Oh boy, I just realized I've got a bunch of replies I want to send to people.
I'm starting to get overwhelmed with the volume of information but am really enjoying this group at
the same time.

Sol:

(5) I'm interested in people's personal experiences with distilled vs. bottled
    water.

Axel:

>HI, Sol. My personal experience has been what the books say. When I started
>filtering my own water, I was able to drink less. Another thing is that for
>many months the only inorganic sodium that entered my body was that present
>in bottled water, and it was funny to me how strongly I would taste the
>rock. Among family members, nobody believes me, of course.

Sol:

Interesting, why were you able to drink less water? I don't get it.

Tom:

>P.S. adding a bit of lime or lemon juice to the wheatgrass may prolong its
>storage life - lemon/lime juices are anti-oxidants.

Sol:

Interesting. You do mean adding the juice the cut grass, not to the juice, right? I would only ever
make enough juice to drink on the spot.

Ombodhi:
>try ryegrass, triticalegrass, & barleygrass if you get tired of wheatgrass.

Sol:

Can I find these other grasses somewhere in the bay area or do I need to buy
the berries and grow the grass myself?

Ombodhi:

>right now i go for reverse osmosis from my friends system over distilled water in a thin plastic bottle.

Sol:

Can you, or anyone, provide a reference for a reverse osmosis system? If I
remember correctly, Gabriel Cousens prefers reverse osmosis to filter or
distilling water.

Roy:

>Furthermore, Sol said that he is concerned about improving his
>strength levels. Observe that powerlifters are even more conservative
>about how much they stress their muscles: if they go "all out" at every
>session, they would probably spend an excessive amount of time recuperating
>from injuries. Fred Hatfield, one of the best known powerlifters and
>authors, recommends only *one* "all out" session (where you lift as
>much as you can for one rep) a week. The rest are higher rep sessions
>which stress the body less.

>Experts generally advise:
>    (1) Don't worry about mass - focus on strength and the mass
>    will automatically come.
>    (2) When attempting to improve strength, be scientific, pace
>    yourself carefully, and make sure you get lots of rest and
>    proper nutrition in between.

Sol:

Thanks, Roy. I've been wondering if I'm overtraining. At first I thought
not because I'm not "lifting the big plates" but now I will try making my
Wednesday routine be the hard one and my Monday and Friday routines lighter.
I will also make it a point to eat after a workout. Good reminder. Thanks!



Tom:

>Bitter greens include dandelion, endive, escarole, plus many wild greens -
>locally there are many species of wild thistle available. Lettuce is bitter,
>but not as bitter as the greens named in the preceding. Other bitter foods
>are: Bitter Melon (Latin name: Momordica Charantia; the small ones from the
>Indian stores are nearer to the wild form than the huge Chinese ones), also
>turmeric - widely available dried, but also fresh from Indian stores.

Sol:

Tom, as always, thanks very much for the very helpful, very articulate response. I'm looking forward
to meeting you Sunday at the SF LiFE potluck.

Mike:

>And I eat cultured vegetables regularly to prevent/reduce candida problems.

I bought a book, the Body Ecology Diet, that is a "higher than average consciousness" anti-candida
diet. They recommend cultured vegetables for candida too. So does Gabriel Cousens in Conscious
Eating. Do you culture your own? I'm going to buy a few jars and see how it "sits" with me. If the
price is too high that may encourage me to culture my own.

Sol