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I actually went an entire month on a vegan diet a few years back, and I felt great. We have since resumed eating meat, eggs, and dairy...but we do so on a more responsible basis. Red meat once or twice a week, free range chicken and eggs, some soy and tofu, and loss of fresh veggies and fruit. I also eat whole grains almost exclusively and take vitamin supplements with superfruits and sea vegetables.
It is nice to see people thinking outside the Southern-diet box. Some encouraging posts here.
I actually went an entire month on a vegan diet a few years back, and I felt great. We have since resumed eating meat, eggs, and dairy...but we do so on a more responsible basis. Red meat once or twice a week, free range chicken and eggs, some soy and tofu, and loss of fresh veggies and fruit. I also eat whole grains almost exclusively and take vitamin supplements with superfruits and sea vegetables.
It is nice to see people thinking outside the Southern-diet box. Some encouraging posts here.
Sounds like a good experience. Somebody posted the obesity map in Around the NCAA, I think it could be a useful exercise for people with the means to do so to try what you did. Doesn't mean somebody has to stick with a vegan or vegetarian diet (and FTR "vegan" is technically an entire lifestyle with minimal utility of any animal-derived product; i.e. not owning leather), but doing it for a short while can get somebody thinking differently about how they eat.
I actually went an entire month on a vegan diet a few years back, and I felt great. We have since resumed eating meat, eggs, and dairy...but we do so on a more responsible basis. Red meat once or twice a week, free range chicken and eggs, some soy and tofu, and loss of fresh veggies and fruit. I also eat whole grains almost exclusively and take vitamin supplements with superfruits and sea vegetables.
It is nice to see people thinking outside the Southern-diet box. Some encouraging posts here.
I actually went an entire month on a vegan diet a few years back, and I felt great. We have since resumed eating meat, eggs, and dairy...but we do so on a more responsible basis. Red meat once or twice a week, free range chicken and eggs, some soy and tofu, and loss of fresh veggies and fruit. I also eat whole grains almost exclusively and take vitamin supplements with superfruits and sea vegetables.
It is nice to see people thinking outside the Southern-diet box. Some encouraging posts here.
This part especially. Another thing people think is bad, which is very good for you and most people are probably deficient is Iodine. We need this, but have had beat in our hands to cut down on it.
"Iodine is an essential trace mineral necessary to the human body for normal growth and development. Seventy to eighty percent of iodine is found in the thyroid gland in the neck. The rest is distributed throughout the body, particularly in the ovaries, muscles, and blood. A deficiency of iodine can lead to hypothyroidism (low thyroid hormone levels); symptoms of this condition include sluggishness, weight gain, and sensitivity to temperature changes. In infants and children, hypothyroidism can impair physical and mental development."
Here are some facts on Sea Slat also.
"Sea salt is increasingly recommended as superior to table salt in the kitchen and as a superior natural remedy for various ailments, internal and external. Why all the fuss? Is sea salt really that much more healthy for us to add to our meals? Does it offer genuine natural cures?
It's not easy to point to absolute superiority of sea salt over table salt, but the process of harvesting sea salt (evaporation) is certainly more natural than that for table salt (mining, chemical treatments). Trace minerals are also available from sea salt that you don't get from your typical salt shaker.
Natural Cures: For external use, Dead Sea Salts are the most famous as skin exfoliants and revitalizers. However, any sea salt scrub can help restore the skin's luster. A salt bath is also wonderful for relieving aching joints. A little sea salt added to a neti pot is perfect for clearing out the nasal cavity and sinuses."
Another long read, but some may find interesting...
"I am surprised you are not aware of the amazing sea salt! In Thailand I use Thai sea salt. So any local sea salt would do. But based on the Thai sea salt I used here, it is a very effective antibiotic!
Sea salt is the world's oldest antibiotic known to man. Somewhere along the way, history books have forgotten this great medicine that bacteria and viruses offered absolutely no resistance to it whatsoever. It is the simplest medicine I have ever known. For those people who want an even more powerful medicine, just add one whole lemon juice to sea salt and its antibiotic and antiviral capabilities is extended many times. For me in practice, just sea salt works wonders. No you don't need Himalyan sea salt, or Dead sea salt, for me local Thai sea salt works amazingly well anyway. Of course, I did not get a chance to try other sea salt, but I am certain thai sea salt works better than any antibiotics I am aware of, well at least for common ailments we experience everyday.
Sea salt does not raise blood pressure that much. What raises your blood pressure is usually the common salt you buy from supermarket. Cooked hot dogs with additives raises your blood pressure. Eating salted potato chips raises your blood pressure. Eating sugar PLUS salt raises your blood pressure. In fact I read a research which tested the effect of blood pressure on just sea salt alone - negligible increases. Apparently sodium gets the blame but in fact other additives were responsible for the sodium retention and absorption. For example, salt and monosodium glutamate taken together, and wow my blood pressure went skyrocketing. Eating french fries especially salted one skyrockets too, apparently it might be the cancer causing acrylamide when vegetable oils is heated at high temperatures and interferes with liver function.
Let me tell you briefly how well sea salt has worked. Benjamin Franklin mentioned in his bibliography that when he has a cold, he went to the sea and drank the water. The water was full of salt, so he was cured the next day. Yes, sea salt has antiviral properties.
