Beets, Sunny!

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I love beets! Especially picked....which are probably not the best way to eat them, but at least I eat them! Beets are great for the liver... PattySunny <wellnessnow@...> wrote: Rogene, so true about the little "yeastie beasties" calling you to eat sugar! I got some beets from my Mom's garden when we visited Edmonton last Tuesday. I was cutting them up the other night, at my son's house, and all of a sudden I had 4 little voices asking me to taste the raw beets.

Well, you've never seen 4 kids (who do like candy) make a fuss over these sweet treats! Then I partially cooked them to freeze, and they wanted to taste them again. Beets -- who knew?? When I have a sweet craving, I just nibble on some raw beets now. I'm excited about trying new vegetables I haven't tried yet. The Chinese veggies fascinate me!Love & Healthy Eating to all,Sunny :)p.s. something I just read: enzymes are depleted by cooking/over-cooking. Raw foods provide live enzymes that are necessary for the villi in the intestinal tract to function properly and provide nutrients to our organs! was given a book from the "Above Rubies" Camp this weekend called "Rejuvenate your Life" and provides yummy recipes for mayonnaise made with almonds, etc. I'm going to try some. I would like to buy a dehydrater as well. I love dehydrated berries. In the winter, it would be great to eat some saskatoons!

Anyway, this p.s. is turning into an epistle! Bye for now > > > >> > > > Aspartame is one factor that brings on episodes> > of Pseudotumor > > > Cerebri for > > > > me. (For those who don't know what that is, it's> > a rare > > > neurological disease > > > > that affects about 12,000 people in the US.)> > It's very hard to > > > find things to > > > > drink that don't have it, so I stick with water.> > > > > > > > > > I used to drink 1 (measured) cup of Pepsi in the> > mornings to > > help > > > raise my > > > > blood sugar when it feels low, and 1 with> > dinner. To go off of > > it > > > when I cut > > > > ALL sugar out,

I used DIET Pepsi... I knew this,> > but had > > FORGOTTEN > > > that I'm > > > > not supposed to have anything with aspartame> > ---- and didn't > > > really put 2 and 2 > > > > together about all the diet drinks having it> > anyway, because it > > > had been so > > > > long (YEARS and YEARS) since I'd had any diet> > drinks... then I > > > remembered > > > > why. It only took 2 weeks of drinking drinks> > with aspartame to > > > worsen my PTC. A > > > > few things I was drinking were: Diet Pepsi,> > Crystal Light, and > > > Sugar Free > > > > Kool Aid. They ALL have aspartame. There are a> > few diet colas > > > without aspartame > > > > -Diet Coke, and maybe others in the Coke line,>

> but everything > > else > > > has it. > > > > (Diet A and W, Diet Pepsi, Diet Dr. Pepper, I> > think Coke Zero > > > and Sprite Zero, > > > > etc... if it's not sweetened with "Splenda,"> > more than likely > > > something that > > > > is sweetened has aspartame.)> > > > > > > > On the bright side, having to take Diamox helped> > get away from > > > soda > > > > completely, because you can't drink anything> > carbonated with it. > > > It also makes many > > > > sweets taste off (especially chocolate), but I> > don't have a > > sweet > > > or chocolate > > > > issue...it was just a love affair with Pepsi. > > > > > > > > > > I usually take Diamox about 6

months out of the> > year. It's > > > supposed to be > > > > taken every day for maintenance, but I swear it> > kills me. It's > > > miserable to > > > > take, so I only take it when brain pressure is> > elevated.> > > > > > > > Anyway, just sharing... this is a scary> > substance, and a lot of > > > people not > > > > only consume it, but also give it to their kids!> > > > > > > > > > Brigite> > > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------> > Do you ?> > Everyone is raving about the all-new > Beta.> >

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