Re: Fresh green vegetable juices

June 7, 2004

yeah, good advice. the 100 degree warm soup for the stomach makes

good sense. i can't take anything too cold anyway (unless its an

extremely hot day).

so when you heated your veggie juice, would you heat it just a

little, slowly, over a very low heat? i'd try that but i'll want to

be really sure i wouldn't overheat it & kill all that good stuff.

speaking of ginger and garlic: my favorite topping for salmon is to

grate fresh ginger, add minced fresh garlic, stir in some sea salt &

cracked pepper & form a paste. smear that on the salmon & broil until

it just gets a few shades darker. then finish in a 350 oven if

needed. if you crave a sweeter version of that mixture, add a couple

drops of stevia extract.

i love pau d'arco AND peppermint tea! happy juicing

~ susan

> > Hi , When I first found out that I had Candida I changed my

> diet and

> > became so dreadfully tired and weak. That was a couple months

ago.

> I went

> > through the " die-off " and seemed to be doing a little bit better

in

> terms of

> > energy but lately had a couple slip-ups (1. rice, 2. too much

> coconut oil.)

> > I am trying to get back on track.

> >

> > Those slip-ups made me realize that, although I thought I was

> committed to

> > sticking to this stupid diet, I still wasn't taking my problem

> seriously

> > enough. This morning was a kind of epiphany, (or maybe a

> catharsis?,) as I

> > cried for the first time in at least two years -- I just felt so

> overwhelmed

> > with backed-up work and generally, so pathetic and miserable.

> >

> > But happily, I think it signaled a big change at how I look at

this

> thing.

> > Although incredibly boring and awful, I'm going to eat only very

> simple

> > " approved " foods, rest and continue these walks. I'm going to

make

> a " menu "

> > for each day as I go along -- no more deciding when hungry

of " what

> am I

> > going to have for lunch? " -- dilemmas. I've always looked at food

> creatively

> > as I'm sure you do but now my creativity is going to be expressed

> in how

> > simple (no more than 3 or 4 foods at any meal,) and " perfect " I

can

> make

> > each of 3 or 4 small meals each day. No eating between, and no

> worrying that

> > I'm still hungry when I'm finished -- it's only gotten me into

> trouble. I'm

> > not going to worry about how skinny I get. (I frankly don't think

> I'll get

> > much skinnier than this...) Also, no more " wonder " foods or

cures --

> a

> > balanced highly nutritional diet. Lots of green juices and a

> variety of

> > proteins, fats and oils. My exception is, each morning one half

> apple eaten

> > with almonds or another food to " ground " the sweetness. I will

> alternate the

> > " one small piece of fruit " with another that I can tolerate.

> >

> > I realized this morning that I hate this Candida problem so much

I

> am

> > willing to give up almost anything to be rid of it -- (It

> particularly

> > scares me when I hear some people with no real relief years

later.

> No way...

> >

> > I wish we were neighbors, (in fact this whole group!) -- that way

> we could

> > share meals!

> >

> > It's nice to have the support of this group.

> > ~Robin

> >

> > _____

> >

> > From: chefsuz2 [mailto:thenaturalkitchen@y...]

> > Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 3:48 PM

> >

> > Subject: [ ] ? re: soaking nuts, and i'm tired

today!!

> >

> > hi all

> >

> > i've been sitting here catching up on some of the latest chat...

> and

> > am getting really excited to make some of my own cabbage

rejuvelac!

> > the idea of it sounds so delicious to me right now, can't wait to

> sip

> > some!

> >

> > re: soaking nuts - i'm soaking almonds and walnuts right now with

> sea

> > salt. does it matter if the walnuts are in pieces, as the soaking

> is

> > supposed to start the sprouting process? should we only use whole

> > nuts?

> >

> > my story:

> >

> > i went for a walk this morning (which has been much more

difficult

> > for me these last few weeks than usual), going the same route i'm

> > used to, i've tried three times in the last week to get up the

same

> > hill and haven't been able to make it to the top! (i used to have

> no

> > problems going straight to the top, and even higher up another

hill

> > after that). its so disappointing!

> >

> > i started this candida cleanse after getting so itchy " you know

> > where " (sorry if that's too much info for anyone) that i was

> > scratching myself till i broke the skin. i would do it without

> > realizing how uncomfortable i really was, until i finally got it

> one

> > day - " this isn't normal!! " so i did the candida self tests and

> came

> > out a very strong " positive " , not only for itching, but a bunch

of

> > other little complaints as well. now i've been on the diet for

> three

> > weeks, and some days i feel great, others are just as bad as

> before.

> >

> > yesterday was a busy day for me, we ran around town all day (on

> foot,

> > then in the car to farther places). i felt great all day

yesterday,

> > energized and happy... now today, i'm beat, and feeling

> downhearted.

> > but i'm keeping my sprits up best i can, reminding myself i won't

> > feel this way forever.

> >

> > i think i have to start being REALLY VIGILANT about what i put in

> my

> > mouth. (ie: we ate dinner in a restaurant last night, i ordered a

> > cobb salad which had some blue cheese in it, and the dressing

> > definitely had some vinegar in it, the bacon probably was loaded

> with

> > sulphites, AND i snacked on some turkey jerky earlier in the day

> > which turns out to have sugar and vinegar in the marinade).

> >

> > i had a completely candida-friendly breakfast this morning

(though

> i

> > did have some green tea - but really watered down). 2 eggs, 2

> turkey

> > sausages (shelton farms brand, very natural, no funny stuff) and

a

> > big pile of steamed greens with raw butter, lemon, sea salt &

> chopped

> > tomatoes mixed in. this is a normal weekend breakfast for me and

> > usually it fills me up and energizes me. today, i was still

hungry

> > afterwards, and i've felt so tired ever since. its now 4 hours

> since

> > we had breakfst, i've been hungry and really tired the whole

time.

> >

> > i've been drinking some water to counteract the green tea, that

> seems

> > to be helping a little with the fatigue.

> >

> > its such a bummer to have good days, and then feel so dragged

down

> > and tired! i wasn't this tired before beginning the diet. i guess

> its

> > part of the process...

> >

> > i'm thinking about the fasting idea, good bone broths and blended

> > veggie juices. is that a good idea when i'm feeling so hungry? or

> > should i keep eating good foods until the starving feeling

> subsides,

> > then ease into a fast in a day or two...

> >

> > hope everyone else is feeling great!!

> >

> > thanks for any advice ~ chefsuz/susan :-)

> >

June 7, 2004

Yes I heat the soup quite slowly in a double boiler. I try to keep it

" alive " as possible (under 118 degrees) but letting the heat break it down a

little. This is good for people who are trying to add raw foods to their

diets.

The salmon sounds very tasty -- I would have to eliminate the cracked pepper

but I'll experiment with some other spices. (It sounds weird but sometimes I

use cayenne and cinnamon for heat with a little depth.)

Hope it's a good Monday!!! ~Robin

_____

From: chefsuz2 [mailto:thenaturalkitchen@...]

Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 11:14 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: Fresh green vegetable juices