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Re: Hsieh PJM OpEd: Dr. Orwell Will See You Now

Wenchypoo — Wed, 30 May 2012 13:03:00 -0000

Speaking of Orwellian, some of us will always be more equal than others. The Powers That Be just want to make sure it's THEM and not US.

Re: Book Review: The Vegetarian Myth

Tue, 29 May 2012 20:24:28 -0000

Does Keith mention anything about lactose intolerance and the growing rate of people being incapable of digesting these animal products?

Re: Hsieh PJM OpEd: Dr. Orwell Will See You Now

wenchypoo — Tue, 29 May 2012 08:53:07 -0000

Just yesterday I posted this article on my blog: http://wenchwisdom.blogspot.co...

This is what Obamacare advocates don't want you to know--including Obama himself.

In case Obamacare fails in the SCOTUS, here's their backup plan: http://wenchwisdom.blogspot.co...

Cash will always make you king...unless you're poor. In which case, the liberals want to take ALL your money away from you: http://wenchwisdom.blogspot.co...

By taking away all your money, they're taking away your freedom to choose, and right to purchasing privacy. They're also taking away the right to know exactly how much you're being taxed, which will lead us to...you guessed it...VAT.

Re: Question of the Week: Bitter Greens

Susan Holland — Mon, 28 May 2012 21:04:10 -0000

Kale and onions with garlic and chicken and/or beef broth (preferably your own handmade broth) are a wonderful beginning of a rich veggie soup. Soups can be "stoops" (stew/soup) in my kitchen, and they usually begin with some chicken being browned. I put in dry herbs and peeled garlic as the chicken is getting brown, and then I dump the whole beginning in a crock pot. Then I refresh the skillet with about a half cup of pinot grigio or other dry wine. I add broth and heat it up and dump that into the crock pot. Veggies: carrots, celery, parsnips, rutabaga, cucumbers, peppers, sometimes even sections of a mandarin orange or tangerine, and any other odds and ends from the fridge that need to be et. (how about those asparagus leftovers or that aging lettuce?)

Salt, pepper, and a light dusting of cayenne work well. Add broth until
it about covers the solids. Add a squirt of lemon juice and some zest.
Set on high until it smells like soup. Then turn down to low until it looks like soup. Simmer until it tastes like soup.

A favorite trick is to slice up cucumbers into a bowl, salt them, then lightlly rinse and drain. Add cross-sliced scallions and mix in either plain yoghurt or sour cream. Try a half tsp or more of celery seed in this. Put a dollop of that on top of your savory soup and enjoy.

Re: Question of the Week: Bitter Greens

John Lanius — Sat, 26 May 2012 08:45:51 -0000

Fry some bacon until crisp. Set aside. Saute diced green onions in bacon grease until tender. Add water and greens. Bring to boil and simmer until stems are tender. Stir bacon in with seasoned salt. Enjoy!

Re: Chocolate Review: Hageland Costa Rica 71%

km — Sat, 26 May 2012 03:48:45 -0000

I really would like to see these products back on the shelf at my hot springs Walmart. The dark chocolate almond and pear is excellent and is probably overlooked by shoppers. It is a wonderful contrast of flavors that complement one another. i would recommend it to any chocolate lover.

Re: Question of the Week: Bitter Greens

Rachel — Fri, 25 May 2012 22:26:42 -0000

My favorite way to prepare kale is to leave it in the crisper tray and forget about it.

Re: How To Have Perfect Teeth and Healthy Gums By Saturating Your Mouth With Lots Of Sugar Every Day AFTER Lazily Brushing For Just 2 Minutes In The Morning

Christian Wernstedt — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:20:13 -0000

Anecdotally, Interfase Plus can help dissolve dental plaque, but this is not the primary application of it.

Re: How To Have Perfect Teeth and Healthy Gums By Saturating Your Mouth With Lots Of Sugar Every Day AFTER Lazily Brushing For Just 2 Minutes In The Morning

David Lewis — Wed, 23 May 2012 13:46:58 -0000

That is a prickly one. I don't have an answer for you. However, Dr. Phillips is pretty approachable. I realize this probably won't work for everyone if they have individual food sensitivities or allergies. My experience with it has been nothing short of amazing given what I wanted to accomplish.

With that said, I am not positive what else one would do. Christian W. put a bug in my ear about Interfase Plus. It's supposed to break down biofilms in the body, but I do not know if this would work for oral hygiene or not.

Re: How To Have Perfect Teeth and Healthy Gums By Saturating Your Mouth With Lots Of Sugar Every Day AFTER Lazily Brushing For Just 2 Minutes In The Morning

Wenchypoo — Wed, 23 May 2012 11:17:46 -0000

I wonder if the good doctor has a plan for those allergic to xylitol--my husband is. I'm allergic to dairy--all forms--and can't use the ghee. Here's a page on getting K-2 from food sources (http://www.ehow.com/about_5414..., and a section on getting it from animal foods:

"Vitamin K2-rich animal proteins include goose-liver paste, goose leg,
chicken liver, salami, chicken breast, chicken leg, ground beef, bacon,
calf's liver, salmon and mackerel."

Re: Chocolate Review: Hageland Costa Rica 71%

Chocolate Fiend — Tue, 22 May 2012 23:04:52 -0000

It is SUCH a drag that they stopped carrying this. It is the best dark chocolate I've ever tasted, or at least the best since Green and Blacks changed their recipe.
Not only is it utterly delicious, but it is one of the few kinds of soy-free chocolate that my daughters can have due to food allergies. (Lindt 81% doesn't compare, IMO.)

