Re: Trying to diagnose a bleedin' nose

[Guest guest]

> Since the last couple of weeks, my noses bleed intermittently.

> It is not a flowing, gushing type of bleeding, but just small

droplets oozing out and

> accumulating on the inside surface of the nose - doesn't drop out of

the nose, but

> freezes inside.

> Any clues what might be going on?

Pratick, just because it's easy, maybe try the yogi's remedy of

putting sesame oil up the nose to lubricate it. Just snort it up off

your palm.

Or if you don't have any good sesame oil, put some ghee on your

pinky and slide it up and around there--trim your nail first--or maybe

you've already tried this?

Do you have a neti pot? If so, I'd use it first with *warm* salty

water to cleanse and soften the tissue, then use the oil.

B.

[Guest guest]

Pratick-

>Any clues what might be going on?

How much saturated fat is in your diet versus unsaturated, particularly

PUFA? (And how much starch and sugar do you eat?)

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[Guest guest]

Pratick-

>Sources of SFA in my diet - butter, ghee, eggs, meat (lamb, goat), fish,

>some chicken,

>VCO, CLO (1 tbsp).

It doesn't sound like you're short on SFA, though fish isn't really a

saturated fat source, chicken generally has a lot of PUFA, and CLO is

basically all PUFA. You might just be having too much PUFA, though. Dr.

Ron Schmid said that he takes a lot of CLO (more than you, though, IIRC)

and has what I'd call very poor clotting. He bleeds thinly and freely when

cut. He didn't think that was a problem, but Eskimos, who traditionally

got a lot of PUFA, had serious nosebleed problems, so if you're willing,

I'd recommend decreasing the CLO. There are other sources of A and D --

liver and wild shrimp, for example.

>No sugar in the house.

>The only sugar is in that cup of coffee in the morning (see other post).

>And a glass of wine once a week (dry red or white).

Shouldn't be anything wrong with some wine, but what about cutting out the

sugar in your coffee? If you need a sweetener, saccharine is a better bet.

>kick that coffee

A good thing if possible.

>Increase consumption of kimchi

>Start with beet kvass and kombucha

Likely good, though be careful of the sugar content.

>Find some NN style snacks (I don't snack currently)

If you don't snack, why look to start?

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[Guest guest]

Pratick,

Your diet (apart from the coffee and sugar in the morning) sounds pretty

good. So, I'm wondering if the bleeding nose, since it's something you've

had in the past, could be a detox. In my own case, I often get detoxes

which are very close in symptoms to problems I've had in the past. Just an

idea to think about.

[Guest guest]

At 11:43 AM 3/18/05 -0500, you wrote:

>Ron Schmid said that he takes a lot of CLO (more than you, though, IIRC)

The man takes THREE tablespoons of Blue Ice daily. So yeah, I'd say

that was more.

MFJ

If I have to be a grownup, can I at least be telekinetic too?

[Guest guest]

--- West <clairewest@...> wrote:

> Your diet (apart from the coffee and sugar in the morning) sounds pretty

> good. So, I'm wondering if the bleeding nose, since it's something you've

> had in the past, could be a detox. In my own case, I often get detoxes

> which are very close in symptoms to problems I've had in the past. Just an

> idea to think about.

That's a new idea !

I've never had or done a detox before so I don't know what one looks and feels

like.

It could be that since doing the NT style diet and lifestyle, the body is

detoxing - in

which case it should be a good thing.

Do you know whether kimchi or kefir can induce a detox - since we started both

recently?

What other things can confirm whether this is or isn't a detox?

-Pratick

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[Guest guest]

Pratick-

>If I reduce the CLO, I will need to find other sources for vitmain D,

>especially here in

>the frozen North.

>Butter helps, but again winter butter probably isn't that high in D

>vitamins as CLO.

>Most seafoods are out because of allergies (esp. Shrimp).

