Friday, October 21, 2011

Conversation on a Yahoo Grp about Health and Fitness

"Here are some of my responses to different health questions. I cut and pasted. I am by no means an expert but I have read almost every nutrition book out there now! (Well, if that were possible).

"I just wanted to say I ordered two exercise videos recently for those days I can’t get outside for walks or to the gym. One is really hard and intense and just a great workout! It’s called The Firm The 500 calorie workout! The other one that is also fun is Jazzercise Live Total Body Dance Workout! I was getting So sick of my Leslie Sansone videos and they never got my heart rate up."

"It’s so funny, the more you read, the more you realize that there’s not much that is okay to eat!I mean, when you read Cousens book, the bottom line, is greens and beans and nuts. When I talked to Furhman last yr, his recommendation–greens and beans! Even Mercola says on his website he eats 90% raw greens!

Anyway, this morning, I juiced vegetable juice for the first time in a LONG time and I felt fabulous! In fact, I still feel GREAT!!!I did kale, apple, beet and added in two overflowing t-spoons of Spurilina that I bought a long time ago from bulkherstore.com which are the children of the Pearls. I would have added celery or cucumbers plus carrots but didn’t have any. The Kale did not juice that much so I wouldn’t recommend it again. Maybe collard greens would be better?

Well off to services. Actually, I am late. My husband went to a homeschool dad’s breakfast and never came home yet! It’s also his b-day today. Again, I feel fabulous after juicing.

I am taking a PCOS supplement that has that CoQ in it and also Bs and Ds.Ds are usually low this time of year.

Oh and what Trish said about Barley Green, Hallelujah Acres sells Barley Green and rec taking it for breakfast and two times a half hour before lunch and dinner. I used to do that all the time and I was slimmer back then. I have been thinking of purchasing some again but just haven’t had the money or time to get online and do it. Cousens rec either barley green, spirulina or chorella. Some high protein greens in your breakfast juice or smoothie."

Answers to questions about nails breaking and bones: 1–Furhman says that finger nails get weak from washing all those fruits and veggies. Are you using gloves? I also heard sesame seeds? I heard that’s good too.Not sure about 2 but if you think you are not getting enough protein (which is rare in America), then eat beans and nuts and seeds.For 3, I thought taking calcium is actually worse for you. I saw it on a Furhman video once how he showed that taking calcium makes you leak it out.

Hallelujah Acres has a search section too. By the way, I just finished reading the book, There is Cure for Diabetes by Gabriel Cousens. He is a famous health guru in Israel that people go to for healing. He is extremely New Age and out there spiritually. Here’s what he does with people.

First week:Vegetable Juice Feast (mostly greens and a beet or carrot and some high protein greens like spurilina)

Second week: Continue with juicing but add in salads and soups

Third Week: All of above but a little bit of low gylcemic fruit like berries and apples.  Some grains in moderation: beans, oatmeal, millet.

He says to stay away from olive oil because it has a bad affect on cardiovascular health! He rec other oils like sesame, coconut, red palm. (be careful with too much coconut oil or it’s bad for high blood pressure) Flax oil is good but you have to be careful it doesn’t go rancid.

Rec 80% raw. Says to stay away from dairy, soy and meat. Dairy causes cancer (acc to China Study), soy has links to cancer and meat is too acidic. (I don’t believe eating meat is a sin, just telling you what his book says). His diet is different in what I have been doing in many ways: 1-On raw food boot camp, I ate all the fruit I wanted. Here, he is saying low glycemic fruit only in moderation. Not more than two fruits a day.2-He says seeds, nuts are really good for you. But he still wants you to limit your fat to 15-20% a day. On raw food boot camp, I wasn’t allowed any nuts or seeds.3–He says to stay away from the cooked grains at least initially (but then in his recipe section has tons of recipes with beans and one with oatmeal!) I knew that whenever I ate wheat, I would get headaches.

He says for insulin resistance to def stay away from wheat! So these are all good eye openers for me! God bless in our search for health." Rhonda Gordon

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