So sorry to bombard you. Life has been positively INSANE for us lately.
But yes, we still somehow manage to stay on the SCD. Priorities must stay in line, and they always do around here. :)
The Food Renegade weighs in on the new dietary recommendations.
She also posted about how high fat dairy is good for you. Cheese lovers rejoice!
Dr. Eades reviews a book about the importance of vitamin D.
The Heart Scan Blog talks about how grain free diets may negate the need for supplemental calcium.
And there's a lovely post here from Five Seed about vegetarians, vegans, and the fear of real food.
I've always said real foodists and veggies need to see that we're all on the same side. We're all in the same quest for clean, healthy eating.
Showing posts with label supplements. Show all posts
Showing posts with label supplements. Show all posts
Monday, June 28, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Vitamin D, sunscreen, and cancer
Sorry for the length of time between postings. I don't yet have a new recipe to post for you all.
I came across an article by Food Renegade titled Should you use sunscreen? It's thought provoking, to be sure.
Personally, I have not had much trouble with sunburn, despite rarely using sunscreen, being outside several times a week, and living in southern California. Yet when I was a child, I burned often.
I would still use sunblock if I were to go to the beach, and I would use it on my son as well. But for normal daily exposure or for a few hours at the park or the pier, I'm really not concerned about sunblock anymore.
I came across an article by Food Renegade titled Should you use sunscreen? It's thought provoking, to be sure.
Personally, I have not had much trouble with sunburn, despite rarely using sunscreen, being outside several times a week, and living in southern California. Yet when I was a child, I burned often.
I would still use sunblock if I were to go to the beach, and I would use it on my son as well. But for normal daily exposure or for a few hours at the park or the pier, I'm really not concerned about sunblock anymore.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
sick
So, it's official: I'm sick!
The irony is 1) I'm the only sick person in my house and 2) I'm a pretty big germophobe. How frustrating!
I keep Purell (or the generic equivalent) on my kitchen counter. Any time I'm handling raw meat, I end up washing my hands something like every five minutes.
Of course, I have been doing a lot of networking, and so I've been shaking a lot of hands. Perhaps that did it. My last meeting with people was on Sunday so... dang it!
Anyway, I'm attacking this with as much gusto as I can muster. Here's my treatment plan.
Chicken soup/stock: I am lucky that I have about four cups of chicken stock in the fridge right now for me to drink. I will likely be throwing some of my reserved chicken back pieces in the crock pot today so that I'll have a fresh batch for tomorrow.
Chicken stock is full of vitamins and minerals, and it is a natural decongestant. Pretty great.
Coconut oil and/or milk: After a big warm cup of stock this morning, I am having my morning coffee with a generous amount of coconut milk. Coconut has antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal properties -- all very important in fighting off a cold.
Vitamin D: I haven't kept up with my vitamin D supplementation as much as I should have. Part of it was due to not being able to find an SCD legal vitamin D supplement for a while, and part of it was due to me getting quite a lot of sun exposure last week. However, I've decided that for every day I'm sick, I'll be taking 6,000 IUs. Here's the link to my blog post about vitamin D and influenza.
If any of you have some good links or remedies to share, please do! For now, I'm just going to veg out while I drink my coffee. :)
The irony is 1) I'm the only sick person in my house and 2) I'm a pretty big germophobe. How frustrating!
I keep Purell (or the generic equivalent) on my kitchen counter. Any time I'm handling raw meat, I end up washing my hands something like every five minutes.
Of course, I have been doing a lot of networking, and so I've been shaking a lot of hands. Perhaps that did it. My last meeting with people was on Sunday so... dang it!
Anyway, I'm attacking this with as much gusto as I can muster. Here's my treatment plan.
Chicken soup/stock: I am lucky that I have about four cups of chicken stock in the fridge right now for me to drink. I will likely be throwing some of my reserved chicken back pieces in the crock pot today so that I'll have a fresh batch for tomorrow.
Chicken stock is full of vitamins and minerals, and it is a natural decongestant. Pretty great.
Coconut oil and/or milk: After a big warm cup of stock this morning, I am having my morning coffee with a generous amount of coconut milk. Coconut has antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal properties -- all very important in fighting off a cold.
Vitamin D: I haven't kept up with my vitamin D supplementation as much as I should have. Part of it was due to not being able to find an SCD legal vitamin D supplement for a while, and part of it was due to me getting quite a lot of sun exposure last week. However, I've decided that for every day I'm sick, I'll be taking 6,000 IUs. Here's the link to my blog post about vitamin D and influenza.
If any of you have some good links or remedies to share, please do! For now, I'm just going to veg out while I drink my coffee. :)
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Scientific method, and vitamin D
Happy new year! I've got a couple of interesting links for you that I wanted to share.
