Dionysus... what a nice girlfriend you have! My boyfriend buys me chocolates instead of olive oil... he is trying to get me to increase my munch-food intake so I don't get too skinny...

...sneaky saboteur!!!

Hey, Oscar... here's your cue to insert a picture of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

You need to spike that smoothie with something to get your mama to chug it all down, Cairidh!

Thanks for the advice about coconut oil for my mom... I'll keep you all posted.

Hehehe

*all beautiful girls on the forum hold up crosses and garlic bulbs to fend off Oscar's lecherous advances...*

LOL

'Mouth-to-mouth' promotion, eh Oscar?

...or did you mean 'word-of-mouth'? (I am inclined to think your intentions are ignoble... )

Thank you, lovely peeps, for the compliments on my pic :-D :-D Yip Cairidh, the diet sure does work for acne. You should have seen my face before! (But I could never bring myself to post a 'before' pic on the internet... In fact, I don't even think there ARE any 'before' pictures; I stayed away from...

And Scottish butter shortbread...

Yip, Cairidh, coconut oil does raise your temperature, which is why it is often used as a nutritional 'treatment' for people with hypothyroidism. The oil contains medium-chain fatty acids and lauric acid, both of which apparently have a thermogenic effect. "Following rapid breakdown and absorption i...

In general yes, I believe the oil can't be labelled 'extra virgin' unless it has been mechanically extracted (i.e. cold-pressed). But it is always wise to check the actual bottle, because the means of extraction will usually be printed somewhere on the label. Also, price is a good guide - the more e...

Err.... Agent, you mean you juiced the entire orange, with the dark orange rind on? Or do you mean you took off the rind but left on the thick white pith? I would say, juicing the entire orange is not a good idea! We aren't meant to eat the skins... and I can't imagine the juice would go down partic...

I've heard of Jinjee and Storm Talifero before, and I have to say, their children look absolutely marvellous. I wonder whether they are truly 100% raw AND vegan or whether there aren't any occasional lapses into cooked food or (raw/cooked) animal foods to obtain B12 and various other good things. On...

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Me, late last year.... and yes, my hair is usually curly (it was straightened for the pic)

xxx CG

Avalon....!

We love any and all references to the Wizard of Oz (or little men behind curtains... in Oscar's case)

Cairidh - I am not so sure a water fast (with supplementary green juices) would be all that helpful... it seems like pure torture, when I think there are gentler ways of quitting that don't involve a process that frees up toxins from one's body fat and can make the wannabe-ex-smoker feel very ill in...

Chin-Chin, I remember reading about a guy who went to Suzuki Roshi (prominent Zen master) to ask for advice about giving up smoking. Suzuki told him to make a ceremony out of every cigarette - wrap it first in a golden cloth, bow to it, appreciate it, then smoke it with full awareness (no distractio...