Jun 22, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Last night, it was announced by my brother-in-law during dinner (ALWAYS while we are eating – is my family the only family like this?), that he will be going in for a colonoscopy later this week. Then, to my horror, other family members chimed in and started talking about their colonoscopies. I decided to eat in peace, and not get into it. With many things in mainstream medicine, people...
Jun 20, 2011 | Uncategorized |
If you are reading this, then consider yourself lucky. I’m about to solve all of the world’s problems with this simple article. World peace. A cure for AIDS. Global warming. Tupac’s whereabouts. Where Bin Laden got his growth hormone injections. It’s all here. Well okay, maybe not. But I do find that sometimes the very simple things that I take for granted often have the...
Jun 18, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Okra, a green (and sometimes reddish)’vegetable with starchy, slimy’seeds on the inside, is one of the most adored and hated of all vegetables in the United States. It has a true cult following. Those that love okra really LOVE okra. When I lived in Colorado, few growers produced it and it was rarely if?ever available at supermarkets. It was a dogfight to get the okra every...
Jun 15, 2011 | Uncategorized |
The before and after pictures shared by Korg Kcuf in the last post on low-carb hypothyroidism reminded me of the stunning before and after hypothyroid treatment?pictures I once came across. Fortunately, I have found these photos online, and they do show some remarkable changes in?facial appearance. By Matt Stone You often hear this’swollen facial appearance referred to as “carbo...
Jun 13, 2011 | Uncategorized |
I have written about the before and after of eating a low-carb Paleo or low-carb non-Paleo diet for going on three years now. While it is extremely common to lose weight without effort, hunger, or cravings ? and have amazing energy levels to boot (and temporary alleviation of health problems), that doesn’t make it healthy, sustainable, or permanent. In what I would venture to guess is the...
Jun 10, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Medifast, a “fast, safe, and effective weight loss program recommended by 20,000 doctors since 1980,” is one of those super low-calorie weight loss programs. Oh, but the doc oversees your progress so it’s “safe.”? Kind of like chemotherapy. Speaking of which, the inspiration for this post came from my mother, who I’m staying with for a few weeks here in...
