Re: Digest Number 298

[Guest guest]

> P.S. I was able to wear " real shoes " for the week instead of birkenstocks!

> I'd love to find a comfortable shoe. Does anyone have any ideas? My heel

> hurts in just about every shoe except Birk sandals. It gets tough in the

> snowdrifts....LOL

> Running shoes, SAS, and most closed shoes are impossible.

>

> Diane

Hi Dianne,

For the first 5 years of my illness I wore nothing but Nike air sneakers and

when I say I wore them, I mean ALL THE TIME!! Even getting up to go to the

bathroom in the night required sneakers on. Well, that can really bring a

person down, being able to wear NOTHING but sneakers. How does one go to a

wedding or whatever with sneakers on?!? Well, I did as I had no choice.

Well, this summer I decided that I was going to find something else than I

would be able to wear comfortably come hell or high water, no matter the

price. I had a sandal type shoe in mind. What I found was right under my

nose..Nike Air sandals...when I first saw them,. I thought oh no..they're

not going to feel good and they look awful!1 I was allowed to take them home

for a couple of days to try them after I explained the situation and , THEY

ARE WONDERFUL!! So I was able to bare my feet and even wear a few dressier

clothes this summer. I reccommend Nike air shoes of any type. The arthritis

affects all aspects of my feet and ankles and these are so comfortable..well

worth the price and their not as expensive as Beirkenstocks!

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Mickey...I have used muscle relaxants for years with my other meds. Was

on flexeril, no on robaxin. They make a great deal of difference.

Lyn

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Dear Listserve,

In relation to April's and many other replies to the Subject - Bad Luck with

Men.

First thing, One has to be proud of one self, as April and Gret have said.

Second thing, its not easy, but we have to get away from the " Why Me "

attitude, not just in Romance, but in everything that affects short statured

people. We are short, we cant change it, and we have to accept it and adapt

to it. Its not easy to accept sometimes, even harder if you are in the

" minority " and are gay.We must give credit to the ones who accept their life

openly, and learn from them.

Lastly, its not just members of the female sex that have problems, males

also have problems.

We should all work together to help each other, be friends, maybe lovers,

and reduce the negativity between the sexes.

If we cant help each other, and not have wars, how do we expect the Big

Buggers to accept us in everyday life.

Keane

(aussie rat)

Message: 7

Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 14:02:58 -0800 (PST)

From: April Brazier <a_brazier@...>

Subject: Re: Bad luck with men

Tammy-

That was a really rude response. If you knew Gretchen

at all you would have known that the email address was

her dad's and that she is a relal nice person that is

not being harsh to e. I too am tired of

hearing e complain about finding a man, I

understand it's hard and that everyone is looking for

someone but it doesn't need to be the center of

anyone's life. I am 23 years old and 3'1 and I have

never had a serious realtionship, but none of you ever

knew that because I don't send pity party messages to

the listserv. However if you have read my posts you

would see that I have graduated from college with a

degree in communications and computer technology. I

just bought a new car and I have 2 jobs and work my

butt off. And furthermore I did that all without

having a boyfriend. What does e do? I too

would like to meet someone too but I've learned that

it will happen when it suppose to. But in the mean

time I will enjoy my family, my friends, and my

career. Love and value yourself before anyone else

will.

April

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Everyone,

I have some ???

First of all..I haven't been on the group list for a few weeks so I've lost

touch with things...

1. I just joined ww and am not doing very well...having far too many points..

However, I just re started ll again and am hoping it will help.

they told me at ww to not do any new exercises but I can continue with the

current ones..

do you see any harm in trying to do ll 2 times per day..a couple days per

week?

I have been waking up at night and eating..maybe I can substitute a few

breathes instead of food? will that keep me awake more?

2. If I do them just sitting, will that work? I figgure at my pc in am..and

at work.

also, my waist is very thick and the additional weight has now started

infiltrating my back too..gained about 13 poinds this last year and that was

with trying sb (sugarbusters) and ss(somercise)..I just have not been

successful with anything..my fault..I need more regiment like ww I think.

3. how do you do them at work? do you not pah outloud?

that is it for now.

Must run..

what exercises are good to do while on the pc and for upper back and back and

waist in general....

any feedback would be appreciated...

Thanks,

Ellen

[Guest guest]

Hi Ellen,

Welcome to wonderful LL. You'll love it. It's so relaxing and yet

energizing as well. You'll love this list too. Try and read the posts

daily, you'll get a lot of motivation and love from our list. It's

important to report in daily and let us know how you're doing. This will

help you and it will also help us. We're here to help each other to reach

our goals.

