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« on: October 25, 2011, 10:53:03 AM »
http://www.healingdaily.com/conditions/Gerson-therapy.htm
Secondly, I was watching a documentary about the Gerson therapy and it talked about the vegetarian diet curing cancer and tumors.
Do you believe this? I thought all that high frutose from fruits would be negative on the body? Now, I realize this is for cancer patients but should I be intaking more juices?
I know this is just anecdotal evidence based on only one example but... my father was diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus at about the same time as John Thaw (the actor) was. John Thaw had the conventional treatment of operations, chemo, radio etc... and my father did his research and decided to go with Gerson therapy. He believed in it completely. He was determined to beat the cancer and followed everything to the letter. In the end he never made any real progress and he died at about the same time as John Thaw. It doesn't prove anything and we'll never know how much his low meat, lowish fat and very high bread diet contributed to his getting ill in the first place.
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« on: October 24, 2011, 06:59:39 AM »
I'm in the UK and I've not been able to find pure coconut milk, so instead I but blocks of coconut cream and water it down. Also, the oil separates out so I might use some of that on its own for cooking.
Do you boil it?
I'm finding that even powdered coconut milk has added ingredients in it.
I've never used powdered coconut milk. I sometimes boil coconut cream if I'm making soup or thai curry. I often just scrape bits of the block straight into the dish I'm eating. My husband likes curries a lot hotter than I do, so I sometimes cool mine down by adding coconut cream in this way. I vaguely remember a long time ago, when coconut milk wasn't so available, that recipes suggested mixing coconut cream (in a block) with boiling water to get the consistency of coconut milk. Of course, what used to be called coconut milk i.e. the water inside the coconut, is now sold as coconut water. A different thing altogether.
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« on: October 23, 2011, 02:42:20 AM »
I'm in the UK and I've not been able to find pure coconut milk, so instead I but blocks of coconut cream and water it down. Also, the oil separates out so I might use some of that on its own for cooking.
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« on: October 22, 2011, 09:50:48 AM »
From what I remember, when they talk about acid or alkaline foods, they refer to the residue left in the body after digestion. I believe wheat and lean meat are considered highly acidic in that respect, but fat is not and most fruit and veg are alkali forming.
I'm sure googling it would find some better explanations and some charts of relative acid/alkali forming foods.
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« on: October 19, 2011, 04:49:10 AM »
I puzzled over the same question for a while. I used to "need" food fairly frequently to maintain even blood-sugar levels. I swore by having a proper breakfast and snacks throughout the day. I was amazed how after getting used to paleo, increasing fat intake and reducing carbs, I found I just wasn't hungry so often. I now eat 2 or three times a day, occasionally only once and never get the low-sugar crash.
I know that, for me anyway, who definitely suffered from metabolic syndrome, reducing carbs has taken me off the blood-sugar rollercoaster and I still have enough extra fat reserves to meet my energy needs without having to eat frequent meals.
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« on: October 06, 2011, 09:00:46 AM »
The first few weeks of not washing my hair were a challenge. I used bicarb of soda in water a couple of times and that helped and cider vinegar another time. Nowadays I only use water and if I rinse it at least every other day it's fine, not dirty looking, smelly or greasy. If I leave it longer than that it might start to look a bit greasy, dull and lifeless.
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« on: October 05, 2011, 10:57:20 AM »
It sounds very similar to what I had, though no acne, so never had accutane or the like. I was told it was rosacea. I'm 55 now and had it since my twenties, though it got a lot worse when I was about 35.
Stress definitely makes it worse, the first thing I did that helped was to use meditation/relaxation techniques for that.
However what I think made the biggest difference was to stop using shampoo, or any products on my hair. Took a while to adjust but my hair is looking better than ever now. It's been over a year now and I only use water to wash my hair.
The next thing I did was go paleo. Within about 3 months my skin was looking, and feeling, a lot better. I still get the occasional redness on the outside of my nostrils, but nothing compared to the redness/itchiness I used to get all over my face at times. I'm now nearly 9 months in and people who know me well from way back comment on how "normal" my face looks. Makes me wonder what they thought of me before, lol.
I wouldn't use ANY cleanser on my face, even the special dermatological ones used to cause me problems. Aloe vera gel was the only thing I sometimes used, but that tended to be too drying.
I would definitely give the diet a try and put as little as possible on your face. I don't know what you'd do about shaving, at least I don't have that problem.
Research rosacea and see if it sounds like what you have.
Good luck.
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« on: September 29, 2011, 12:59:16 PM »
It seems that the healthiest people on earth eat less meat and more fish:
http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/7-countries-home-to-the-worlds-healthiest-people.html
This is quite convincing.
