Re: Diabetes book/losing weight/sample menu

[Guest guest]

Another thought is that it may just be taking time for you to

start losing depending on how far out of whack your system is.

Yes, trust your body when it comes to weight loss. I'm always either losing

weight too slow or too fast for my goals and second-guessing my body's own

timetable. Sometimes I lose so fast that I wonder if something is wrong.

Then sometimes I have the perfect diet and my weight loss really lulls

without explanation. Overall, in the long term, the rate my body chooses is

pretty much on track once you average it out, so now I just don't weigh

myself very often and go by how I feel.

-

O-nonnie

Re: Diabetes book/losing weight/sample menu

In a message dated 7/28/2004 8:32:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

ckc@... writes:

I've been on the diet as specified in the diabetes book and haven't lost a

whole lot of weight.

When I didn't lose weight I found out it was because I am a non-secreter

and

was eating avoid foods. My meds also interfere with weight loss. You

might

check these out. Another thought is that it may just be taking time for

you to

start losing depending on how far out of whack your system is.

[Guest guest]

Congratulations on your progress with Cushing' and weight loss. Os are most

susceptible to all autoimmune conditions. You can adapt BTD to Cushing's as

well, as your cortisol is higher than most Os. A's naturally have higher

base cortisol, but they probably don't have higher Cushing's.

Re: Diabetes book/losing weight/sample menu

Don St. wrote:

> Good information and reply.

>

> Green tea is beneficial, but should be limited to 1-3 cups a day because

of

> its fluoride content.

Hi Don,

Oh this is news - fluoride? I did not know that.

> Since Os tend to have weak thyroids we need to be

> careful about fluoride.

I have goitre. I'd wonder if the green tea is part of that - but I have

been drinking it only for about 2 or 3 years - and goitre has been there

since 1984.

> Drinking too much green tea is one issue I have

> trouble with. I like to brew a bunch of it with loose tea, but I am

better

> off drinking it by the cup with individual tea bags so I don't drink so

> much. ;-)

I do " stretch " my teabags and make about 4 to 6 cups with one bag, and I

do not let it steep. I was told not to let green tea steep but I do not

remember why!

> CLA is definitely recommended for Os, but preferably in a food source

versus

> a supplement. That is one reason why grass fed beef in strongly

encouraged.

Suits me - not my budget too well though. I have not been well enough to

work many hours in a day for some years so I am living on a shoestring.

Protein is not cheap.

> In addition to CLA grass fed beef is also higher in omega-3 EFAs and

vitamin

> E.

Also good to know - but is it not arachidonic acid that is the Omega-3

most prevalent in beef?

Is os that's inflammatory where the DHA and EPA omega-3s are

anti-inflammatory. So I am trying to be careful about *which* omega-3's

I eat, and like to include fresh wild salmon when I can get it for less

than a hunk of gold.

> The typical O stress hormone profile is lower cortisol and more

adrenaline

> versus your Cushing's syndrome.

Very interesting. I suppose I'd HAVe to be different :-))

I am forever seeming to be different from the norm somehow. It can be

frustrating as I'll try something that is supposed to be good - and find

it is not so for me - one reason I am looking at blood type diet now.

> That is one big reason why a typical O does

> better with intense exercise. We need it to burn off all of the

adrenaline

> that we produce and we don't have to worry about high levels of cortisol

> accumulating.

Except that vigorous exercise ALSO is good for lowering cortisol. In

fact it literally burns off the cortisol and also undoes the cortisol

muscle breakdown effect.

When I was healthier and before I got cushings (which happened in 1998)

I was an extreme exerciser -triathlons and long distance mountain pass

cycle racing and long distance swimming etc. I did that from early

childhood and never felt well if I was not exercising " excessively " as

people described it. Now I still want to exercise but Cushings steals

all your energy and it is easy to collapse exhausted and struggling for

air with small effort as you can't get to the fat to burn it. I'm

working up gradually - but overdoing it one day causes severe problems

for the next two weeks starting the next day. And may lead to one of

those awful 3-months of pneumonia things I do. So it's awkward to judge,

but essential to do the max :-)

Dietary help is certainly good news in my life. (They do not know where

my cortisol producing tumours are so I control the disease entirely with

exercise and diet and homeopathy. So far so good - life expectancy in

1998 was " less than five years " , but I have been better each year since

a scary low in 2001.)

