Guest guest Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 This is another reason to cook in cast iron or even stainless. GB , MaryAnne Crites <suzyq_26201 wrote: > > Hi Donna, > I know that eating and making good food choices is harder when one lives alone and has to stay within a budget (even on those days that you do feel like eating). In addition to this group and the recipe files, you might also check out the following website for your iron or other nutritional needs. > > http://www.vegsoc.org/info/iron.html > > As far as cooking goes, maybe you can find an interesting sounding recipe that includes summer garden veggies (perhaps, you have a farmer's market in your community)...either make something (on a good day) and freeze it in smaller portions, invite a friend for dinner or take a portion to a neighbor. V-8 juice is an easy way to get a serving of vegetables into your body (and you can sip on it, while at the computer...smiles). > > Needless to say, if you don't get adequate nutrition in your body, you will become weaker and sick. > > The friends you will meet here are great supports. Good luck in making healthy food choices, too. > > Mary Anne > > PuterWitch <puterwitch wrote: > yes, and ground flax seeds are a good source. I have a small inexpensive coffee grinder, an I use that to grind up the seeds. I sprinkle some ground flax seed in everything I can, like in soups, sauces, etc. People say it has a nutty taste but I cannot detect it in sauces or soups. > > Hugs, > > Chanda > - > christie_0131 > > Tuesday, July 25, 2006 9:05 AM > Re: Bi-Polar and Anemia > > Hi Donna > I googled " vegetarian sources of omega-3 " and came up with this link > http://www.vegsoc.org/info/omega3.html > This indicates that flax seed oil is also a good source of Omega-3 > and explains a bit more about it. > HTH > Christie > > -- In , " bealesdonna " > <bealesdonna@> wrote: > > > > Hi Donna, > > > > I suffer from Bi-Polar and I have heard that Omega 3 is good for > > you, but I do not know what other food's contain's Omega 3 except > > for some bread's and fish, if I am right, and if there is any > other > > vitamin's and mineral's I may be missing out on that I need for > this > > illness. > > > > I also suffer from Anemia and I have a dangerously low red blood > > level. I have collapsed a few time's before, and spend alot of > time > > sitting in front of the computer as I just have no strength to do > > anything else. I am also hyperactive, and burn out quick. > > > > Both these condition's has also made me kind of anorexic and > > sometime's all food taste's like cheap 1 minute noodles, so I > either > > just don't eat (for 3 day's)or sit and cry forcing myself to eat. > > > > I am a 39 year old single female who is on Social Security > > benefit's, so I am very poor. > > > > I am needing to know what food I need to stay well and recipies > that > > make's food taste good on a very low budget. I would like to > > replace red meat, sorry to mention this but I only eat it for the > > iron and will be glad to give this up, I have alway's wanted to > > become a vegetarian. > > > > I would appreciate in being re-educated on my poor eating > habits'. > > Please help me as I do not want to go back to hospital again. > > > > Thankyou, > > Donna Beales > > (a very good friend of Chanda's, from the Sims Community) > > > > ------------------------- > > > > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.4/396 - Release Date: 7/24/2006 > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 I want cast iron, I just cannot find it!! - greatyoga Tuesday, July 25, 2006 11:14 PM Re: Bi-Polar and Anemia-Donna This is another reason to cook in cast iron or even stainless. GB , MaryAnne Crites <suzyq_26201 wrote: > > Hi Donna, > I know that eating and making good food choices is harder when one lives alone and has to stay within a budget (even on those days that you do feel like eating). In addition to this group and the recipe files, you might also check out the following website for your iron or other nutritional needs. > > http://www.vegsoc.org/info/iron.html > > As far as cooking goes, maybe you can find an interesting sounding recipe that includes summer garden veggies (perhaps, you have a farmer's market in your community)...either make something (on a good day) and freeze it in smaller portions, invite a friend for dinner or take a portion to a neighbor. V-8 juice is an easy way to get a serving of vegetables into your body (and you can sip on it, while at the computer...smiles). > > Needless to say, if you don't get adequate nutrition in your body, you will become weaker and sick. > > The friends you will meet here are great supports. Good luck in making healthy food choices, too. > > Mary Anne > > PuterWitch <puterwitch wrote: > yes, and ground flax seeds are a good source. I have a small inexpensive coffee grinder, an I use that to grind up the seeds. I sprinkle some ground flax seed in everything I can, like in soups, sauces, etc. People say it has a nutty taste but I cannot detect it in sauces or soups. > > Hugs, > > Chanda > - > christie_0131 > > Tuesday, July 25, 2006 9:05 AM > Re: Bi-Polar and Anemia > > Hi Donna > I googled " vegetarian sources of omega-3 " and came up with this link > http://www.vegsoc.org/info/omega3.html > This indicates that flax seed oil is also a good source of Omega-3 > and explains a bit more about it. > HTH > Christie > > -- In , " bealesdonna " > <bealesdonna@> wrote: > > > > Hi Donna, > > > > I suffer from Bi-Polar and I have heard that Omega 3 is good for > > you, but I do not know what other food's contain's Omega 3 except > > for some bread's and fish, if I am right, and if there is any > other > > vitamin's and mineral's I may be missing out on that I need for > this > > illness. > > > > I also suffer from Anemia and I have a dangerously low red blood > > level. I have collapsed a few time's before, and spend alot of > time > > sitting in front of the computer as I just have no strength to do > > anything else. I am also hyperactive, and burn out quick. > > > > Both these condition's has also made me kind of anorexic and > > sometime's all food taste's like cheap 1 minute noodles, so I > either > > just don't eat (for 3 day's)or sit and cry forcing myself to eat. > > > > I am a 39 year old single female who is on Social Security > > benefit's, so I am very poor. > > > > I am needing to know what food I need to stay well and recipies > that > > make's food taste good on a very low budget. I would like to > > replace red meat, sorry to mention this but I only eat it for the > > iron and will be glad to give this up, I have alway's wanted to > > become a vegetarian. > > > > I would appreciate in being re-educated on my poor eating > habits'. > > Please help me as I do not want to go back to hospital again. > > > > Thankyou, > > Donna Beales > > (a very good friend of Chanda's, from the Sims Community) > > > > ------------------------- > > > > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.4/396 - Release Date: 7/24/2006 > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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