new to this

October 16, 2006

Sally:

Now that the Coconut Flour is available, for those allergic to wheat, that would

be a nice alternative.

Bonnie

Re: New to this

>

> In a message dated 10/15/2006 12:35:15 P.M. Pacific Standard

Time,

> sally.hoffman@... writes:

>

> o

> processed foods and have started to make my own bread because

> supermarket bread has soya in and vegetable fats

> Beth,

I just use strong wholemeal bread flour i buy from the supermarket.

There was a receipe on the packet and on the yeast packet. I've

just bought a bread making machine and am using receipe from the

book that came with it. I've had to adapt it because they use

sunflower oil and skimmed milk powder. You can you vco or butter

instead of the oil. It seems a bit unnecessary to grind your own

flour and seems a right hassle. Is there any particular reason that

you are doing it from scratch. Why do you have to soak the grains?

I'm not that bothered about avoiding carbs myself, just don't eat to

many, and everything in moderation. I just want to avoid the bad

oils and soya which is not good for your thyroid. If you make things

to difficult and complicated for yourself you will just stress

yourself out. Keep it simple, and be aware of portion size. Use

smaller dinner plate if that helps and eat slowly and be aware of

every mouthful. And chew every mouthful lots of times.(got that from

Mckenna's book.)

Goodnight

Sally.

>

> That is great you have lost some weight on it! That is always

encouraging to

> hear!

>

> Would you mind sharing your bread recipe? I was reading on

soaking your

> grains and since I do not have my own mill I am not sure how to do

that or if I

> even can. I have been going down to a supermarket that has a mill

and doing it

> that way. I just got back a bit ago from grinding some flour and

have some

> whole wheat bread in process as I type! I do try to stay away from

store bought

> bread and even our co-op uses canola oil in theirs so try to stay

away from

> that as well.

>

> I hate to totally give up healthy carbs..I eat steel cut oats in

the morning

> with vco and flax seed and was adding a bit of walnuts....but

wondering if I

> should give up the walnuts....I do not drink milk very often at

all...I do

> buy organic for my daughter but now reading raw is better...so

confusing!

>

> Beth

>

October 16, 2006

> >

> > In a message dated 10/15/2006 12:35:15 P.M. Pacific Standard

> Time,

> > sally.hoffman@ writes:

> >

> > o

> > processed foods and have started to make my own bread because

> > supermarket bread has soya in and vegetable fats

> > Beth,

> I just use strong wholemeal bread flour i buy from the

supermarket.

> There was a receipe on the packet and on the yeast packet. I've

> just bought a bread making machine and am using receipe from the

> book that came with it. I've had to adapt it because they use

> sunflower oil and skimmed milk powder. You can you vco or butter

> instead of the oil. It seems a bit unnecessary to grind your own

> flour and seems a right hassle. Is there any particular reason

that

> you are doing it from scratch. Why do you have to soak the

grains?

> I'm not that bothered about avoiding carbs myself, just don't

eat to

> many, and everything in moderation. I just want to avoid the bad

> oils and soya which is not good for your thyroid. If you make

things

> to difficult and complicated for yourself you will just stress

> yourself out. Keep it simple, and be aware of portion size. Use

> smaller dinner plate if that helps and eat slowly and be aware

of

> every mouthful. And chew every mouthful lots of times.(got that

from

> Mckenna's book.)

> Goodnight

> Sally.

> >

> > That is great you have lost some weight on it! That is always

> encouraging to

> > hear!

> >

> > Would you mind sharing your bread recipe? I was reading on

> soaking your

> > grains and since I do not have my own mill I am not sure how

to do

> that or if I

> > even can. I have been going down to a supermarket that has a

mill

> and doing it

> > that way. I just got back a bit ago from grinding some flour

and

> have some

> > whole wheat bread in process as I type! I do try to stay away

from

> store bought

> > bread and even our co-op uses canola oil in theirs so try to

stay

> away from

> > that as well.

> >

> > I hate to totally give up healthy carbs..I eat steel cut oats

in

> the morning

> > with vco and flax seed and was adding a bit of walnuts....but

> wondering if I

> > should give up the walnuts....I do not drink milk very often

at

> all...I do

> > buy organic for my daughter but now reading raw is better...so

> confusing!

> >

> > Beth

> >

October 16, 2006

Sally:

Go to this website for ordering the flour http://www.simplycoconut.com/ and

they probably also have the shredded unsweetened coconut as well.