> The opposite is true for blood type A.

Interesting data considering how rare cushings is - wonder how they

figured it out.

There are about 100 people on the Cushing's list where I am a member. It

would be interesting to poll for blood type and compare with normal

distribution :-)))

Namaste,

Irene

--

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

[Guest guest]

Don St. wrote:

> Just make sure it is sprouted Ezekiel bread, sprouted wheat bread is OK too.

> I once bought a " Ezekiel " labeled product and after I got home looked at the

> ingredients list and discovered that it was made with flours instead of

> sprouted grains. :-( I gove it to a neighbor.

Hi,

I thought it was but when I saw this went to check - yes it is all

sprouts, no flour - but it is the cinnamon raisin version as that is the

one with the least sodium - my big enemy.

I wonder about the cinnamon and raisin for type O.

I did get to the database away from home a while today but those were

not on my lookup list :-) Next time.

Anyway I eat it very seldom - like if I want a " hot dog " with German

sausage. (I'm getting hungry.)

Thanks for mentioning the sprouting aspect for future ref.

This afternoon I ate with a friend - tortilla bake make from scratch

with cottage cheese (I never liked it) high salt whole wheat tortillas

(I tried to surreptitiously pick out) and cheddar, spinach, tomato,

onion - I thought it sounded mostly okay but - OH I feel so ill.

Something in there was dead wrong. Not the spinach, tomato, onion as I

eat those a lot. Cottage cheese I suppose?

What do you folks do when a friend makes you a special surprise meal

that you feel may do you in? How do you say so politely or do you

swallow and suffer?

Somehow, it seems less polite or socially acceptable to say " not right

for my blood type " than " I'm allergic " - or is it?

Namaste,

Irene

--

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

[Guest guest]

Don St. wrote:

> Yes, your goiter could be related to fluoride. You should not use

> toothpaste with flouride either.

Hi Don,

I avoid fluoride (that I now about) but just had no idea it was in green

tea - where do you discover such gems of information? Does it not depend

what's in the soil where the tea is grown?

> Also chloride presents the same problem. What about your drinking and

> cooking water, shower, etc.?

Wow - Never thought about it. I use filtered (Brita) water but the tap

water here is harder than nails and lousy with chlorine and I do not

filter my shower water! I do filter cooking water - but also mostly use

green tea instead of water for food.

Is ALL green tea a fluoride problem?

So maybe I need some thiosulphate - can one just buy some somewhere?

For the shower I mean - or the bath, oh yuck, my annual bath.....

> Are you getting plenty of iodine? Seaweed? Bladderwrack is the highly

> recommended for thyroid problems.

I do not get iodine easily as I can not eat salt at all, so I do not get

the usual trickle from iodized salt - and I live in the NW where I know

the soil iodine is long leached out - so it will not be in local green

veg either. So my current only source is kelp.

I'm not familiar with bladderwrack - a herb I presume? I'll look it up.

Thanks for the info!

My blood chlorides are always way over the top - part of the combination

of kidney defect and cushings and my need to swallow so much KCl, and

inability to excrete Cl- properly. I find that excessive exercise is

good as I can perspire some away. When I am well enough to do it. Also a

good cry works - but I am really not nearly miserable enough! My kidneys

" don't do chlorides " to speak of. It is a problem.

How does chloride link to thyroid? That's also a new twist for me. I am

learning a lot here in a short time - thanks!

> Stress hormones and blood type are discussed in the LR4YT book.

Great - then I need to order the 3rd book after all :-))))

And here I am trying to skimp pennies. It will have to wait a few weeks

for the coffers to reload.

> Need to run. I'm going on a bike ride!

I just got back from a ride on Wolf (my bike has a name)

- happy wheels!

Namaste,

Irene

--

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

[Guest guest]

Don St. wrote:

> The nice thing about ghee is that it is good for higher temperature cooking

> versus olive oil.

How high do you go? (And why?)

Olive oil handles pretty hot compared with other plant oils. I've not

found it a problem with stirfry or meat searing etc.

......Irene

--

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

[Guest guest]

Cinnimon is neutral for O secretors and avoid for nonnies.

Raisons are neutral for all Os.

Don

Re: Re: Diabetes book/losing weight/sample menu

I wonder about the cinnamon and raisin for type O.

I did get to the database away from home a while today but those were

not on my lookup list :-) Next time.

