Posted by IsoM on November 4, 2002, at 12:56:31
In reply to IsoM, question for you, posted by johnj on November 3, 2002, at 20:16:23
John, I consider you an intelligent person & you probably don't need a warning but just in case...
Here's a link to Mr. Beev's post on PB:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20021101/msgs/126388.html
Check out the link he gives. While I believe that a healthy diet & supplements can do wonders, these wonders aren't miracles. Each person's body is different & why one person seems to respond better to meds, supplements, etc than others isn't fully understood.Be wary of anything you read in a book written by one or two persons alone. The proceeds are filling their bank accounts at other's expense. There's lots of web sites that you can garner solid info on what's good & what's not.
And lastly, I can't emphasize B complex vitamins enough. They're water soluble so too much is flushed out of our system. But the B complex is part of so many metabolic processes & now that people don't eat the unrefined grains, seeds, & legumes that used to be eaten, many people don't get enough B vitamins. When flour & cereals have B vitamins added, it's not the complete complex. Kind of like taking all the money from a piggy bank & only returning some of the pennies & dimes.
There's a few diff excellent sources of B vitamins - wheat germ, nutritional yeast flakes, liver (but go easy on it if you enjoy it, too much isn't a good idea). I rely on nutritional yeast a lot as it's not just rich in B vitamins but magnesium, chromium, iron, manganese, & selenium, & is over 55% protein by weight - lots of those essential amino acids. I don't use it in cooking (many B vitamins aren't heat stable) but mix up a litre of orange juice each day with a few heaping spoons of yeast in it & sip it throughout the day.
I'm going to give you a couple of links to check out that have good info on them:
http://www.umassmed.edu/behavmed/nutrition/news/TheReallyGoodFoodList.pdf
http://www.umassmed.edu/behavmed/nutrition/news/TheReallyGoodFoodList.pdf
http://www.umassmed.edu/behavmed/nutrition/cookbook/contents.cfm
This last linkhas recipes & suggestions for preparing healthy foods.
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