posted May 05, 2005 10:37 AM         

1. Your digestive system has been building up acids all through the night and the first thing you put into it when you wake up is tarry coffee that literally burns your intestines!

2. You follow that up with high acidity combinations of various citrus juices

3. You often skip breakfast or substitute it with high sugar cereals, enriched flour pancakes, biscuits, red meat - stuff like that.

4. You spend hours making healthy, well-cooked meal, then spoil it with alcohol in the form of wine or beer

5. You know all these rumors abt a glass or two of wine or daily serving of three types of dairy products being good for you are merely propaganda by corporate america to get you to spend money on stuff that is not good for you - yet you fall for it

4. You take the worst out of every culture's cuisine and americanize it to fit your ever-growing palettes.

posted May 05, 2005 10:49 AM         

I will man the hose.

Plus, though our cultures are similar, I am Canadian, so when you say 'Americanized' it doesn't apply to me...

I do think that you are not talking about everyone.. all those things do not apply...

I eat healthily.
I also treat myself ( though I haven't in a while)
I occassionally drink.(weekends)
I am having a coffee right now.

posted May 05, 2005 10:57 AM         

Thanks for responding, I truly appreicate it.

posted May 05, 2005 12:01 PM         

I find it a little disingenuous for one culture to point fingers at another.

posted May 05, 2005 12:13 PM         

I was counting on you replying. I want more people protesting and telling me I am a biased, blind idiot who's pointing fingers.

The whole thing is kinda tongue in cheek anyway.

posted May 05, 2005 03:27 PM         

maya, as pixie said, the body seems to be able to adapt to many things.

You want to make the healthiest choices? Stay out of the grocery store and shop organic markets. By only organic, raw dairy. If you eat meat/fowl, buy free-range, and be sure the animals were not fed antibiotics and growth hormones. Throw away your microwave, and if you keep it, never cook anything with plastic. In fact, never use plastic at all.
Beer and wine? I wouldn't worry about them in moderation, but don't even think about white sugar and white flour. And stay away from anything in a can. There are nasty chemicals used on the cans themselves.
Alkalize your body...which means eating mostly raw, organic foods. But watch out for peanuts and raisins, as they are often full of molds. Absolutely no artificial sweeteners or hydrogenated oils. No soy, and no flouride.

The list goes on and on, till your head spins. Read through the subjects here at LL.
Do some research. I've been reading books on this subject for years, and while there is some information that remains in dispute, there are some general truths.

Here's an interesting site: http://www.westonaprice.org/splash_2.htm

Read through Dr. Mercola's website. He's not my favorite, but there is valuable information available on his site. http://www.mercola.com/

As Gia likes to say, most things in moderation probably won't hurt you.

posted May 05, 2005 03:34 PM         

And yeah, Im with you - anything processed (like sugar, flour, coffee, tea etc) is out, organic is in - for poultry, produce etc. I dont particularly use dairy and get my vitamins from fresh veggie juice.

Yeah, Im a health freak too. Thanks for the website, I will check it out. Right now I am trying Dr. Ron Kennedy's medical library website. Advice coming froma 70 year old guy who loks forty would always make sense to me.

And yeah, I adore physical fitness, I love my anaerobic - aerobic routine, even if I dont look like a supermodel, I feel so strong everytime I work out.

posted May 05, 2005 03:56 PM         

I was the kid coming to school with a brown paper bag lunch, complete with sesame snaps, (they have vanilla ones nowadays!!)
Brown bread.. sometimes homemade.. homemade yogurt, fruit juice, and dried fruit ( we called it 'fridge cancy')and maybe apples or nuts. *after my breakfast of bran buds*

I longed to be a twinkie eater.
I longed for the 'wondrous' bread that came in the multi coloured balls bag....
I longed to be normal.
No one would 'swap' with me.

posted May 05, 2005 07:35 PM         

you pegged me totally. i have loads of studying healthy nutrition, but i don't let it have any impact on my diet whatsoever!

not really....but i have a long way to go before following what i would consider an adequate nutrition regimen. i think you saw my life with this post!

