120. Food Diary

Porridge

apple

Half avacado

Green Tea

Flax oil cottage chees and Ryvita x 2


Green Tea
beetroot

apple

Baked Potato with chicken and green beans

Green Tea

Porridge

119. Garlic Healing Properties

I’ve found an interesting thread on various people’s experiences with using Garlic for its healing properties.

It’s at: http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/garlic.html

People use it to cure colds, moles, herpes, toothache, and to prevent mosquito bites, and fleas and ticks on animals!

There is also a benefit to crushing raw garlic, as opposed to simply cutting it. The anti oxidants are released only when the cloves are crushed, so it is good just to chew a clove of garlic.

118. Food Diary

Porridge

Green tea

Apple

Beetroot

Omelette with mushroom and red pepper

Banana

Green tea

Apple

3 bean salad with salmon and broccoli

Porridge

117. The Secret Revealed!

Ok, How can I put this delicately?

Flatulence is caused by sugar! It’s true. I’ve been carrying out a very precise experiment all last week and for the last three days I have eaten broccoli and brussels sprouts, and not had the slightest rumble or trapped wind.

I’ve discovered that the dreaded fart monster is only around in the presence of sugar. I will highlight the details of today’s diet later, and you will see that fruit is ok, and let’s face it – sugar is in many natural foods, and our bodies all need sugar, but ADDED sugar seems to be the main culprit.

I tried the experiment with baked beans, but it didn’t work the first time, as they are drenched in a cocktail of sugar and salt. I then tried beans rinsed in water and it worked. Try it for yourself. You’ll be amazed!

And like I said earlier, the consequences of cutting out all added sugar from a diet will drastically cut down the chance of many horrible diseases, not to mention keep weight down.

It takes a bit to get used to, and the hardest for me was cutting out all sugar from tea and coffee, so for now I just have green tea.

But how disciplined are you? My friend claimed to join my experiment, saying it didn’t work after only two days. Why? She’s been eating chinese food! It’s FULL of sugar! And all processed food is. I stuck to non-processed food, mainly fruit and veg (which most people associate with flatulence), protein and smaller quantities of complex carbs.

116. Breakthrough Discovery!

I have just dicovered something that will rock your world!

Not only will it enrich your life, but it will stop bloatedness, and therefore pain, it will make you lose weight and prevent hundreds of potential illnesses.

But I'm not divulging my secret just yet - I've been testing it out the last few days, and am going away for the weekend, where I will continue to test it out, and bring you my verdict next week!

115. Food Diary

Apple Juice
Porridge
Peach

Decaf Coffee

Plain rice cake

Banana
Cottage cheese and flax oil with Ryvita

Fennel tea

Apple
Baked potato with goats cheese

114. Food Diary

Porridge

Green Tea

Apple
Omelette with goats cheese, mushrooms and red pepper

Banana - (that I just kept having a bite of throughout the day)

Green Tea

Apple
Chicken and broccoli

Green Tea

113. Natural Appetite Suppressant - No Pills!

I told you about Hoodia Gordonii, the African appetite suppressant plant that you buy as pills. But they are quite expensive and can cause bloating. Other chemical pills that claim to do the same thing could have unknown long term side effects, and are also expensive.

But you can create the same effect - (without the bloating!) with just a bit of light exercise every day.

All you need is a bit of discipline and you can suppress your appetite substantially enough to eat up to a third less.

You need to walk as briskly as possible for 20 minutes three times a day. On the third day (or whenever it is comfortable to do so) you tighten your stomach whilst you walk - not immensely, just mildly. This all depends on your level of fitness, but it should never be painful.

You then stretch for another 20 minutes as soon as you finish each walk. A ten minute low impact arms and legs routine followed by ten minutes of abdominal crunches - NOT sit-ups. Again - only doing what you are comfortable with.

Never attempt the exercises without the 20 minute walk. You need the warm-up to limber up the muscles, and make stretching a lot easier.

It's better to do exercises that feel too easy, than too hard. It's the regularity that is important. If you do these ab exercises three times a day, you will naturally feel full quicker, after a meal.

I often do this routine when I start to feel hungry too often and on the very first day, the only carbs I need are fruit! It's THAT effective! I did it today in fact - check out what I ate today - and I feel great. Actually if I were disciplined enough to do this every day, I'd have a six pack stomach in no time!

If you work fulltime, you may only be able to manage twice a day - before and after work, but you could always go for a ten minute walk in your lunch break - best to do this before you eat though. Never exercise on a full stomach.

