I THINK I SCREWED UP MY METABOLISM

[navajo001]

Its the only non processed clo in the world, and it lasts 6 months per person, with one dose.
You don't have to take nearly as much.
All the other brands are heat pricessed one way or the other.
The IUs are very low.
Fermented has 5,000 IUS of A and 500 of D, A 10 to 1 ratio is optimal.

GO ahead and finish that bottle, but, even though they say natural, look a bit closer. They say "natural levels". Code speak for, we messed with it, and added back to it to make it up to levels. Odd though that they do not replicate the actual natural levels!

Very good point... DANGIT!

OK, I'll see if I can swing the FCLO when I get rid of this stuff.

Thanks for watching out for me!

 

[navajo001]

One of the things about "low fat", "low sugar" is that when you stop eating refined foods, you don't have to worry about it nearly as much.

While you probably should not be having cookies every day, and fried chicken should still be a treat, not a daily thing, if you focus on eating natural foods, you don't have to obsess about calories, fat content, sugar content, etc.

Desserts are a treat, not a staple. In the US, even entrees are loaded with sugar.

Fat is a flavor enhancer and dietetic stabilizer. When you use it with real food, it ends up being way less than all the hidden added fat in commercial foods.

People should not have to count carbs, count calories, or count ANYTHING to eat right. We end up having to just long enough to teach ourselves to eat normally again, but once we get the habits back, of eating mostly fresh fruits and veggies, with whole grains, fresh unprocessed (no preservative) meats, fresh raw dairy, etc, then the body balances out and you can usually handle reasonable treats, and you can have butter on your bread, lard in your biscuits, etc, and not worry about it, simply because you aren't eating food with a bunch of UNNECESSARY fat and sugar and chemicals that are throwing you off.

Dumb, that modern food production has CREATED the problem of the unhealthy high fat high sugar diet, through unbalanced combinations, unnatural ingredients, and excessive refining, and their solution to that is MORE refining, to take out MORE healthy stuff and add in more chemicals.

It just doesn't work. It will never bring on real health.

When you are eating good foods, you start out with foods that are pretty low in fat and sugar, so you can add those where they matter most, in appropriate ways, and enjoy them.

The trick is to not use the healthy stuff the same way that food manufacturers use the unhealthy stuff, because it can still get really unbalanced, and throw you off, especially when you are making the transition.

It usually takes a while to see full benefits, and your body is likely to go through several sets of changes and adaptations as you do so. You are likely to do well, have a setback because you feel good and get lazy for a while, then do better, etc, as well.

Someone once did a study on wheat and diabetes. They found that white flour everyday would gradually worsen their blood sugar control.

Whole wheat flour (from the store) would minimally improve it over a period of a month or so.

Cracked wheat daily (again, from the store) gradually improved it a little more than the whole wheat flour.

Whole wheat berries daily had the greatest effect - it was long term, but it had the best results in showing blood sugar control improvement.

There are basically two reasons for these results:

1. Commercial processed wheat products have the germ removed. The germ has wheat oil, which will go rancid quickly, and that affects shelf life, so it is remove. Whole wheat really isn't whole wheat, it is just part of the whole wheat grain. This is true of most commercial whole grains. Whole wheat berries are the WHOLE grain, germ and all, and the germ has important health benefits, especially for balancing body systems.

2. Oxydation hurts milled grains. Each surface that is exposed to air is subject to it. Some elements evaporate, others convert to useless forms. So the older the milled grain, the less beneficial it is. Whole wheat flour can be just as healthy as whole wheat berries IF it is milled fresh (not more than 2 weeks old, or 1 month if kept in the freezer).

Canned foods also lose a great deal of nutrition. Every method of storage loses some nutrients, but freezing keeps about 90% of the nutrients intact, and drying keeps about 80% (though commercially dried foods typically have preservatives on them). If you use canned foods, they should be only seasonal, not all year, and they should be from the previous season's harvest, not stuff that has sat around for years.

There's definitely a case for fresh whole foods. When you need nutrient dense foods, that is one of the keys - fresh foods just have more power packed in them.

WOW! Lots of good info packed in there. Most of would seem like common sense (except for me! HA!)

I'm going to go back and reread all this and soak it in a bit more.

Thank you!

 

[navajo001]

nav, I don't see you listing veggies in what you are eating daily. You need those nutrients and fiber. Get crackin'!

HEY! I losted sweet potatoes!

I had no other veggies at the time as we had just had a big salad for dinner and I let my DD make it. She gets carried away!

I did add lots of frozen (then thawed ) sauted whole greenbeans with todays fare and it was WONDERFUL!

