Re: Body pH

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Not all grains are acidic. Millet for example is alkaline, and there

are many delicious ways to prepare it. When toasted buckwheat

becomes kasha which is alkaline. Most grains are only mildly acidic.

Also, by soaking your grains overnight before cooking makes them less

acidic and more alkaline. So, you could probably use grains in this

way up to 40% of your diet.

In addition, all grains become alkaline by chewing because our saliva

is highly alkaline. If you are healthy, try chewing each bite of

grain at least 32 times. If you are ill, chew each bite fifty to

seventy times.

Happy eating,

lotecq

> >

> > > Dear members of ,

> > >

> > > I don't have time to respond to each of you individually.

However

> your

> > >

> > > stories affect me and make me want to help.

> > >

> > > If I were in your shoes, I would try just about anything other

> than

> > > the

> > > toxic treatments offered by our doctors and oncologists.

> > >

> > > And I would avoid radiation treatments like the plague.

Radiation

> > > causes

> > > cancer! And so does cheotherapy!

> > >

> > > First, I would go to the following site to gain an excellent

> > > perspective

> > > about cancer and cancer treatments:

> > >

> > > www.alkalizefor health.net

> > >

> > > Then I would investigate the work of Dr. A. Philpott,

> M.D. Dr.

> > >

> > > Philpott is looking for subjects for his cancer trials with

> > > biomagnetic

> > > therapy.

> > >

> > > Think this is nuts? Read his book and then decide.

> > >

> > > There are many worthy treatments that we are systematically

> denied by

> > > our

> > > medical system. Just look at the example of 714-X, as mentioned

on

> > > this

> > > list. If I had lymphoma, there would be no doubt that I would

try

> it.

> > >

> > > But with alternatives, you must realize one thing: there is no

> magic

> > > bullet! I repeat, there is no one magic bullet! You must do

> several

> > > things

> > > to reach a remission. Diet, water, alkalinity, minerals,

enzymes.

> Do

> > > some

> > > research. It's all available on line.

> > >

> > > I may be one of Dr. Philpott's first subjects with leukemia. I

> > > wouldn't do

> > > this unless I was utterly convinced that his approach is valid.

> And

> > > while

> > > you are investigating Dr. Philpott, also check out Dr. Brewer's

> work

> > > at:

> > >

> > > http://www.mwt.net/~drbrewer/brew_art.htm

> > >

> > > Unfortunately, to do the cesium protocol, you must coordinate

with

> > > either a

> > > Canadian or a Mexican clinic. No doctor in the U.S is allowed to

> > > administer

> > > it. Why?

> > >

> > > Why is it that Otto Warburg's model of cancer initiation, which

> won

> > > him a

> > > Nobel prize, has been virtually ignored in the U.S.?

> > >

> > > If you are really sick and near death, your options are more

> limited.

> > > If I

> > > were in that situation and had to choose one treatment, I would

> start

> > > with

> > > something that can arrest tumor growth quickly. 714-X is a good

> > > cantidate.

> > > For wasting, Hydrazine sulfate is worth checking out. Overall,

I

> like

> > > Dr.

> > > Philpott's approach the best.

> > >

> > > I am not a physician. I am a cancer patient like most of you.

> But I

> > > have

> > > done some homewwork over the past year. And I am more convinced

> than

> > > ever

> > > that cures are available. You just have to look for them. And

> forget

> > > about

> > > your oncologist. He is only allowed to offer you the monolpoly

> patent

> > > medicines from the large pharmaceuticals. And don't ask him

about

> > > alternatives. If he believed in alternatives, he would have to

> find a

> > > new

> > > profession.

> > >

> > > Here is another resource for you: Epp in British Columbia:

> > > 403-265-4634. I believe he can help you if you want to try the

> cesium

> > > protocol.

> > >

> > > I wish all of you good luck. But act now before it is too late.

If

> > > your

> > > body becomes too ravaged by radiation and chemotherapy, most

> > > alternative

> > > methods will not work. There is simply too much damage.

> > >

> > > Holding you in my prayers,

> > >

> > >

> > > Lorenz

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

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On 7/14/09, sherryskapik <sherryskapik@...> wrote:

>

> I could use some advice on what foods make your body more alkaline.

> Sparrow, I know you know a lot about this...could you recommend

> any reading material? Anyone else?

