Kathleen in VA
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Dr Lustig explained the scientific reasoning for his position in some detail in a talk called Sugar: The Bitter Truth that many of us may have seen due to past threads.
It is a fascinating lecture and, while it runs long, is well worth watching.
http://uctv.tv/search-details.aspx?showID=16717
Bill
Thanks for linking this again, Bill. I had lost the link.
You might enjoy watching the video I linked to above, called Sugar: The Bitter Truth. The video refutes the notion that all sugar is the same. In it Dr Robert Lustig methodically explains how differently the body deals with "glucose" (the sugar the brain and body run on, a sugar that can be metabolized in many places in the body, including in cells) as opposed to "fructose" which can only be metabolized in the liver, which medically makes fructose a "toxin."The video goes into great detail about why the differences in types of sugars matters on a physiological level. It is Dr Lustig's position that there are huge difference between glucose absorption and the difficulty of the body has in metabolizing fructose in the liver, and he explains his positions in detail.
Table sugar "sucrose" is 50% glucose and 50% fructose.
Bill
I'm about half way through it - hadn't seen it in a while and it's a good reminder about how bad sugar really is for you - especially fructose. One thing he does say is that ethanol is a sugar that the body metabolizes in the brain and therefore it is considered an acute toxin. Fructose is metabolized in the liver and, although it is not healthy for you, it is not an acute toxin. He says the reason governments have been controlling alcohol for 1500 years (his words) is because it is an acute toxin. He doesn't actually say it, but one gets the idea that he might not be in favor of equal treatment of fructose since it is not as deadly as alcohol. Just my guess, though.
ETA: This next part is for the pp who attributes obesity/sickness to irresponsible behavior:
As far as personal responsibility goes - well, there's certainly something to be said for wise choices. However, as the video explains, due to policies instituted in the early 70s to fight poverty, the food industry started using HFCS as a substitute for sugar in many products and it is found in nearly all processed foods now. In other words, it is very difficult to avoid unless you make a serious effort to do so. Not everyone is even aware of its presence in our food supply and therefore they do not know to even be on the lookout for it. Even if they do know, the fact is, foods that contain it are cheaper and easier on the budget making them more appealing to those with tight budgets. We all know that eating grass-fed beef, free-range poultry, and organic fruits and veggies is extremely expensive.
Watch the video before making any sweeping judgments about irresponsible behavior.
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I highly recommend Susan Wise Bauer's mp3s on writing and her writing curriculum Writing With Ease. One thing I definitely remember from the mp3s is that she said not to teach creative writing at all (she explains why but since I can't remember her exact words I will not try to summarize here). Focus on expository writing, but even before that there are a lot of skills needed before a child can even be taught that kind of writing. A child needs to be able to hold a thought in his head long enough to get it down on paper - narration helps a great deal with this and I believe that is where she said to start. Anyway, the mp3s are relatively inexpensive and I think a lot of your fears and frustrations would be dealt with if you listened to them. They really are excellent!
I should've included a link: http://www.welltrainedmind.com/store/elementary-grades-mp3.html
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Praying you'll have answers very soon.:grouphug:
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Dd19 has had major stomach issues for years and years and years. Ugh! At one point I took her to the doctor (at least several years ago) and she was diagnosed with salmonella poisoning and was treated for it. She got "better" but she's always had a sensitive stomach.
She also had headaches to the point where I took her to a neurologist who prescribed imiprimin (I think that's what it was called) in a very low dose. He said it was common for teenage girls to get frequent headaches. Anyway, the headaches have subsided so she hasn't taken the medicine for a couple of years now. Just thought I'd mention it just in case it was relevant.
I also have taken her to the gp several times for this same complaint. They ran some blood tests and said she's very healthy. Great! Healthy but sick all the time. Hmmm....:glare: She often will eat something and within a few minutes she's in the bathroom with major gastrointestinal pain and, well, you get the idea. Interestingly, she ate out with a friend at Chipotle's (something that contained rice, steak, sour cream, lettuce, salsa and black beans) and had no trouble at all. She was so excited to be able to go to a restaurant and not get sick afterwards. We don't eat out much, though, so I don't think the problem is restaurant food per se.
So as the years have passed she's gotten very gun shy of food. We've tried going milk-free and gluten-free and egg-free. No help. It's gotten to the point where there's very little on her "foods I can eat" list.
She just sent me this link:
http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=14538
She said this is how she feels. Always hungry, no matter how long it's been since she's eaten. Light-headed, etc. A friend of hers is a nurse and suggested it might be hypoglycemia, but we had the blood test done and it came back negative.