I will strive to find time to roast some peppers and carrots this weekend to make next weeks batch.

Thanks for keeping me honest!

 

[navajo001]

OK, time for a quick update in case anyone stumbles on this some day and actually cares gig).

"Misplaced" another 2 lbs yesterday somehow in spite of eating like a king and starving all day. Yes, I realize a lot of this will be water weight, but DANG!

My mood is way more upbeat the past 2 days.

NO PROBLEM staying warm at home or at work. Short sleeves all the way!

Had a small blood pressure spike today but it was kind of stressful at work for a bit and it went back down immediately.

Once again, no midafternoon crash and burn and still not feeling like I was starving all day. Also no craving for sweets or chips.

On a side note, I didn't have to unbutton my jeans today (yes, I have had to the last 2 weeks... ).

Overall, I am less cautiously more optimistic!

You people are GREAT!

Thank you for the time and patience.

Tom

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

nav, I don't see you listing veggies in what you are eating daily. You need those nutrients and fiber. Get crackin'!

HEY! I losted sweet potatoes!

I had no other veggies at the time as we had just had a big salad for dinner and I let my DD make it. She gets carried away!

I did add lots of frozen (then thawed ) sauted whole greenbeans with todays fare and it was WONDERFUL!

I will strive to find time to roast some peppers and carrots this weekend to make next weeks batch.

Thanks for keeping me honest!

Why no sweet potatoes?
They are a real food, and do not cause a train wreck in the blood sugar department.

 

[big brown horse]

Hey, BB, I have this FCLO and I take it as does my daughter. (She has to take 5000 IUS per day.) So how much of the FCLO should she take? She is on two TBSP per day, me, I'm only taking one.

1/2 tsp is one adult dose. An adult can take way more then that, according to need. DH is Type 1 so he takes as much as 3 doses.
A child needs about 1/4 to 1/2 tsp, depending again on health needs.
Older babies and toddlers 1/8 tsp rubbed on the butt.

The amount your daughter is taking is massive!!!! that 5,000 IUS is in 1/2 tsp! She is taking 30,000 right now!

Ok thanks. Since she was in the hospital (major trauma) she is supposed to take 5000. I had been giving her the over the counter tablets until budget allowed me to make the switch. (Dreaded medical bills.)

Oh, I need to correct myself too, she has only been taking a total of one TBSP per day... two syringe fulls, not TBSP. Still too much though. (She is also taking high vitamin butter.)

Thanks for the cooked then cooled white potato tip too.

Hey Navajo, we use the cinnamon tingle flavored fclo, not bad! My daughter is only 14 and she can take it just fine. (She says it is a bit too spicy though, but she is a wimp.)

 

[navajo001]

nav, I don't see you listing veggies in what you are eating daily. You need those nutrients and fiber. Get crackin'!

HEY! I losted sweet potatoes!

I had no other veggies at the time as we had just had a big salad for dinner and I let my DD make it. She gets carried away!

I did add lots of frozen (then thawed ) sauted whole greenbeans with todays fare and it was WONDERFUL!

I will strive to find time to roast some peppers and carrots this weekend to make next weeks batch.

Thanks for keeping me honest!

Why no sweet potatoes?
They are a real food, and do not cause a train wreck in the blood sugar department.

OOPS! That was supposed to have read LISTED!

Sorry!

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

HEY! I losted sweet potatoes!

I had no other veggies at the time as we had just had a big salad for dinner and I let my DD make it. She gets carried away!

I did add lots of frozen (then thawed ) sauted whole greenbeans with todays fare and it was WONDERFUL!

I will strive to find time to roast some peppers and carrots this weekend to make next weeks batch.

Thanks for keeping me honest!

Why no sweet potatoes?
They are a real food, and do not cause a train wreck in the blood sugar department.

OOPS! That was supposed to have read LISTED!

Sorry!

 

[navajo001]

Hey Navajo, we use the cinnamon tingle flavored fclo, not bad! My daughter is only 14 and she can take it just fine. (She says it is a bit too spicy though, but she is a wimp.)

Well, there's nothing tingly about the stuff I got!

It just tastes like fish oil with a bit of applejax aftertaste! Especially the burps!

Really though, it isn't bad but i think I would prefer the non flavored next time. i LOVE fish and don't mind oil (obviously! )

Sorry to read about your DD. Hope she is back to 110% very soon!

BTW, my DS doesn't eat ketchup because he says it is too spicy! Talk about a wimp!

 

[abifae]

BTW, my DS doesn't eat ketchup because he says it is too spicy! Talk about a wimp!

Any allergies to an ingredient in it?