Re: Intro - new to group - long with questions

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Diedre on my natural horse trim list told me about this list, so here

I am.

I became a vegetarian about 10 yrs ago, tried vegan for a couple of months,

then became a fishatarian about 5 yrs ago. 4 months ago, while researching

info for my horse's pasture I came across NT. Needless to say I am no

longer a fishatarian. I never became a vegetarian soley for my health, did

it more because of my disgust of factory farming. Well NT still fits the

bill. And my spiritual outlook has changed so I don't feel guilty about

eating the animals.

Interestingly, I never craved meat while a vegetarian. But now that I have

started eating meat again, I really crave beef. I also crave the organic

cultured butter I buy. Guess my body has been missing something it really

needed. I feel much better since giving up the soy.

I buy my kimchee, found a natural source with no MSG, sugar or salt. Also

buy my kefir. Will try to make some of these things myself in the future.

I did find a source of organic, pastured raw milk so I have made my own

whey. Tried to make something out of the curd but it was yucky.

I live in Southcentral Wisconsin (near Cambridge) and would love sources for

unpasturized cream and pastured beef. The coop sells pastured chicken and

lamb. I have never eaten lamb and not sure I can, but the chicken is good.

Would eat vension if it weren't for the disease. Whole foods sells pastured

beef but it is very expensive and even though that is not a big issue I

would like to find a source for 1/4 or 1/2 of beef. Have a friend that will

split with me.

Regarding the coffee discussion. I gave up caffeine about 6 months ago. I

would drink one strong cup a day and my body was very addicted to it. Went

through terrible withdrawals once (body pain all over) when I inadvertanly

gave it up for 3 days as I was fasting. So this time I cut down a little

each day. I make dutch style coffee which you soak the ground coffee for

about 24 hours and make a " concentrate " . This removes a great deal of the

acid. So each day I used less and less concentrate and had no withdrawals.

I do still make a decaffenated ( organic water process decaf) concentrate.

Went without any coffee for about 2 months but really missed my morning

ritual. So now I have a cup of decaf with heavy cream and stevia, ;-)).

NT makes so much sense to me. I have learned over the years to listen to

the still small voice and it is in agreement with this. Plus since I have

been listening carefully to what my body wants to eat and only eating when I

am hungry and only till I am no longer hungry I have lost 10 lbs. Pretty

cool when you can eat whatever you want and lose weight. ;-)

I also choose a natural diet for my " kids " . The horses are on pasture and

get only a small amount of oats. My dog gets a raw meat diet of organic

chicken, lamb and a few veggies.

Glad to have found this group. I have already learned quite a bit reading

the posts. Looking forward to learning more and finding others in the area.

in Wisconsin

[Guest guest]

> In organic regular coffees the rule of thumb is the darker the

> roast the lower the caffeine.

Also, arabica coffee has less caffeine (supposedly half) than the

cheapo robusta beans in supermarket coffee.