[Guest guest]

> I would look at the complete ingredients list of the almond milk you

bought.

> I have never found a commercial almond milk that did not have avoid

> ingredients in it.

Well, here are the ingredients. You'll have to tell me if there are any

avoids in it (I couldn't tell). I haven't opened it yet, so I could return

it if necessary.

Purified water, evaporated cane juice, almonds, tricalcium phosphate, sea

salt, potassium citrate, carrageenan, soy lecithin, D-alpha-tocopherol

(natural vitamin E), vitamin A palmitate, vitamin B2.

> If the one you bought is OK, what brand is it?

Blue Diamond.

Carolyn

[Guest guest]

cherylhcmba wrote: I don't know if you've seen Pamela Peeke's Fight Fat

After

> Forty,

Hi Cheryl, No I have not - I'll have to put it on my list to get after

the main BTD ones. If I had my way I'd buy a book a day :-)))

Or ten.

> but it also has a nice discussion of the cortisol cycle,

> supports several of the things you do like limiting carbs in the

> evening

I re-read the science behind it today per Dr Perricone:

Carbs inhibit growth hormone - and growth hormone is released during

sleep to repair tissues and other functions - it is an essential thing

to have this daily repair for health.

If we do not get enough sleep there is high level cortisol,

carboyhydrate craving and weight gain in the morning.

Alcohol and carbs interfere with the tendency to sleep too - so it's a

vicious cycle to have carbs late at night - they can wake you up.

Stress also raises norepinephrine (adrenaline) which also inhibits

sleep. So whether it is cortisol or adrenaline - it's better to have

less at night from carbs or other sources and get good sleep :-)

Alcohol causes adrenaline release - so it relaxes temporarily then can

cause waking in the night later!

But worst of all, high blood sugar at bedtime prevents release of growth

hormone directly. So eating a rapid blood-sugar raising food near bed

time is the worst.

> and front-loading food earlier in the day.

> Enjoy having you around,

Hey Thanks!!!

Likewise :-) Looks like a nice group at this list.

Namaste,

Irene

--

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

[Guest guest]

wrote:

> I hadn't heard about using fish

> oil on foods, but have used it as a supplement. Do you know of a good brand

> or source that's contaminate-free?

I used to get salmon oil and no longer can find it - only the capsules.

Salmon from wild alaskan salmon is still okay - the farmed stuff is

toxic as is the Pacific continental though less nasty.

But fish oil is a lot safer in general than fish *liver* oil. The

latter really can accumulate toxins and concentrate them. Norwegian oil

is also still pretty good. But fish oil is becoming hard to find

compared with fish liver oil.

Sorry - not a great answer - I'm looking currently as my bottle ran out

recently - and using capsules meantime.

Namaste,

Irene

--

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

[Guest guest]

wrote: Sometimes I lose so fast that I wonder if something

is wrong.

When you next figure out how to do that please let me know - I have SUCH

a fight to just stay level :-))

But I sympathize it is not what you want!

> so now I just don't weigh

> myself very often and go by how I feel.

It sounds sensible.

I can't apply that to me - I feel bad and worse each day I add a pound.

I am quite capable of changing up by 10 pounds a day if for example I

don't get proper sleep or something stressful happens. It is scary and

feels awful. (My cortisol is 32 times normal so very toxic).

The more weight I can try to lose the longer I live, so for me it is a

daily issue. I'm 270 lbs, down from 300, and should be 190 ish. (I'm

very tall.)

The fatter one is, the more cortisol is produced apart from the

tumour-induced cortisol so for me it's war, and I value every molecule

that can do the pac-man thing to a cortisol molecule :-)

> -

> O-nonnie

Probably also an O-nonnie,

Irene

--

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

[Guest guest]

wrote: A's naturally have higher

> base cortisol,

Oh that I had not realized - I asumed they had more frequent cushings -

not same thing at all!

Well I plan to beat this cushings into submission. somehow.

Namaste,

Irene

--

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

[Guest guest]

The carrageenan is an avoid. According to TYPEbase 3 carrageenan " Contains

component which can modify known disease susceptibility. "

Other then that it looks OK. I don't remember what the brand is at the

local stores. I will have to look next time out.

Don

Re: Re: Diabetes book/losing weight/sample menu

> I would look at the complete ingredients list of the almond milk you

bought.