It is fine for you to do 2 workouts a day. But don't overdo it. You may

want to just do 40 LL breath stretches 4 or 5 days a week for a while

and then build up to doing more if you want too.

The workout #2 video has some sitting exercises on it.

Here are 3 back exercises: 1. Stand with your hands on your waist

slightly to the front, now do the breathing, while you are holding your

breath move your elbows forward while keeping your hands on your waist.

2. Stand, knees bent, hold your arms like you would if you were going to

do bicep curls, but instead of your wrists on top, turn them in so that

they face each other. Now do the breathing and while you're holding your

breath, try and pinch your elbows together in the back ( of course you

can't really get them together). Do this movement as many times as you

can while holding your breath. This one has helped me a lot. 3. Get on

your hands and knees, do the breathing, while you're holding your breath

arch up like a cat.

Waist exercises: 1. Lay on your back knees bent, now cross one of your

legs over the other one (like a man crosses his legs). Do the breathing.

Now while you're holding your breath, lift up and reach your knee with

your opposite hand. Repeat on the other side. 2. Stand or sit, do the

breathing, and while you are holding your breath slightly bend to the

side and reach over your head and stretch. 3. Stand, knees bent, do the

breathing and while you're holding your breath move your waist sideways

back and forth. Try not to move your shoulders or your lower body.

I hope this helps. If you don't understand some of the exercises let me

know and I'll try to explain better. If anyone else can explain these

better please do.

Have a great day! Keep in touch! Drink your water.

Love and prayers from Cincinnati

Liz

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Hi Ellen,

Think of it this way, you can't breathe too much. Adding Life Lift to your regime with WW will enhance the benefits you receive from eating healthier. This is not like doing weight lifting or working out in the gym, this is simply adding the one thing to your body that can actually burn fat for you, oxygen.

I have had many sleep therapists send people to me over the years to learn Life Lift since it helps your body relax. You can just do a few in place of eating something that will pack on the pounds and make it even more difficult to sleep.

I often do them just sitting, while at the computer or while driving. I suggest you tighten your rear end, like a seated pelvic tilt to give your hind end a nice lift.

If you are doing Life Lift correctly you will find it will trim your waist line just by doing the flexing of the actual lift. Try pulling your abdomen muscles up and back toward the back of the chair. It is amazing how quickly you can whittle your waist and tighten your tummy by doing this.

You can do a silent pah by doing your pah more like a deep sigh down into your belly. I do it like this all of the time now and I love the way it feels.

Good luck, and welcome to our list.

Take care,

Rashelle

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1. do you see any harm in trying to do ll 2 times per day..a couple days per week?I have been waking up at night and eating..maybe I can substitute a few breathes instead of food? will that keep me awake more?2. If I do them just sitting, will that work? I figgure at my pc in am..and at work.also, my waist is very thick and the additional weight has now started infiltrating my back too..gained about 13 poinds this last year and that was with trying sb (sugarbusters) and ss(somercise)..I just have not been successful with anything..my fault..I need more regiment like ww I think.3. how do you do them at work? do you not pah outloud?that is it for now.Must run..what exercises are good to do while on the pc and for upper back and back and waist in general....any feedback would be appreciated...Thanks,EllenPlease use our list bookstore In Association with Amazon.com If you are looking for anything, please click on this link first! Thanks! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/karmasrecommerea/

[Guest guest]

Dear Ellen...I had to pause and take a look and a second look to

really see what you had written. I hope I could help you out a

little. Everybody will give you pretty good advice but the BEST

advice I got was to practice being healthy, eating GOOD food, eating

at regular intervals. This is a big problem for me as I am in the car

much of the day and I tend to wait until I could bite down on the

rearview mirror before I get a chance to eat! Eat a little bite...of

something fairly healthy and tasty (don't obsess on food!) and even

though you won't feel full at that moment (be sure you drink PLENTY

of water...even in my car travels I do this and it has done me

ENORMOUS good)...you will have had SOMETHING and you won't bite the

arm of your chair!...or run to the snack machine.

I can pah without the loud voice...it depends on how noisy your work

environment is...what you CAN do even in a quiet environment is

breathe out completely and then do the diaphragmatic lift part and

suck in your tummy as you hold your breath OUT for about 8 to 10

seconds. It is " half a LL breath " , without the loud pahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

but half a LL is better...oh, well, nevermind!