I don't think it's at all convincing. I'll assume that the statistics regarding health and longevity are correct, but the reasons stated are very subjective. For example, for Iceland, they mainly give the gym as a reason for health. They don't say that icelanders like fatty meat and fish. That their lamb and beef are all grass-fed. That they don't eat poultry, but do eat plenty of eggs. It reminds me of the conclusions drawn for the high rate of obesity and heart disease in vegetarians in India. Nothing to do with how much rice and breads they eat, but only because they use ghee!! Nobody's forcing you to eat paleo. If you think you're better off with soy, go for it.
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« on: September 29, 2011, 07:41:01 AM »
I just wish there were radios that would not just come on at the desired time but come on at a low volume and slightly increase.
That sort of alarm definitely exists, though not necessarily as a radio. My son had one a few years ago. Sorry, don't know name. I have that functionality in an app on my android phone. I chose a piece of music on mp3 and can specify how long it should play and to increase in volume. I prefer to use the same piece all the time as I'm now conditioned to know that it is the wakup call and not the phone or anything else more "alarming"... 
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« on: September 26, 2011, 12:05:40 PM »
As with many things, "your mileage may vary". I saw no difference in my health between the times that I ate processed/refined grains and whole grains. I did the "whole grain/low GI diet" thing for a long time and it wasn't until I eliminated all grains completely that I started seeing a difference. While whole grains may have a lower GI than refined grains, many of them have more antinutrients than their refined counterparts. Hard to say which is worse but I'm sure it depends heavily on each individual.
I absolutely agree. I suffered chronic heartburn for most of my life before going paleo. Wholegrain bread, even the stuff I made myself with really "healthy" organic ingredients affected me worse than very white bread. Very refined white French stick was the best bread for me. Needless to say that now I've broken the addiction and the habit and no longer have to suffer heartburn, I won't be tempted by any sort of bread.
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« on: September 05, 2011, 03:08:39 PM »
Though I've never suffered from eczema myself, I really do sympathise. One week is not very long to see results, don't give up hope yet. It's taken months for my rosacea to clear up, but the difference is amazing.
As far as kefir goes, I've experimented a bit with this. I started out getting both milk kefir and what they called water kefir and even ginger beer kefir. Eventually I ditched the milk one because I was still getting the reaction I usually get with milk, which isn't severe, but didn't feel right. However with the water kefir grains (not grains at all, but look like grainy), I had no problems. I got a little sachet online and grew it in water with sugar and dried fruit. There are plenty of recipes and pages of advice of the best way to grow it. I like it on its own, but you can put the grated ginger in for a bit of extra taste. I like growing it myself because it works out much cheaper. I tried growing the water one in coconut water but it didn't work for me and I didn't have much success with growing the milk one in coconut milk either.
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« on: August 29, 2011, 11:26:26 AM »
I received the following from a healthy eating mailing list I'm on. I haven't watched the videos myself yet, but the summary points look useful. There are 5 videos of 15 minutes each. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7cbBB1c0IM&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7cbBB1c0IM&feature=relatedIn a nutshell, Dr Gominak says that adequate levels of vitamin D are required for good quality sleep, along with adequate B12 and ferritin. B12 should be at least 500 pg/mL. If less, take 1000 mcg daily. Vitamin D should be 60-80 nmol/L Check it several times a year as it will vary from summer to winter. Take D3 not D2 to supplement. Ferritin - something like 70-90 mcg/L for a woman and more like 150 mcg/L for a man. Good levels are necessary so the body can switch to the repair phase during sleep when growth hormone is released. Basically, it is this deep sleep that allows healing so the quality of sleep is most important. Vitamin D can be made from cholesterol in the skin under sunshine. Dr Gominak says that often when vitamin D levels are too low, cholesterol is too high - interesting!
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« on: August 29, 2011, 02:24:01 AM »
Breakfast and frequent meals are really useful on the SAD in order to minimise the blood sugar rollercoaster. When eating Paleo, you can afford to listen to your body.
I used to get terrible sugar lows, followed by migraines if I skipped breakfast or went more than 5 hours without eating during the day. Now, like you, I don't fancy breakfast until 11 or even later. When I do eat I have plenty of good fat in the meal and find I'm not hungry again until evening. I typically only eat 2 meals a day, though if I'm trying to fit in with others, I will force myself to eat a bit less at the 3 standard meal times. I don't like that as much but it's still OK.
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« on: August 25, 2011, 12:13:56 PM »
I've been over a year without using any "products" on my hair. In the early days I used bicarb occasionally but found that too drying. Now I just use water. I do go swimming in a chlorinated pool quite often and though I don't often go under water, I still just use water to rinse. Everyone says my hair looks great. The biggest benefit for me though was that my rosacea has dramatically improved (helped by Paleo WOE for the last 6 months.) It took a few weeks stop looking greasy. 
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