This routine will also provide many other health benefits, such as improved sleep for starters. Give it a go!

112. Food Diary

Been a bit slack as I've been inundated with work. Must try harder! After all this supposed to be a daily Food Diary blog.

Apple Juice
Porridge
Peach

Decaf Coffee

Plain rice cake

Banana
Cottage cheese and flax oil with Ryvita

Fennel tea

Apple
Baked potato with goats cheese

111. My Daily Supplements

Multivitamins with iron. These are a bit more expensive than your ordinary multivitamins as they contain a lot more, but I get them in bulk so I do ok.

Cod liver oil. Can’t take general ‘fish oil’ as I’m allergic to mackerel – with ‘dire’ consequences!

Glucosamine. Anything less than 1000mg a day won’t be effective in combatting joint pain.

Concentrated Dandelion tincture – a few drops in water daily to repair everyday damage to the liver. Dandelion tea won’t provide you with nearly enough. I take strong painkillers which sadly I cannot manage without. Paracetamol is damaging to the liver over a long time, so heaven knows what my strong painkillers are doing to my body. Drinkers of alcohol should definitely take this.

Aloe Vera juice to repair all organs in the body. It has amazing healing qualities, but you have to buy the right type of stuff. It’s great for damaged skin too – you can rub it directly on sunburnt skin.

Flax oil, as you know is included in my diet every day. This is to maintain all cells and prevent cancer and many other horrible illnesses. I take it with cottage cheese as an expert told me these are the best natural defenses against cancer. See my old post about it Here.

Tea Tree oil - taken externally only, for my spots. If it’s good enough for peirced ears, it’s good enough for acne – it works great! The one I get is diluted with coconut oil. It’s too harsh otherwise. And it smells like a strong menthol, so I only put it on for an hour when I get up, then wash it off with baby lotion.

Evian water. Not all water is the same. Evian has the highest levels of all the good stuff (such as minerals, magnesium, etc) and the lowest of all the bad stuff. Bad stuff in water? Yes, chlorine aint too good for you, but it’s good for teeth, so it has to be in there. Tap water has phenominally high levels of chlorine in comparison. It depends where you live, but just stick to bottled water like Evian.

I used to have a water filter, and buy filter cartridges – but that’s no good because it strips out all the good stuff too. Bottled water companies DO have the highest profit margins of all soft drinks, but it’s still worth paying for in my opinion.

There are a lot more supplements I would be taking if I had more money. I take some others less frequently (to make them last!) which I will be writing about in more detail later on this blog.

But if you’re not sure which supplements can help you, go along to your health food shop, and chat to the staff. They’re trained well, and will be able to tell you what supplements will benefit you, that fit your budget.

110. Food Diary

Coffee

(Been weaning myself off caffeine altogether, so for the past two weeks I've been having half normal coffee and half decaf, making the ratio change slightly each day. Now it's 95% decaf, and 5% caffeine - You try measuring out 5% of a teaspoon full!)

Apple

Smoothie

Avacado

Baked potato and cottage cheese

Green Tea

Celery

2 rice cakes

Millet Pasta and minced pork with tomato sauce

cornflakes

109. Some Water Facts

Depression and fatigue are often symptoms of dehydration.
Our bodies are 55 – 75% water.
It is healthy to drink water with meals, as it aids the process of digestion (although you should still chew your food properly!)
A 2% reduction of water levels can lead to a 20% decrease in mental and physical performance.
Drinking water will get REDUCE water retention.
Water enables the body to metabolise fats much more effectively.
Dehydration may induce contractions in pregnant women.
Drinking plenty of water will prevent the skin from sagging.
We only get thirsty when our bodies are already dehydrated.
Children dehydrate more quickly than adults.
Water is the main food that the body needs.
When IRA campaigner Bobby Sands went on a hunger strike it took him him 66 days to die, meaning he must have drunk water, because a man cannot live for more than approximately 10 days without water.

108. Food Diary

Coffee

Porridge

Banana

Fruit smoothie

Baked Potato with goats cheese and mushrooms

Green Tea

apple

avacado and cottage cheese with flax oil and ryvita

2 plain rice cakes

cranberry juice

lots of water

107. Omelette Recipe

I've only just learned how to make omelettes! It's a disgrace I know, but now I'm hooked.

I always knew thwey had cheese and egg in, but I never knew you put the cheese in after the egg. No wonder mine turned out like glue!

Anyway, I made a lovely omelette with peppers, onion and mushrooms. It's easy!

