Studying Fundamentals in OPTIMAL HEALTH (was: spicy, salted, tangy chia fried...)

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I'm MOSTLY vegetarian/vegan when I go into that " mode, " but I'm an

equal opportunity " healthy " eater opportunist. I know, " healthy " is

relative. I have been experimenting with different systems of diet

and could go vegetarian fairly easily... even alkaline just as easily

(although, I'd miss my carbs/sugars a bit). Going raw vegan, well,

that's a bit more than I'd like to do. Anyway, I (tortured) deep

fried chia b/c I wanted to use an alternative to flour or some other

starch that typically doesn't have much nutritional value. I've been

experimenting with chia in all kinds of foods - GREAT superfood, btw.

Surprise! I'm not strictly any diet, but I am predominantly a veggies

person. A little meat isn't so bad, as long as it's quality meat and

in moderation relative to my intake for the month. I LOVE diversity

in my foods (that transcend any specific food category) and when I

began exploring health, I made it one of my criteria to not be

exclusive to any one system. My search (research) became more about

learning the fundamentals to optimal health.

I'm very fortunate to have learned about and experimented with eat

raw, alkaline, and now gluten-free. I am very happy to have connected

with conscious, smart eating people like you and our peers in this

group and a few others I've found online. I no longer feel alone!

Sad but true, my family and friends thought I was going through some

fad or phase, then they started thinking I was a " health nut, " the way

I carried on about the benefits and wonders of the new health I

discovered for myself - and how I attained that.

When I began to notice my sleeping patterns change (or appeared to

have), I began " journalling " my progress to help get more tangible

feedback on my health. This logging has definitely helped me spot

trends and better understand how my body reacts/is when I do or eat

xyz, abc.

here's a sample if anyone's interested in keeping a simple log of

progress for their health:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=rgHXNHnEqTi1Gp9pHtbyYjQ

example of my data - charted!

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=rD4thkSQtA_SmbcJncHAeqA & oid=39 & output=ima\

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note:

energy level at 5 is awake, not sleepy, but not energized, not tired.

> 5 .. 10 is degrees of vivacity;

< 5 .. 1 is degrees of tiredness

there's more you can do to chart your progress (if you wanted to get

an idea of progress/trend), as well as chart different aspects of

personal metrics.

anyway... as I always say (borrowed from AR): We cannot effectively

manage what we do not measure!

have a great weekend!

Kelvin

On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 9:03 AM, SV<shavig@...> wrote:

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> Why would you want to fry your chia?!  I'm at a loss over this recipe.  For

> some reason I was picturing this chia paste on raw vegetables.

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> I thought you were a vegetarian, Kelvin.  Hmmm, wonder where I got that

> idea.

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> Sorry, I just don't cotton to eating dead flesh.  But the paste part sounds

> yummy.  Course anything with garlic and peppers sound delicous to me.  And

> of course anything that has " salty " in the title!!!

>

> Shari

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