> I have never found a commercial almond milk that did not have avoid

> ingredients in it.

Well, here are the ingredients. You'll have to tell me if there are any

avoids in it (I couldn't tell). I haven't opened it yet, so I could

return

it if necessary.

Purified water, evaporated cane juice, almonds, tricalcium phosphate, sea

salt, potassium citrate, carrageenan, soy lecithin, D-alpha-tocopherol

(natural vitamin E), vitamin A palmitate, vitamin B2.

> If the one you bought is OK, what brand is it?

Blue Diamond.

Carolyn

[Guest guest]

It's not that I cook that hot. It is just that I don't want to worry about

it when I turn my back to take care of other things. ;-)

Re: Re: Diabetes book/losing weight/sample menu

Don St. wrote:

> The nice thing about ghee is that it is good for higher temperature

cooking

> versus olive oil.

How high do you go? (And why?)

Olive oil handles pretty hot compared with other plant oils. I've not

found it a problem with stirfry or meat searing etc.

[Guest guest]

Does the Brita filter filter out chlorine?

I am familiar with the flouride and chloride issues because I am hypothyroid

and have looking for the solution or source of my problem.

Kelp is a great source of iodine and other nutrients. Bladderwrack is a

kind of seaweed. Can you access Dr. D'Adamo's website? In case you can't

easily I copied one of his responses about Bladderwrack. He has written

more about it and the info is available on his website. His website has a

wealth of information if you dig around.

" Bladderwrack is an excellent nutrient for type Os. However, there are many

kelps which are referred to as " bladderwrack. Only Fucus vesiculosis will do

the trick. The critical sugar fucose, which is found in Fucus seems to help

normalize the sluggish metabolic rate and produce weight loss.

In addition to fucose, Fucus vesiculosus contains a wide spectrum of

polysaccharides including fucoidans (containing mainly fucose and sulfate)

and fucans (composed of neutral sugars with a high content of uronic acids),

as well as glucosamine. Fucus vesiculosus also has a lectin or lectin-like

compound.

In addition to its effects on metabolism (largely through modulating the

effects of the immune system on the the thyroid gland) Fucus has the

following additional actions::

Anticoagulant Activity: Results indicate the fucoidan fraction posseses

anticoagulant activity,1 and fibrinolytic properties. (1,2) Antimetastatic

and Antitumor Activity: In vitro, fucoidan is a potent inhibitor of tumor

cell invasion, acting to block tumor cell adhesion. (3) Immunomodulating

Activity: Fucoidan stimulates immunoreactions of the humoral and cellular

types, (4) enhances the phagocytosis of macrophages, (5) and suppresses

eosinophil recruitment to sites of allergic inflammation. (6) Antimicrobial

Activity: Fucoidan inhibits the growth of gram negative and positive

organisms, (7) and a variety of viruses. (8) The lectin extracted from Fucus

vesiculosus agglutinates Candida guilliermondii and C. krusei, (9) and has a

toxic effect on some strains of E.coli and all strains tested of Neisseria

meningitidis. (10) Evidence indicates that fucose containing carbohydrates

can inhibit adhesion of Helicobacter pylori.

(11) Fucoidan has anti-adhesion activity against Plasmodium falciparum (the

malaria parasite) and is capable of inhibiting sporozoite invasion of

hepatocytes and merozoite reinvasion of erythrocytes. (12) Inflammatory

recruitment of leukocytes into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) during

bacterial meningitis has been shown to contribute to neurological damage.

Fucoidin treatment dramatically reduces the accumulation of both leukocytes

and plasma protein in the CSF of rabbits with bacterial meningitis. (13) "

I got a 42 mile ride in with about 30 miles of it with the racing group.

Don

Re: Diabetes book/losing weight/sample menu

Don St. wrote:

> Yes, your goiter could be related to fluoride. You should not use

> toothpaste with flouride either.

Hi Don,

I avoid fluoride (that I now about) but just had no idea it was in green

tea - where do you discover such gems of information? Does it not depend

what's in the soil where the tea is grown?

> Also chloride presents the same problem. What about your drinking and

> cooking water, shower, etc.?

Wow - Never thought about it. I use filtered (Brita) water but the tap

water here is harder than nails and lousy with chlorine and I do not

filter my shower water! I do filter cooking water - but also mostly use

green tea instead of water for food.

Is ALL green tea a fluoride problem?

