Guest guest Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 rainbowegret wrote: > > Hi Everyone > > Can someone please confirm for me what exactly are mucus causing > foods? I read something a while back about all manipulated grains > causing mucus. I know about dairy and bread. Does that include > pasta, noodles and rice? What other foods are mucus forming? > > My kids are getting colds all the time snotty, chesty and croupish > coughs. They are getting about a cold every 4 weeks which is way to > often for healthy kids. > > They don't have dairy and now they don't even have chocolate because > Mum is kicking her chocolate habit and so are they. They do however > eat a lot of white bread, pasta and noodles. I would love to cut > these foods out but don't know what to replace them with. They are > fussy kids. They don't eat a lot of vegetables but love fruit. They > will eat most fruits, lettuce, cucumbers, cooked corn and mashed > potato & pumpkin. > > We have made some improvements to their diet and my second son > does not want to eat meat anymore since he was recenlty sick for > almost 3 weeks with vomitting and headaches from what they finally > diagnosed as post traumatic concussion. > > It would interest you to hear that my father who is a bad asthmatic > with emphasema and has only about 25% lung capacity, was told by the > hospital nutritionist that dairy does not cause mucus build up. He > was however told that water is good for clearing it. > > I know I could improve both my parents health with raw food and > juices but mum doesn't listen much to me or does and only takes > notice when she reads it somewhere else or one of her 'so called > experts' tells her. > > It is so sad that those most people trust their lives and health to > are misleading them with false information and advice. > > Love and light > Tracey > ======================== Hi Tracey, All mucus causing foods are: meats, processed foods, refined sugars, refined flours, dairy products, milk, coffee, pasteurized juices, cooked foods, unsoaked and unsprouted grains - seeds - nuts - legumes, all pastas are mucus forming (unless you make your own using sprouted spelt flour. Eggs are mucus forming. Non-mucus forming foods are raw green leafy vegetables (kale, cabbage, lettuce, mustard greens, collards, broccoli, brussel sprouts, dandelion greens, endive, spinach, water cress, beet tops, carrot tops, radishes (especially the black radish which is very cleansing and dissolves mucus really well), and all fruits. Your kids love pastas, then let them learn how to make homemade pastas using spelt flour (preferrably sprouted but regular will do if you can't get sprouted). Make some homemade bread too using the spelt flour or make raw bread and crackers. Let them get involved in making their own food and they are going to be more likely to eat it as opposed to your trying to force it on them (their perspective). It is very easy to make your own pasta. It is also easy to make your own raw crackers and dehydrated breads. They also learn something about taking responsibility for themselves and learning a little about how to survive in the real world. Dairy is definitely not something an asthmatic with emphysema should be using. It is way too mucus forming. Water with lemon in it is infinitely better at dissolving mucus than just plain water. But never use tap water. Distilled is best, reverse osmosis second, and highly filtered water would come next. Yes, it is sad that the majority of people are asleep and believe that another person can better manage their health than they can themselves. -- Peace, love and light, Don Quai " Spirit sleeps in the mineral, breathes in the vegetable, dreams in the animal and wakes in man. " -- In compliance with the highest standards of Universal Law, this email has been thoroughly disinfected and purified in the solar flares of the sun. Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.290 / Virus Database: 265.4.3 - Release Date: 11/26/04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 rainbowegret wrote: > > > > It is also easy to make your own raw crackers and > > dehydrated breads. > > Hi Don > > Thanks so much for that. Now about Dehydrators - Are they a good > thing to use or not. Different people seem to have different > opinions about them and I am not really sure. I don't have one and > don't know that I can afford the $90.00 to buy one. > > I know we have to make a lot more changes in diet in this house and > I am going to go through the pantry later and throw out all the > flour and stuff that doesn't get used. > > If desparate for something cooked to quiet them is rice OK. I know > brown would be best but basmati is better than white isn't it. > > Love and light > Tracey =========================== Hi Tracey, Dehydrators are a truly wonderful thing to have. However, if you happen to live in part of Oz that is low humidity, and quite hot then you can just place all your stuff you wish to dehydrate outside and cover with some cheesecloth to keep the critters off. Or... you can have DH make you a hanging dehydrator made using 4 or 5 wooden frames about 16 inches by 16 inches with a mesh bottom (to allow air flow) all strung together with string, rope or wire (so it will be collapseable). and then covered with cheesecloth. This will work really well if you have low humidity and relatively warm temps. Not all dehydrators are equal. Some are really bad and some are really good. I have found Excalibur to be one of the best I have used. But it is quite pricey. Dehydrators are very good to have if you can get one. Especially get one with a temp control (Excalibur has that). You do not want to dehydrate any of your foods over 105 F or about 41 C. So if you can't afford to buy one make one and air dry in the great outdoors. :-) Let me put it to you thusly, when you have cooked that Basmati rice, is it sticky? If it is then it is no better than white rice and you would be much better off using brown rice as it is less likely to glue up your insides. Better would be wild rice if you can get it or afford it. -- Peace, love and light, Don Quai " Spirit sleeps in the mineral, breathes in the vegetable, dreams in the animal and wakes in man. " -- In compliance with the highest standards of Universal Law, this email has been thoroughly disinfected and purified in the solar flares of the sun. Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.290 / Virus Database: 265.4.3 - Release Date: 11/26/04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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