She also emailed me this - foods she can eat:
Chicken Breasts
Shrimp
Milk (w/something else)
Yogurt (limit 1/day)
Peas
Steak
Bread (certain kinds)
Breakfast:
Strawberry Smoothie (whey protein/fiber powder)
Omelet w/ toast
Thomas’ Bagels w/ cream cheese + egg
Lunch and Dinner:
Shrimp and rice
Salad with chicken breast
Fried chicken w/ potatoes and peas
Steak, peas, and rice
Chicken Salad Sandwich (not from canned chicken, though)
Burrito (refried beans, cheese)
Snacks:
Yogurt
Peas
Triscuits
Apple w/ peanut butter
Tuna Dip on Crackers
Protein Smoothie (Bolthouse Farms)
Foods she Can NOT Eat
MSG
Cream of Chicken Soup (and probably any other kind of canned soup, but I don't usually buy any other kind).
Lentil Soup (we use the one from SB's Medieval ages activity book)
Soda
Cookies
Meals or snacks w/out protein
Ok, any ideas on what could possibly be going on? She said she plans to keep a food diary for the next four weeks and go back to the doctor. But I was hoping someone here would be able to tell us what's wrong and how to fix it today.:D
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Oh yeah. We got these ALL the time for awhile. I never clicked on the link. I haven't gotten them lately.
Come to think of it, I remember receiving these kinds of emails too. I think they are making a point of spreading the word right now because so many of us are tracking packages for Christmas and might be more prone to click on the email without thinking it through.
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A 10-day old infant died of a bacterial infection caught from a bad batch of this baby formula. Just putting this out there in case you hadn't heard and have any of this sitting on your shelf.
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This article was on my local news website today.
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=41&sid=2679510
If you click on the email it sends a virus that gathers data from your computer. I'm pretty sure this is for real since it made it to the front page of a very popular news source here in the D.C. area.
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Little Women starts out with Christmas, I think. That chapter is included in a compilation of Christmas stories I have, anyway.
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I love green onions - I keep a container of chopped ones in my fridge at all times to add to omelets and garnish my TexMex dishes. Chop all the way from the white part to the top of the green part.
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I've had that happen quite a few times when I don't pay for the higher postage. I despise it with a passion. I'm one block from the PO and it irks me to no end that it is that much more difficult to deliver to the house than the PO. Then the PO gets it here sometimes two days later.
Everyone needs to complain to the companies they are buying from - it really isn't a USPS or UPS or FedEx issue. The carriers are the go-betweens and are only doing what they are hired/contracted to do. The companies that contract the deliveries are the ones you all should be complaining about and to. The USPS is only abiding by the terms of the contract they have signed with the other carriers. If they agree to deliver packages and it is agreed that those packages can be prioritized as low as media mail, then that's just the way things are. To effect a change, complain to the companies who are trying to save a buck by using this method of delivery.
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If your postal carrier is doing this you need to complain every time, and I mean EVERY time. My mom has been a postal carrier for over 30 years and they are NOT supposed to do this. They must attempt delivery and that means they have to get out and come to the door if it won't fit in the box. It may seem like a worthless endeavor but keep at it. My carrier isn't happy with me sometimes, but I'm very vocal when they are trying to shirk their duties.
As for smart post, I hate it. When ever things for me come smartpost they end up in and black hole in the WV FedEx hub for around a week. The reason they can end up at the PO for days is because, they are on the low end of the delivery totem pole. It's like media mail. If there is an overwhelming amount of mail, then can leave those things behind in order to complete all the higher level deliveries on that route in the normal allotted time.
If you have a city carrier then you should complain. If you have a rural carrier, you can try complaining but they are independent contractors and are not obliged to attempt delivery, especially if you live on a dirt/gravel road. The postmaster here said they are not allowed to take postal vehicles on dirt/gravel roads. Our mailboxes (cluster boxes) are near the beginning of our subdivision for that reason.
Oh, and living in the city does not necessarily mean you have a city carrier. I live in a county that has grown by leaps and bounds in the last 20 years. The post office is considered "rural" even though we have several large shopping centers, 6-lane roads and I-95 runs right through the middle of the county. There are dozens and dozens of housing developments of all kinds and the traffic can be a nightmare sometimes. But, since our po started out as a rural po, we have rural carriers. They have a different union and different rules.
But definitely complain if you have a city carrier - unacceptable!!!
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Books! Of course! Duh! I've got a ton already that mine have outgrown and I'm sure she won't mind gently used. And I will get a Staples gift card. Thanks, ladies!!!
