Simple Cooking For The Low-Iodine Diet
Thyroid cancer diagnoses rates are increasing, especially among young women. Many thyroid cancer patients undergo radioactive iodine treatment, a.k.a. RAI-131. I have done so twice and learned along the way about how to cope with the seemingly bizarre low-iodine diet.
When I was going through preparation for radioactive iodine treatment, the list of permitted foods on the low-iodine diet seemed grim. Low-iodine diet cookbooks only made me feel worse; I am simple, lazy cook, adverse to complicated recipes and substitutions. Plus, I didn’t want my shopping lists, recipes, or meals to remind me that I was...
Source: Everything Changes - April 2, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Kairol Rosenthal Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Make Life More Than Chronic Pain
Each week when I sit down or lie down with my laptop, well, on my lap, I wonder how I can make some of the same messages new and more interesting for all of you. After writing 650 blogs, there aren’t many subjects we have not touched upon. Since there are always new readers, some of what I have to say will be fresh to them but stale to those of you who have been with me a long time. Therefore, it is a challenge to say many of the truths and lessons I’ve learned over and over in a whole new package as I share them with you. I’ve never been accused of being boring, so let’s see if once again we can discuss some of th...
Source: Life with Chronic Pain - February 7, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Sue Falkner-Wood Tags: Pain Management chronic pain and family living with chornic pain Source Type: blogs
Food For Thought
Since I've embarked on my recent food-tracking frenzy I'm happy to report that (a) I seem to be slowly but surely dropping a bit of the weight I gained recently and (b) I am even more bat-shit crazy than I anticipated.
But it's a Happy Crazy, I swear!
It's not that I'm so starving that all I can focus on is food. Au contraire! It's just that I'm so obsessed with strategizing, scheming, and optimizing that I find anything food-related to be incredibly fascinating and compelling.
OK, so there are limits.
But This Is Not About My New Eating Approach Which We Shall Not Call A "Diet."
I will bore you at length la...
Source: Cranky Fitness - February 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
mental health day
My youngest son is home from school today. He's not sick. He just didn't sleep very well last night. He's been out of sorts lately - hard on himself and everyone around him. It just felt like a day off would be a really good idea.We've a windchill of -35C at the moment (that's an almost as cold sounding -31F). It's warmer than yesterday but still not really warm enough to play outside.This morning, I pretty much left him to his own devices. As per my stipulation of "not a lot of screen" (I'm convinced that watching videos and playing video games compound his bad mood, which would defeat the purpose of a day off), ...
Source: Not just about cancer - January 24, 2013 Category: Cancer Tags: kids joy lucky things i do for my health my love show and tell family good stuff my kids food Source Type: blogs
New to Diabetes: What's Next? (Part 3)
By Amy Campbell
Last week I focused on blood glucose monitoring and logging as essential tools to help people new to diabetes (well, actually ANYONE with diabetes) get a handle on how factors like food, alcohol, physical activity, and illness affect blood glucose.
If you don't have a blood glucose meter, or if you have one but haven't been using it, now's the time to start. Remember that it's your diabetes, and it's up to you to learn how it affects you so that you can effectively manage it. Don't be afraid of the numbers, learn from them. And if you're not sure what they mean, take them to your doctor or to a diabetes ed...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - January 22, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Amy Campbell Source Type: blogs
Food Tracking: The Good, The Bad, and the Insane
Tracking what you eat: is it the secret key to achieving a healthy body weight, optimal nutrition, and superhuman goal-crushing awesomeness? Or it a one-way ticket to crazytown?
For me, I think it's possible that both are true.
And yep, for those of you who have followed the blog for a while, this may sound familiar. I generally prefer an "intuitive" eating style but every now and then I go on a food and exercise tracking rampage. Remember my tedious Tips for Counting Calories and my advice about keeping a food or exercise journal or my brief love affair with Jilllian Michaels...er, I mean the BodyMedia Fit ...
Source: Cranky Fitness - January 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Happy Thanksgiving, Friends!
Today, let's all give thanks... ... that at least something on the menu is! Sheesh!Don't forget to bolus for the stuffing, cranberries, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, candied yams, rolls, green bean casserole, pumpkin pie... Uh oh, we're not sur... (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - November 24, 2011 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Amy Tenderich Source Type: blogs
Turkey Day Post
Happy Thanksgiving! Yes, another major food-fest, which is particularly difficult for us PWDs, I know. But I love the slow four-day weekend, the once-a-year chance to eat sweet potatoes AND cranberries in one meal, and the fall colors. I love th... (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - November 23, 2005 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Amy Tenderich Source Type: blogs
