular http://www.proliberty.com/observer/20060703.htm Also liked the vitamin C suggestion - heard good things about sodium ascorbate in particular for the loose teeth situation. Read this page, including the comments ...
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”lacks” haha! n/m   [End]
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