Guest guest Posted September 15, 2002 Report Share Posted September 15, 2002 Hue: By seaweed sheets, I assume you mean " nori " a highly desirable food and one recommended by Walford. Was this a one night occurance? Because perhaps it was a coincidence or perhaps for some reason you're allergic to it. I would be suspicious that it wasn't for some other reason, especially since you're reluctant to repeat the " experiment " . on 9/15/2002 12:27 AM, Hue at kargo_cult@... wrote: > By " sleep problems " , i wonder what exactly people mean. > > BTW- re sodium vs. need to arise at night - i tried a 1-rat experiment last > week. The sodium > delivery vehicle was seaweed sheet, a Japanese food found in the Asian-foods > section of............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2002 Report Share Posted September 15, 2002 Also Hue: how much nori did you eat? Was it your first try at eating any? I use small amounts (only) in soups and stews. BTW, nori is what is used to wrap sushi. The outer band of greenish " skin " that holds the sushi together.... on 9/15/2002 9:03 AM, Francesca Skelton at fskelton@... wrote: > Hue: By seaweed sheets, I assume you mean " nori " a highly desirable food > and one recommended by Walford. Was this a one night occurance? Because > perhaps it was a coincidence or perhaps for some reason you're allergic to > it. I would be suspicious that it wasn't for some other reason, especially > since you're reluctant to repeat the " experiment " . > > > on 9/15/2002 12:27 AM, Hue at kargo_cult@... wrote: > >> By " sleep problems " , i wonder what exactly people mean. >> >> BTW- re sodium vs. need to arise at night - i tried a 1-rat experiment last >> week. The sodium >> delivery vehicle was seaweed sheet, a Japanese food found in the Asian-foods >> section of............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2002 Report Share Posted September 15, 2002 Nori (identified in DWIDP as Lavar) is indeed a delicious way to get a dose of sodium, which in my house Chele and I unfortunately eat to excess! Just a little side note, I once had a doctor indicate that some routine blood test showed that I had a thyroid marker that was reflective of borderline Hyperthyroidism. After doing some research, it occurred to me that perhaps our high seaweed intake was simply making iodine readily available (or maybe too available) pushing my markers up. When I eliminated Nori from my diet and re-took the blood test, the thyroid markers were back to mormal. Could have been a coincidence, but while on the subject of Nori, I thought it might be something for our Nori crunching members to note and track. Have a great Sunday, Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Francesca Skelton Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 7:24 AM Subject: Re: [ ] sleep and leg cramps Also Hue: how much nori did you eat? Was it your first try at eating any?I use small amounts (only) in soups and stews. BTW, nori is what is used towrap sushi. The outer band of greenish "skin" that holds the sushitogether....on 9/15/2002 9:03 AM, Francesca Skelton at fskelton@... wrote:> Hue: By seaweed sheets, I assume you mean "nori" a highly desirable food> and one recommended by Walford. Was this a one night occurance? Because> perhaps it was a coincidence or perhaps for some reason you're allergic to> it. I would be suspicious that it wasn't for some other reason, especially> since you're reluctant to repeat the "experiment".> > > on 9/15/2002 12:27 AM, Hue at kargo_cult@... wrote:> >> By "sleep problems", i wonder what exactly people mean.>> >> BTW- re sodium vs. need to arise at night - i tried a 1-rat experiment last>> week. The sodium>> delivery vehicle was seaweed sheet, a Japanese food found in the Asian-foods>> section of............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2002 Report Share Posted September 15, 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: " Francesca Skelton " <fskelton@...> Subject: Re: [ ] sleep and leg cramps > Hue: By seaweed sheets, I assume you mean " nori " a highly desirable food > and one recommended by Walford. Was this a one night occurance? Because > perhaps it was a coincidence or perhaps for some reason you're allergic to > it. I would be suspicious that it wasn't for some other reason, especially > since you're reluctant to repeat the " experiment " . The product was seaweed sheets, about 6 x 2 inches in size, flat black crispy sheets, but the name of the product eludes me right now, maybe the trade name was " Party Soba " ? I am thinking it was not coincidence - as i experienced leg cramps over several days- roughly the length of time i had the package around before i finished it. The correlation " seems " there. The next step, would be to try this again. This is the same process i have used over the years to gradually eliminate troublemakers from my diet. Since these experiments involve bringing on unpleasant effects willfully, they aren't that much fun. I don't right now feel like redoing the sodium experiment, but perhaps i will try a rematch in several weeks. I don't think of this effect as a classic allergic type reaction. I am very curious as to whether anyone else with occasional leg cramps at night could connect this to sodium intake. Probably a limited use of this product, as you use in other foods, would be harmless. If i have something tasty around here, however, i tend to overdo it. So i basically just don't buy anything that has questionable effect in large amounts. The basic foods i do have around are pretty much low calorie and low-on-the-food-chain items, so they are pretty harmless in any amount, and also devoid of the addictive ingredients, sugar and salt. Hue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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