So maybe I need some thiosulphate - can one just buy some somewhere?

For the shower I mean - or the bath, oh yuck, my annual bath.....

> Are you getting plenty of iodine? Seaweed? Bladderwrack is the highly

> recommended for thyroid problems.

I do not get iodine easily as I can not eat salt at all, so I do not get

the usual trickle from iodized salt - and I live in the NW where I know

the soil iodine is long leached out - so it will not be in local green

veg either. So my current only source is kelp.

I'm not familiar with bladderwrack - a herb I presume? I'll look it up.

Thanks for the info!

My blood chlorides are always way over the top - part of the combination

of kidney defect and cushings and my need to swallow so much KCl, and

inability to excrete Cl- properly. I find that excessive exercise is

good as I can perspire some away. When I am well enough to do it. Also a

good cry works - but I am really not nearly miserable enough! My kidneys

" don't do chlorides " to speak of. It is a problem.

How does chloride link to thyroid? That's also a new twist for me. I am

learning a lot here in a short time - thanks!

> Stress hormones and blood type are discussed in the LR4YT book.

Great - then I need to order the 3rd book after all :-))))

And here I am trying to skimp pennies. It will have to wait a few weeks

for the coffers to reload.

> Need to run. I'm going on a bike ride!

I just got back from a ride on Wolf (my bike has a name)

- happy wheels!

Namaste,

Irene

[Guest guest]

They make a carbon filter you can put on your showerhead, works much like a

brita: here's a link to one:

http://www.improvementscatalog.com/product.asp?product=181128zz & dept%5Fid=50

though I haven't price checked them or researched them for a while, I've

ordered from this site before and they were fine to work with.

I had one at my last place, though I should probably get another one.

-

Re: Diabetes book/losing weight/sample menu

Don St. wrote:

> Yes, your goiter could be related to fluoride. You should not use

> toothpaste with flouride either.

Hi Don,

I avoid fluoride (that I now about) but just had no idea it was in green

tea - where do you discover such gems of information? Does it not depend

what's in the soil where the tea is grown?

> Also chloride presents the same problem. What about your drinking and

> cooking water, shower, etc.?

Wow - Never thought about it. I use filtered (Brita) water but the tap

water here is harder than nails and lousy with chlorine and I do not

filter my shower water! I do filter cooking water - but also mostly use

green tea instead of water for food.

Is ALL green tea a fluoride problem?

So maybe I need some thiosulphate - can one just buy some somewhere?

For the shower I mean - or the bath, oh yuck, my annual bath.....

> Are you getting plenty of iodine? Seaweed? Bladderwrack is the highly

> recommended for thyroid problems.

I do not get iodine easily as I can not eat salt at all, so I do not get

the usual trickle from iodized salt - and I live in the NW where I know

the soil iodine is long leached out - so it will not be in local green

veg either. So my current only source is kelp.

I'm not familiar with bladderwrack - a herb I presume? I'll look it up.

Thanks for the info!

My blood chlorides are always way over the top - part of the combination

of kidney defect and cushings and my need to swallow so much KCl, and

inability to excrete Cl- properly. I find that excessive exercise is

good as I can perspire some away. When I am well enough to do it. Also a

good cry works - but I am really not nearly miserable enough! My kidneys

" don't do chlorides " to speak of. It is a problem.

How does chloride link to thyroid? That's also a new twist for me. I am

learning a lot here in a short time - thanks!

> Stress hormones and blood type are discussed in the LR4YT book.

Great - then I need to order the 3rd book after all :-))))

And here I am trying to skimp pennies. It will have to wait a few weeks

for the coffers to reload.

> Need to run. I'm going on a bike ride!

I just got back from a ride on Wolf (my bike has a name)

- happy wheels!

Namaste,

Irene

--

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

[Guest guest]

Don St. wrote:

> The carrageenan is an avoid. According to TYPEbase 3 carrageenan " Contains

> component which can modify known disease susceptibility. "

Incase anyone has pets :-) :

Carrageenan is nasty stuff for your pets too - and it is in lots of cat

and dog food :-(

.....Irene

--

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

[Guest guest]

Don St. wrote:

> It's not that I cook that hot. It is just that I don't want to worry about

> it when I turn my back to take care of other things. ;-)

Oh I see :-)))

I have cats to remind me there is something about to burn :-)

...Irene

--

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

[Guest guest]

Don St. wrote:

> I got a 42 mile ride in with about 30 miles of it with the racing group.

