Re: Vegan/red fruit 4 pain/farm stuff

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Deb,

I've been vegetarian for 23 years and vegan for 8. I think the only

FMS symptom from which I do not suffer horribly is IBS or ANY GI

problems. I don't know if there is a connection, but I'm the only

vegetarian in my family, and they all have stomach/GI aflictions.

Good Luck,

> In a message dated 7/31/02 11:51:11 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

> @y... writes:

>

>

> > like what I'm reading about a vegetarian diet change and being

free

> > from pain. I am going to try it, and with any luck this winter

will

> > be better for me. Thanks for the encouragement from those of you

who

> > have tried it. deb

> >

>

> That's great to hear Deb! I think summer is a great time to get

started

> eating vegetarian or vegan. Keep us posted on how it goes ok? I'd

love to

> hear about it. I don't have IBS and for me, it's really working out

well. I

> even add a little unprocessed bran to my hot cereals once in a

while. I've

> been vegan for a week now, I'm not bored at all in fact I'm happier

about

> what I'm eating

>

> Oh and I saw on the news a couple days ago a story about red fruits

like

> cherries, strawberries, watermelon etc and it said that the red

fruits

> contain some pain killing substance (no wonder I have beeen crazy

for

> strawberries the last few years) and they said that eating about 35

cherries

> is the same as taking an asprin as far as pain relief. Interesting

huh? I

> just thought I'd mention it, maybe later I'll go get some articles

from the

> web and find out more.

>

> Thanks for the farm stories too, when I was 18 and 19 years old, I

lived and

> worked on an organic farm while I went to school. What a great

experience. I

> wish more people could put in a little " farm time " in their lives,

I think

> they would like it.

>

> Jackie

>

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