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My 23yo cousin just got her Master's degree in Education. She's teaching kindergarten now. I want to get her a gift that's at least somewhat related to her degree - something that she will commemorate all her hard work (in other words, not something like a basket of soaps and lotions:)). I'm coming up blank. Help!
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Happy Anniversary!!!
You are wise not to feel bad about not being able to afford big presents. My dh and I have been married for 25 years (in June) and this is the first year we've ever done anything at all to celebrate - there just never were funds for presents or eating out. The important thing is that you got through the tough times and enjoyed the good times and stayed true to each other and your vows. God bless you!!
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Original Sin is the root of all suffering, but unless you're talking lung cancer in a smoker or an STD is a promiscuous person, illness is not the result of personal sin. The flu is a virus, one that infects the virtuous as easily as the wicked. God didn't make you sick to punish you for your sins. You got sick because you were infected by a pathogen, period. It's not for us to know why God allows bad things to happen, but we can have faith that He won't allow anything to happen that we cannot handle with His help.
:iagree:Obviously, there are some sinful behaviors that directly affect our health, but overall God does not punish us by making us sick. We live in a fallen world and until we get to heaven we will have to deal with the effects of that in many ways, most of which are not directly related to our own personal behavior.
I have two - both biblical.1) read Job
2) KJV John 9:1-3
1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
:iagree:Excellent verses.
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Welcome!:)
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So magical and cozy! I want to live there!
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I would take them to all nine. That would be an expression of who you are, Jean - a kind, loving person. You cannot control how they respond - that's their business. But be who you are and don't let others' negativity affect that. Kind of like, "to your own self be true."
And, as someone else already said, you don't know what makes folks act the way they do - perhaps they were having a bad day (week, month, year!). As for the girl who was unkind to your daughter - I'd be slow to avoid her parents based on their daughter's bad behavior unless you're pretty sure they sanctioned it. They might not even know about it. If you took cookies to them and her parents mentioned they were from you, she might have a twinge of conscience and make an effort to be more kind from now on. You never know.
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It's much more moist than a fruitcake - similar ingredients but more fat and liquid.
Laura
I'm starting to get the idea and I am very glad it is NOT like fruitcake. Moist is good!
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I had my first car torched by a pyro inclined teen. It was not his first fire. There is something especially disturbing about the wanton destructiveness of such vandalism. An extreme selfishness that they feel entitled to utterly destroy what is not theirs in the interest of their own gratification.
I'm sorry. I hope you can rebuild. Maybe the broken granite stones can become part of a new chimneypiece
Yes, this is a great part of it. When someone deliberately and selfishly takes something from you it is so much harder to take than if it were an accident. The loss is amplified by the senselessness of the act. It didn't have to happen, but it did.
Astrid, it sounds like a wonderful sport for growing character in children (and adults, for that matter). I've enjoyed watching it on tv but was not aware of the rules to that degree. And, yes, that makes the whole arson thing even more maddening.
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I'm so sorry, Astrid. It makes perfect sense that you would be feeling an overwhelming sense of grief and loss. That building was more than just a place; it represented many things that transcend the material. I can't express it any better than that, but I do understand.:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug:
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That's one of the most beautiful engagement rings I have ever seen! Congratulations to your daughter!
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Can you elaborate a little? I didn't read the other thread so I'm not really sure what you're asking.
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My grandmother never used a pudding basin. She made cloth boiled puddings. The trick is never, ever let it come off the boil. If you do, it goes soggy.
Rosie
Interesting concept. Perhaps we'll give this a try after we feel more comfortable with the basin type.
This is the Christmas pudding I make every year:www.deliaonline.com/recipes/cuisine/european/english/christmas-easy-the-delia-christmas-pudding.html
I make it on 'Stir-up Sunday', around the 20th November. I used to hate Christmas pudding when I was a child, and I'm still not very keen on it (I make a trifle for me :D), but it's become something of a ritual - everyone gives it a stir and makes a wish, and DH adores setting fire to it on the day, aiming for bigger and better flames each year.
We serve it with rum sauce
www.deliaonline.com/recipes/cuisine/european/english/hot-buttery-rum-sauce.html
Cassy
Thanks!
Perfect!Oh, good. I think we'll just go with this as to keep the expense to a minimum.
Oh, this is very, very good. I sent the link to dd.
Thanks, everyone! I appreciate all the input - very helpful indeed!
Vertigo
in General Education Discussion Board
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I did the exercises at this website (my daughter's neurologist) and they worked! My vertigo was so bad I was throwing up, but it went away after I did the exercises. They are called Epley exercises:
http://www.michaelcohenmd.com/patientinformationlinks.html