If you do contact them, ask them if they have the book Cooking with Coconut

Flour, I bet they do. It's not like any other flour you're used to using. You

have to follow these recipes closely.

Bonnie

Re: New to this

> >

> > In a message dated 10/15/2006 12:35:15 P.M. Pacific Standard

> Time,

> > sally.hoffman@ writes:

> >

> > o

> > processed foods and have started to make my own bread because

> > supermarket bread has soya in and vegetable fats

> > Beth,

> I just use strong wholemeal bread flour i buy from the

supermarket.

> There was a receipe on the packet and on the yeast packet. I've

> just bought a bread making machine and am using receipe from the

> book that came with it. I've had to adapt it because they use

> sunflower oil and skimmed milk powder. You can you vco or butter

> instead of the oil. It seems a bit unnecessary to grind your own

> flour and seems a right hassle. Is there any particular reason

that

> you are doing it from scratch. Why do you have to soak the

grains?

> I'm not that bothered about avoiding carbs myself, just don't

eat to

> many, and everything in moderation. I just want to avoid the bad

> oils and soya which is not good for your thyroid. If you make

things

> to difficult and complicated for yourself you will just stress

> yourself out. Keep it simple, and be aware of portion size. Use

> smaller dinner plate if that helps and eat slowly and be aware

of

> every mouthful. And chew every mouthful lots of times.(got that

from

> Mckenna's book.)

> Goodnight

> Sally.

> >

> > That is great you have lost some weight on it! That is always

> encouraging to

> > hear!

> >

> > Would you mind sharing your bread recipe? I was reading on

> soaking your

> > grains and since I do not have my own mill I am not sure how

to do

> that or if I

> > even can. I have been going down to a supermarket that has a

mill

> and doing it

> > that way. I just got back a bit ago from grinding some flour

and

> have some

> > whole wheat bread in process as I type! I do try to stay away

from

> store bought

> > bread and even our co-op uses canola oil in theirs so try to

stay

> away from

> > that as well.

> >

> > I hate to totally give up healthy carbs..I eat steel cut oats

in

> the morning

> > with vco and flax seed and was adding a bit of walnuts....but

> wondering if I

> > should give up the walnuts....I do not drink milk very often

at

> all...I do

> > buy organic for my daughter but now reading raw is better...so

> confusing!

> >

> > Beth

> >

October 16, 2006

> >

> > In a message dated 10/15/2006 12:35:15 P.M. Pacific Standard

> Time,

> > sally.hoffman@ writes:

> >

> > o

> > processed foods and have started to make my own bread because

> > supermarket bread has soya in and vegetable fats

> > Beth,

> I just use strong wholemeal bread flour i buy from the

supermarket.

> There was a receipe on the packet and on the yeast packet. I've

> just bought a bread making machine and am using receipe from the

> book that came with it. I've had to adapt it because they use

> sunflower oil and skimmed milk powder. You can you vco or butter

> instead of the oil. It seems a bit unnecessary to grind your own

> flour and seems a right hassle. Is there any particular reason

that

> you are doing it from scratch. Why do you have to soak the

grains?

> I'm not that bothered about avoiding carbs myself, just don't

eat to

> many, and everything in moderation. I just want to avoid the bad

> oils and soya which is not good for your thyroid. If you make

things

> to difficult and complicated for yourself you will just stress

> yourself out. Keep it simple, and be aware of portion size. Use

> smaller dinner plate if that helps and eat slowly and be aware

of

> every mouthful. And chew every mouthful lots of times.(got that

from

> Mckenna's book.)

> Goodnight

> Sally.

> >

> > That is great you have lost some weight on it! That is always

> encouraging to

> > hear!

> >

> > Would you mind sharing your bread recipe? I was reading on

> soaking your

> > grains and since I do not have my own mill I am not sure how

to do

> that or if I

> > even can. I have been going down to a supermarket that has a

mill

> and doing it

> > that way. I just got back a bit ago from grinding some flour

and

> have some

> > whole wheat bread in process as I type! I do try to stay away

from

> store bought

> > bread and even our co-op uses canola oil in theirs so try to

stay

> away from

> > that as well.

> >

> > I hate to totally give up healthy carbs..I eat steel cut oats

in

> the morning

> > with vco and flax seed and was adding a bit of walnuts....but

> wondering if I

> > should give up the walnuts....I do not drink milk very often

at

> all...I do

> > buy organic for my daughter but now reading raw is better...so

> confusing!

