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Cheese-love is the one thing stopping me from going vegan...I have bid a tearful adieu to my beloved cheeses and bought a yogurt maker and some starter culture to make coconut yoghurt.
I love oysters. And yes, these are all kinds of different sea veggies available here. There is a large asian population several of whom run all the local food stores so they are well stocked on things like seaweed noodles and nori. I am trending toward including more seafood and not as many big slabs of steak. I kind of go by how I feel when I think about a particular food. Does the thought of a steak set my mouth to watering or does the thought of a piece of ahi do it?I used to date a guy who had property where you could gather oysters and mussels off the beach when the tide was out. Raw oysters with martinis and then steamed mussels for dinner. And fresh sea asparagus too (I think you may have that where you are). That was heaven... No, I'm not sentimental about animals, it's more a general trend in my family away from meat and dairy. My niece won't eat honey because it's stealing from the bees. But I have no qualms about that.
Anyway, sorry to hijack your thread! I'm looking forward to hearing how your diet/lifestyle experiments make you feel.
Yeah, that the thing. If you have to work so hard at making a vegan diet so that it won't harm your health, maybe that is a clue that mother nature is giving you.Agree on the vegan thing! There are a lot of things in quality meats it's hard to find elsewhere. Not that people CAN'T be healthy vegans but you have to supplement to get there. B12 is one--but there are others. I'd add another food product to a pro-health diet--I've become a big fan of bone broths. By cooking bones with joints (I usually use poultry) together with fine cut veggies, it's about as nutritious as anything you can get--very high in electrolytes, glucosamine, gelatin for healthy mucous membranes, many of the things people pay top dollar for in supplement form. I'm also over 50 and B12 gets harder and harder to extract from food--I supplement and know when I haven't been (myos get worse and I get cuts in the corners of my mouth and canker sores). I'm also a big fan of magnesium. I used to see Nak's recommendations on magnesium and still not take it. Once I did, it changed my health and well being dramatically. Aloha, I'm all on board--I couldnt control my seizures through meds, but by completely changing and improving my diet, discovering food allergies, supplementing where necessary, I'm a changed woman.
I'm just getting all 7 of the sleep CDs loaded into my itunes today. I will keep you posted on the results.There was an article in Harper's Magazine a few years back about fasting. Among other things, the author mentioned a 1920s Columbia University study that found that seizures were dramatically reduced in epileptics who fasted. As a result, many hospitals adopted this treatment. But when anticonvulsants were developed in the 1930s, fasting therapy was abandoned.
A couple of CWE members have found the Delta Sleep System helpful -- hope it does the trick for you.
Everybody knows a healthy vegan. But do you know any OLD healthy vegans?
Don't give up those eggs. Your body needs them. Maybe add some shellfish? Who can get sentimental over a scallop? They don't even have a central nervous system to feel any pain when they get shucked. Seriously, as a life form, an apple is much more advanced and complex.
Raw eggs and staying single sounds like a great plan to me.