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Hi ladies,

I can hardly believe my year of nutrition school is already 1/3 behind me!  I'm loving all the information I'm taking in from my training.  Two weeks ago Ayurvedic wisdom was our topic.  I've been reading the Three Season Diet by John Douillard and I wanted to post about here in case someone else might be interested.  I like Ayurvedic mainly because it just makes so much sense to me.  It resonates.  

The one recommendation Douillard emphasizes more than any other is to adopt eating habits which make lunch the main meal of the day.  I've read this before in Deepak Chopra books, but Douillard has me focused on this because all his clients with too-high blood pressure have brought their readings down simply by switching to lunch as the biggest meal of the day.  

So that's my big plan for July is to make lunch my biggest meal of the day.  I think my mom will benefit too, since older people have digestive challenges.  She's agreed to give it a try for 2 weeks and then we'll reevaluate to see how we feel and how we like the schedule.  

The other thing Douillard presents in this book is how the fad diets cycling through in popularity are each lacking a component that the 3 season diet includes.  In a nutshell, our foods provide us with carbs, protein and fat.  Fad diets tend to eliminate one of these three things for the purpose of weight loss.  It will work for a while, but cravings are the downfall of all the fad diets.  Wellllll, those cravings are there for a reason.  Our bodies need all three components -- carbs, proteins, and fats.  In the 3 season diet, each component takes a turn at being the focus.  Summer is high carb, winter is high fat, spring is high protein.   So over the course of a year, our bodies will learn to burn fat for our energy, which stablizes blood sugar levels.  Cravings diminish because life ceases to be a constant emergency. We burn sugar in an emergency.  If our bodies don't ever get the signal that the emergency is over, we'll continually crave foods that produce blood sugar to burn for energy, instead of making the switch to burn fat for our energy.  

All this just makes so much sense to me.  Plus, I would truly love to find the way of eating that will drop some pounds without counting calories.  I've never been a calorie counter, and I hope that I can achieve my ideal weight without ever needing to count calories.  Besides, it would REALLY be nice to know how to drop a few pounds if I'm going to be a successful nutrition counselor!  lol

Althea, that is great that you are going to school for this.  I hope that you will continue to share with us some of the highlights, especially those pertaining to breast cancer.  I spent some time living in Sicily and have toured all around Italy and can tell you that lunch is definitely the main meal, with dinner being mo;re like a snack.

Marianna:  I take l-glutathione for neuropathy.  Found out after the fact that I should have been taking this during chemo.  It's naturally found in the body and I have never heard of side effects.  Here is a link:  http://www.effectsofglutathione.com/l-glutathione-side-effects/

althea glad to here from you.  Was wondering how your schooling was going.  i love hearing about the things you are learning.  The diet sounds very interesting.  For years I have tried to make noon my heavy meal.  Does not always work out but I try.  Glad your schooling is going well.  Love hearing about the things you are learning.

Yikes, you are right.... I haven't seen her post in awhile!! Was she the one that was hoping to get pregnant? Hopefully she got pregnant and has been concentrating on that.

By the way, MBJ, nice new profile pic! Looking stunning!

Thank you Marianna:  New Years 2011-We have been together 9 years today!

Okay, I did some research, and it seems that Vitamin E can interfere with blood clotting, and many multi-vitamins include E. However, you should take lots of Vitamin A and C to encourage quicker recovery time. Does this sound right? Hopefully stopping my multi a week before surgery will be ok, since I don't take any other prescribed medicines.

Thsnks, MBJ - I will find out tomorrow if they'll need to postpone since it will only be a week that I would have stopped taking everything. Since they are cutting into my head to implant the cochlear device, I would imagine there could be complications...

So, they told me to stop taking the VitD, Omega3, Ginko, and Multi (due to VitE). Said all the others are okay to continue taking. They didn't mention anything about the curcurmin, but I might go ahead and stop that for the rest of the week to be on the safe side. I can load up on VitC though, and I'll definitely keep taking the magnesium, which are both good before surgical procedures.

 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/02/980216080338.htm

AHHH! I am so confused about this!

Here is a blip form Berkely, the ones studying  I3C

"Because indole-3-carbinol is changed as it is processed through the digestive system, it would have to be delivered directly to the tumor, perhaps by injection into the bloodstream, or chemically altered to survive the strong enzymes and acids in the stomach, Bjeldanes says. "

Merilee, if you haven't seen it, here's a good article on DIM and I3C:

http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2006/jan2006_report_i3c_01.htm

(If you haven't figured it out yet, much of the info' on the internet about DIM and I3C was written by a doctor who is a prinicipal in a DIM supplement company, so is definitely not objective!)

And I don't think I've ever seen research on Myomin.  I believe the women on BCO who have mentioned using it found out about it from Chinese doctors. I could be wrong, but I don't think anyone's posted a research link yet.    Deanna

Go broccoli!  I'll eat as much of it as I need to.  It is one of my favorite veggies.

Yes, I3C and DIM are derived from cruciferous veggies.  But I think I read somewhere you would have to eat 4 lbs. of broccoli a day to get an amount equivalent amount of protection.   Deanna

Maybe someone here would know the answer to this. I've been taking flax oil capsules for years but I've run out. I'm hesitant to reorder in the hot weather. Does anybody know if the oil remains stable (doesn't get rancid) as long as the bottle is unopened?  An friend said the oil would need oxygen to oxidize, thus as long as the bottle remains unopened, it's ok.

Any opinions?

Thanks. I miss my flax oil when I don't take it.

Molly, one of the reasons that Usana stopped making a vegan version of omega oils, which included flax seed oil is because they could not guarantee the viability of the oils. I stick to the fish oil in capsules that are not exposed to any air. Yes, oils do go rancid easily, which is why I stick to coconut oil for cooking too, as it has a  long shelf life. I also buy my olive oil is smaller bottles so that less air gets into the bottle, and I make sure I keep it tightly closed. I believe that these beneficial oils are the reason my skin is in such great condition now, and why I can go out and bike or garden and not get any sunburn. I also think that taking fish oil during rads protected my breasts from burning.

FYI-for those of you who are reading the iodine yahoo group, I am happy to announce that Stephanie will be speaking at my think beyond the pink weekend, Oct. 21-23. I hope many of you will try to come. It is going to so much fun and you will get to meet Stephanie, who has done us all a great service by helping to educate us all about the iodine protocol. I still have some details to work out, but all the info  will be on my think beyond the pink webpage as soon as I get them worked out, hopefully this week. Chicago is beautiful in Oct, and the venue is right by an arboretum that is magnificent that time of year. In fact, this is where I spent hours walking in "space", trying to come to terms with a cancer dx several years ago. It is so healing to go there. Save the date and plan your getaway!