Why food is the best medicine

[Taken]

We have a lot in common.

When I lived in Florida I went to an accupuncture clinic. They sis the messages, the suction globes, the needles, and had an exercise room.

Those suction globes are neat. Round glass with a hole on top, they light a fire to remove the air out of it then place them (many) over your muscles for about 15 minutes. Helps relieve a lot of tension.
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But since I moved to Maine I can't find anyone that uses this tecnique. I went about once every 6 weeks, $100. out of pocket, but it was worth it. There was a big olympic sized pool in a campground down the road, I would go swimming 3 times a week. Cost me $100 a year to use it anytime sun up to sun down.
I would have to go to the Y here and Maine, and I'm not much for public stuff.
I miss it, but you go where you got to go and do what you got to do.
So far I'm holding out. Mostly tired, legs don't work much, and sleep...lol.. it's 5am I been up since 3:30. I'll go take a nap and be up again at 7am to watch C-Span Washingtom Journal. Make coffee, get dad his toast, and take the rest of the day as it comes.

We'll get through this life one way or another.
LOL
Much Love
Hugs

Seems we do have common ways. Lord first…and all the other stuff figure it out along the way.
Never done the acupuncture “needles”, but have and do occasionally acupressure, “pressure” points mostly located in the extremeties that affect different body parts.

yikes from warm weather (and hurricane storms) Florida, to cold in Maine…My childhood was in a cold state…always cold…and remember Spring thaw, and so excited yeah…finally 50 degrees, lakes melted and going swimming…a far cry from availability of heated pools…but as kids…every minute in the lake was something to look forward to when you’re shoveling 2 feet of snow…lol

 

[Ziggy]

Seems we do have common ways. Lord first…and all the other stuff figure it out along the way.
Never done the acupuncture “needles”, but have and do occasionally acupressure, “pressure” points mostly located in the extremeties that affect different body parts.

yikes from warm weather (and hurricane storms) Florida, to cold in Maine…My childhood was in a cold state…always cold…and remember Spring thaw, and so excited yeah…finally 50 degrees, lakes melted and going swimming…a far cry from availability of heated pools…but as kids…every minute in the lake was something to look forward to when you’re shoveling 2 feet of snow…lol

I was born in Boston. Lived in the Northeast until my late 30's. My Husbands parents had moved to DeLand Florida and his dad had melanoma cancer. So we decided to move to Fl. to keep an eye on them. We were there for about 10 years. I didn't like the heat or the snakes or the bugs...
His dad passed away in 2014 so I took care of his mom while he was on the road. This about the same time the doc found the blockage in my aorta.
In fall of 2017 Irma nasty hurricane came through and wiped out everything. I went without any power for 3 weeks.
I finally called my dad and asked if I could come up to the cabin and stay for awhile. Well, seems awhile is where I'm gonna stay unless the Lord moves me again. But for now He gave me dad to take care of, and I hope that last a long while.

I'm used to the snow, don't mean I like it, lol.
I have a hard time shovelling now and cleaning off the car. I get my groceries delivered.. (I need a Brady Bunch Alice) lol
But yeah, I'm home. I don't want to move again, except to go to my real home with the Lord.

Hugs

 

[Taken]

I was born in Boston. Lived in the Northeast until my late 30's. My Husbands parents had moved to DeLand Florida and his dad had melanoma cancer. So we decided to move to Fl. to keep an eye on them. We were there for about 10 years. I didn't like the heat or the snakes or the bugs...
His dad passed away in 2014 so I took care of his mom while he was on the road. This about the same time the doc found the blockage in my aorta.
In fall of 2017 Irma nasty hurricane came through and wiped out everything. I went without any power for 3 weeks.
I finally called my dad and asked if I could come up to the cabin and stay for awhile. Well, seems awhile is where I'm gonna stay unless the Lord moves me again. But for now He gave me dad to take care of, and I hope that last a long while.

I'm used to the snow, don't mean I like it, lol.
I have a hard time shovelling now and cleaning off the car. I get my groceries delivered.. (I need a Brady Bunch Alice) lol
But yeah, I'm home. I don't want to move again, except to go to my real home with the Lord.

Hugs

Still have many relatives in the north and like to visit in the winter. I didn’t mind shoveling when I lived in the north. Actually liked it particularly at night, quiet, with a bright moon and smell of wood burning in fire places. Seems the snow is not as prolific as when I was a kid.
Good memories.

Glory to God,
Taken

 

[msugreen]

I wholeheartedly agree that food has the potential to be the most effective remedy! The role of maintaining health can be influenced by the incredible power of natural ingredients. Using avocado oil or olive oil in your everyday cooking can boost the taste and offer heart-healthy fats and antioxidants that promote overall health. They contain nutrients that can support digestion, decrease inflammation, and contribute to maintaining healthy cholesterol levels.

 

[Skovand]

1. All fruits and vegetables contain sugar in varying amounts.

2. DNA has a sugar-phosphate backbone as an essential component.

3. There are various kinds of sugars and all are beneficial.

Normally when someone mentions avoid sugar they are referring to it as an added ingredient, a cooking term, instead of it as a macronutrient. They typically don’t mean avoid the natural sugars in an apple when you eat the apple whole, but mean don’t buy a bag of sugar and add a few tablespoons to your food or buy something like a cinnamon bun.

 

[Rockerduck]

Hippocrates said diet and exercise cures. Food can be good, and food can be bad for you. If you feel bad go for a walk, then walk some more. It's the exercise that is left out of the diet ingredients. My doctor showed me some stats on my health and he pointed to one and said only this one can be brought down by exercise, nothing else. I walk. It brings endorphins to your wellbeing.

 

[Skovand]

it may also depend on where you live. In America I feel that healthy eating and exercise is often missed. Even some who exercise a lot, like professionals athletes, still develop serious heart disease because of the foods they eat. When I initially went to college I wanted to become a clinical dietitian but about two years in I realized i would rather study biology. The two issues I saw with diet in America is that either they don’t understand nutrition and physiology well or either that fall into reductionist nutritional thinking.

The two paths into nutrition is holistic and the other is reductionist. The holistic nutrition focuses on how an apple as a whole when consumed affects the body. The reductionist path just focuses on isolating it. So they say chemical A is good for you form the peel of an apple. So they turn it into a supplement. Then often years later they find out that chemical A is bad for you, unless it’s combined with the fats of chemical B. So they make AB supplements. They notice AB supplements is good for skin, but bad for bones. So they add calcium to it to help counter that. But in the apple there are over 2,000 antioxidants and phytonutrients and they work together as a healthy food.

But many don’t exercise also. What I struggle with is getting proper sleep. Walking is fantastic. I very much enjoy hiking through woods and bogs.