Re: Digest Number 1499

[Guest guest]

Ann,

Have you read The Schwarzbein Principle?

Wanita

At 01:31 PM 7/15/03 -0700, you wrote:

>Thanks, , cutting down on carbs is what I have been doing since I started

NT.  Unfortunately, we are not talking about a FEW pounds.  I have diabetes

also, so weight loss is important.  Low carb helps with blood sugar levels and

using less insulin, too.

>I don't plan to cut out all carbs, mostly grains and sugars.

>Ann

[Guest guest]

Yes, I believe I have read every diet book ever published.

I was not heavy as a child or young adult -- we ate well, veggies out

of the garden, wild meat, fish and clams my father hunted (well, we

all fished and clammed!), although we did also eat supermarket meat

and white bread and sugar. None of us had any health or weight

problems.

When I went through divorce at 30, I binged on sugar due to

depression. To try to lose the weight I gained, I bought into the

whole low fat/high carb/vegetable oil thing. The result? 60 extra

pounds and insulin dependent diabetes.

So I think I may need to restrict carbs or at least grains and sweets

until my health is better. I'll see how it goes. I tried low carb

in the past but felt rotten, but I think it may have been the poor

quality of the meat and fats I was eating.

Ann

> >Thanks, , cutting down on carbs is what I have been doing

since I started

> NT.  Unfortunately, we are not talking about a FEW pounds.  I have

diabetes

> also, so weight loss is important.  Low carb helps with blood sugar

levels and

> using less insulin, too.

> >I don't plan to cut out all carbs, mostly grains and sugars.

> >Ann

[Guest guest]

Ann-

Well, everyone has a different threshold, so you just have to work to find

yours. But calorie restriction is just about never needed provided

adequate fat is consumed and adequate carbs cut.

>I don't plan to cut out all carbs, mostly grains and sugars.

-

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 5/26/2004 6:42:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

writes:

From: " Grace H. " <foxyfox8@...>

Subject: Re: susan and grace re taurine and lamictal Digest Number 1497

MJH,

I spoke to my ped today about all kinds of things including the fact that

pharmaceuticals seem to be increasing her seizures instead of decreasing

and she told me that it's possible that her seizures are getting worse

and that the meds are not controlling them, and I told her that in my

heart, I don't believe that this is what's happening and I also told her

that I won't feel comfortable until I take off the meds and see

what happens. If they are in fact worse off the meds, then fine, I will

work on finding a med that will control them, but if she is better off

without the meds, then I'm really considering just trying to heal her

naturally. So, she told me that I should talk to the neuro at my next

visit which will be next Wed. and explain how I feel and that if I don't

feel comfortable with his attitude about if I feel that he is not

listening to me, that I should call her and she will refer me to another

pediatric neuro. Anyone know of a good one in the Tampa area???

>>>> Good for you Grace. Stick to your guns. It may well be the the overall

quality of life may improve with having four seizures a year and other

support. Have you emailed Dr. s?

Also, she gave me prescription for a glucose machine to check her glucose

throughout the day and I will begin using it tomorrow. Does anyone know

what the normal glucose level is???

>>>> Why don't you phone the doc's office and ask that question?

The ped is also checking her hormone levels and she also wants me to ask

the neuro to have a metabolic test done to check her amino acids, etc. so

I will be asking him to do that also when I see him. She also told me

that 's scoleosis doesn't seem bad, but we will be seeing a

orthopeadic surgeon on Thursday and I'll know for sure.

>>>> Please try to find non surgical ways to deal with mild scoliosis.

That's what I did as I have it in two places. Back surgery is very serious

stuff.

Do your homework thoroughly before making any commitment to surgery.

>>>> The best place for those tests are Metametrix Labs. The doc can send the

samples there for testing. Take information with you. Just ask our friend

from carbonbased.com

So, that's where we're at.

MJH, when and I take that Taurine, she looks so tired and so do

I and I also sometimes get dizzy, is that normal???

>>> We do not experience that. Are you also taking the necessary cofactor of

vitamin B6?

If you are uncomfortable with it, just discontinue it. We find it beneficial.

Good luck to you.

Thanks for all the help!

Grace

mjh

http://foxhillfarm.us/FireBasil/

[Guest guest]

> MJH,

I have not emailed Dr. s as I'm not sure what to say to her or what

to ask. Also, does she require you to go there to her state in order to

learn the techniques??

> Why don't you phone the doc's office and ask that question?

I read the booklet after I posted my message and got the info and so far

her blood sugar has been on the money, but I will keep checking.

>

>> Please try to find non surgical ways to deal with mild

> scoliosis.

MJH, if it in fact turns out to be mild scoliosis, I have no plans to

have any type of surgery done on her back.

> The best place for those tests are Metametrix Labs. The doc can

> send the samples there for testing. Take information with you. Just

ask our

> friend from carbonbased.com

Unfortunately, due to the type of insurance we have, we have no choice as

to where they send the blood to be tested, it's a contracted lab that

they deal with and all I can say is that I hope they are a good lab.

>>> We do not experience that. Are you also taking the necessary

> cofactor of

> vitamin B6?

>

I just give her 50mg of B6 in the morning, but I give her 250mg of

Taurine in the morning and in the evening with her dinner. Should I give

her another 50mg of B6 in the evening as well or is once a day ok. I'm

going to leave her on it. Is there anything about taurine that I should

worry about that you know of. From what I've read, it seems to be pretty

safe.

> Thanks for all the help!

How's Charlie doing??

>

> Grace

>

> mjh

> http://foxhillfarm.us/FireBasil/

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

That's soap, like the cold process soap I make. Sodium hydroxide is lye, it's

used to break down the fatty acid chains in oils and turns them into soap. You

could make something very similar with the super-cheap shortening (the one with

animal fats, not the all vegetable kind), and coconut oil. Search the internet

for instructions on how to make cold process soap.

Traci

thehomebody.net

Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 12:32:06 -0000

From: " charise " <jcebpatton@...>

Subject: soap recipe

I bought some soap from a craft show and would like to know if

anybody could possibly help me figure out how to make it. It

contains: tallow, olive, coconut, and soybean oils, water, sodium

hydroxide and fragrance oil. What is sodium hydroxide? Has

anybody heard of a recipe like this, and if you have could you help

me figure out how to replicate it. I have tried to talk to this

person before and ask for help but she will not give me one peice of

info at all. I have asked here what she had to do to start her

business/who she talked in a email and have had no response. I tried

by phone one time to ask her how she made her body butter and she

would not give any info on that either. So I have decided to ask the

group of people who usually always have the answers.

Thanks in advacne for any and all info

Charise