Because I tend to be a sort of armchair expert on a variety of dietary (and other) subjects, I happen to get a lot of e-mails from my family and friends referencing one thing or another, basically asking, "Is this true?"
I've got enough of those saved up to write a book on it. Hey, there's an idea.
But I digress.
On Dr. Michael R. Eades' blog, he picks apart the whole correlation versus causation thing. Hallelujah. A doctor who understands the scientific method. What won't they think of next? This article should be required reading for just about everybody.
Next! I found this great article on Influenza and Vitamin D from the Free the Animal blog. I rarely e-mail links to my family and friends, but this one I sent!
And I've got some more Vitamin D information from the Conditioning Research blog.
All fascinating stuff, and worth your time to look over. Enjoy, and keep taking that cod liver oil!
Yes, yes, I'm aware of the new controversy regarding cod liver oil. Go read here. It should help.
Because I tend to be a sort of armchair expert on a variety of dietary (and other) subjects, I happen to get a lot of e-mails from my family and friends referencing one thing or another, basically asking, "Is this true?"
I've got enough of those saved up to write a book on it. Hey, there's an idea.
But I digress.
On Dr. Michael R. Eades' blog, he picks apart the whole correlation versus causation thing. Hallelujah. A doctor who understands the scientific method. What won't they think of next? This article should be required reading for just about everybody.
Next! I found this great article on Influenza and Vitamin D from the Free the Animal blog. I rarely e-mail links to my family and friends, but this one I sent!
And I've got some more Vitamin D information from the Conditioning Research blog.
All fascinating stuff, and worth your time to look over. Enjoy, and keep taking that cod liver oil!
Yes, yes, I'm aware of the new controversy regarding cod liver oil. Go read here. It should help.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Cod liver oil for autistic kids
I've been leery about delving into the wide world of supplements, mainly because I've seen lots of parents of autistic kids who have their kids on something like 20 supplements a day.
I don't want to do that, mainly because I want to be able to monitor his gut healing with his dietary changes, and I think too many supplements could muddy those already complicated waters.
However, I've heard enough about cod liver oil to want to give it a try. I picked up a bottle of Nordic Naturals orange flavored cod liver oil at Whole Foods; this is a legal SCD compliant supplement.
And damn, but it is helping him already!
I had heard about some of the benefits here , (you'll note it has also been shown to help ADD/ADHD kids) but one of the other benefits I'd heard about was that it helped autistic kids with sleeping. I can't find a backup article for that, but other parents told me of that particular benefit. Clark has been on melatonin for quite some time but he still wasn't getting as much rest as we would like.
The results were pretty much immediate. Instead of routinely getting up at 4:30 a.m. or earlier, Clark is now sleeping until 5 a.m. at least. And the other day, when he did get up around 4:30, guess what? After an hour or so, he climbed back into bed and went back to sleep!
I know, for parents of kids who don't have sleep problems, that doesn't sound like much. But for those of us with sleep challenged kids, it's pretty much equivalent to the heavens opening above my head and angels descending, singing the Hallelujah chorus.
Also, he LOVES the oil. He thinks it tastes great. Hooray.
As I add a couple more things, I'll keep you all posted. Clark isn't tolerating the goat yogurt or the probiotics yet, so I have some L. Acidophilus on order and we're going to try the low and slow method of introducing it. Stay tuned!
I don't want to do that, mainly because I want to be able to monitor his gut healing with his dietary changes, and I think too many supplements could muddy those already complicated waters.
However, I've heard enough about cod liver oil to want to give it a try. I picked up a bottle of Nordic Naturals orange flavored cod liver oil at Whole Foods; this is a legal SCD compliant supplement.
And damn, but it is helping him already!
I had heard about some of the benefits here , (you'll note it has also been shown to help ADD/ADHD kids) but one of the other benefits I'd heard about was that it helped autistic kids with sleeping. I can't find a backup article for that, but other parents told me of that particular benefit. Clark has been on melatonin for quite some time but he still wasn't getting as much rest as we would like.
The results were pretty much immediate. Instead of routinely getting up at 4:30 a.m. or earlier, Clark is now sleeping until 5 a.m. at least. And the other day, when he did get up around 4:30, guess what? After an hour or so, he climbed back into bed and went back to sleep!
I know, for parents of kids who don't have sleep problems, that doesn't sound like much. But for those of us with sleep challenged kids, it's pretty much equivalent to the heavens opening above my head and angels descending, singing the Hallelujah chorus.
Also, he LOVES the oil. He thinks it tastes great. Hooray.
As I add a couple more things, I'll keep you all posted. Clark isn't tolerating the goat yogurt or the probiotics yet, so I have some L. Acidophilus on order and we're going to try the low and slow method of introducing it. Stay tuned!
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