My apologies for the confusion, @Mossy. LFLs aren’t actual libraries, but a global network of book-exchange boxes in neighborhoods (littlefreelibrary.org). Most of the LFLs I’ve seen look like oversized birdhouses so they can be easy to miss, but some are so creative they’re hard to like an English telephone booth LFL in Tampa, FL. To date, the most elaborate LFL I’ve seen here is a Victorian dollhouse. Regarding your initial criticism of parochial schools, I can understand it. I don’t think it unreasonable to question the integrity of religious institutions, given their less than righteous history.
Wow, what an experience you had with K2. It’s so true what you said about IdeaLabs bottles. I’ve only used one product at a time so I never had any mixups, but my dad has used two and would often confuse them. I’m glad to hear your experience overall with supplements has gone better than in prior years. You’ll take that win, huh?
That’s hard for me to answer. It would be like someone breaking your leg then handing you a crutch. They provided support that you wouldn’t have needed if they hadn’t injured you in the first place. Any benefits I experienced from medical intervention were ultimately negated by doctor negligence, their many gross errors, in some cases, almost lethal. I almost died twice under the care of allopathic doctors, but my nightmare started with alternative doctors whose carelessness led to my spine collapsing, and one was at the top of their field—the president of both the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians and the State’s Association of Naturopathic Doctors.
While I respect wholistic thinkers like Ray and Price, what ultimately helped was letting go of all the perspectives beyond basic diagnostics—the white noise of stress that went unnoticed until silenced by an information vacation. I’m experiencing the best health of my life eating an unrestricted diet comprised of foods that were discouraged. Every expert advised restriction, whether it be proteins, carbs, fats, life-force lol, but seriously, even at 30 kg, doctors placed restrictions on my diet, one even telling me that I only needed 1500 calories daily because I’m small, which I immediately tossed on the growing pile of best of intentions, but harmful recommendations.
Polyphagia…interesting. I’d say it’s psychological because I don’t experience it when making meals for other people, I don’t have a history of caloric restriction, and I continued to experience it even after a year and a half of refeeding on 6,000+ calories daily when my thyroid crashed, under the care(lessness) of the alt. docs. I question if I have a high metabolism or if, because of our dieting culture, people aren’t used to the amount of food a woman actually requires? I average 2,500 calories on days when I’m not climbing, roughly the same amount other non-dieting woman I know average.
Did you end up making the cornbread and if so, what fat did you decide to use? I’m impressed you made your own English muffins! Are they better than store-bought? I have a special baking pan I use to make eggs for my Dad’s egg McMuffin sandwiches that can also be used to make English muffins, but I haven’t tried making them because I get fresh bakery made muffins and wasn’t sure it was worth all the effort.
Oh, yes, Painterland Sisters skyr. I first saw it years ago at the natural market where I purchased my raw milk, but haven’t tried it. I’m glad to know it’s tasty! It’s sold at Whole Foods so I’ll be sure buy a cup when I do groceries. Regarding your experience with dairy fat, do you mean there is something inherently fattening about saturated fat or that it causes you weight gain because it leads to an increase of calories? I’m more likely to lose weight on full-fat dairy, but only because I find fat so satiating that I end up eating less calories if I don’t stimulate my appetite with carbs.