Don I am SO jealous! I have not done that distance since BC (before

cortisol). If I can do 5 miles I think I am something on my Wolf :-))

> Does the Brita filter filter out chlorine?

Yes, 98% of it, and 99% of the lead and mercury in the local water which

is disgraceful here, and the sediment we have which has to be seen to be

believed.

> I am familiar with the flouride and chloride issues because I am

hypothyroid

> and have looking for the solution or source of my problem.

Ah. Well thank you very much for sharing your knowledge and for all the

stuff you looked up for me on the website for bladderwrack - looks like

it has to be on my essentials list! I shall hunt about for a source.

Sounds like that seaweed with floatation units built in.

> Can you access Dr. D'Adamo's website?

Sort of.

My computer gets fatal indigestion and crashes after an unpredictable

time causing a need to re-index everything in netscape (and I have

hordes of stuff as I consult by email) on reboot. Twice it choked on the

word arti-choke :-)))

???

Don't plan to do any searches that might include artichokes any more!

But I presume that's coincidence.

I have access to a different computer at the women's center in town,

so I can make a list of things to look up there and get some done almost

any weekday afternoon. It's the waterhole on my bike route :-)

> However, there are many

> kelps which are referred to as " bladderwrack. Only Fucus vesiculosis

will do

> the trick.

It's now on my " find it " list.

Your providing the latin name helped me look it up in homeopathic remedy

materia medicas. I may be able to get the homeopathic version which has

this keynote:

" FUCUS VESICULOSUS (fuc.)

(Sea Kelp)

A remedy for obesity and non-toxic goitre; also exophthalmic.

Digestion is furthered and flatulence diminished. Obstinate

constipation; forehead feels as if compressed by an iron ring.

Thyroid enlargement in obese subjects.

Relationship.-Compare : Phytol.; Thyroidine; Badiaga; Iodum.

Dose.-Tincture, five to sixty drops three times a day before

meals. "

Turns out there are 4 other fucus varieties that exist in homeopathic

preparation too. I'll try to locate this one. Great lead!

Namaste,

Irene

--

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

[Guest guest]

wrote:

> They make a carbon filter you can put on your showerhead, works much like a

> brita: here's a link to one:

> http://www.improvementscatalog.com/product.asp?product=181128zz & dept%5Fid=50

> though I haven't price checked them or researched them for a while, I've

> ordered from this site before and they were fine to work with.

Thanks a million - I just ordered one, $29.99 plus shipping of $7.60.

Namaste,

Irene

--

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

[Guest guest]

Don St. wrote:

> Cinnimon is neutral for O secretors and avoid for nonnies.

> Raisons are neutral for all Os.

Thanks again!

IRene

--

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

[Guest guest]

NAP sells Fucus Plus product with Fucus vesiculosus. will

probably give you a better deal on it. I've use Solaray bladderwrack

with success also, TSH dropped from 4+ to 1.90 with use and BTD.

> > I got a 42 mile ride in with about 30 miles of it with the racing

group.

>

>

> Don I am SO jealous! I have not done that distance since BC (before

> cortisol). If I can do 5 miles I think I am something on my Wolf :-

))

>

> > Does the Brita filter filter out chlorine?

>

> Yes, 98% of it, and 99% of the lead and mercury in the local water

which

> is disgraceful here, and the sediment we have which has to be seen

to be

> believed.

>

> > I am familiar with the flouride and chloride issues because I am

> hypothyroid

> > and have looking for the solution or source of my problem.

>

> Ah. Well thank you very much for sharing your knowledge and for all

the

> stuff you looked up for me on the website for bladderwrack - looks

like

> it has to be on my essentials list! I shall hunt about for a source.

> Sounds like that seaweed with floatation units built in.

>

> > Can you access Dr. D'Adamo's website?

>

> Sort of.

> My computer gets fatal indigestion and crashes after an

unpredictable

> time causing a need to re-index everything in netscape (and I have

> hordes of stuff as I consult by email) on reboot. Twice it choked

on the

> word arti-choke :-)))

> ???

> Don't plan to do any searches that might include artichokes any

more!

> But I presume that's coincidence.