> >

> > Beth

> >

October 17, 2006

In a message dated 10/17/2006 1:33:59 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,

terisa113@... writes:

just wondering.. do you also drink diet sodas or else use

nutrasweet?? the reason i ask is that for quite some time my hair was

falling out and i was just thinking the other day my hair is not

falling out anymore.. i had quit all diet sodas and anything with

nutra sweet in it for about a year now.. i was thinking that maybe

the nutrasweet was the reason for the hair loss..

Hi...I do not drink diet sodas very often...and I have cut all nutrasweet

out of my life although I did not use a lot of it. I am allergic to Splenda so

didn't use that very often...

After I heard Jo Lund died from breast cancer and I just loved her books

and stuff but she used a lot of diet products with this in it. So I have

tried to totally eliminate it. I also have been researching alternatives to

sugar and try not to use that either...

My hair really has fallen out to such a degree that I am VERY thin on top

and have to work it so that it doesn't show. When the handfuls just keep coming

out it is very scary...I so hope it grows back...

Thanks for your input on this...Beth

October 17, 2006

-just wondering.. do you also drink diet sodas or else use

nutrasweet?? the reason i ask is that for quite some time my hair was

falling out and i was just thinking the other day my hair is not

falling out anymore.. i had quit all diet sodas and anything with

nutra sweet in it for about a year now.. i was thinking that maybe

the nutrasweet was the reason for the hair loss..

quive notive-- In Coconut Oil ,

jun1488@... wrote:

>

> In a message dated 10/15/2006 10:16:36 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,

> sally.hoffman@... writes:

>

> I'm not supprised you gained weight to start with if you have been

> on such a low calorie diet. Your body goes into starvation mode

and

> soon as you eat a bit more the body starts storing it. I've heard

> some people's weight does increase initially on the oil and then

> they start to lose it. 4 tubs you say, you need to look at the

type

> of food you eat. Bruce Fife's book 'Eat fat, look thin'is

> interesting reading.

> Sally

>

> Hi Sally....yes I do agree with the info on the body going into

the

> starvation mode and then just gaining when adding extra

calories...I just responded

> to Nina's email and mentioned that I had been off that a couple

months before

> adding the vco because I wanted my body to be able to maintain on

a normal

> amt of calories a day and I was trying to stop my hair from

falling out. I

> have used the 4 jars of vco over the last several weeks and some

has been used

> for baking so I have a the small container of the vco and taking

out say a cup

> for something I was baking uses a lot of it up quickly!

>

> I have the Coconut Miracle book by Bruce Fife and find it

interesting a lot

> of his recipes use sugar...which I am trying to get off of....

>

> I just ordered Cherie the juiceladys book on The coconut diet as

well....I

> have juiced in the past but do not think I could do her diet

totally....I am

> just looking for balance with no weight gain and some more loss!!

But I don't

> want my hair to fall out either! Beth

>

October 17, 2006

In a message dated 10/17/2006 3:25:18 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,

bonnieview@... writes:

Being mostly think on top, could be a hormone imbalance.

I had the same problem till I got mine balanced.

Bonnie

Hi Bonnie...When I had my yrly exam I talked about some things with my dr

and she said there was no way to test for hormones I told I didn't think that

was true but she insisted...So looking for a new dr!! lol

I think I am also a bit peri menopausal and need all sorts of balance...I am

wondering if others here drink milk? I have read pasterized is not good and

I thought organic was but heard if it isn't raw it isn't real....is 1/2 and

1/2 good...Would love others input on this...Beth

October 17, 2006

Beth

I remember a couple of years ago whenever i combed my hair the sink

was full of hair and no obvious reason for it. I was scared as i had

thick hair and thought i had that condition where you lose all your

hair, can't remember the name of it. I read somewhere that it could

be a lack of vitamin e and when i started to take it the hair loss

eventually stopped. I know yours started with the low calorie diet

you were on but perhaps you're still low on nutrients. It's worth a

try.

Sally.

>

> In a message dated 10/17/2006 1:33:59 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,

> terisa113@... writes:

>

> just wondering.. do you also drink diet sodas or else use

> nutrasweet?? the reason i ask is that for quite some time my hair

was

> falling out and i was just thinking the other day my hair is not

> falling out anymore.. i had quit all diet sodas and anything with

> nutra sweet in it for about a year now.. i was thinking that

maybe

> the nutrasweet was the reason for the hair loss..

