Little trick the native tribes here is New England used to get through the winter: chew pine needles.? Don't eat them, just chew to release the juice and spit out the fiber.? Supposed to contain Vitamin C.? These days choosing a tree at least 100 yards from a busy road is probably a good idea.

I just went on the Peapod website and looked at the ingredient list for Egg Beaters.? Looks like egg whites with some stabilizers and artificial vitamins.? Oddly, the list does not include any of the three major vitamins that the absent egg yolks are a good source of: A, B5 and K.? 

One non-paleo information source I can recommend is the Weston A. Price Foundation website (http://westonaprice.org/).? Their basic nutrition page is very useful.? Rips an appropriate hole in the cholesterol-heart disease hypothesis.


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Katie Meyer <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 8:04 pm
Subject: Re: Metabolic and physiologic improvements from consum...[Eur J Clin Nutr. 2009] - PubMed Result










Hello to ALL!

Thought I'd introduce myself. My name is Katie. I'm new to the Paleo way. I 
started this with a lot of difficulty in June 2008. I was falling off the wagon 
on occasion, but stayed on it long enough to see a nice difference in the way I 
was feeling. I've always been such a junk food fanatic. I'm not overweight, but 
I have Arthritis everywhere in my body. I was experiencing a lot of pain, enough 
to stop me from doing an activity that had become a passion for me. I run dog 
Agility. I had to give it up for several months due the pain. Funny, my dog's 
breeder actually suggested that I give Paleo a chance. She started it 16 years 
ago mainly for weight loss, but discovered many more benefits as a result. It's 
totally changed her life. With that testimonial, I had to try it, too. 

By November 2008 I was feeling SOoooo much better that I got careless. The 
holidays were upon us. I suppose I thought, "I'm fixed! I can go back to the 
grains, and sugar that I had given up." HA!!! I was wrong. It wasn't immediate, 
but the pain was definitely returning, and my mind was fogged over, too. My 
energy was dropping, etc., etc. I doubt I'll ever be totally pain free, but this 
way of eating is a big plus in reducing it.

SOoooo, I'm back and decided to find a group, like this one. Sometimes there are 
questions, and newcomers especially need that occasional "kick in the pants."  
I've only been back for just over a week, but feel so much more committed than 
before. I'm a young 64, and want to keep as active as I can. Besides running 
Agility courses, I bicycle, work out, and am always on the run. I know Paleo has 
to become my way of eating for life, if I want to feel my best. I just have to 
say, "no" to the foods that stand in my way. 

I have been eating meats of all sorts. My favorites are chicken, and a good rare 
steak. I have green veggies, fruits (like berries & melon), nuts, cheese, eggs 
(actually more Egg Beaters ... that's probably a big no no. Please share your 
reasons, if you agree with that.)  I do have coffee with real cream in the 
morning. I know, that's not Paleo either. Perhaps I'll drop some of these things 
that aren't, in time. 

If any of you have good tips to share, I'm all ears. Thanks!! 

Sincerely, Katie
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kim Kline<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 
  To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 
  Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 8:45 PM
  Subject: Re: Metabolic and physiologic improvements from consum...[Eur J Clin 
Nutr. 2009] - PubMed Result


  Well, for one, I have diabetes and am unmedicated and I want to keep it that
  way.  I don't really like vegetables.  According to Bernstein's book
  regarding diabetes, fruits are out.  I find this really easy for me, I feel
  really good so far, my blood pressure and sugar levels are down.  I eat a
  lot of ribeye steaks or chuck roasts.  I eat my meat rare.  I ocassionally
  eat eggs, but they seem to give me stomach problems and I was eating a
  little bit of cheese and bacon and both of those are going to go bye bye.  I
  am over 100 lbs overweight and my insulin is probably way too high so that
  is another reason--trying to lower insulin levels and keep it low.

  I usually only eat 2 meals a day, breakfast and dinner, sometimes lunch and
  dinner.  My first meal is pretty small.  I eat beef, chicken and pork.  I
  don't eat lunch meat or processed meats except for the little bit of bacon I
  was eating and I don't eat organ meats as I can't stand them.  If I do eat
  chicken, I use melted butter as chicken is too lean.  I also make sure my
  beef and port is fatty.

  Kim




  On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 8:01 PM, NANCY FLEECS <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> 
wrote:

  > Will you share the reasons why you like eating this way?  Thank you - Nancy
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  > --- On Mon, 2/16/09, Kim Kline <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> 
wrote:
  >
  >
  > From: Kim Kline <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
  > Subject: Re: Metabolic and physiologic improvements from consum...[Eur J
  > Clin Nutr. 2009] - PubMed Result
  > To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
  > Date: Monday, February 16, 2009, 7:48 PM
  >
  >
  > I am also meat, fat and water only.  I like eating this way.
  >
  > Kim
  >
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