Diets and health for Christians

[bchandler]

You said it. I recently watched a documentary called "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead". It is available on Netflix instant play.
I have begun juicing again myself. And my garden is going in over the next few weeks. Planting lots of stuff for juicing.
Carrots, kale, Pac Choy, peppers, cucumbers and melons.

When I juice kale, I can actually feel it hit my bloodstream. When it reaches my toes and fingertips (where I have nerve damage) I experience a nice warm tingling sensation, and my pain goes away for a while. I had forgotten what it was like not to feel like someone was driving nails through my feet every 20-30 minutes.

[Spreading Salt]

BC - so glad to see you posting again!

[daffodyllady]

Whoa. Just whoa.

I came across this report today:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/article ... 9.php#post

An exciting presentation at the International Liver Congress (TM) 2012 has revealed that gut microbiota play a contributing role in the development of diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) independent of obesity.

The French researchers underline that gut microbiota transplantation, i.e. grafting new microbiota from a healthy donor's faecal material and transplanting it into the colon of a diseased recipient, can potentially prevent diabetes and NAFLD.

In a 16-week animal study, the researchers transplanted gut microbiota into two groups of germ free mice. One set of microbiota was grafted from donor mice with symptoms of insulin resistance and liver steatosis (responders), whilst the other transplants were obtained from normal mice (non responders). The donor mice were selected based on their response to being fed a high fat diet.

The findings revealed that the germ free group that received microbiota from symptomatic mice, i.e. with responder receivers - RR, had a higher concentration of fat levels in their liver and were insulin resistant, whilst the germ free group that received microbiota from healthy mice, i.e. with non-responder-receivers - NRR, maintained normal levels of glucose, as well as insulin sensitivity.

Much more at site.

This really shines the light onto antibiotic use, and the link between antibiotics and some modern disease crises.

I'd just like to know where to get the probiotic that will help cure my insulin resistance and help me lose weight!

[AndCanItBe]

This is a helpful thread. We are starting to seriously change the way we eat at our house. It is hard. Trying to translate head knowledge into practical knowledge and use all this stuff feels like I'm learning to cook all over again. Whaaaa! I have to go buy a goat now so I can make some cheese to go with my whine.

I'm only half kidding. Goats are on the plan for next spring.

[GodsStudent]

I tell you, ACIB, goat cheese, if made and mixed well, is SO GOOD!
We are moving to the country by the end of summer. We have been transitioning our eating habits, too. Just tonight my husband and I were talking about all the sickness we humans are having. He said it was because we don't grow what we eat. We smiled....soon enough, Lord willing, that wont be the case for our household.

[bchandler]

My parents have made the move to Kansas with us. They found a place out in Tonganoxie. We are putting in raised beds, a chicken coop/rabbit hutch, and I want to build a mushroom shed.

I recently began adding a lot more mushrooms and onions (cooked together) to my diet. I did this for their anti-cancer properties and their angio-genesis inhibitors. Angio-genesis inhibition basically means that they inhibit the formation of blood supply to both cancer and fatty tissues. This means they are awesome for weight loss also!

What I did not expect, but was a very pleasant surprise, was the reduction in neuropathic pain that occurs when I eat lots of mushrooms.

So, aside from being a great, and tasty meat substitute in many recipes, I am experiencing great health benefits, including some nerve regeneration it seems.

So, since the benefits have been so dramatic, and considering the cost of fresh mushrooms, I decided to look into growing my own. Growing fresh portabella mushrooms or wine caps on a compost bed, and shiitake and oster mushrooms on hardwood logs seems fairly straight forward. Both can be done indoors in a basement for example. Though the wood loving mushrooms do need a filtered light cycle to fruit.

Cycling through a collection of 15 4-8" logs is enough to provide a continuous supply shiitake or oyster mushrooms. Each log can be shocked into fruiting about once every 2 months.

I use mushrooms and onions in just about everything these days. As a meat substitute in my taco and burrito fillings, raw on my salads, as a firming agent in my black bean burger patties, to my miriad of bens and rice recipes, or just sauté and add to a raw veggie sandwich. The large wine caps and portabellas are excellent brushed with olive oil and grilled or sautéed whole with onions as a burger pattie.

[burien1]

Glad you are doing well, Bchandler.

I have never liked mushrooms. Wish I did. Love Onions, though.