By my understanding, raw greens, raw fruit, most raw veggies will

alkalize you. Cooked foods and raw nuts and raw seeds will not. So the

trick is to find balance. For example, you don't necessarily need to

give up the hamburger but you might want to eat a big green salad

first. (I have seen some claims that eating a big salad before eating

cooked food causes the " good raw fooder reactions " to kick in and

essentially neutralize the " bad cooked food effects " of whatever you

follow the salad with.)

My reading recommendation on this topic would be just about anything

by Herbert Shelton and these web sites (some of which contradict one

another so caveat lector):

http://www.rawfoodexplained.com/acid-and-alkaline-substances/

http://www.essense-of-life.com/moreinfo/foodcharts.htm

http://www.thewolfeclinic.com/acidalkfoods.html

You will see the above sources contradicting one another so you will

have to test your own body to see what you agree with and what you

don't. I tend to agree more with the information on the second link

above. I agree with the first link above except for what she says

about grains because my own body doesn't like those grains.

So some of it is reading what the " experts " say and some of it is

turning to the ultimate expert for your own experiences: your own

body.

Hope this helps and doesn't compound any confusion.

Sparrow

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{quote}For example, you don't necessarily need to

Give up the hamburger but you might want to eat a big green salad

First. (I have seen some claims that eating a big salad before eating

Cooked food causes the " good raw fooder reactions " to kick in and

Essentially neutralize the " bad cooked food effects " of whatever you

Follow the salad with.) {unquote}

I became Vegan last December to try and cure my Fibromyalgia. I followed the

Mcdougall Plan at first, found here: www.drmcdougall.com He gives you the

basic plan free which is ideal. That's all I followed.

They also suggest eating a large salad at the beginning of the meal, it

makes sure you get your greens and also helps to fill you up so you don't

eat too much of the 'not so good' stuff.

My father in law is an omnivore, actually he's a pig (but that's an insult

to pigs..lol), he doesn't have an off switch for his stomach.

He has problems with Arthritis and when he saw that I was no longer in pain

from the Fibro he was willing to try the McDougall program to a certain

point. He didn't go fully Vegan but he did go 80% vegan. He lost weight and

his pain was lessened.

He's a truck driver and is working up north for the summer now and has

difficulty find anything but fats foods at truck stops so he can't follow

the program as well but at least he's trying.

By the way I did 'cure' my Fibro as well as reversing my sugar levels, I'm

also Pre-diabetic, I was pain free within 5 days of starting the vegan diet

and it took 6 weeks tog et my sugar levels down by half.

I eat a large leafy salad with lots of peppers and cucumbers in before the '

main' part of the meal which actually is a tiny part of my meal..lol The

salad fills me up nicely.

I'm wandering..lol I guess what I'm trying to say is eat a nice salad before

the meal.. Then have the entree or what I do is actually wait half an hour

after the salad to see if I'm still hungry, usually I'm not.

Cutting out the refined processed foods is what worked.

I'm in the process of going raw now, I won't make 100% raw but 80% will be

good.

Aran

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Thank you for the info...I will check check out the McDougall plan.  I'm pretty

much a vegetarian, but I do enjoy seafood once in a while.  Don't think I could

be vegan because of yogurt and cheese.

 

Thanks again,

Sherry

From: Aran <womenofraredistinction@...>

Subject: Re: Body PH

Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 1:16 PM

{quote}For example, you don't necessarily need to

Give up the hamburger but you might want to eat a big green salad

First. (I have seen some claims that eating a big salad before eating

Cooked food causes the " good raw fooder reactions " to kick in and

Essentially neutralize the " bad cooked food effects " of whatever you

Follow the salad with.) {unquote}

I became Vegan last December to try and cure my Fibromyalgia. I followed the

Mcdougall Plan at first, found here: www.drmcdougall. com He gives you the

basic plan free which is ideal. That's all I followed.

They also suggest eating a large salad at the beginning of the meal, it

makes sure you get your greens and also helps to fill you up so you don't

eat too much of the 'not so good' stuff.

My father in law is an omnivore, actually he's a pig (but that's an insult

to pigs..lol), he doesn't have an off switch for his stomach.

He has problems with Arthritis and when he saw that I was no longer in pain

from the Fibro he was willing to try the McDougall program to a certain

point. He didn't go fully Vegan but he did go 80% vegan. He lost weight and

his pain was lessened.