Ouch, seafood allergies. Have you considered a plain D supplement,

then? Carslon's makes a decent one. It has a little sunflower oil, but I

think the quantity is pretty negligible.

>I think if I replace sugar with a supposedly healthy substitute, I will

>never be able to

>kick the food item in question.

>So my goal is to kick the coffee, rather than try to make it " better " by

>using an

>alternative sweetner.

Fair enough, but if you don't expect to go cold turkey immediately, I'd at

least consider making your own with organic coffee. Some people say

organic coffee is easier to kick anyway, though I can't say whether that's

true. It'd also allow you to gradually decrease the caffeine content by

mixing in more and more water-process decaf.

For that matter, organic shade-grown water-process decaf may be an entirely

healthy beverage. It does have antioxidants and whatnot after all.

>For which one you mean - beet kvass or kombucha?

More kombucha than beet kvass, though beets do have a lot of sugar.

>Have you tried Heidi's kefir beer - what about the sugar content in that?

No, I haven't and I'm not going to any time soon. Too much sugar for me.

>Because I get hungry

>

>Especially mid-morning and late afternoon.

>I know for sure that if I breakfast at around 8, I can easily go till

>lunch at 12 - 1:00.

>And then a good lunch sees me thru to supper at 6.

OK, then I'll trot out my old reliable advice: eat more fat, which is to

say eat more saturated fat, and maybe cut back on the carbs, though in your

case that doesn't sound necessary. Saturated fat lasts. It's the best

remedy for unreliable blood sugar levels.

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[Guest guest]

,

<Do you know whether kimchi or kefir can induce a detox - since we started

both recently?

I think almost any healthful, fermented food--unless you have allergy to

that food-is apt to start a detox process--usually to detoxify toxins from

that food eaten in the past in a " bad " state. For instance, kefired milk

may be getting rid of toxins left in the body from pasteurized milk-as well

as other toxins. Generally, though, this happens only when the diet as a

whole is good and the body isn't taxed with handling a whole bunch of other

foods that are bad for you.

<What other things can confirm whether this is or isn't a detox?

I have seen a lot of controversy about what constitutes a detox, but I have

come to the idea that all sickness and all pain is the body trying to detox.

The difference, to my mind, is what is causing the detox. You can detox

from a sudden heavy overload of your usual bad food, or the introduction of

a new kind of bad food--i.e. something your body hasn't learned to adapt to

and to hide in your fat or in your glands. (Example: you are throwing up

the pound of chocolate you just ate.) Or you can be detoxing *old* toxins.

This happens when you are eating a good diet that has given your body the

strength and the ammunition to go after the old stuff. (Example: you have

diarrhea to eliminate toxins from the many pounds of chocolate eaten years

ago.)

Since I have been on a very healthful diet for a few years now, I assume

everything I experience these days in the way of being " sick " is in fact the

best kind of detox. Especially as the symptoms are often so very, very

weird. <g>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Nicely said. Similar to my current understanding.

Ron

> I have seen a lot of controversy about what constitutes a

> detox, but I have

> come to the idea that all sickness and all pain is the body

> trying to detox.

> The difference, to my mind, is what is causing the detox.

> You can detox

> from a sudden heavy overload of your usual bad food, or the

> introduction of

> a new kind of bad food--i.e. something your body hasn't

> learned to adapt to

> and to hide in your fat or in your glands. (Example: you

> are throwing up

> the pound of chocolate you just ate.) Or you can be detoxing

> *old* toxins.

> This happens when you are eating a good diet that has given

> your body the

> strength and the ammunition to go after the old stuff.

> (Example: you have

> diarrhea to eliminate toxins from the many pounds of

> chocolate eaten years

> ago.)

>

>

>

> Since I have been on a very healthful diet for a few years

> now, I assume

> everything I experience these days in the way of being " sick "

> is in fact the

> best kind of detox. Especially as the symptoms are often so

> very, very

> weird. <g>