The Healthy Vibrant Protestant? Part 1
- Pinky102
- Minnie
- biogardener
- Minnie
- Pinky102
- Minnie
- Minnie
- Pinky102
- biogardener
- Minnie
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» Minnie - Re: Some hints
In response to Some hints posted by biogardener:WOW! Truate. That is wonderful that you were brought up without sweeteners added to fruit. We ate most fruit without added sugar, but didn't eat much of the white outer pulp of citrus fruits. I peel the outer skin so that quite a lot is usable.
My Dad liked to have desert at dinnertime so I was accustomed to enjoying sweets. I have been trying to wean myself of excess sugar products and found out that too much honey isn't healthy either.
Since I started going to a naturopathic physician, I try to follow their clinic's advice concerning sweeteners. I bought the ZyloSweet at the clinic dispensary and use very little since it is quite expensive. I do try to add ripe bananas or raisins to help sweeten my smoothies and probably would not eat the outer pulp of the rinds plain. Sometimes even the inside of grapefruit and other fruit is too sour for me.
The founder of my clinic believes in duplicating bio-identical hormones and keeping everything ingested as close to "natural" as possible.
It is pretty scary to read about the connection between sugar and crime. It's so commonplace to serve desserts or sweet snacks.
In the last few years I have been able to cut my sugar consumption dramatically. It is my heart's desire to be a good steward of my body so I know God will continue to show me how to accomplish that.
-- posted by Minnie
» biogardener - Grapefruit
I, too, find grapefruit very sour, and I only eat a little bit at a time, but the most value of the grapefruit lies in the pulp, not the juice. It can be bought in pill form called "citrus bioflavonoids." I used to buy the 1 gram pills but they are no longer available here.I learned about this from a famous German naturopath before flavonoids were available in pill form. He got me to cut up the peel, and simmer it slowly just in water, and then drink it. It is bitter but you just gulp it down. It strengthened my blood vessel cell walls to the point that I have not had another broken one again, and I used to have lots of them.
To this day, I won't eat dessert after a meal. I never serve dessert myself, and if someone else does, I ask if I may take it home to try it later in the day. Growing up, we only had dessert on very special occasions, and even then, nothing we ate was really sweet, not even cake or cookies. People are always wondering why I pass on sweets and clean out the salad bowl for dessert instead. It isn't even for health reasons.
I simply don't like the taste of sweet. I never got used to it and neither did anyone else in my family, including my son. We will never be diabetics as so many of my friends are. They are still grabbing for sweets, proclaiming all the time that they are not supposed to have them. They are obviously addicted to sugar because of the high it gives them. Maybe you are, too, Minnie. If you are, then you could be delivered from the addiction the same as a drugs addict from his.
Did you ever read the story of my brother's deliverance from drug addiction?
-- posted by biogardener
» Minnie - Re: Micronized Sucralose
In response to Micronized Sucralose posted by Pinky102:I used Spenda for quite a few years and even learned to bake using up to half instead of sugar in recipes.
It's only been lately that I've switched to other sources of sweeteners since one of my primary advisors for natural foods does not recommend it.
I had started eating more soy products until a physician said that latest studies show a correlation of high intake to dementia. He recommended using soy products twice or three times a week rather than more often.
Recently I saw quite a number of sources that 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon was beneficial for type 2 diabetics. I was able to question Dr. Wright and he said that dosage over a long period of time was detrimental to one's health. He describes a better supplement at http://www.tahoma-clinic.com/glucotrim.s...
I realize that one source of information is not always 100% correct so I am very hesitant to recommend health related advice. However, I know that people really do suffer needlessly for lack of knowledge and I would feel very badly if I had information that could help them and didn't share it.
-- posted by Minnie
» Pinky102 - Re: Re: Micronized Sucralose
In response to Re: Micronized Sucralose posted by Minnie:
Never the less, sucralose will be the sweetener of choice in the future. It, too, is a natural product and has no side effects in spite of all the negative hype against it by the manufacturers of aspartame and the others.
And, the price of its commercial form, Splenda(TM) is steadily coming down as its use gets to be more common. Companies that make jams, jellies and preserves are now starting to use it in their products.
-- posted by Pinky102
» Minnie - Re: Grapefruit
In response to Grapefruit posted by biogardener:I tried using as much grapefruit pulp as possible in my smoothie, so I possibly could just cut back on the quantity. Traute, I appreciate your wealth of knowledge. I usually divide my grapefruit up in quarters since I add 1/2 apple, 1/2 banana, and other fruit. I don't want an overdose of sugar even if it is probably fructose.
That is really wonderful that you grew up on wholesome food and no desserts. I'm not diabetic, but know a lot of people who are.
I just read that including "algae, sea foods and unrefined sea salt that contain the trace minerals Chromium and Vanadium" can eliminate the craving for sugar or sweets. It's at http://www.curezone.com/foods/default and explains sugar cravings as "a symptom of Chromium and Vanadium deficiency".
Traute, I'm oftentimes high without having eaten any sweets. I think that I just prefer a sweet taste rather than bitter. I do know that scripture promises that God will complete his good work in me, so I rely on Him to lead me out of any bad habits that do not glorify Him
Traute, I read the story of your brother's deliverance from drug addiction and think it is fantastic! I know it is God's will for all of us to be free from addictions.
-- posted by Minnie
» Minnie - Re: Re: Re: Micronized Sucralose
In response to Re: Re: Micronized Sucralose posted by Pinky102:Yes, Pinky, I have already seen it in a lot of products. It is quite economical compared to stevia and zylo-sweet. Current sugar-free products taste soooo much better than they did many years ago.
Thanks for sharing with us, Pinky!
-- posted by Minnie
» Pinky102 - Re: Re: Re: Re: Micronized Sucralose
In response to Re: Re: Re: Micronized Sucralose posted by Minnie:Thank YOU.
My interest, of course, is that I am a diabetic and understand the importance of spreading the truth about sugar as an addictive drug. It is one of the big problems, if not the main one, negatively affecting the health of Americans today. So thank YOU.
-- posted by Pinky102
» biogardener - sugars and salts
I am not crazy about the idea of smoothies if you have to add sweetener to them. You would be better off eating the fruit whole. For sure, you should not have any sweetener in anything you eat for breakfast. Having sweet for breakfast will make you want something sweet all day long. If you have to have something sweetened, make sure it is for a meal other than breakfast.Last week, I ate some cornchips which had salt on them. Normally, I would wipe all the salt off carefully, because I don't like the taste of salt and it makes me thirsty. These corn chips tasted good, though, so I looked at the ingredients, and they contained sea salt. No wonder they tasted good. Sea salt has flavor. I normally just use seaweed cut into little strips if I want to salt something. Chinese restaurants here also use seaweed instead of salt for the more expensive dishes.
-- posted by biogardener
» Minnie - Re: sugars and salts
In response to sugars and salts posted by biogardener:I make the smoothies because then I can use the otherwise unusable parts of the fruit. For instance, I put the core of the apple and pineapple in and also any fruit that wouldn't taste good by itself.
Some of the demonstrators of VitaMix have shown me what parts I can use. Also I wouldn't eat so much of the citrus pulp without mixing it in a smoothie.
I eat my fruit first thing in the morning so that I can wait 20 minutes before eating other types of food. I actually don't need that much that is sweet the rest of the day.
I also add seaweed to my salads and etc. It is high in iodine and I like the taste.
-- posted by Minnie
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