He's a truck driver and is working up north for the summer now and has

difficulty find anything but fats foods at truck stops so he can't follow

the program as well but at least he's trying.

By the way I did 'cure' my Fibro as well as reversing my sugar levels, I'm

also Pre-diabetic, I was pain free within 5 days of starting the vegan diet

and it took 6 weeks tog et my sugar levels down by half.

I eat a large leafy salad with lots of peppers and cucumbers in before the '

main' part of the meal which actually is a tiny part of my meal..lol The

salad fills me up nicely.

I'm wandering..lol I guess what I'm trying to say is eat a nice salad before

the meal.. Then have the entree or what I do is actually wait half an hour

after the salad to see if I'm still hungry, usually I'm not.

Cutting out the refined processed foods is what worked.

I'm in the process of going raw now, I won't make 100% raw but 80% will be

good.

Aran

[Guest guest]

Hi.

You wrote the following:

He's a truck driver and is working up north for the summer now and has

difficulty find anything but fats foods at truck stops so he can't follow the

program as well but at least he's trying. "

I don't understand this AT ALL!! If a person discovers that a certain way of

eating benefits him (Sorry if I am coming across as preachy, that is most

definitely NOT my intention, I AM trying to understand the rationale behind the

thinking).

Let me explain. When I found out that sprouting and eating vegetarian etc, made

me feel MUCH better, LESSENED my arthritis like you would not believe and made

most of my numbers go back into the normal range (like when I was 25 or so), my

mind said " I must have been nuts to abuse my body all those years " . I used to

pig out in front of the tv at night and eat stuff I darned well knew I shouldn't

have been eating, but then again, I WAS NOT GIVEN THE INFORMATION THAT I NOW

KNOW "

I learned from the nutritionist and I learned from these message boards, and I

tried a completely new way of eating. No more junk food, no preservatives, no

sugar, grow sprouts, eat sprouts, eat veggie burgers, drink lots of good pure

water, no aspartame, no JUNK!!

Once I started doing this, and I found that I went to the bathroom every single

day and felt LIGHTER, and much better (and don't forget I am NOT a youngster

anymore), well, to me, it was a no-brainer.

That's why I can't understand why many of the people I know, that see me and see

how I move, and how I look (and I SAY NOTHING, BELIEVE ME I'M NOT STUPID, I KNOW

HOW PEOPLE CAN BE), so I let my life-style, my appearance and how I move, well

it speaks FOR me.

My friends who are NOT obese, well, they come to my house for my sprouts and

they eat them.

My friends who weigh over 250 lbs think I'm nuts and say " how can you eat that

stuff? " I say " well, it works for me, and they taste good, and my numbers are

good, so I shall continue to do this " .

They then say (as they are grabbing bags of chips and soda), " you have to be out

of your mind, this can't work " . ????????

I don't get them, but I don't have to get them. It's their business. They are

gaining weight exponentially and it's THEIR business. I have never once said

" you know, if you ate like me, you would be better off, you'd control your blood

pressure, your cholesterol, etc. "

I NEVER say this, because I know what I would get. I would never see them

again. So they live their life, and the ones who want my sprouts, knock on my

door, and I make them little sprouters, and I give them little bags of my

sprouts until they can sprout their own.

My own doctor loves when I give him sprouts. But he's a body builder and he has

the mind set of being healthier.

So getting back to your guy who goes to fast food truck stops. I know what those

places sell. Pancakes, and donuts with coffee and grits, and hamburgers, I KNOW

THIS. But don't they also sell Grilled Chicken salads, and just plain salads??

Or, before he leaves the house, can't he take a wrap with grilled chicken or

lean whatever and make his own sandwich?

You see, when your body responds in a positive way to a different eating method,

WHY WOULD A PERSON SAY " I can't do this because it's too hard " .

What is TOO HARD?? It's too hard to see your body feeling good (look at what it

did to your fibromyalgia??) You feel much better right?

I think we get into bad habits and we just keep doing bad habits until IT'S TOO

LATE FOR US TO DO ANY MORE BAD HABITS if you get my meaning.

Last night I was sitting on the porch with some friends. Some were skinny, some

were 300 lbs.

