My diet & detox journal

Saw this and had to post it to my blog… So aside from the antioxidant benefits from the coffee beans, are they actually telling us that coffee is that healthy?

Source: American Chemical Society
Date: February 27, 2007

Science Daily Already recognized as a source of healthful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant compounds, coffee also contains significantly higher levels of soluble dietary fiber than other commonly consumed beverages, scientists in Spain report.
Their study is scheduled for publication in the March 21 issue of ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, a biweekly journal.

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Morgan Spurlock: [while consuming a double quarter-pounder supersize meal] See, now’s the time of the meal when you start getting the McStomach ache. You start getting the McTummy. You get the McGurgles in there. You get the McBrick, then you get the McStomach ache. Right now I’ve got some McGas that’s rockin’. My arms… I feel like I’ve got some McSweats goin’. My arms got the McTwitches going in here from all the sugar that’s going in my body right now. I’m feeling a little McCrazy.

I know how Morgan feels. Today I ate a burito from Moes, just like I did last week. I was good, in that I ate it in parts: One half at lunch, and the other half for dinner. But again, I always find myself making excuses as to why I allow myself the wheat tortilla, and the meat and cheese, which is obviously NOT organic or even clean. It was my usual mexican burito, chicken, no beans, extra cilantro, salsa, lettuce at bit of cheese and rice. I also ate chocolate today…but I excuse that due to the ‘female’ time of the month… And anyway, the chocolate eating frenzy I have been on has slowed down, now that I recognize the reason for the drive…PMS! Yet I understand what Morgan meant in the movie, when he said he had ‘twitches’ from eating all that junk food. We are talking about pretty powerful chemicals in restaurant prepared foods, you know!

I am utterly blown away by what I saw in the movie SuperSize Me, however. I rented it weeks ago for my class, and since I decided not to return it, I paid for it, and now I own my own copy. That movie is really important for people to see. It is intense, but the message is needed! I mean, I know that there are people who are addicted to fast food, and the honest truth is I don’t think we can blame it on a failure to maintain personal responsibility. How can we, when the food is chalk full of taste enhancers, and chemicals that make you ‘feel’ good for at least the amount of time that the food remains in your gullet? (Ie. MSG) How can I say that it is the obese person’s fault, if they are being tricked into returning to buy more, just like a junkie? (Seriously!)

I fall victim to such things as much as the next individual. Sure I try to eat well MOST of the time, yes. However, aside from the occasional bad food choice if I go out to eat, I am guilty of overeating fruit for instance, which I find makes me feel ‘floaty’ and energetic, and a bit brain foggy. And despite the fact that I have noticed this is probably due to the fungal reactions in my body, I continue to do things like go on a fruit binge, mosty cause it makes me ‘feel good’ when I do. There is a downside to the fungus of course, but I like the floaty air feeling I get when I am eating a lot of fruit sugars. NOT a good sign health wise. I figure it is my insulin resistance that causes this. It is a similar feeling with the chocolate eating craze I have been on lately.

And if I am not careful, this could really backfire on me. Honestly, if not for exercise, I would probably look like some of the individuals in the picture here. (I am not saying I am bone thin, as I will NEVER be, and that is for the best. But I am thinner now than I have been in the past~size 4-6 in clothing now, with a healthy layer of fat on my belly, but not like I used to be where I had the ‘rolls’ on my belly or something.)

Let’s see, other than eating today, I did do something nice for myself. I took a long walk at a local park, chatted with friends on the phone, and watched the water, and the birds, and several familes walking dogs, and a lady taking photos of what appeared to be a teenage girl, probably for school or something. They were shooting the pictures with the bay in the background. Not having a good camera, digital or otherwise has led me to have a good ‘memory’, as I have to remember the things I see and experience, since I can’t record them. In many ways this is a bit nicer, as I tend to remember those things that are most memorable, and unlike film, it doesn’t cost anything!

I’m not going to philosophize today, :^) so I will sign off now.

Caz

day 13
Yeah. Today is saturday. That is nice, only I didn’t sleep in. I got up early, and worked on a presentation for work That is actually a good thing. I did it early so I would have the rest of the weekend to relax. So, around noon I went out grocery shopping. That is a saturday ritual for me. I bought lots of yummy fruits and veggies, and the makings for a few recipes I have wanted to do for a bit.

I made Almond Enjoy, an almond coconut snowball cookie sweetened and bound with dates, as well as mixing up the “batter” for the onion bread everyone on the board is raving about. Then I chopped and such to make my lunch salad, and after lunch I wizzed up Alissa’s Mock Salmon Pate. I made it without the carrots, but only because I forgot! It is really good. It brings to mind tempeh tuna salad..texturally…although I haven’t had that in years. I really liked the taste. I think it would be yummy in lettuce “burritos” for tomorrow’s lunch. I know that nute pate don’t hold very well in the fridge, so I must be warry. Back before I went raw I used to be very sensitive to food poisoning. I think it was due to suffering from leaky gut. Everything seemed to slip thru my damaged mucosa. But, to be safe, we will eat the pate before monday.

My hubby looked at the onion bread which is currently dehydrating and mentioned that he thought it would be good with butter, kinda like garlic and onion crackers…perhaps. If he likes it that way, I will let him share. The recipe made 2 1/2 sheets in my dehydrator! Speaking of dehydrators, I have an old Ronco that was given to my by a former boss. It works, only you have to keep the trays high off the bottom level, since I think it gets too warm down there. (It has no thermometer.) I have used it for a year or so, and as frugal as I am I just can’t see buying an Excalibur when I have this one that works fine. (I don’t tend to do too much dehydrating, I typically eat stuff natural and water filled )

I am having no cravings whatsoeer for wheat, and that is nice. I am thrilled to try the new “bread” recipe since it doesn’t use wheat. Most of the crackers I make are sprouted wheat with ground sesame in them. So this is a nice change. I know my body does MUCH better without the wheat.

OK. I am done journaling for today. It is my day off, so I am going to relax.

Caio.
Cassy