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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2007
    Patrice, I just read that we have a virus that's caused the fat. I think it's on the hormone thread. I'll have to go look for it. LOL I can't remmber "Jack" either.

    I just had "pink eye" recently so now I'm really worried that I'll pack on the pounds. LOL
    Shirley

    PS I have heard about a virus causing obesity. However, I've just ingorned it. Now I'm going top tell EVERYONE that I had that virus.
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  • gsg
    gsg Member Posts: 3,386
    edited August 2007
    Did your pink eye make your eye fat?

    I just read that article today, Shirley. It's wonderful being able to blame a virus now and not the 3,000 calories a day I've been eating the past few months while remaining sedentary. Any time I can avoid taking responsibility for something, I will.
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  • RobinWendy
    RobinWendy Member Posts: 1,983
    edited September 2007

    Hi all...

    I go to an alternative/complementary doctor who is a trained oncologist who used to work at Sloan.  All my other oncs know him and say he is not a kook and that he works alongside mainstream medicine, not against it.

    His suggestion to me is to eat similarly to the South Beach diet, complex carbs such as brown rice, whole grains and to stay away from the 'white' foods such as potatoes, white rice and breads, and pastas.  He also says to stay away from the very sugary fruits such as pineapple, mango, watermelon. 

    Interestingly, it is his opinion that Splenda is an OK sugar substitute because it does not get absorbed into the blood stream and passes out of the body taking its bad stuff with it.  I do not know if it's true, but when I need something sweet and i do not want to go off the deep end and eat six Dunkin doughnuts, i will have a non-fat Jello chocolate pudding sweetened with Splenda.

    There is a book called "Superfoods Rx" which is not an anti-cancer diet book per se, but talks about why certain foods are so good for you.  I do recommend it to anyone who is trying to eat healthier. 

    Of course, please do not think that I find it easy to eat this way.  I do fall off the wagon from time to time and am sure I will do so again.  But, I always jump back on after the guilt (and pounds) set in.

    Robin

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  • Indigoblue
    Indigoblue Member Posts: 274
    edited September 2007

    We eat cancer, pesticides, air polution, rotting waters, and the tidbits of healthful foods, which few of us are able to consume knowingly or hopefully purchased from an honest and reputable food wholesaler; but noone really knows what goes into the soil, the plants, the animal's food, or the poison plastics and fillers lining the cans.  The entire food marketing business is corrupt. When I read lables, I could scream.  What is this chemical laden preservative diet our society is feeding their children as they pluck a microdish into a microwave...no radiation? sure.

    I doubt if any of our foods are safe to eat.  There are some free range chickens, cows, and organic farmers, but that's pricey when someone is raising a family and was raised on microradiated food, themselves.  Fast food and pizza pie diets, and twinkies... 

    If one is able to grow a garden (in an apartment) homegrown, pesticide free vegetables, spinach, lettuce, herbs, a few tomatoes would be better than whatever that hydroponic genetically altered shiny plastic is made from which looks so pretty in the produce section of the store, and it lasts forever!

    I guess it's no one's fault; farming has always had many issues regarding pesticides, etc., and the bi-laws are so tough, as well as the rules, product amounts, and costs to weigh, store, get the product to market, not to mention the fines...now most farmers are being replaced by conglomerate farming practices whose only aim is to make money, money, money, and they don't care about the environment, the animals, the earth, or the people who eat this poison.

    It is upsetting as to how ignorant our society really is when these issues are kept secretively behind muted coverups and perpetual legal battles while our water sources become poluted and the food cycle, life cycle, are becoming hopelessly lost to a world of sewer pipes, roads, and parking lots.

    Plastic...Oil...Corruption...Hungry people.

    Indi 

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  • jackieinbama
    jackieinbama Member Posts: 65
    edited September 2007

    Help!  I have been sick for 3 years with a b12 defieciency that went undiagnosed for 1 1/2 years.  I was being treated and was beginning to feel better until my bc dx on 12/1/06.  After surgery, radiation and Tamoxifen, my health has plummeted.  Went to many doctors, none knowing what to do with me.  Last week I went to an Alternative doctor that said I was allergic to dairy and corn and that I had an overgrowth of yeast, so I needed to also avoid sugar.  I am to tryavoiding these foods for two months.

    I am having the hardest time figuring out what to eat.  Can anyone help?

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited October 2007

    Bumping.  This has some very good suggestions.  Juiliebb was asking and I think this will help.

