@Jennifer said:
I know the feeling. I was that kid too, needing to go to the library as a child. I did the same, but my library sounds like an outhouse compared to the one you had. Yours sounds like out of an old book itself; or a movie. I probably would've enjoyed just the library itself, as much as the books, as a kid, if I had yours. I definitely remember Silverstein. Where the Sidewalk Ends is probably the most popular one. The illustrations of books were just as interesting to me as well; just as much as the story. Maurice Sendek comes to mind for illustrations. Richard Scarey as well. And of course, Dr. Seuss. As a kid, I thought Where the Wild Things are was a little weird, but interesting; as an adult, I still like his illustration style very much. My avatar is one of his drawings.
I think you're right, about my body attempting to tell me something about supplements. I could guess many, if not most, are worse than ever; being sourced out of country, for as cheaply as possible. But, maybe there still are some good ones left. Like that Doctor's herbs you recommended to me a while back. I'm looking for an all-in-one, or something similar, for my dad. To see how he does with, several times a week. And maybe for myself, thought I know it's not too likely I can take it with any regularity.
I couldn't agree more. I am so skeptical of doctors after my experiences, I do everything to avoid them. Haha...good idea about your limbs. I too am convinced, we are best tuned to our own body, and if we have any inkling and interest in self-treatment, it's worth a try. But, after about 15 years of dabbling in self-treatment, I know I'm limited in what I can understand and do.
Interesting how your metabolic rate is related with your stress-resistance. That makes sense, and I'd say it correlates for me as well. I would imagine taking thyroid a big contributor in that: are you still doing that? Also interesting about the small cecum, how it doesn't like roughage, which jives with my experience when at my worst, and even still. Even the raw carrot can be hard on my system; so much so, that I've stopped taking it. I'll probably start back again soon.
Thanks for the links. I have been buying Thomas's, which are hard to beat taste wise. I did used to buy Food for Life bread, quite some years back, which I thought was hearty and healthy, though not light and fluffy, like we're used to. Maybe I'll try their English muffins one of these times.
That's funny the Painter Sister's was tart for you. I've only had the vanilla, so it wasn't tart for me at all. I think the plain would be. Ok, good information you've passed along from Ray about dairy. Thank you. I don't know why I didn't put that together, that Ray was wanting to avoid PUFA, with the lower fat dairy. I had forgotten that it even had PUFA. I've really toned down my hyper-vigilance with regard to diet and number crunching, but I do think there is obvious necessity to it. So you're one of the lucky ones—you do well on high fat dairy. I do eat it for some items, like the yogurt, but I do think I do better with lower fat over all; at least for now.
Indeed, the baby golds are good! I've made yet another batch of potato salad a few days ago. It blows my mind how time intensive recipes are. I think I'm the problem, though. I know many cooks can sleep walk in the kitchen, and get the recipe done in half the time I can.