>

> Hi...I do not drink diet sodas very often...and I have cut all

nutrasweet

> out of my life although I did not use a lot of it. I am allergic

to Splenda so

> didn't use that very often...

> After I heard Jo Lund died from breast cancer and I just

loved her books

> and stuff but she used a lot of diet products with this in it. So

I have

> tried to totally eliminate it. I also have been researching

alternatives to

> sugar and try not to use that either...

>

> My hair really has fallen out to such a degree that I am VERY

thin on top

> and have to work it so that it doesn't show. When the handfuls

just keep coming

> out it is very scary...I so hope it grows back...

>

> Thanks for your input on this...Beth

>

October 17, 2006

Beth:

Being mostly think on top, could be a hormone imbalance.

I had the same problem till I got mine balanced.

Bonnie

Re: Re: New to this

In a message dated 10/17/2006 1:33:59 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,

terisa113@... writes:

just wondering.. do you also drink diet sodas or else use

nutrasweet?? the reason i ask is that for quite some time my hair was

falling out and i was just thinking the other day my hair is not

falling out anymore.. i had quit all diet sodas and anything with

nutra sweet in it for about a year now.. i was thinking that maybe

the nutrasweet was the reason for the hair loss..

Hi...I do not drink diet sodas very often...and I have cut all nutrasweet

out of my life although I did not use a lot of it. I am allergic to Splenda so

didn't use that very often...

After I heard Jo Lund died from breast cancer and I just loved her books

and stuff but she used a lot of diet products with this in it. So I have

tried to totally eliminate it. I also have been researching alternatives to

sugar and try not to use that either...

My hair really has fallen out to such a degree that I am VERY thin on top

and have to work it so that it doesn't show. When the handfuls just keep

coming

out it is very scary...I so hope it grows back...

Thanks for your input on this...Beth

October 18, 2006

I try to avoid milk. I make homemade nut milks instead. Brazil nut milk

tastes almost identical to whole milk, Mmmm . . . and almond milk is closer

to skim. My kids like rice milk, too (made from brown rice). They're all

VERY simply to make at home, just takes a blender. I can send you my

recipes if you want.

-

On 10/17/06, jun1488@... <jun1488@...> wrote:

>

> In a message dated 10/17/2006 3:25:18 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,

> bonnieview@... <bonnieview%40sympatico.ca> writes:

>

> Being mostly think on top, could be a hormone imbalance.

>

> I had the same problem till I got mine balanced.

>

> Bonnie

>

> Hi Bonnie...When I had my yrly exam I talked about some things with my dr

> and she said there was no way to test for hormones I told I didn't think

> that

> was true but she insisted...So looking for a new dr!! lol

>

> I think I am also a bit peri menopausal and need all sorts of balance...I

> am

> wondering if others here drink milk? I have read pasterized is not good

> and

> I thought organic was but heard if it isn't raw it isn't real....is 1/2

> and

> 1/2 good...Would love others input on this...Beth

>

October 18, 2006

Beth:

You can have your hormones checked with a Saliva Test. Some Progesterone cream

might help.

Bonnie

Re: Re: New to this

In a message dated 10/17/2006 3:25:18 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,

bonnieview@... writes:

Being mostly think on top, could be a hormone imbalance.

I had the same problem till I got mine balanced.

Bonnie

Hi Bonnie...When I had my yrly exam I talked about some things with my dr

and she said there was no way to test for hormones I told I didn't think that

was true but she insisted...So looking for a new dr!! lol

I think I am also a bit peri menopausal and need all sorts of balance...I am

wondering if others here drink milk? I have read pasterized is not good and

I thought organic was but heard if it isn't raw it isn't real....is 1/2 and

1/2 good...Would love others input on this...Beth

October 18, 2006

:

Would there be any Calcium in these different milks?

Bonnie

Re: Re: New to this

I try to avoid milk. I make homemade nut milks instead. Brazil nut milk

tastes almost identical to whole milk, Mmmm . . . and almond milk is closer

to skim. My kids like rice milk, too (made from brown rice). They're all

VERY simply to make at home, just takes a blender. I can send you my

recipes if you want.

-

On 10/17/06, jun1488@... <jun1488@...> wrote:

>

> In a message dated 10/17/2006 3:25:18 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,

> bonnieview@... <bonnieview%40sympatico.ca> writes:

>

> Being mostly think on top, could be a hormone imbalance.