    Shirley

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  • juliebb
    juliebb Member Posts: 140
    edited October 2007

    Thanks Shirley. This is great to read. Indigoblue sounds like me. I might be over the top now though because.....I threw out all our tupperware and use corningware. Threw out plastic utensils and teflon pans. I won't use saran wrap or the microwave. No artificial sweetners. I try to make meals myself, using organic whole food ingedients and organic herbs. I will not use margerine, only grass fed organic butter, organic virgin olive oil for salads, and organic virgin coconut oil by Tropical Traditions. No soy. Hmmmmmm, what else????I won't eat foods that are said to be micotoxins, like mushrooms, peanuts, cashews, I think I'm supposed to not eat grains too :). Even my cosmetics, lotions, soaps, shampoos etc, are carefully picked. I use the coconut oil also as a moisturizer, face and body. No parabens, pthalates? I use No Miss nail polish which I get at Whole Foods. I am still learning and will continue to strive to keep the "toxic body burden" as low as I can. I also try to be aware of the # on the plastic take out containers. Especially if it's a hot food. Hope you don't think I'm nuts. I liked reading what people are eating and drinking. Thanks again Shirley.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited October 2007

    No, Julie, I do not think you are nuts.  I need to get rid of all my plastics.  However, my dh would think I am nuts!!

    As far as sweeteners, have you tried Stevia.  I've got some, but getting used to it is another subject.  It is very sweet therefore, I suppose one has to use very little.

    Hey, I'm all behind what you are doing.  But, why the Corning Ware?  Isn't it glass?

    Some people are into juicing.  Rosemary is a big fan of juicing and a few others.  Also, making smoothies...that would be good for your mom.  You could even put Whey in it for protein.  She would think she's getting a fancy shake. LOL

    Good luck!

    Shirley

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  • Luckysmom
    Luckysmom Member Posts: 49
    edited October 2007

    I was following along fine until you all started talking about throwing away your plastic containers. Help! What is wrong with my Tupperware? I do try and eat healthy but it can get pretty confusing with conflicting reports. I read that leaving your water bottle in your car overnight can create cancer-causing toxins in the bottle; has anyone else heard this?

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  • juliebb
    juliebb Member Posts: 140
    edited October 2007

    Shirley,



    I do use corningware instead of plastic containers. I bought Stevia but I don't even add sugar to my tea or coffee. My DH says Stevia is bitter, but I think there are new Stevia's that are not as bitter available now.My mom won't even try Stevia.... SWEET and LOW for her....UGGGGG! And yes I bought my mother the Green Star juicer last fall. Can you believe we haven't opened the box? I wanted to do the juicing but I became so intimidated by the size of the machine. Is it complicated? I have a lot of information on juicing too. I ordered it from Fern's Nutrition online. I think my mom would love the "fancy shakes" :)This is also where I bought a wonderful air purifier for my mom and my dad (he was still alive...now he's in Heaven) by Airwise for their bedroom. This is a nice thread Shirley.



    Brigitte, "For food storage, inert containers are best. That includes glass, ceramics and stainless steel" this is from www.che-penn.org ....however I am now reading stainless steel has nickle in it and if you scour it clean the nickle can get into the food ......I might be wrong there. I think I read that from alternative MD Robert Rowan...or Rowen. I still use stainless steel. Let me see if I can't pull up a good brushure online for this thread.


    Here try this...

    http://healthandenvironment.org/


    http://treehugger.com/files/2007/10/pure_prevention.php
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  • juliebb
    juliebb Member Posts: 140
    edited October 2007

    Here I found the pamphlet online. I got it at my new dry cleaning station that is environmentally friendly.



    http://che-penn.org/publications/bwHealthyCookingGuide.pdf

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  • Luckysmom
    Luckysmom Member Posts: 49
    edited October 2007

    Hmmm, I checked out these sites and from what I could gather, you shouldn't microwave in anything other than glass, but as for storing foods in plastic, I couldn't find anything alarming. I am constantly torn between trying to avoid any and all potentially carcinogenic materials (and every day a new one is announced!) and just trying to live more cautiously and self aware: no alcohol, no red meat or pork, more veggies and extra vitamin supplements. I've stopped drinking soda and only drink green tea or water that is high alkaline (Deer Park for instance), but I can't give up my two cups of coffee a day. Sugar is another challenge and I'm working on that; summer was tough because I adore ice cream but we don't need the fat, right?

    Taking care of ourselves is a full time job, isn't it?

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  • juliebb
    juliebb Member Posts: 140
    edited October 2007

    I am going to be cautious, and maybe I am a little overboard. I still have to change my PVC shower curtain to something like organic cotton or hemp LOL!. I can't keep up with everything either. Slowly I've rid the house of most of the toxic cleaners. I have a great book about that. The female author's last name is Todd I think.



    At breastcancerchoices.org , (I just recommended it on another thread here). It explains about how to live a less toxic life.

    breastcancerfund.org is good too.
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