And now I am treading in dangerous waters: I am suspicious of many

diets and regimented diets in particular: I have a good understanding

of low carbing and much of that makes sense but we are INDIVIDUALS

and what works for some doesn't work for others. I find there are

DAYS I can eat carbs okay and others I can't. When you get into rigid

eating this is not good for your body OR your mind! I am working on

this even now: retraining my head to think of how the food gets used.

When I see things like points earned or taken away over eating then

this is external rather than internal...and it has more to do with

CONTROL than freedom. I want to be free to eat what is good for

ME!...one example is EVERYBODY KNOWS orange juice is good for you,

right??? NOPE!!! to me it is like POISON!!! tastes terrible, breaks

out my mouth, and the smell of someone even peeling an orange

frequently makes me nauseous...yet I can do grapefruit or eat blood

oranges, go figure!

Be free, Ellen eat simply, frequently, and be sure to drink that

water...I can't tell you what good about 3 days of disciplined

drinking: forcing myself...did. I drink water all the time now.

Love and pahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Lib

Ellen wrote:

> any feedback would be appreciated...

> Thanks,

>

> Ellen

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/1/00 1:41:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

egroups writes:

<< because they are looking for something to feed the yeast

or parasites or whatever else has gone wrong in the body. >>

I saw this with my son while detoxing him for yeast. He would climb up on

the countertop to find food. I put him on the porch and he was eating dog

biscuits. Then I put him in the yard and he found the vegetable plants. He

couldn't stop!

[Guest guest]

sorry Graves Disease is a Thyriod condition - also known as thyrotoxicosis here.

makes you hyper

thyriod is treated if possile with a block and replace treatment whicht hey send

your thyriod on

vacation for a time and then reintroduce natural working after a while. this

puts 50% into

permanaent remission and 50% get it again- when they apparrently offer surgery

or radioactive

iodene or if you are very lucky just drug treatemtn (it would be my prefferred

option).

apparrentlcan be genetuically inherited (mine is). I ahgree about abbreviations

I duno what

anyeone on about, but I can;t read the digest properly for the undeleted waste

text below peoples

mesages. cheers. clair

[Guest guest]

Thank you for this wonderful succinct and articulate

letter. I agree. Francesca you do a wonderful, if

sometimes thankless, job here.

peace,

trustinit

--- wrote:

>

[Guest guest]

(P.S. No offense, but I have some doubts about all that water. I don't think its been demonstrated, and as someone who hates to drink it, I can attest to how laborious you recommendation may become for everyone involved. JMO).> When I'm trying to drink more water, I get a two-liter bottle of carbonated water and put a little lime or lemon juice in it. (Cheaper than Perrier, and tastes better than water.) If you drink coffee or Coke, you need to count a caffeinated drink as about half what it is, because the diuretic in it will remove the other half.

[Guest guest]

I use a theraputic water pillow. The top is like a regular pillow and the other

side has a casing that hold water. There is a cap you fill it to the firmness

you want and cap it. I have had it for 4 years now and it is wonderful!!! I

got it from my Chiropractor. This solves the problem that everyone wants a

different firmness in their pillow and you can keep that firmness by just adding

water.

humbyrd

kombucha tea wrote:

There are 25 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1. RE: another candida perspective

From: " nina vitus "

2. RE: Expect Advise

From: " Ed Kasper "

3. RE: *** SPAM *** RE: another candida perspective

From: " Len Porzio "

4. Re: RE: another candida perspective

From: " L.Win "

5. Re: RE: New to Kombucha

From: Denyse

6. Re: What is Candida?

From: Denyse

7. Re: What is Candida?

From: " CM Ross "

8. Re: What is Candida?

From: Denyse

9. Re: What is Candida?

From: " CM Ross "

10. Re: RE: New to Kombucha

From: " isisashy "

11. Re: What is Candida?

From: " Shepherd "

12. Re: What is Candida?

From: " kwawracz "

13. Re: What is Candida?

From: " CM Ross "

14. Re: What is Candida?

From: " kwawracz "

15. Re: What is Candida?

From: " CM Ross "

16. the viscous part of kombucha

From: Denyse

17. Re: OT Way OT

From: " Diane Harrell "

18. Re:

From: " Yusuf Chandra "

19. RE: OT Way OT

From: " LJ Creedy "

20. Re: Water

From: " jmb20346 "

21. Re: Re: Water

From: " CM Ross "

22. 2 questions

From: Ellen McDermott

23. Re:

From: " E. Rinaldy "

24. Re: OT Way OT

From: Ekowal459@...

