Comments for http://amycoates.wordpress.com A scooter-riding raw foodie holistic nutritionist...with balls of steel. Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:30:51 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Who I am. by Ominustchees (Jim) http://amycoates.wordpress.com/about-amy/#comment-219 Ominustchees (Jim) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:30:51 +0000 http://suddenlyslim.wordpress.com/?page_id=28#comment-219 I'm 53 and in May 2009 I weighed in at 380 (6'2") and smoked 3 packs of cigarettes a day . I had blood pressure of 220/138, type 2 diabetes and triglycerides off the chart. I bought a Breville juicer (this machine can make juice out of a fence post) and I bought a fifty lb sack of carrots. With carrots as my base, I added ginger, garlic, anything green, and drank this with a firm commitment. Today is Sept 29th. I have been a non smoker for 18 months, I have cut back 1/2 on diabetes meds as blood sugar is down to 5.8. No blood pressure meds - 129/77, no more Crestor for triglycerides - switched to 5000 mg of north sea fish oil. Oh I almost forgot down 62 lbs and still going down. There was a time that food came from the farm. Now it is manufactured in factories, controlled by shareholders whose greed for profits comes from the poisons put in our food to make them smell good, taste good, look good and a shelf life of eternity. My name is Cree for wolverine, a most feared and animal intelligent animal (not to be confused with hollywood version). Quite capable to fight a bear. I cannot take on the giant food companies, but I have changed about what food I choose to eat. Your body will heal itself if you use your brain and not your taste buds or nose to decide what to eat. I’m 53 and in May 2009 I weighed in at 380 (6′2″) and smoked 3 packs of cigarettes a day . I had blood pressure of 220/138, type 2 diabetes and triglycerides off the chart. I bought a Breville juicer (this machine can make juice out of a fence post) and I bought a fifty lb sack of carrots. With carrots as my base, I added ginger, garlic, anything green, and drank this with a firm commitment. Today is Sept 29th. I have been a non smoker for 18 months, I have cut back 1/2 on diabetes meds as blood sugar is down to 5.8. No blood pressure meds – 129/77, no more Crestor for triglycerides – switched to 5000 mg of north sea fish oil. Oh I almost forgot down 62 lbs and still going down. There was a time that food came from the farm. Now it is manufactured in factories, controlled by shareholders whose greed for profits comes from the poisons put in our food to make them smell good, taste good, look good and a shelf life of eternity.
My name is Cree for wolverine, a most feared and animal intelligent animal (not to be confused with hollywood version). Quite capable to fight a bear. I cannot take on the giant food companies, but I have changed about what food I choose to eat.
Your body will heal itself if you use your brain and not your taste buds or nose to decide what to eat.

]]> Comment on Downsizing my life. by hhhhheidi http://amycoates.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/downsizing-my-life/#comment-218 hhhhheidi Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:03:28 +0000 http://amycoates.wordpress.com/?p=550#comment-218 I love this post. It has such a bite! I second the free post-secondary education! I'll be paying that off until I die... I love this post. It has such a bite! I second the free post-secondary education! I’ll be paying that off until I die…

]]> Comment on Oh, hello juicer. Long time no juice. by Amy Coates http://amycoates.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/oh-hello-juicer-long-time-no-juice/#comment-216 Amy Coates Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:34:25 +0000 http://amycoates.wordpress.com/?p=575#comment-216 Mmm Sri Lankan cuisine. Nah, HCl is stomach acid, which helps digest protein...if anything destroys stomach lining it's probably pepsi or coke! Good luck with moving! We did that a few months ago and I never want to move ever again! Mmm Sri Lankan cuisine. Nah, HCl is stomach acid, which helps digest protein…if anything destroys stomach lining it’s probably pepsi or coke!

Good luck with moving! We did that a few months ago and I never want to move ever again!

]]> Comment on Oh, hello juicer. Long time no juice. by eksith http://amycoates.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/oh-hello-juicer-long-time-no-juice/#comment-215 eksith Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:23:04 +0000 http://amycoates.wordpress.com/?p=575#comment-215 Oh no! Life without coffee is a fate worse than death. I know it's the caffeine talking, but really, that's out of the question for me. I can honestly say, now I have an understanding of what people who're trying to quit smoking must go through. Stress, I could probably cut back on. But I'm in the middle of moving, so that's unlikely. Work can be cut back a bit, but I need cash to move in the first place. Also I'm a programmer, so daytime is night for me (which actually helps a bit with the allergies). And the afore mentioned coffee addition should be self explanatory. I don't think I'm allergic to any type of food. And I've eaten a whole gamut of foods to test that courtesy of Sri Lankan cuisine. Doesn't HCL damage the stomach lining? Oh no! Life without coffee is a fate worse than death.
I know it’s the caffeine talking, but really, that’s out of the question for me. I can honestly say, now I have an understanding of what people who’re trying to quit smoking must go through.

Stress, I could probably cut back on. But I’m in the middle of moving, so that’s unlikely. Work can be cut back a bit, but I need cash to move in the first place. Also I’m a programmer, so daytime is night for me (which actually helps a bit with the allergies). And the afore mentioned coffee addition should be self explanatory.

I don’t think I’m allergic to any type of food. And I’ve eaten a whole gamut of foods to test that courtesy of Sri Lankan cuisine.

Doesn’t HCL damage the stomach lining?

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