I had a woman's cooking magazing and there were some photos of chocolate cake

with frosting and icing and ice cream, and the skinny person said " oh my god,

look at that, doesn't it make you want to dive right in? "

I said " are you crazy, that's poison to my body, it's all sugar, I'm a diabetic,

that photo doesn't do a darn thing for me, I go crazy over my sprout salad with

grape tomatoes, black olives, cukes, and red onion, with a splash of lemon and

extra virgin olive oil " .

She said " are you serious, this photo of this cake doesn't make your bells go

off in your head " ???

I said " absolutely not " , I know what it would do to my body, and I have no

reaction. I like the way I eat AND I LOVE HOW IT MAKES MY BODY FEEL. "

She just said " wow, you're good " .

She by the way, is 51, five foot 7, has a body like Hally Berry and can eat

absolutely anything she wants.

I guess it's all about metabolism.

But I just don't get why people find it hard to eat good if it MAKES THEM FEEL

GOOD, THE FOOD TASTES GREAT, and they get good results.

I guess maybe it's a sugar addiction, or a fast food addiction???

What do you all think?

It's an interesting topic.

Melody

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I agree completely... His problem is that where he's working up North (North

Ontario) he's away from the bigger towns and main highways.. He's actually

working on the back roads out in the bush.. He delivers the asphalt for road

maintenance.

I agree about the truck stops and as I said he's a pig when it comes to food

Actually he's a pig in his attitude to everything but what can I say.

He doesn't come home all summer, if he did I could make his meals for him..

When he comes home in fall he'll be at home for 6 months again so I can get

to work on him then...

I email me and find info on the net and send him the links so I'm educating

him slowly.

Aran



" Nature is the physician of man. " - Hippocrates, " the father of medicine "

-- Re: Body PH

He's a truck driver and is working up north for the summer now and has

difficulty find anything but fats foods at truck stops so he can't follow

the program as well but at least he's trying. "

I don't understand this AT ALL!! If a person discovers that a certain way of

eating benefits him (Sorry if I am coming across as preachy, that is most

definitely NOT my intention, I AM trying to understand the rationale behind

the thinking).

Mind, this can't work " . ????????

[Guest guest]

On 7/15/09, melodylubart1 <eliz7212@...> wrote:

>

> So getting back to your guy who goes to fast food truck stops.

> I know what those places sell. Pancakes, and donuts with coffee

> and grits, and hamburgers, I KNOW THIS. But don't they also sell

> Grilled Chicken salads, and just plain salads??

Depends on where his routes are.

> Or, before he leaves the house, can't he take a wrap with grilled

> chicken or lean whatever and make his own sandwich?

Make a crate of sandwiches, you mean.

> You see, when your body responds in a positive way to a different

> eating method, WHY WOULD A PERSON SAY " I can't do this

> because it's too hard " .

I used to spend a lot of time hitchhiking around the country and spent

most of that time riding with over-the-road truckers. I have a lot of

respect and admiration for over-the-road truckers because there are a

lot of goods I value that wouldn't be available for me to buy if

someone hadn't brought them here in a truck.

But I will be the first to say that it is a very unhealthy job. The

economic constraints of the job mean that you are driving, driving,

driving, with no time to stop for a stretch break or an exercise break

or, in many cases, even sleep. Some of the laws were changed to try to

force truckers to have down time to sleep but the dispatchers figured

out ways around it so they could keep the truckers moving, moving,

moving. I've met truckers who couldn't even stop for food at those

roadside diners because there just wasn't enough time.

The truckers who have a nicer truck with a bunk are in luck. The bunk

rarely gets used for sleeping because there just isn't enough time but

it can be a place to store food. Even better if it's one of the

super-fancy trucks with a refirgerator. But most truckers don't have

big roomy trucks and are limited to what they can fit in the passenger

seat (if they don't have a co-driver) and the passenger footwell.

Salad can be brought for a few days if you have a cooler to keep it

in, but that takes up a lot of space and you need calories to keep

going at that constant driving pace so you might have to sacrifice the

salads for heavier foods.

Grocery stores would be a great place to re-stock except that there

isn't time to find grocery stores along the route and stop at them. A

trucker has to just keep driving straight through if he wants to make

enough money to live on.

Try riding around with some truckers for a couple of weeks (bring your

own food but you're not allowed to stop at a grocery store to re-stock

unless the trucker you're riding with does it. You have to bring what

healthy food you can and get what you're able to along the way.) and

then you won't be so quick to judge why someone who does that job for

a living would give up on the salads.