Two eggs

Beat lightly only for 10 seconds

Heat 1 tblspn of olive oil in an 8 inch frying pan on high

Pour in egg,

Then add pepper, onion and mushrooms (I half pre-cooked these first)

Once egg no longer runny, pour grated cheese over one half

Lift blank half of omelette and fold over the cheese

Cook for a further 30 to 50 seconds to melt the cheese

Turn over and serve with tomatoes (I had peas, as I can't have tomatoes)

106. Food Diary

apple

porridge

banana

beetroot

baked potato and goats cheese

Dandelion tea

Went to mexican restaurant for a friend's birthday
Paella with chicken, king prawns, salmon and mussels

lots of apple juice

105. Food Diary

I’ve been away and done quite well considering, but haven’t been able to stick strictly to my usual diet, as I’ve eaten quite a bit of pasta.

I was also invited out to dinner where I had a rich pudding and white wine. I only had two sips of wine, and my stomach was in a lot of pain. I had to drink water after that. I didn’t tell my hosts I was in pain as they had gone to a lot of trouble – I just said I can’t noramlly drink it because of my acid reflux.

But I didn’t think I’d be affected quite so badly after only two sips. I fear I may have stomach and intestinal ulcers, but plan to cure myself through healthy eating.

I did OK today except for the noodles

Porridge

Apple

Decaf Coffee

Apple and blackberry juice

Green Tea

cottage cheese flax oil and 2x Ryvita

Half Red Pepper

Banana

noodles, chicken and mixed veg

Dandelion tea

104. Wheat Info Part 4

ALTERNATIVE FOODS YOU CAN EAT

BREADS: Rice cakes, ryvita, oatcakes, 100% rye bread, wheat free bread, corn bread, pumpernickel and corn crisp breads, and gluten free breads and crackers.
FLOURS: Corn flour, maize meal, polenta, barley flour, rye flour, rice four, potato flour,
soya flour, buckwheat flour, gram (chickpea) flour, and stamp collection multi-purpose flour.
Potassium bicarbonate: wheat free baking powder.
barley flakes, rye flakes, buckwheat flakes, tapioca flakes, and gluten free muesli.
PASTA: Corn pasta, rice pasta, rye pasta, buckwheat pasta, and rice noodles.
GRAINS: Brown rice is higher in fibre and more nutritious, however white rice is suitable. Quinoa, millet, buckwheat, and tapioca, make good alternative grains.
CONDIMENTS: Apple cider vinegar, tamari soy sauce, miso, gluten free gravy mix, stock
cubes, ketchup and sauces

103. Wheat Info Part 3

COMMON WHEAT FOODS TO AVOID

All wheat flours, wholemeal, granary, and plain white flour.
Baking powder.
Most bread, cakes, and pastries.
Wheat based breakfast cereals, like muesli, bran, bran flakes, bran sticks, wheat germ, weetabix, and shredded wheat.
All pasta.
Cous cous, semolina, and bulgar wheat.
Any convenience foods containing wheat starch (look out for modified starch)

Some sauces contain wheat, such as mustards, malt vinegar, soy sauce, and tomato ketchup, stock and gravy mixes.
Sausages and burgers often contain wheat rusk, as filling agents.
Some drinking chocolate and malted drinks.
Wheat based alcohols, such as whiskey, gin, larger, and beer.
anything in batter, or with a crumble topping.

102. Wheat Info Part 2

Wheat also has high levels of gluten, which is a protein found naturally in wheat and other grains.
Gluten is a sticky glue-like substance, and in our digestive tracts this substance can interfere with the digestion and absorption of nutrients.

Also because gluten is so sticky and difficult to digest, it can encourage the growth of unfriendly bacteria's such as Candida albicans. A lot of people with an intolerance to wheat and gluten can benefit from an anti candida diet that cuts out sugar and yeast as well as wheat and gluten.

101. Wheat Info Part 1

Wheat is generally considered a nutritious food, as it is rich in vitamin C, B vitamins, zinc and iron, as well as having a high fibre content. This is why wheat is the most widely used cereal in the western world, and as a consequence for many individuals (including many who are totally unaware) wheat can actually be causing them problems.

Some symptoms of wheat intolerance are constipation, diarrhoea, bloating, flatulence, indigestion, lethargy, irritability and depression. Wheat can also aggravate other diseases such as arthritis, eczema, psoriasis, and irritable bowel syndrome. It also seems to have a suppressive action on the liver, so even people who appear to tolerate it well, can slow down the rate at which they eliminate toxins, by eating too much wheat.