25. Re: RE: Expect Advise

From: Denyse

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Message: 1

Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 14:03:34 -0700

From: " nina vitus "

Subject: RE: another candida perspective

This was in my e-mail inbox a couple of days ago. I subscribe to Frederic

Patenaude's e-letter. He is a raw-food advocate and has written a book (or

maybe 2). This perspective on Candida is very different than I've heard

before.

This Week’s Featured Topic:

How to Beat Candida

Understanding the Real Issue

**********************************************

I often get questions about candida. Many people tell me that

they want to get rid of their candida problems but are afraid to

eat a lot of fruit. They want to know the best way to solve this

issue naturally.

Here’s one letter I received: “I'm a 100% raw vegan, currently

on Cousen's Phase candida cure program, religiously.

I've had no relief at all from my candida in over a year of

trying: 30 days of this raw program, then that raw program,

then another raw program...”

HERE’S WHAT I SAY: The way to beat candida is simple:

you have to understand that candida is an issue that comes from

eating too much fat, not too much sugar. When we eat too much

fat, that excess fat in the bloodstream diminishes insulin

sensitivity, so sugar isn’t carried out as fast as it should to the

cells. It accumulates in the bloodstream, feeding the candida

yeast that is naturally present there. The candida then

proliferates to “eat up” the excess sugar. The answer isn’t to

consume less sugar, or to try to kill the candida — but to go

at the root of the problem, that is, to consume less fat.

Here’s useful information on the topic from Dr. Graham’s

FAQs (available at: http://www.foodnsport.com)

Please note that my book “The Raw Secrets” and my course

“How to End Confusion About Nutrition” explore the problems

related with excess fat consumption.

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Why shouldn’t I eat all the avocados, nuts, and seeds I want?

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Avocados, nuts and seeds are extremely high in fat content.

When it comes to fat, it doesn’t matter so much its origin;

fat is fat. Fat goes from the lymph system directly into the

blood. Too much fat will thicken the blood, causing the red blood

cells to clump together so they cannot deliver oxygen to the cells.

Excess fat also blocks the action of insulin in bringing sugars to

the cells, which leads to diabetes. It is better to eat small amounts

of avocados, nuts and seeds, and not to eat them daily. There is

more than adequate fat for the body from fruits, vegetables and

leafy greens.

Eventually, it is best to get away from desiring to feel a

heavy feeling after a meal, as this is an indicator that the

digestive system is being overworked. In order to feel

satisfied, it is best to eat large amounts of sweet fruit,

which may pass through your stomach quickly, but will

appease true hunger for hours. True hunger is a sensation

primarily in the low throat, much like the feeling of thirst,

but a bit lower, about where the " notch " is at the bottom

of the neck. Hunger is not, as is commonly believed, felt

in the stomach. The feeling is felt deep in the throat, a

sensation that is similar to a dull ache. In health, when true

hunger is felt, there is no urgency for food since the body

knows it has reserves for its use in time of need. You

should be at all times comfortable in your body. The

sensation of the stomach is often the result of the muscular

walls of the stomach shrinking after the digestive

task of the last meal. If a perceived feeling of hunger is

accompanied with feelings of faintness, stomach pangs,

headaches or other discomforts of the body, it is a sign of

withdrawal from harmful substances. A healthy person can

skip a meal or two with no feelings of weakness or distress.

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I have candida or a yeast infection, and I’ve been told to avoid

too much sugar. How can I eat so much sweet fruit when it’s

full of sugar?

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Excess fat is the culprit in candida, not sugar, per se. When fat

levels in the blood rise, so does blood sugar, because excess

fat inhibits insulin from performing its function of escorting

sugar out of the bloodstream. The excess fat lines the blood

vessel walls, the cells’ insulin receptor sites, the sugar molecules

themselves, and the insulin with a thin coating of fat, thus

blocking and inhibiting normal metabolic activity. Too much

sugar in the blood is as life threatening as too little and can

result in serious illness or death. Yeast, or candida, is a constant

presence in the blood; it serves as a life preservation mechanism,

blooming when there is an excess of sugar in the blood stream to

bring blood sugar down to a non-threatening level. When the sugar

is distributed and used by the cells of the body, the yeast quickly

dies off as it is supposed to. If fat levels stay chronically high due

to a poor diet, sugar will remain in the bloodstream and feed the

large candida colonies instead of feeding the 18 trillion cells of

your body. Starved for fuel, these cells can no longer metabolize

energy, and you become tired, and feel rundown. Because all

carbohydrate, fat, and protein that we eat is converted to simple

sugar (glucose) if it is to be used by the cells for fuel, the way out

of this cycle is not to eat less sugar, but to consume less fat. When

fat levels drop, the sugar starts to get processed and distributed

again, and the yeast levels drop because there is no longer excess

sugar available.

