Magnesium/was My Oddessey

November 24, 2009

I do use Co to fry foods in sometimes, although i usually use plain unsalted butter. I like to have one or two spoonfuls of CO daily, as is, straight out of the jar. You can also warm it gently, melt in some raw cocoa powder and refrigerate it, and eat or spoon or two of that every day. You can probably sweeten it with stevia or agave also, for a more fudge-like product, lol.

Here are some links on magnesium to get started:

http://www.health-science-spirit.com/magnesiumchloride.html

http://www.jonbarron.org/baseline-health-program/08-26-2006.php

http://www.magnesiumforlife.com/

I use a product called Natural Calm from the health food store. Its a powder that you can mix in water-I take it before bed time to help me sleep. I also use Magnesium Oil from a company calld Health and Wisdom, it is available online. There is a lot of benefit from using the transdermal Mag Oil. The stuff you drink works very well, but can cause stomach issues. The oil I spray on after I get out of the shower.

http://www.health-and-wisdom.com/magnesium.htm

There's a lot of benefit to diabetics for taking magnesium, and I'd definitely recommend taking both the drink and using the oil on the skin.

Cyndi

Celia Browne <lady_celia

Tue, Nov 24, 2009 7:53 am

Re: [RFSL] My Oddessey

I must admit that I've *intended* to include coconut oil in my diet but have not. I actually bought some but misplaced it in the process of moving; I need to buy some more. I've read a lot about the value of including it in your daily diet and I'm a believer.

No, I had not heard about the magnesium connection. I *do* know about the Vitamin D connection, of which I have a serious deficiency and have to nave it checked every 3 months. Do you have any good in sources I could take a look at about magnesium and diabetes? I can't even remember anymore what foods are good sources of magnesium, LOL.

Thanks, Cyndi!

--C--

P.S. Anyone on this list that uses coconut oil, would you mind sharing how you use it, what you use it in, for, or whatever? TIA

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Re: [RFSL] My Oddessey

Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 12:06 AM

Good for you, Cee! I'm so glad your health has improved so much. I'm curious, do you use coconut oil in your diet? Have you heard about magnesium being essential for diabetics?

And thank you for the kind words, that the nicest thing someone has said to me in a long time. :-)

I'm really just passing on things others have been kind enough to pass on to me. My friend Barbara has been a wonderful resource to me for years. Thanks Barbara! :-)

Cyndi

Celia B <lady_celia >

Mon, Nov 23, 2009 7:01 am

[RFSL] My Oddessey

Cyndi!

So much to say, so little time. I'm at work but really excited so had to take a quick break and drop a line. <giggles>

Weston A. Price.

I've been on quite an Odyssey the last few years and my life has changed so much. Oddly, the farther my life has strayed from its original path, the closer it has brought me "home." I no longer have the house, garden, make my own compost and recycle everything (I live in a small apartment in the country and there *is* no recycling out here!), yet I've reduced and downsized; I eat less, use less, consume less, waste less and use resources wisely, thereby reducing my carbon impact on this planet. I was originally distressed not to be able to garden and what-not, but I truly love my more minimalistic, low pressure lifestyle (which also has a lot to do with my current occupation). And since I'm in the country, I have access to local farm produce and fresh eggs, so not so bad.

When we first met online years ago, I ate mostly a vegetarian diet with a lot of soy products. Wow! Was I ever duped by the ADA, USDA and the agenda of (probably well-meaning) animal rights activists into thinking I was doing right by my body. How wrong I was! Not only do I now believe soy NOT be good for your body but soy products are processed and refined into junk food to nake things worse. (If your grandma wouldn't recognize it, don't eat it, LOL!) I've long had a desire to get "back to basics" with my diet, but meat and fat continued to be a stumbling block for me, as the "low fat is good/meat is bad" message was so deeply ingrained.

You encouraged me to check out Weston A. Price and I did, but wasn't ready to totally buy into it...yet. I still believed in "good" carbs as the ADA calls them and included LOTS of them in my diet. (Hey, if a little is good, a lot is better, right??? Wrong.) I continued to search my soul, read books, listen to friends and research online, and I read Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. A light bulb lit up in my head! I ended up on a low-carb Atkins style diet and found myself feeling better, looking better, feeling satiated when I ate and no longer gassy, bloated and tired from my "good carb" diet. The increased fat in my diet actually made me LOSE weight, haha, and I felt full between meals. The more I researched and inquired about this way of eating, the more everything (and everybody) kept pointing me back to Weston A. Price...

End of story. I'm back where I started but healthier, happier and much, much wiser. As Dorothy said as she clicked her ruby slippers together, "There's no place like home, there's no place like home..."

Just want to thank you, Cyndi, for being my guiding light in all things (nutritionally speaking). *wink*

(((HUGS)))

--Cee--