i am veggie, and drink no alcohol, and make a modest effort to avoid soda, but i rely much too much on tablet vitamin/mineral supplements.

i'd like to instill healthier eating in my son -- like you -- but i also want him not to have any hang-ups about food. i'd like food to be celebratory, not a dismal battle of wills. i think much of my food-related/health problems stem from an emotionally unhealthy approach to food when i was a child.

i do believe my parents' not allowing soda and too much junk food had a good effect on my developmental years...which i think is very important too.

so it's a balance, i suppose, that i must find...i'm beginning to believe it's the milieu with which you surround yourself.

i keep thinking that if i could find a group of people...parents and kids...who consciously adhere to healthy eating, that we could adapt much more easily.

i hope you find a way to raise your diets to a pristine level, and have fun doing it. it's surely an art!

please keep everyone informed of your progress...i'd like to know what works for you.

good topic!

posted May 11, 2005 12:45 AM         

haha...here's another one...exactly to what you're referring:

quote:

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TUESDAY, May 10 (HealthDay News) -- In a finding that runs counter to conventional wisdom, researchers have found that consuming moderate amounts of alcohol -- about one drink a day -- may prevent kidney function decline in men.

Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Boston, stressed, however, that the finding does not mean individuals should take up drinking -- especially heavy drinking -- as a means of protecting their kidneys.

In their study, published in the May 9 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, the researchers examined patient blood samples and questionnaires collected from more than 11,000 men enrolled in the ongoing Physicians' Health Study.

They found that men who consumed at least seven drinks per week were at a 30 percent lower risk of elevated levels of a compound called creatinine in the blood, compared to men who had one or no drinks per week. High blood creatinine levels are a strong indiator of kidney dysfunction.

"In previous studies, moderate alcohol consumption has been consistently associated with beneficial health effects on cardiovascular disease, however, the association between alcohol consumption and renal dysfunction was less clear, and most studies found a harmful effect on the kidneys," Dr. Tobias Kurth, a researcher in the Division of Aging at Brigham and Women's Hospital, said in a prepared statement.

"This is the first study to show a consistent reduction in the risk of chronic kidney disease with light to moderate drinking. Given the new findings that traditional cardiovascular risk factors are associated with kidney disease, the data is not surprising. This study may be broadening our knowledge of alcohol and disease prevention," Kurth said.

He noted this study only included data from healthy men and that more research is needed in this area to confirm the findings, especially for women and sicker individuals.

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for all those who needed additional justification...

posted May 14, 2005 11:52 PM         

It is hard to eat right when everywhere you look you see junk food! It's even harder to make your kids eat well.
I got a health wake up call 2 years ago when I was found to have insulin resistance and now it has turned into diabetes. I was never one to eat a bunch of junk...this was all genetic.
Now that I have to watch what I eat and be a "good girl". I find it odd that people I know want me to "cheat" on my diet that keeps my blood sugar in check. I guess that most people don't realize that the way I have to eat is not only better for me but the food tastes better!

posted June 19, 2005 06:52 PM         

But I think there is some good to my eating style. I don't like eating full meals, my stomach actually can't handle it, and I easily get drowsy. And I don't think our stomaches and digestion system are meant for it. So I snack constantly through out the day...eating small portions about 10 times a day.

Some of the snacks I choose though have to go. I really do need to cut sugar out of my diet! When I'm stressed especially...it makes you feel better...but then you get caught in that vicious cycle of highs and lows in no time, and become dependent on it. Sugar is a drug! Some foods leave me feeling bloated but I'm not exactly sure what they are yet...I think milk is one of them.

posted June 20, 2005 12:09 AM         

2. I can't drink OJ in the morning or I throw up from the added acidity that didn't make it out of my body the first time

3. After these first 2 ordeals I wind up not feeling right so I try to eat a fibery cereal only to have to do my duty half an hour later.

4. Ew alcohol!

5. Ew dairy! Ew wine!

4. I take whatever's tasty out of every cuisine

posted June 20, 2005 12:22 AM         

why don't you try some grapefruit in the morning, would that be too acidic as well?
I don't know..but it helps blood circulation and (bowel movements) and helps you feel better. drink lots of water and hope you feel better.