--

FREDERIC: To conclude, the advice I give to people who ask me

about candida is to go on a really low-fat diet for a while, avoiding

all oil, nuts and avocado. The problem is generally solved within

a few weeks, if not a few days. Often people have been battling

with this for years and get instant relief from doing this low-fat

diet. After that period, then small quantities of fatty foods can

be reintroduced, as explained in my book, The Raw Secrets.

Personal testimony: a friend of mine came back from Cuba where

she ate only raw fruits & vegetables, along with the water of several

coconuts, without any fatty foods. She did that for 6 weeks and

overcame a candida issue that, in her own words, “seemed to have

been eternal.”

*********** ********************

>From: " L.Win "

>Reply-kombucha tea

>kombucha tea

>Subject: candida

>Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 12:36:42 -0700

>

> > I think KT does dissolve candida; this article says so.

>

> Candida is a symbiotic yeast that dwells in the digestive tract and has

>some USEFUL functions like chelating havy metals and taking them out of the

>body.

>The problem is with Candida OVERRUN.

>When the intestinal climate is acidic and the food is provided for it,

>[sugars, staches, refined carbs] and in the absence of natural predators

>[good pro biotics] the candida will overpopulate and cause many problems.

>Tart KT is not condusive to candida so will help keep it at bay.

> But the main protocol is to avoid the feeding the candida it's preferred

>food and supplement the pro biotics in the body by taking

>acidophilu/bifidus supplements on an empty stomach washed down with lots of

>water, This will soon keep the Candida in it's place.

> rusty

> candida

>Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 12:36:42 -0700

>

> > I think KT does dissolve candida; this article says so.

>

> Candida is a symbiotic yeast that dwells in the digestive tract and has

>some USEFUL functions like chelating havy metals and taking them out of the

>body.

>The problem is with Candida OVERRUN.

=== message truncated ===

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[Guest guest]

Hi all,

I would like to help a friend in California to start brewing Kombucha. I

could send her a baby if I knew how to ship it without spoiling it.(I am in

NYC.)

Meanwhile I was wondering if I could find a group member, willing to donate

a Kombucha baby, close enough to her place, so she could pick up the baby and

the starter. She lives in BREA, CA 92821.

Please email me. - Ileana

[Guest guest]

I've used the same way Gunther says to and have sent cultures all

over.

Chris

www.kountrykombucha.com

How to mail a Kombucha culture

Gunther W.

I mail Kombucha cultures like this: I put the culture including a glass

(about 9 ounces) of ready fermented beverage (very important!) in a plastic

bag, like one use it for deep freezing food in a deep-freeze. Then I seal

the bag with a bag sealer. This bag I put into another bag which I seal

again. So it is double sealed. For mailing I put the double sealed bag into

a box and fill the interspace with styropor flocs.

Thus I already sent cultures round the whole world, and they all arrived

in good order.

Re: Digest Number 298

Hi all,

I would like to help a friend in California to start brewing Kombucha. I

could send her a baby if I knew how to ship it without spoiling it.(I am

in NYC.)

Meanwhile I was wondering if I could find a group member, willing to

donate

a Kombucha baby, close enough to her place, so she could pick up the baby

and

the starter. She lives in BREA, CA 92821.

Please email me. - Ileana

[Guest guest]

Hello,

I live in California and would be willing to once I get going. I killed my first

one and know that they sell them at s nutritional stores (there is one in

Riverside, CA) they cost $15.00. Anyway, once I get one going I would be willing

to share my babies with others including your friend. Unless she cannot wait til

I am ready to share?

Take care

Molly

enchantedbeads@... wrote:

Hi all,

I would like to help a friend in California to start brewing Kombucha. I

could send her a baby if I knew how to ship it without spoiling it.(I am in

NYC.)

Meanwhile I was wondering if I could find a group member, willing to donate

a Kombucha baby, close enough to her place, so she could pick up the baby and

the starter. She lives in BREA, CA 92821.

Please email me. - Ileana