Sparrow

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Aran wrote:

>

> Cutting out the refined processed foods is what worked.

>

>

Bingo!!! I am just so sad that it took me until my mid-forties to figure

that out!

Thia

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You are spot on, Sparrow. I used to be a trucker. We would stop at Walmart

(because they were ok with trucks in the lot) and stock up on decent food.

We had space for a " refrigerator " cooler (plugged in to lighter) but had to

buy our own (Did not come with the truck, only space for it did). The thing

that saved me, is that I drove team. We had a plug in hotbox (similar to a

crockpot in function, but looked like a lunch box.) One would cook, while

the other drove. I have no idea how the solo drivers do it.

Thia

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Sparrow R <sparrowrose@...>wrote:

>

>

> On 7/15/09, melodylubart1 <eliz7212@... <eliz7212%40verizon.net>>

> wrote:

> >

> > So getting back to your guy who goes to fast food truck stops.

> > I know what those places sell. Pancakes, and donuts with coffee

> > and grits, and hamburgers, I KNOW THIS. But don't they also sell

> > Grilled Chicken salads, and just plain salads??

>

> Depends on where his routes are.

>

> > Or, before he leaves the house, can't he take a wrap with grilled

> > chicken or lean whatever and make his own sandwich?

>

> Make a crate of sandwiches, you mean.

>

> > You see, when your body responds in a positive way to a different

> > eating method, WHY WOULD A PERSON SAY " I can't do this

> > because it's too hard " .

>

> I used to spend a lot of time hitchhiking around the country and spent

> most of that time riding with over-the-road truckers. I have a lot of

> respect and admiration for over-the-road truckers because there are a

> lot of goods I value that wouldn't be available for me to buy if

> someone hadn't brought them here in a truck.

>

> But I will be the first to say that it is a very unhealthy job. The

> economic constraints of the job mean that you are driving, driving,

> driving, with no time to stop for a stretch break or an exercise break

> or, in many cases, even sleep. Some of the laws were changed to try to

> force truckers to have down time to sleep but the dispatchers figured

> out ways around it so they could keep the truckers moving, moving,

> moving. I've met truckers who couldn't even stop for food at those

> roadside diners because there just wasn't enough time.

>

> The truckers who have a nicer truck with a bunk are in luck. The bunk

> rarely gets used for sleeping because there just isn't enough time but

> it can be a place to store food. Even better if it's one of the

> super-fancy trucks with a refirgerator. But most truckers don't have

> big roomy trucks and are limited to what they can fit in the passenger

> seat (if they don't have a co-driver) and the passenger footwell.

> Salad can be brought for a few days if you have a cooler to keep it

> in, but that takes up a lot of space and you need calories to keep

> going at that constant driving pace so you might have to sacrifice the

> salads for heavier foods.

>

> Grocery stores would be a great place to re-stock except that there

> isn't time to find grocery stores along the route and stop at them. A

> trucker has to just keep driving straight through if he wants to make

> enough money to live on.

>

> Try riding around with some truckers for a couple of weeks (bring your

> own food but you're not allowed to stop at a grocery store to re-stock

> unless the trucker you're riding with does it. You have to bring what

> healthy food you can and get what you're able to along the way.) and

> then you won't be so quick to judge why someone who does that job for

> a living would give up on the salads.

>

> Sparrow

>

>

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Oh, yeah-- if you've ever heard jokes about truckers switching seats while

going down the interstate at 65 mph....it's no joke.

Thia

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Thia (aka: pixx) <pixxley@...> wrote:

> You are spot on, Sparrow. I used to be a trucker. We would stop at

> Walmart (because they were ok with trucks in the lot) and stock up on decent

> food. We had space for a " refrigerator " cooler (plugged in to lighter) but

> had to buy our own (Did not come with the truck, only space for it did).

> The thing that saved me, is that I drove team. We had a plug in hotbox

> (similar to a crockpot in function, but looked like a lunch box.) One would

> cook, while the other drove. I have no idea how the solo drivers do it.

>

> Thia

>

>

>

>

> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Sparrow R <sparrowrose@...>wrote:

>

>>

>>

>> On 7/15/09, melodylubart1 <eliz7212@... <eliz7212%40verizon.net>>

>> wrote:

>> >

>> > So getting back to your guy who goes to fast food truck stops.

