Gastroparesis Awareness Month: A Day In The Life
This is my second post for Gastroparesis Awareness Month. Read my first post, Tube Love, here. My first post was a love poem to my feeding tube. :-) My second one is a little more serious and a lot longer. I apologize for the length. I have trouble reading lengthy posts myself. But sometimes I’m incapable of summarizing myself, so I have to write posts that are too long for even me to read. I hope you’ll at least be able to skim through the important parts. I’ve tried to break up the text with lots of photos, to see if that helps any.
A DAY IN THE LIFE
My day starts when my morning careg...
Source: Ballastexistenz - August 23, 2014 Category: Autism Authors: Mel Baggs Tags: Adrenal insufficiency Aspiration pneumonia Bronchiectasis Education Feeding tube Food Gastroparesis Life Skills Medical Medical stuff Personal history Treatment adult tubie adult tubies awareness awareness months bipap ce Source Type: blogs
What’s a cow got that you ain’t got?
Grains are the seeds of grasses. If you were to take a stalk of 18-inch tall semidwarf wheat, the creation of a genetics laboratory, you can’t eat the roots, nor the stalk, leaves, or husk. You can, however, isolate the seeds, remove the husk, then dry, pulverize, and heat them. You will then have something–porridge or flour–that can yield something you might view as food. But the seed, just like the rest of the plant, has components that are indigestible, such as wheat germ agglutinin, D-amino acids, gliadin (partially digestible), and trypsin inhibitors, among others. The one component that is digestibl...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 27, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle grains Grasses Ruminants Source Type: blogs
I Hope My Friends Forgive Me: What It’s Like to Fundraise
"I'm determined to get $50,000." (my email to JD, June 12, 3:55 p.m.)"What are you at now? $50k seems VERY improbable by Saturday. Believe me I'm rooting for it, but seems like a long shot." (JD email to me, June 12, 3:58 p.m.)"We are at $41,000." (my email to JD, June 12, 4:01 p.m.)"We are up to $43,600. We are going to get $50k. I am going to tell LLS that I promise to pay the remainder if we don't get there at the Grand Finale Gala. No f.ing way am I going to get that close and not close it out." (my email to JD, June 13, 10:12 p.m.)This is the story of how my fundraising team raised $50,000 including $8,000 in less tha...
Source: I've Still Got Both My Nuts: A True Cancer Blog - June 18, 2014 Category: Cancer Tags: fear and rage man of the year Source Type: blogs
Gastrointestinal recovery after the wheat battle is won
Josie posted this comment that addresses the issue of bowel health recovery post-grain removal.
I have been wheat-free for almost a year now and I no longer fall asleep during the day, and my mental fog has disappeared. My wheat-free life is great!
However, I am experiencing major digestion problems. I went to see a dietitian and explained to her I do not eat wheat and try not to eat grains. She emphasized that I need fiber in my diet and based on my current food intake I was not receiving an adequate amount, which was most likely the cause of my digestion problems.
She respects that I do not eat wheat, but is encouraging...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 26, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Bowel flora Gastrointestinal effects of wheat Source Type: blogs
Gastrointestinal Recovery After The Wheat Battle Is Won
Josie posted this comment that addresses the issue of bowel health recovery post-grain removal.
“I have been wheat-free for almost a year now and I no longer fall asleep during the day, and my mental fog has disappeared. My wheat-free life is great!
However, I am experiencing major digestion problems. I went to see a dietitian and explained to her I do not eat wheat and try not to eat grains. She emphasized that I need fiber in my diet and based on my current food intake I was not receiving an adequate amount, which was most likely the cause of my digestion problems.
She respects that I do not eat wheat, but is enco...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 26, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Bowel flora Gastrointestinal effects of wheat Source Type: blogs
Why Chopping Sugar From The Diet Will Allow You To Be Healthy
A concentrate on positive nourishment should be the purpose of everybody. In creating a balanced food plan as Alexander Simring will significantly benefit you, analysis will be key. Just utilize the guidance in the post below, and you should be nourishing the body with good nutrition very quickly. Girls who are pregnant or lactating have critical dietary requirements. Expectant mothers require a lot of protein, and getting hired down due to lack of hunger can be a pain. To get an adequate amount of protein in her diet, an expecting mom can put eggwhites to her breakfast smoothie. Eggwhites include a large amount of protein...
Source: aids-write.org - April 4, 2014 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: nutrition tips Source Type: blogs
Prime Your Brain for a Permanent Performance Gain (in a Few Minutes)
Inside your skull is a massive supercomputer. You own it free and clear. With its 100 billion neurons, and with a typical neuron linking to 1000 to 10,000 other neurons, your highly networked brain is incredibly powerful and capable.
