The top 4 are excellent. Bringing them down without meds is amazing. Losing weight will do the same thing. Good for you. Hope someone can come by and interpret the other labs for you.
14 дек 14 написано членом: ClassicRocker
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14 дек 14 написано членом: Instantcrazy
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Plants are alive too. . . You don't mind noshing on them. If they were dead, they would be brown and dried and crispy.
14 дек 14 написано членом: Dorothy Burroughs
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Good for you on being a vegetarian! I respect your stand on the issue. All the medical journals point out that lifestyle is so much healthier for the body. Congratulations on your complete year!
14 дек 14 написано членом: kattay
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Awesome!! I have been making vegetarian meals and my family doesn't even know. I found some meatballs that I use and made meatball subs with cheese and they didn't know the difference. I make hot dogs, spaghetti and meatballs, tacos and use vegetarian meat and they don't know the difference. I just cant stand meat any more. So good for you!
14 дек 14 написано членом: Suzi161
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Dorthy, I have a black thumb. I can't keep a plant alive to save my life. Actually I do realize plants are alive. Native Americans often thank the plants for offering their life. The three sister plants have a very symbiotic relationship, but have you ever seen a plant mourn the death of other plants? There is a difference between being alive and having life. LIKE I SAID, I'm not judging anyone for their choices, this just happens to be mine.
14 дек 14 написано членом: Instantcrazy
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Thanks Kattay! It is work sometimes. You can eat just as unhealthy on vegetarian as any diet. It has cleared up a lot of my girlfriend's digestive issues. I do all the cooking so she is vegetarian by proxy. lol
14 дек 14 написано членом: Instantcrazy
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Thanks, Suzi, very sneaky! Good job! lol It's amazing how good vegetarian food is. Do they ever read the package and question you, or do you slip it all into ziplock bags? There are a lot of really good recipes on YouTube for veggie "meats" have you tried any of those?
14 дек 14 написано членом: Instantcrazy
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I'm not a doctor but i have a biology degree. Sodium should be low (not too low) and potassium should be higher (not too high). I don't know what the numbers mean but going up in sodium and down in potassium can't be good. You need more potassium than sodium for proper nerve function. You can definitely change that with diet. For example, I don't use salt in anything and buy no salt added products wherever available. Instead, I use French's No Salt sodium free salt substitute. It has potassium instead of sodium so killing 2 birds with one stone. Can't do anything about the sodium in plants and wouldn't want to. We do need some. All the Morning Star Farms products have a lot of salt. Your mileage may very.
14 дек 14 написано членом: msbuggirl
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Just poking a bit for fun. I know how you feel, and respect you choices. Hope your dieting goes well.
14 дек 14 написано членом: Dorothy Burroughs
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Instantcrazy, congrats on the bloodwork!!! so many people think vegetarian is boring. Not the case at all. I'll have to try the potassium.
15 дек 14 написано членом: wholefoodnut
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Dorothy, sorry if I seemed really defensive. You would be surprised how many people tell me stuff like that in seriousness.sadly the majority of those people are my own family.
15 дек 14 написано членом: Instantcrazy
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Family is usually on the sabotage course, for me as well. (Oh, come on one little taste won't hurt, etc.)
15 дек 14 написано членом: Dorothy Burroughs
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Congrats. Was vegetarian for a year back in '88/89 and had a very difficult time with my family and friends at that time. I reintroduced seafood into my diet, and still had issues. Moved to AZ in '93, and reintroduced poultry to my diet. 21 years later am still having to deal with "stupid" people. My sister has Crones, and has had to adopt a vegan diet. Thankfully there is a growing enlightened group of restaurateurs, but it's a limited group. Definitely try to stay away from ingredients with a high sodium content. Blood Pressure, Heart Attack & Stroke issues run in my family, so have learned since my early teens, that salt is NOT your friend. Many dishes can be made as flavorful with the use of alternative spices like "Mrs Dash", without adding the sodium.
15 дек 14 написано членом: jeannieselby
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Thanks wholefoodnut and for the translation msbuggirl. I've tried the no salt before I'll have to give it another try.
15 дек 14 написано членом: Instantcrazy
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You know I'm not a vegetarian, but eat that way much of the time. I would have sabotage issues with my family and friends for sure if I was. :))) After eating turkey the last couple weeks I'm back to mostly plant based, my body certainly likes it better.
15 дек 14 написано членом: wholefoodnut
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Oops just found 1/2 of 1/2 of an orgainic chicken breast from sat that needs to be used. So tomorrow back to plants. Don't want to re-freeze it.
15 дек 14 написано членом: wholefoodnut
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lol it's better that you eat it than waste it.
15 дек 14 написано членом: Instantcrazy
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Dinner was the chicken coated in a bit of barley flour, fried in a small amount of coconut oil. I haven't liked cooking with coconut but tried a 3rd brand. This one I like, no heavy greasy feel or taste. A 1/2 of baked acorn squash, also needing to be finished. Good dinner.
16 дек 14 написано членом: wholefoodnut
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Congratulations on one year of vegetarianism! I stopped eating meat 12 years ago for the same reason. My health has definitely been better since :)
16 дек 14 написано членом: VeggieJunkie
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