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- Thu 06 Mar 2008 01:09
- Forum: Foods in general
- Topic: Herbs & plant hormones
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4189
plants
Yes, I think so... Some plants I would say are not medicinal even, but simply 'druglike' (excitatory or sedative) though they have been used as medicaments in this way, too...(viz. chocolate (tetrahydro-beta-carbolines and other substances that are addictive/druglike and probably without medical mer...
- Wed 05 Mar 2008 03:27
- Forum: Foods in general
- Topic: Boiled candy
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15995
Artificial dyes
I like to eat sugar candy (pastilles, etc.) very much myself but the artificial coloring in some seems to have various effects. Some say (anecdotally, not completely scientifically) that some dyes like the American FDA-approved Red #40 may cause insomnia in some. Special diets like the Feingold diet...
- Thu 28 Feb 2008 18:13
- Forum: Personal Grooming; skincare, teeth, hair
- Topic: Face products!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5569
glycerin
My face cannot take the oil or rosewater, and I use a glycerin/water mix:
http://www.natural-living.com/aqualin.php
It works very well. Pure glycerin alone was too sticky for me to use, when I tried it.
http://www.natural-living.com/aqualin.php
It works very well. Pure glycerin alone was too sticky for me to use, when I tried it.
- Tue 26 Feb 2008 03:48
- Forum: Fruits, Juices and Dried Fruits
- Topic: Sufficient nutrients in fruits? (The Guardian article)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4849
low-sugar fruits
ah, and I see you you answered this (too) here-- http://www.waiworld.com/waitalk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=16676&highlight=&sid=0428c5b794aa4c4be0c7f33825706521#16676 and that sweeter fruits indeed are 'easier' (less full of toxins/enzyme inhibitors)... You may delete any of my posts like this, where i...
- Tue 26 Feb 2008 01:26
- Forum: Foods in general
- Topic: Herbs & plant hormones
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4189
Herbs & plant hormones
I avoid herbs-- it is amazing how many have high levels of plant-type hormones. This site lists many (in the context of women's hormonal disease):
http://www.fibroid101.com/phyto.htm
http://www.fibroid101.com/phyto.htm
- Sun 24 Feb 2008 17:57
- Forum: General health issues
- Topic: Low-carb foods and blood sugar
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7759
acids and teeth
It is the acids in fruits (and other food or drink) that harm teeth, not sugar. You can eat a lot of sugar indeed and not have any effects on the teeth from this if it is not accompanied by acid. You must rinse your teeth (take in non-acidic water, rinse within the mouth, and spit it out) or devise ...
- Sat 23 Feb 2008 02:05
- Forum: Oil, Sugar (/honey) and Vinegar
- Topic: coconut oil raises your temperature
- Replies: 13
- Views: 22473
thermogenic effect
If you take coconut oil and are a cold water swimmer/diver, you may stay in the water longer (with a thinner wetsuit) in colder months. Some swimmers also take supplements that increase this effect (carnitine, calcium pyruvate, and garcinia, combined with coconut oil or medium chain triglycerides pu...
- Mon 18 Feb 2008 22:28
- Forum: Fruits, Juices and Dried Fruits
- Topic: Curing olives; Olives Revisited
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11305
- Mon 18 Feb 2008 20:22
- Forum: Fruits, Juices and Dried Fruits
- Topic: Curing olives; Olives Revisited
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11305
dried olives
http://www.acneboard.com/AcneQandA/Forum10/000058.html I have ordered these; they are superb. I wonder also (I am sure it is covered somewhere on this board)-- if oleuropin is in olive oil too... The 'de-pitted' olive oil (denocciolato) would not avoid this problem, if it were; I am not sure of the ...
- Sun 17 Feb 2008 04:49
- Forum: Fruits, Juices and Dried Fruits
- Topic: Sufficient nutrients in fruits? (The Guardian article)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4849
Fruit
Are low-sugar fruits higher in toxins than sweeter fruits (but lower in them than non-fruit vegetables)? If you equate sweetness with desirability to eat of course that is simplistic-- egg yolks and other protein foods are not sweet or sugar-filled, yet highly desirable--- but I wish to know how sug...
- Thu 14 Feb 2008 04:22
- Forum: Specific nutrients / food constituents
- Topic: Safety of natural (as opposed to synthetical) supplements
- Replies: 18
- Views: 20580
equilibrium
Is it easier to take up far too much calcium from supplements than from milk (dairy products) for this reason of concentration? I still do not quite grasp how the body may distinguish what it needs-- but be unable to shun 'too much' of something-- as you have described it. Is part of the problem wit...