Not convincing enough? Well some time ago, I KNOW colloidal silver works against urinary tract infections. Of course they are mild and takes weeks or days to cure using colloidal silver. But wow, last month I HAD a terrible urinary tract infection that lasted weeks. It was done on purpose as I was aware of sea salt effect. So I saved the best for the last and through using the process of elimination after trying antibiotics from A-Z, nothing worked, even the well-known erythromycin, ciproflaxin, and related antibiotics. Then I finally tested 2 teaspoons of sea salt and the pain subsided within minutes. Just one dose, seems to have a long term killing effect and it was completely gone without even the slightest pain within 7 days. Coincidence? My sister on 4 August 2005 had a stomach disorder AND urinary tract infection and she was on her second day. Again we tried all the usual antibiotics, and even some thai herbal medicine nothing worked. So I told my sister, if you want to go to work today you take sea salt or you do what mother tells you and go to the hospital, it is getting serious. So she decided to take 2 teaspoon of sea salt. Within 30 minutes the pain subsided greatly. Within 1.5 hours, my sister went to work.
Now colloidal silver has a competitor that works better: sea salt. In practice, synergism is the day. Mixing sea salt and colloidal silver works better too. Many people with lyme disease, lupus, stomach disorders, fibromyalgia, ec. told me their conditions were relieved just by taking sea salt. Of course there are variations, that worked better, such as sea salt + a couple of drops hydrogen peroxide, sea salt + vitamin C and lemon, sea salt plus apple cider vinegar, etc.
I am getting rave reviews and these variations works. Writing this single issue on sea salt could take me days, but the gist of the information, this is enough for you to begin trying them.""
Last edited by knucklehead_vol; 06-02-2012 at 09:43 AM..
It takes time to change your eating habits. I grew up with a mom who cooked like her grandmother. Amazing food. Everything wasn't fried, but it did involve lots of biscuits, fatty meats, and veggies seasoned with bacon fat. Delicious. So of course that's the way I cooked too.
However, in 2007 I started following the principles of the South Beach Diet. Lots of veggies, lean meats, and good fats. It takes planning and thought. But the difference in the way I feel is incredible.
There is definitely something to be said for accepting the fact that the way you're doing something may not be the best way for you.
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Most of my family lived into their 90's on the Southern Diet
Southern diet is more than fried foods
If you want to live longer than in your 90's, in the world we live in now, you have more problems than what you're eating
You're blessed. My family tree is rampant with cancer and heart disease. Obviously diet isn't the only factor in that. But if changing the way I eat is something that may have a positive influence on me, and I feel better at the same time, I'm stupid not to.
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I ask this because if you do, you should understand that he has your future laid out already. He has written your time down. He didnt take into account how healthy you are or how healthy you ate.
Nothing wrong with eating healthy, but worrying about everything you put in your mouth and whether it will cause you too live a year or two longer is futile
Our time on earth is miniscule in time. Enjoy it while you are here. Worrying about things that you have no control over is stupid.
For instance, a guy passed away here on March 31, 2012that was in perfect shape. He ran almost everyday, ate nothing but the best for him, and ran every 5k or marathon around. He was running a 5k and collapsed. Dies of a massive coronary. He was 33 years old.
Love, live, and enjoy life. Leave the rest to God!
I ask this because if you do, you should understand that he has your future laid out already. He has written your time down. He didnt take into account how healthy you are or how healthy you ate.
Nothing wrong with eating healthy, but worrying about everything you put in your mouth and whether it will cause you too live a year or two longer is futile
Our time on earth is miniscule in time. Enjoy it while you are here. Worrying about things that you have no control over is stupid.
For instance, a guy passed away here on March 31, 2012that was in perfect shape. He ran almost everyday, ate nothing but the best for him, and ran every 5k or marathon around. He was running a 5k and collapsed. Dies of a massive coronary. He was 33 years old.
Love, live, and enjoy life. Leave the rest to God!
So I can go out and do all the cocaine, drink all the beer, and eff anything that moves because God has laid my plans out? Cool.
I don't think anyone is worrying about it too much. Volleygirl asked a question and got responses. She was curious about her food intake and I think it's great she did so.
So if our time here is miniscule shouldn't we try to take as good of care of ourselves as we can? I understand what you are saying, I used to think I was indestructible. After I had the hypertension I still would go 100% on everything. When I changed is when I had my two kids. I then realized, I want to grow old to see their kids. I wasn't gonna be selfish anymore. I changed my lifestyle and feel so much better, even when I fought and trained, I feel better now.
I do believe in destiny more than God laying out my plans for life, but that's another story.
And I agree even the most active and healthy can drop dead at any time. But even that is usually preventable.
"The truth is that marathon runners, ironman triathletes and long-distance cyclists, swimmers, rowers and cross-country skiers are all in the same boat. In fact, any athlete who participates in a strenuous test of endurance lasting about three hours or more has an increased chance of dying during - and for 24 hours following - the exertion, even when the athlete's chance of a death-door knock is compared with the risk incurred by a cigarette-smoking, sedentary layabout who spends the same 24 hours drinking beer and watching TV. The reasons for this are not entirely clear, but the heightened risks of a visit from the Grim Reaper are unsettling to most athletes, especially those who exercise in the hope of improving cardiovascular and overall health."
On the other side is look at Keith Richards or Lemmy. How are they not dead from all the drinking and drugs? Did God protect them while killing a runner?
What your getting at is great and all, but bottom line is if you don't take care of yourself, your selfish to the people who love you and more than likely gonna be a burden on people, your family and taxpayers, later on in life.
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