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Nothing better than porridge mixed with ground flax seeds (or Linseeds as you call 'em -- actually high in Omega 3s) and a few raw almonds and 1/2 of a banana. I do put regular milk on top of mine, but buy the organic stuff so it's without hormones and antibiotics and whatever else is added to milk these days.
posted by
JanesOpinion
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December 14, 2005
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I usually have the same breakfast every day - home made muesli with home made yoghurt. I start with oats and add dried fruit - apricots, mango, pineapple, paw paw, sultanas - and almonds. I don't add bran any more because it stops iron from being absorbed by the body. On Sundays I sometimes have a brunch of bacon and eggs instead of breakfast. I also have black coffee.
posted by
Ca88andra
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December 3, 2005
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Totally agree with you regarding milk ...
I discourage my youngest from drinking it, although my oldest downs it by the gallon. Milk was designed for cows!
posted by
fwmystic
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November 27, 2005
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Damon,
you know, I was thinking just that, recently. I'm glad you had the same thought.
Perhaps each individual chemical has been tested and passed basic safety guidelines, but put them all together and who knows?
Of course, the producers of each chemical cannot be held liable -- quite conveniently -- if their chemical only does harm in combination with chemicals that they don't produce.
It's corporate socialism: distribute the risk of liability among powerful commercial interests so that no one of them is left solely responsible for anything criminal. Quite brilliant, actually.
posted by
Dylan24
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November 26, 2005
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Champagne is good in any circumstances.
I had a malignant tumor removed and five days after the op, my surgeon came in and told me that I should go and have some champagne so that night I left the hospital for an hour and followed doctor's orders at a bar.
posted by
Azur
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November 25, 2005
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For another viewpoint
check out my post entitled "Healthy Junk Food" (shameless plug)
posted by
jollyjeff
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November 25, 2005
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You're right...
you almost never heard of anyone with cancer 50 years ago. One thing you didn't mention that didn't exist then is the nuclear crap that's been added to the air. Lots of my relatives lived near the Hanford atomic facility in eastern Washington State in the 40s and 50s -- this was where "we" were developing, testing and building nuclear devices. They even released nuclear steam to test what would happen. Sheep & other animals born in the aftermath were deformed & freakish, and many humans in the area (a much higher percentage than in the general population) developed cancers. Add to this all the pesticides and etc. and the thinned-out ozone layer and we're in for it. I am disappointed to learn that cow's milk isn't helping my bones, though. Good thing I like almonds, etc. Thanks for your well-thought-out and accurate info... :)
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Pat_B
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November 25, 2005
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Flame-thrower...
...thanks for your comment and your congrats!
D
posted by
DamonLeigh
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November 25, 2005
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Dylan...
...it is scary stuff. I'm sure that when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s, cancer was a disease old people got. Not now - my kid sister died of it when she was 28 (as I've written about before).
I have a theory.
There are 500+ man made chemicals inside the average Western body that were not there in 1920 - indeed, many didn't even exist in 1920!
Now, some of those are toxic at almost any level, like DDT (still kicking around) and PCBs.
But even ignoring those ones, we can focus on the rest, the majority, and say that yes, the levels in my body are within tolerances for the remaining, say, 490 chemicals.
Great!
Two problems with that, though.
1. How do we know the tolerances are set at the right level (by the WHO or whoever)?
2. Sure, we've tested each as an individual substance. We may even have tested two or three together. But I guarantee that NO ONE has ever tested how 500+ chemicals react, mix, respond and so forth within the human body.
And it's there the root cause of our ills - or at least one of the bigger ones - lies.
Happy Holidays!
D
posted by
DamonLeigh
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November 25, 2005
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Breakfast as I have just learn while reading your post can be of different types and content. I also enjoyed the transition and evolution it has taken not just in your but equally in mind. But what marks you out is that, you have been able to pen it down for us to read. For that, I say congratulations.
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Flame-thrower
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November 24, 2005
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I'm so glad David is probably going to be okay!
A dear old religion professor of mine (also the hardest damn teacher I ever had) has a wife battling breast cancer. I have listened to his stories too. My boss at the summer camp had breast cancer as well.
Whereas my boss caught it at Stage 1 and got it wiped out through chemo and radiation, my professor's wife is at Stage 4 (the final stage) although her treatments still reduce her "cancer markers", last I heard.
What's up with all the people getting cancer? So scary! It must be the diet and the environment as well as other causes.
(Yes, I know, tobacco as well, but I'd bet the other causes put together at least equal tobacco in causality!)
Definitely makes you want to take care of yourself before you get sick.
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Dylan24
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November 22, 2005
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We Were...
...indeed, Cynthia! Ahhh - them were the days!
No, David is actually quite a moderate drinker, and the valium is a very low dose. And now this nightmare period is drawing to a close, I can't see him making a habit of it!
Thanks for reading!
D
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DamonLeigh
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November 22, 2005
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Damon, You do what
you gotta do, but he may die of cirrhosis of the liver first. It sounds like a deadly mix to me. - But I still enjoy your writing. I think we were both very early members here when it was the old Blogging Network.
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Cynthia
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November 22, 2005
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