>

> I have access to a different computer at the women's center in town,

> so I can make a list of things to look up there and get some done

almost

> any weekday afternoon. It's the waterhole on my bike route :-)

>

> > However, there are many

> > kelps which are referred to as " bladderwrack. Only Fucus

vesiculosis

> will do

> > the trick.

>

> It's now on my " find it " list.

>

> Your providing the latin name helped me look it up in homeopathic

remedy

> materia medicas. I may be able to get the homeopathic version which

has

> this keynote:

>

> " FUCUS VESICULOSUS (fuc.)

>

> (Sea Kelp)

>

> A remedy for obesity and non-toxic goitre; also exophthalmic.

> Digestion is furthered and flatulence diminished. Obstinate

> constipation; forehead feels as if compressed by an iron ring.

> Thyroid enlargement in obese subjects.

>

> Relationship.-Compare : Phytol.; Thyroidine; Badiaga; Iodum.

>

> Dose.-Tincture, five to sixty drops three times a day before

> meals. "

>

> Turns out there are 4 other fucus varieties that exist in

homeopathic

> preparation too. I'll try to locate this one. Great lead!

>

> Namaste,

> Irene

> --

> Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

> P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

> http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

> Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

[Guest guest]

But Brita brags that they do NOT filter out fluoride!

B

Re: Diabetes book/losing weight/sample menu

Don St. wrote:

> I got a 42 mile ride in with about 30 miles of it with the racing group.

Don I am SO jealous! I have not done that distance since BC (before

cortisol). If I can do 5 miles I think I am something on my Wolf :-))

> Does the Brita filter filter out chlorine?

Yes, 98% of it, and 99% of the lead and mercury in the local water which

is disgraceful here, and the sediment we have which has to be seen to be

believed.

> I am familiar with the flouride and chloride issues because I am

hypothyroid

> and have looking for the solution or source of my problem.

Ah. Well thank you very much for sharing your knowledge and for all the

stuff you looked up for me on the website for bladderwrack - looks like

it has to be on my essentials list! I shall hunt about for a source.

Sounds like that seaweed with floatation units built in.

> Can you access Dr. D'Adamo's website?

Sort of.

My computer gets fatal indigestion and crashes after an unpredictable

time causing a need to re-index everything in netscape (and I have

hordes of stuff as I consult by email) on reboot. Twice it choked on the

word arti-choke :-)))

???

Don't plan to do any searches that might include artichokes any more!

But I presume that's coincidence.

I have access to a different computer at the women's center in town,

so I can make a list of things to look up there and get some done almost

any weekday afternoon. It's the waterhole on my bike route :-)

> However, there are many

> kelps which are referred to as " bladderwrack. Only Fucus vesiculosis

will do

> the trick.

It's now on my " find it " list.

Your providing the latin name helped me look it up in homeopathic remedy

materia medicas. I may be able to get the homeopathic version which has

this keynote:

" FUCUS VESICULOSUS (fuc.)

(Sea Kelp)

A remedy for obesity and non-toxic goitre; also exophthalmic.

Digestion is furthered and flatulence diminished. Obstinate

constipation; forehead feels as if compressed by an iron ring.

Thyroid enlargement in obese subjects.

Relationship.-Compare : Phytol.; Thyroidine; Badiaga; Iodum.

Dose.-Tincture, five to sixty drops three times a day before

meals. "

Turns out there are 4 other fucus varieties that exist in homeopathic

preparation too. I'll try to locate this one. Great lead!

Namaste,

Irene

--

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

[Guest guest]

Are you aware of any simple filter system that does filter out fluoride?

Don

Re: Diabetes book/losing weight/sample menu

But Brita brags that they do NOT filter out fluoride!

B

[Guest guest]

I just googled and found this link, some of their links are broken, but it's

a start as it lists 4 manufacturers

http://chemistry.about.com/cs/toppicks/tp/aatp102502.htm

Fortunately my water isn't fluoridated, but it does have some naturally

occuring fluoride.

Re: Diabetes book/losing weight/sample menu

But Brita brags that they do NOT filter out fluoride!

B

[Guest guest]

No. I looked at PUR and Brita. They both say the same thing. I'm using a

Brita filter, since we don't have fluoride added to our water here. If I

thought there was fluoride in the water, I would have untreated spring or

artesian well water delivered to me.

B

Re: Diabetes book/losing weight/sample menu

But Brita brags that they do NOT filter out fluoride!

B