>> > I know what those places sell. Pancakes, and donuts with coffee

>> > and grits, and hamburgers, I KNOW THIS. But don't they also sell

>> > Grilled Chicken salads, and just plain salads??

>>

>> Depends on where his routes are.

>>

>> > Or, before he leaves the house, can't he take a wrap with grilled

>> > chicken or lean whatever and make his own sandwich?

>>

>> Make a crate of sandwiches, you mean.

>>

>> > You see, when your body responds in a positive way to a different

>> > eating method, WHY WOULD A PERSON SAY " I can't do this

>> > because it's too hard " .

>>

>> I used to spend a lot of time hitchhiking around the country and spent

>> most of that time riding with over-the-road truckers. I have a lot of

>> respect and admiration for over-the-road truckers because there are a

>> lot of goods I value that wouldn't be available for me to buy if

>> someone hadn't brought them here in a truck.

>>

>> But I will be the first to say that it is a very unhealthy job. The

>> economic constraints of the job mean that you are driving, driving,

>> driving, with no time to stop for a stretch break or an exercise break

>> or, in many cases, even sleep. Some of the laws were changed to try to

>> force truckers to have down time to sleep but the dispatchers figured

>> out ways around it so they could keep the truckers moving, moving,

>> moving. I've met truckers who couldn't even stop for food at those

>> roadside diners because there just wasn't enough time.

>>

>> The truckers who have a nicer truck with a bunk are in luck. The bunk

>> rarely gets used for sleeping because there just isn't enough time but

>> it can be a place to store food. Even better if it's one of the

>> super-fancy trucks with a refirgerator. But most truckers don't have

>> big roomy trucks and are limited to what they can fit in the passenger

>> seat (if they don't have a co-driver) and the passenger footwell.

>> Salad can be brought for a few days if you have a cooler to keep it

>> in, but that takes up a lot of space and you need calories to keep

>> going at that constant driving pace so you might have to sacrifice the

>> salads for heavier foods.

>>

>> Grocery stores would be a great place to re-stock except that there

>> isn't time to find grocery stores along the route and stop at them. A

>> trucker has to just keep driving straight through if he wants to make

>> enough money to live on.

>>

>> Try riding around with some truckers for a couple of weeks (bring your

>> own food but you're not allowed to stop at a grocery store to re-stock

>> unless the trucker you're riding with does it. You have to bring what

>> healthy food you can and get what you're able to along the way.) and

>> then you won't be so quick to judge why someone who does that job for

>> a living would give up on the salads.

>>

>> Sparrow

>>

>>

>

>

>

>

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On 7/15/09, Thia (aka: pixx) <pixxley@...> wrote:

>

> You are spot on, Sparrow. I used to be a trucker. We would stop at Walmart

> (because they were ok with trucks in the lot) and stock up on decent food.

> We had space for a " refrigerator " cooler (plugged in to lighter) but had to

> buy our own (Did not come with the truck, only space for it did). The thing

> that saved me, is that I drove team. We had a plug in hotbox (similar to a

> crockpot in function, but looked like a lunch box.) One would cook, while

> the other drove. I have no idea how the solo drivers do it.

I hitched a ride with one trucker who had gone vegetarian about six

months before I met him. I was scrunched up in the seat with tons of

fruit and vegetables around me and he was pretty much constantly

eating as he drove because there wasn't any time to cook anything so

he was mostly living on whole wheat dinner rolls and raw fruit and

vegetables. He said he was able to get veggie spaghetti at a couple of

the places where he stopped regularly.

It was so cute, though: when we finally stopped at a truck stop, he

got out of the truck, took two steps, hitched up his trouser, took

five steps, hitched up his trousers, took three more steps, hitched up

his trousers. He had apparently lost tons of weight since going

vegetarian and hadn't bothered to update his wardrobe so his pants

were very literally falling off him! heh.

Sparrow

[Guest guest]

Thank you Sparrow... You had the words to explain that I didn't have about

truckers.

My FIL works for McAsphalt, they're the ones that fix a lot of the highways

here in Canada including the back roads.

He has a truck with a bunk..