Pick up a simple object nearby like a pen or a spoon, and look at it. Turn it upside down. Spin it around. Notice that your brain is able to recognize the object no matter how you position it. You can change the lighting by putting the object in shadow. You can obscure part of it from view. You can bend or break it. And your brain still recognizes that object simply and easily. Even a child ca...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - March 24, 2014 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Consciousness & Awareness Goals & Goal Setting Intention & Manifestation Motivation Personal Development Problem Solving Productivity Source Type: blogs
Cindy J.
The success Cindy has seen with her migraines has been well-documented in others. There are some studies available on my site that highlight this. – Dr. Perlmutter
I have suffered from migraines for 26 years. They have been debilitating and over the years I have tried everything to prevent them. My neurologist has prescribed an arsenal of drugs, including beta-blockers, anti-depressants, calcium channel blockers, antihistamines and topamax. I tried eliminating triggers from my diet to no avail. I always got a migraine when the pressure dropped and there was a storm. Nothing stopped my weekly headaches. Sometimes I...
Source: Renegade Neurologist - A Blog by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN - March 19, 2014 Category: Neurologists Authors: gbadmin Tags: Success avocado carbs coconut oil gluten free Headaches Migraine protein Shake Source Type: blogs
Diabetes Australia bungles dietary advice
A Wheat Belly Blog reader passed this exchange between his father and a dietitian representing the Australian Diabetic Association onto me. While nearly all of you are no strangers to the ignorance exhibited by defenders of the dietary status quo, it occasionally helps to hear their arguments articulated. You are readily reminded just how many “holes” there are in their arguments to consume more “healthy whole grains.”
My father was a very serious diabetic, but I slowly got him off the wheat last December. Now his diabetes is the best it’s been in 20 years!
He was so disappointed with Diabet...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - March 17, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Diabetes Source Type: blogs
Wheat Belly success stories keep on pouring in!
In my public talks, I point out that the enormous success of the Wheat Belly message has little to do with me, but succeeds because 1) it works, and 2) people share their extravagant successes nowadays via social media and word spreads like wild fire. That’s what has caused the Wheat Belly message to turn the nutritional world topsy-turvy, upsetting dietitians accustomed to talking about “healthy whole grains,” and terrorized people in the grain and milling industries.
I never tire of hearing these stories. Not just do people lose the weight they’ve struggled with for years, but they also experienc...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - March 1, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat-elimination success stories Source Type: blogs
The Chemical Imbalance Myth of Depression - Here are Some Better Explanations
It is time to retire the idea that depression is caused by a “chemical imbalance of the brain.” The chemical imbalance myth creates the false impression that our brains are some form of neurotransmitter porridge that can be rendered just right with squirts of serotonin and dopamine.
Thanks to at least two decades of research, we now have a number of good working models on what tends to go wrong in the brain during a... (Source: John McManamy's SharePosts)
Source: John McManamy's SharePosts - February 28, 2014 Category: Mental Illness Authors: John McManamy Source Type: blogs
Produce of the Day: Blueberries – So Much More Than Just Muffins
All this month I’m making it fun to eat better with my 30-Day Challenge “Half Plate Produce” in the spirit of National Nutrition Month’s theme “Enjoy the taste of eating right!”
Tweet, Post, Instagram or Pin your favorite pics and recipes that help make it fun for YOU to eat better. (Use #30DayChallenge and #NNM in your messages.)
Feature Produce of the Day: Blueberries
Did you know that blueberries are one of the few fruits actually native to North America? Most of the other fruits grown in the US were imported from overseas at some point, but blueberries have been here since before t...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - February 25, 2014 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: cooking eating healthy food fruits nutrition recipes 30 day challenge blueberries produce Source Type: blogs
You don’t know your right from your left
Not knowing your right from your left in nutrition can get you into trouble.
In biological systems, there is an issue called “handedness,” or “chirality.” It means that there are right-handed (“Dextrarotatory”) and left-handed (“Levorotatory”) versions of compounds, or “D” and “L” versions, or isomers, much as we have right and left hands, mirror images of each other. But a right-handed glove does not fit on your left hand and vice versa. Likewise, enzymes only recognize one or the other isomer, not both. Mammals are largely L-isomer creatures, due to...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 21, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
GMO Paranoia And The Hollow Health Claims Of Cheerios
Make no mistake about it. General Mills’ introduction of Cheerios sporting the label “Not Made With Genetically Modified Ingredients” is a mere marketing ploy and has nothing to do with health or nutrition. Let’s start the dissection of this blatant attempt to capitalize on the anti-GMO paranoia by looking at the main ingredient in Cheerios, namely oats. Samuel Johnson, the 18th century writer who compiled the first authoritative dictionary of the English language whimsically defined oats as the grain “eaten by people in Scotland, but fit only for horses in England.” A clever Scot supposedly retorted “...
Source: Better Health - February 10, 2014 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: admin Tags: Health Tips News Quackery Exposed Cheerios Cholesterol Claims Corn Starch Diet General Mills GMO Oat Bran Oats Sugar Tripotassium Phosphate Source Type: blogs