>

> I had the same problem till I got mine balanced.

>

> Bonnie

>

> Hi Bonnie...When I had my yrly exam I talked about some things with my dr

> and she said there was no way to test for hormones I told I didn't think

> that

> was true but she insisted...So looking for a new dr!! lol

>

> I think I am also a bit peri menopausal and need all sorts of balance...I

> am

> wondering if others here drink milk? I have read pasterized is not good

> and

> I thought organic was but heard if it isn't raw it isn't real....is 1/2

> and

> 1/2 good...Would love others input on this...Beth

>

October 18, 2006

Yes, brazil nuts and almonds both contain calcium. I don't think rice has

much if any, but I could be wrong. Though, if calcium is your concern, you

should still avoid dairy - milk causes an acidic environment in the body

that can actually LEACH calcium FROM your bones. What an irony. And plus

the calcium in pasteurized milk is not properly processed by the human body,

which can create calcium excesses in some ways and calcium deficiencies in

others. For instance, I knew a woman once who had osteoporosis (raging

calcium deficiency), but also had kidney stones (usually caused by excess

calcium). Raw, dark green veggies are a great source of calcium - they

don't contain as, " much " calcium as milk in terms of actual measurement, but

the quality of the calcium is so much higher that you don't need nearly as

much to get much more benefit.

My favorite way to get a healthy serving of calcium is by making a smoothie

with two or three big handfuls of spinach (you really don't taste it), a

couple of cups of frozen fruit, 1 or 2 bananas, any extra nutrients you like

(I usually add ground flax and/or bee pollen), a few pitted dates for

sweetness (or you can use raw honey, xylitol, stevia), and add as much nut

milk as needed to make it turn over in the blender. Yummy! Or what tastes

even better but takes a little more work is using the water from a young

coconut for the liquid instead of the nut milk. Sooo sweet and naturally

delicious. Had that for breakfast this morning, using raspberries as the

frozen fruit. This is making me want another, LOL!

HTH . . .

-

On 10/18/06, Bonnie Cole <bonnieview@...> wrote:

>

> :

>

> Would there be any Calcium in these different milks?

>

> Bonnie

> Re: Re: New to this

>

> I try to avoid milk. I make homemade nut milks instead. Brazil nut milk

> tastes almost identical to whole milk, Mmmm . . . and almond milk is

> closer

> to skim. My kids like rice milk, too (made from brown rice). They're all

> VERY simply to make at home, just takes a blender. I can send you my

> recipes if you want.

>

> -

>

> On 10/17/06, jun1488@... <jun1488%40aol.com>

<jun1488@...<jun1488%40aol.com>>

> wrote:

> >

> > In a message dated 10/17/2006 3:25:18 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,

> > bonnieview@...

<bonnieview%40sympatico.ca><bonnieview%40sympatico.ca> writes:

> >

> > Being mostly think on top, could be a hormone imbalance.

> >

> > I had the same problem till I got mine balanced.

> >

> > Bonnie

> >

> > Hi Bonnie...When I had my yrly exam I talked about some things with my

> dr

> > and she said there was no way to test for hormones I told I didn't think

> > that

> > was true but she insisted...So looking for a new dr!! lol

> >

> > I think I am also a bit peri menopausal and need all sorts of

> balance...I

> > am

> > wondering if others here drink milk? I have read pasterized is not good

> > and

> > I thought organic was but heard if it isn't raw it isn't real....is 1/2

> > and

> > 1/2 good...Would love others input on this...Beth

> >

October 18, 2006

, how true. The data worldwide and in prospective studies here in the

US concur that high calcium intakes does not correlate with reduced fracture

rates. Milk drinkers have higher fracture rates. Low-trauma fractures,

high fracture risks, don't come from a loss of calcium so much as from a

drying of the bone and a loss of resiliency, making it brittle and prone to

snap like an old twig. To save your bones from drying out, keep your body

cool, alkaline and uninflamed, and well lubricated with water and

good-quality oil (and we know what that means!). Acid-y food heats and

irritates the body. Magnesium also keeps the bones supple and resilient.

Magnesium is found in dark leafy green vegetables and many other whole

plant-based foods. No sense in listing them, or picking apart the

nutrients - just get with the program ...

btw I make a distinction here between heating the body (from inflammation)

and warming the body by improving metabolism.

Nina