He works only in the summertime here in Canada with the extremes in weather

there is no road maintenance.. Remember In Canada we have four seasons,

Winter, More Winter, Still Winter and Road maintenance.

And once he's up past Thunder Bay area it's out in the wilds where he's

working.. He does try and carry some food with him in the truck but it comes

down to canned foods... He carries oranges with him when he can get them.

Other fruits spoil faster.

He often works 20 hr or more hours a day sometimes going 48 hours without a

real break.. He catches his sleep while they're unloading his tanker.. Yes,

illegal as hell but it's his job.

He is trying to eat healthier, when he does get to a truck stop he will have

a salad with his meal.. But he has to try and refill his calorie tanks too.

But if I can get him healthy in wintertime when he's home for 6 months that

s better than nothing...

Aran

[Guest guest]

On 7/15/09, Aran <womenofraredistinction@...> wrote:

>

> But if I can get him healthy in wintertime when he's home for 6 months that

> s better than nothing...

Feed him up healthy and let him get lots of sleep and you'll undo a

lot of damage his difficult job puts on him the rest of the year. He's

fortunate to have you in his life!

Don't forget the sleep. Many people (myself included) believe that

adequate sleep is as important . . . maybe more important . . . than

what you eat.

And find a good vitamin D supplement. Living that far north, you're

both likely to be depleted and low vitamin D plays a role in

everything from diabetes to osteoporosis to multiple sclerosis to

cancer.

Sparrow

[Guest guest]

Thanks Sparrow... We do take vitamin D.. Hubby has clinical depression and

as you said our winters are dark and long...

I just remembered, when he went mostly vegan for about 3 months this last

winter, he slept better and longer. FIL has always had a problem with sleep,

doing such long hours and only taking power naps in summer time messes him

up for winter...

Aran



" Nature is the physician of man. " - Hippocrates, " the father of medicine "

[Guest guest]

Sherry,

I follow the Hay diet for a more alkaline system. Works great for me as I

have IBS. When I folow this diet I have no problems. The whole concept of this

diet is getting your body more alkaline,as an acidic body is usually a sick

body.

Here is a link to some of the info. Hope this helps.

http://www.netfit.co.uk/fatcom.htm

Caz

>

> I could use some advice on what foods make your body more alkaline.

> Sparrow, I know you know a lot about this...could you recommend any reading

material? Anyone else?

>

> Thanks, Sherry

>

[Guest guest]

Hey,hey, hey to a fellow North Ontarioan! I am just north of Sudbury; where are

you?

Connie

http://www.home-and-school-solutions.com/

>

> I agree completely... His problem is that where he's working up North (North

> Ontario) he's away from the bigger towns and main highways.. He's actually

> working on the back roads out in the bush.. He delivers the asphalt for road

> maintenance.

>

> I agree about the truck stops and as I said he's a pig when it comes to food

> Actually he's a pig in his attitude to everything but what can I say.

> He doesn't come home all summer, if he did I could make his meals for him..

> When he comes home in fall he'll be at home for 6 months again so I can get

> to work on him then...

> I email me and find info on the net and send him the links so I'm educating

> him slowly.

>

>

> Aran

>

> 

> " Nature is the physician of man. " - Hippocrates, " the father of medicine "

> -- Re: Body PH

>

>

>

> He's a truck driver and is working up north for the summer now and has

> difficulty find anything but fats foods at truck stops so he can't follow

> the program as well but at least he's trying. "

>

> I don't understand this AT ALL!! If a person discovers that a certain way of

> eating benefits him (Sorry if I am coming across as preachy, that is most

> definitely NOT my intention, I AM trying to understand the rationale behind

> the thinking).

>

> Mind, this can't work " . ????????

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks very much....I'll check out the site.

Sherry

From: cazaba <cazaba43@...>

Subject: Re: Body PH

Date: Friday, July 17, 2009, 3:18 AM

 

Sherry,

I follow the Hay diet for a more alkaline system. Works great for me as I have

IBS. When I folow this diet I have no problems. The whole concept of this diet

is getting your body more alkaline,as an acidic body is usually a sick body.

Here is a link to some of the info. Hope this helps.

http://www.netfit. co.uk/fatcom. htm

Caz

>

> I could use some advice on what foods make your body more alkaline.

> Sparrow, I know you know a lot about this...could you recommend any reading

material? Anyone else?

>

> Thanks, Sherry

>