Re: Chocolate Review: Theo's 70% Orange

Dayani — Tue, 22 May 2012 05:45:36 -0000

Do try the Lindt intense orange and butlers orange and almond dark chocolate. Both of them have actual bits of orange peel in them. The orange flavour is stong but at no point does it take the attention off the chocolate!

Re: Fabulous Leg Press Torture at SuperSlow

Melissa Bishop — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:01:38 -0000

Dang. That video brought real tears to my eyes.

Re: How to Make Bacon in the Oven

Michael Allen Smith — Sun, 20 May 2012 14:45:11 -0000

Ahh! I have been baking bacon with mixed results. Your tip to flip the bacon really helped.

Re: lettuce soup (fear not!)

Anne — Sat, 19 May 2012 15:51:00 -0000

Update! I made this soup today, using up different types of hearty heads of lettuce that came from our home garden. I don't know the names but these were definitely "hearty"....Two of them looked like leafy lettuce but tasted like chard or turnip greens.

My soup ended up looking something like color of cooked spinach and tasted like it too. I went with the flow - tossing in a few "indian" spices (curry powder, gharma masala, mace, cinnimon, etc) and boiled it down until it was almost sludge. Then I added a can of coconut milk and some of the half-n-half in the fridge (yes, not paleo....but we have it for our coffee/tea and since it was there....) to lighten it up.

All in all, we ended up with a indian-style cream of lettuce soup that rocked my roommates' socks off! YUM!

Anne from paleoonabudget.blogspot.com

Re: Question of the Week: Roast Chicken

Earl Parson — Sat, 19 May 2012 11:25:16 -0000

Rubbed with bacon grease, sprinkled with curry powder, and roasted in the oven. Easy and never disappoints. I think this summer I'm going to try a lot more roasting in my Weber grill, and the suggestions above sound like good ones to try!

Re: Question of the Week: Roast Chicken

James P in NM — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:28:11 -0000

My favorite way to roast a chicken is to split it down the back, rub with black pepper, salt and lemon. Then roast over good hardwood coals while wrapped in rosemary and a brick on top. It's kinda plain to some but good and goes with anything..

Re: Question of the Week: Roast Chicken

Don in Arkansas — Fri, 18 May 2012 12:45:45 -0000

"Chick N Brick". Cut out the backbone and butterfly the chicken. Rub the breast down with olive or coconut oil and sprinkle with your favorite spices. Roast over hot coals, breast side down just long enough to crisp the skin a little. Then move to a cooler part of the grill, put a brick wrapped in foil on top to keep it flat, close the grill & let it roast until done. Generally about 30 minutes but your grill temps may vary so keep your meat thermometer handy. Throwing some thick onion slices on the hot coals just before closing the grill gives a nice kick to the smoke.

Re: Question of the Week: Roast Chicken

Diana Hsieh — Fri, 18 May 2012 12:11:01 -0000

I like to do a simplified version of French chicken in a pot. Although the skin doesn't crisp up, it's so easy and so tasty.

Re: lettuce soup (fear not!)

Anne — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:48:18 -0000

I hope to try this recipe this week using a mix of old and new lettuce. Can't wait! It sounds (and looks) delish!) Anne from paleoonabudget.blogspot.com

Re: How To Reverse Nearsightedness Without Surgery, Lasers, Or Minus Lenses Part 2

mark — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:39:08 -0000

John yee never answers his emails. i have emailed him several times in wanting to start with his eye program, no answer how very un professional... does anyone here have better contact info other then theeyefix@email.com ?

Re: microgreens salad with garlic mustard vinaigrette

paleo_diet_recipes — Sun, 13 May 2012 13:21:56 -0000

This is a great recipe!

Thanks for sharing. :-)

Re: Question of the Week: Dairy Intolerance

Jacob Raney — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:22:01 -0000

I spent 12 years without a single bite of dairy, due to diagnosed "lactose intolerance." A year after going paleo (around the time that I was noticing that my stomach was handling -everything- SO much better, due to healing my leaky gut) I did some experimenting, and found that I'm able to tolerate a fair amount now. I seem to be able to consume goat products in unlimited amounts, and cow in limited amounts (which makes me wonder if I have some sensitivity to A1 beta-casein.) Currently, I drink heavy cream, eat butter (on foods, and by the chunk) and melt goat cheese on things, with no deleterious effects. I definitely find it easy to overeat on dairy though; 1600cal of cream in a sitting isn't unheard of. I also noticed more stomach upset from dairy when I was taking antibiotics, which makes me think that having the right gut flora plays into this as well.

Re: Eliminating Life Long Eczema by Cutting Out Milk

Kellie — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:24:18 -0000

I too have a 5 year old and I've always had a feeling she had a milk allergry, but her stick tests showed negative, but like all of you her eczema would falre up so bad. She is a huge milk drinkers, her meals are pretty much milk and/or ice cream (I know, but otherwise she won't eat.Picky.Picky). I'm so nervous to take her off milk, but I think I'm going to try it. the only way to get this to go away.

Re: Question of the Week: Eggs

Kris — Sat, 05 May 2012 19:18:48 -0000

Here in Iceland I buy omega-3 eggs most of the time, because of the omega-3. When not available I just go with regular eggs. I also buy duck eggs from a farmer I know, truly free range. Taste great and much better than regular eggs. And then in late spring I try to buy some blackbird eggs when in season. Blackbird eggs are rather large, dark green with black dots. Taste out of this world and super healty.